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The INTEL SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT contained * herein completely defines the license and use of this * software. ************************************************************ ************************************************************ * CONTENTS OF THIS DOCUMENT ************************************************************ This document contains the following sections: 1. Overview 2. System Requirements 3. Language Support 4. Determining the System Mode 5. Installing the Software 6. Verifying Installation of the Software 7. Advanced Installation Instructions 8. Identifying the Software Version Number 9. Uninstalling the Software 10. Entering the Option ROM User Interface 11. Option ROM RAID Volume Management 12. Options to RESET the RAID volume in Option ROM 13. Verifying the Version of the Option ROM Software ************************************************************ * 1. OVERVIEW ************************************************************ The Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager is designed to provide functionality for the following Storage Controllers: RAID Controllers: - Intel(R) ICH8M-E/ICH9M-E SATA RAID Controller - Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R SATA RAID Controller - Intel(R) ESB2 SATA RAID Controller - Intel(R) ICH7MDH SATA RAID Controller - Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA RAID Controller AHCI Controllers: - Intel(R) ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller - Intel(R) EP80579 SATA AHCI Controller - Intel(R) ICH9M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller - Intel(R) ICH9R/DO/DH SATA AHCI Controller - Intel(R) ICH8M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller - Intel(R) ICH8R/DH/DO SATA AHCI Controller - Intel(R) ESB2 SATA AHCI Controller - Intel(R) ICH7M/MDH SATA AHCI Controller - Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller ************************************************************ * 2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ************************************************************ 1. The system must contain an Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo or Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Extreme or Intel(R) Pentium(R) Processor or Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor and one of the following Intel products listed in section 1 above. 2. The system must be running on one of the following operating systems: - Microsoft* Vista* - Microsoft* Vista* x64 Edition (NOTE 1) - Microsoft* Windows* Server 2008 - Microsoft* Windows* Server 2008 x64 Edition (Note 1) - Microsoft* Windows* XP Home Edition - Microsoft* Windows* XP Professional - Microsoft* Windows* XP x64 Edition (NOTE 1) - Microsoft* Windows* Server 2003 - Microsoft* Windows* Server 2003, Web x64 Edition (NOTE 1) - Microsoft* Windows* Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition (NOTE 1) - Microsoft* Windows* Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition (NOTE 1) - Microsoft* Windows* Media Center Edition NOTE 1: If the system is running Windows* 64-bit version, the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager driver supporting 64-bit should be used. 3. The following operating systems are not supported: Any version of the following Microsoft operating systems: - MS-DOS - Windows 3.1 - Windows NT 3.51 - Windows 95 - Windows 98 - Windows Millennium Edition (Me) - Windows NT 4.0 - Windows 2000 Datacenter Server - Windows 2000 Professional - Windows 2000 Advanced Server Any version of the following operating systems: - Linux - UNIX - BeOS - MacOS - OS/2 4. The system should contain at least the minimum system memory required by the operating system. 5. The 'Intel(R) Chipset Software Installation Utility' must be installed prior to installing the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager. ************************************************************ * 3. LANGUAGE SUPPORT ************************************************************ Below is a list of the languages (and their abbreviations) for which the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager software has been localized. The language code is listed in parentheses after each language. ARA -> Arabic (Saudi Arabia) (0401) CHS -> Chinese (Simplified) (0804) CHT -> Chinese (Traditional) (0404) CSY -> Czech (0405) DAN -> Danish (0406) NLD -> Dutch (0413) ENU -> English (United States) (0409) FIN -> Finnish (040B) FRA -> French (International) (040C) DEU -> German (0407) ELL -> Greek (0408) HEB -> Hebrew (040D) HUN -> Hungarian (040E) ITA -> Italian (0410) JPN -> Japanese (0411) KOR -> Korean (0412) NOR -> Norwegian (0414) PLK -> Polish (0415) PTB -> Portuguese (Brazil) (0416) PTG -> Portuguese (Standard) (0816) RUS -> Russian (0419) ESP -> Spanish (0C0A) SVE -> Swedish (041D) THA -> Thai (041E) TRK -> Turkish (041F) ************************************************************ * 4. DETERMINING THE SYSTEM MODE ************************************************************ To use this Readme effectively, you will need to know what mode your system is in. The easiest way to determine the mode is to identify how the Serial ATA controller is presented within the Device Manager. The following procedure will guide you through determining the mode. 1. On the Start menu: 1a. For Windows* Vista or later operating systems, select Control Panel. 2. Open the 'System' applet (you may first have to select 'Switch to Classic View'). 3. Select the 'Hardware' tab. 4. Select the 'Device Manager' button. 5. From the Device Manager, look for an entry named 'Storage Controllers' for Windows Vista and 'SCSI and RAID Controllers' for Windows XP and later operating systems.If this entry is present, expand it and look for one of the controllers listed in the Overview Section1. If the controller identified is a RAID controller, then the system is in RAID mode. If none of the controllers above are shown, then the system is not running in RAID mode and you should continue with step 6 below. 6. From the Device Manager, look for an entry named 'IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers'. If this entry is present, expand it and look for one of the following controllers If this entry is present, expand it and look for one of the controllers listed in the Overview Section1. If an AHCI controller is identified, then the system is in AHCI mode. If none of the controllers above are shown, then your system is not in AHCI mode. No other modes are supported by the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager software and you should continue with step 7 below. 7. Your system does not appear to be running in RAID or AHCI mode. If you feel that your system is running in RAID or AHCI mode and you do not see any of the controllers listed above, you may choose to contact your system manufacturer or place of purchase for assistance. ************************************************************ * 5. INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE ************************************************************ 5.1 General Installation Notes 1. If you are installing the operating system on a system configured for RAID or AHCI mode, you must pre-install the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager driver using the F6 installation method described in section 5.3. 2. The 'Intel(R) Chipset Software Installation Utility' must be installed on the system after a supported Microsoft* Windows* operating system has been installed. 3. To install the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager, double-click on the self-extracting and self-installing setup file and answer all prompts presented. 4. By default, all installed files (readme.txt, help, etc.) are copied to the following path: \Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager 5.2 Windows Automated Installer* Installation from Hard Drive or CD-ROM Note: This method is applicable to systems configured for RAID or AHCI mode. 1. Download the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager setup file and double-click to self-extract and to begin the setup process. 2. The 'Welcome' window appears. Click Next to continue. 3. The 'Uninstallation Warning' window appears. Click Next to continue. 4. The 'Software License Agreement' window appears. If you agree to these terms, click Yes to continue. 5. The 'Readme File Information' window appears. Click Next to continue. 6. The 'Choose Destination Location' window appears. Click Next to continue. 7. The 'Select Program Folder' window appears. Click Next to continue installing the driver. 8. If the Windows Automated Installer* Wizard Complete window is shown without a prompt to restart the system, click Finish and proceed to step 8. If it is shown with a prompt to restart the system, click Yes, I want to restart my computer now. (the default selection) and click Finish. Once the system has restarted, proceed to step 8. 9. To verify that the driver was loaded correctly, refer to section 6. 5.3 Pre-Installation Using the F6 Method. Note: The Steps 1 and 2 can be skipped if you use the F6 Floppy disk utility provided by Intel. These methods are applicable to systems configured for RAID or AHCI mode. 1. Extract all driver files from the installation package. See section 7.2 for instructions on extracting the files. 2. Create a floppy* containing the following files in the root directory: iaAhci.inf, iaAhci.cat, iaStor.inf, iaStor.cat, iaStor.sys, and TxtSetup.oem. * Note: For Windows Vista you can use a floppy, CD/DVD or USB. 3. For Windows XP or later operating systems: - At the beginning of the operating system installation, press F6 to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. - When prompted, select 'S' to Specify Additional Device. - Continue to step 5. 4. For Windows Vista: - During the operating system installation, after selecting the location to install Vista, click Load Driver to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. - Continue to step 5. 5. When prompted, insert the media (floppy, CD/DVD or USB) you created in step 2 and press Enter. 6. At this point you should be presented with a selection for one of the controllers listed in the Overview (Section 1) of this document depending on your hardware version and configuration. 7. Highlight the selection that is appropriate for the hardware in your system and press Enter. 8. Press Enter again to continue. Leave the floppy disk in the system until the next reboot as the software will need to be copied from the floppy disk again when setup is copying files. ************************************************************ * 6. VERIFYING INSTALLATION OF THE SOFTWARE ************************************************************ 6.1 Verifying Have Disk, F6, or Unattended Installation: depending on your system configuration, refer to the appropriate sub-topic below: 6.1a Systems Configured for RAID Mode: 1. On the Start menu: 1a. For Windows* XP or later operating systems, select Control Panel. 2. Open the 'System' applet (you may first have to select 'Switch to Classic View'). 3. Select the 'Hardware' tab in Windows* XP or Windows* Server 2003. 4. Select the 'Device Manager' button. 5. Expand the 'Storage Controllers' (for Windows Vista) or 'SCSI and RAID Controllers' (for Windows XP and later operating systems) entry. 6. Right-click on Intel(R) SATA RAID Controller. 7. Select 'Properties'. 8. Select the 'Driver' tab. 9. Select the 'Driver Details' button. 10. If the 'iaStor.sys' file is displayed, the installation was successful. 6.1b Systems Configured for AHCI Mode: 1. On the Start menu: 1a. For Windows* XP or later operating systems, select Control Panel. 2. Open the 'System' applet (you may first have to select 'Switch to Classic View'). 3. Select the 'Hardware' tab in Windows* XP or Windows* Server 2003. 4. Select the 'Device Manager' button. 5. Expand the 'IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers' entry. 6. Right-click on Intel(R) SATA AHCI Controller. 7. Select 'Properties'. 8. Select the 'Driver' tab. 9. Select the 'Driver Details' button. 10. If the 'iaStor.sys' file is displayed, the installation was successful. 6.2 Verifying Windows Automated Installer* or 'Package for the Web' Installations: 1. Click Start. 2. Find the 'Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager' program group. 3. Select the 'Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console' entry 4. The 'Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console' application should launch. 5. If this application does not launch, the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager driver was not installed properly and setup needs to be run. ************************************************************ * 7. ADVANCED INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ************************************************************ 7.1 Available Setup Flags: -? The installer presents a dialog showing all the supported setup flags (shown here) and their usage. -A Extracts all files (does not install driver) to if -P is also supplied; otherwise, the files are extracted to the default location. -B Forces a system reboot after installation. -O Allows for the customization of the program folder name for the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console, which will appear in the Start, 'All Programs' menu. -P Supplies target path when using -A flag. -N Installs all components except driver. -NoGUI Installs only the driver; the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console, Event Monitor, and Tray icon applet are not installed. -NoMon Disables the Event Monitor which consists of the Disk Monitor Service and the System Tray icon applet. -S Silent install (no user prompts). -BUILD Displays build information. -G Forces a particular language install (See section 3 for a table mapping to language). There cannot be a space between -G and . -f2 Creates a log file in with ; this is to be used during silent installation. There cannot be a space between -f2 and , and the path must exist prior to installation. Notes: Flags and their parameters are not case-sensitive. Flags may be supplied in any order, with the exception of the -S and -G, which must be supplied last. When using the -A flag, a target path may be specified via the -P flag, and the -O, -G, -S, and -N flags are ignored. When using the -P, -O, -G and -f2 flags there should be no space between the flag and the argument. When using the -f2 flag, a log file name and path must be specified, and the path must exist prior to the installation. 7.2 Use one of the following command examples to extract the driver files from the different package types: c:\iata_cd.exe -a -a -pc:\ c:\iata_enu.exe -a -a -pc:\ c:\setup.exe -a -pc:\ When the command is run, the installation process begins; simply click through the dialogs as prompted. This will not install the driver, it will only extract the driver files to . After the extraction is completed, the driver files can be found in \Driver. 7.3 To install the RAID driver on Windows* XP, as outlined in the Microsoft document 'Deployment Guide Automating Windows NT Setup', use the supplied TXTSETUP.OEM file included in this package and insert the lines shown in step 7.3a and 7.3b below into the UNATTEND.TXT file. This method is available for Microsoft* Windows* XP and Windows Server 2003. Before you begin, iaAhci.inf, iaAhci.cat, iaStor.inf, iaStor.cat, iaStor.sys, and Txtsetup.oem files will need to be extracted from the setup files. To extract these files, use the method described in section 7.2 above. 7.3a Systems Configured for RAID Mode Note: An example is shown below. Depending upon your system hardware configuration, please update the text with the correct RAID controller name using the list in the Overview (Section 1) of this document. // Insert the lines below into the UNATTEND.TXT file [MassStorageDrivers] "Intel(R) 82801IR/IO SATA RAID Controller" = OEM [OEMBootFiles] iaStor.inf iaStor.sys iaStor.cat Txtsetup.oem 7.3b Systems Configured for AHCI Mode Note: An example is shown below. Depending upon your system hardware configuration, please update the text with the correct AHCI controller name using the list in the Overview (Section 1) of this document. // Insert the lines below into the UNATTEND.TXT file [MassStorageDrivers] "Intel(R) 82801IR/IO SATA AHCI Controller" = OEM [OEMBootFiles] iaAhci.inf iaStor.sys iaAhci.cat Txtsetup.oem ************************************************************ * 8. IDENTIFYING THE SOFTWARE VERSION NUMBER ************************************************************ 8.1 Use the following steps to identify the software version number following a Have Disk, F6, or unattended installation. 8.1a Systems Configured for RAID Mode: 1. On the Start menu: 1a. For Windows* XP or later operating systems, select Control Panel. 2. Open the 'System' applet (you may first have to select 'Switch to Classic View'). 3. Select the 'Hardware' tab in Windows* XP or Windows* Server 2003. 4. Select the 'Device Manager' button. 5. Expand the 'SCSI and RAID Controllers' entry. 6. Right-click on Intel(R) RAID Controller present 7. Select 'Properties'. 8. Select the 'Driver' tab. 9. The software version should be displayed after 'Driver Version:'. 8.1b Systems Configured for AHCI Mode: 1. On the Start menu: 1a.For Windows* XP or later operating systems, select Control Panel. 2. Open on the 'System' applet (you may first have to select 'Switch to Classic View'). 3. Select the 'Hardware' tab in Windows* XP or Windows* Server 2003. 4. Select the 'Device Manager' button. 5. Expand the 'IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers' entry. 6. Right-click on the Intel(R) SATA AHCI Controller present. 7. Select 'Properties'. 8. Select the 'Driver' tab. 9. The software version is displayed after 'Driver Version:'. 8.2 Identify the software version for Windows Automated Installer* or 'Package for the Web' Installations: 1. Click Start and All Programs. 2. Find the 'Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager' program group. 3. Select the 'Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console' item. 4. The 'Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console' application will be shown, with the version shown in the splash screen. The version can also be viewed by selecting 'About' from within the 'Help' menu. ************************************************************ * 9. UNINSTALLING THE SOFTWARE ************************************************************ 9a. UNINSTALLATION OF NON-DRIVER COMPONENTS The removal of this software from the system will render any Serial ATA hard drives inaccessible by the operating system; therefore, uninstallation procedure will only uninstall non-critical components of this software (user interface, start menu links, etc.). To remove critical components, see section 9b. Use the following procedure to uninstall the software: 1. Select 'Uninstall' from the following Start menu folder: * All Programs -> Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager 2. The uninstall program will start. Click through the options for the uninstallation. 9b. UNINSTALLATION OF DRIVER COMPONENTS The removal of this software from the system will render any Serial ATA hard drives inaccessible by the operating system. Back up any important data before completing these steps. 1) If the system is in RAID mode, delete any RAID volumes using the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM user interface. 2) Reboot the system. 3) Enter the system BIOS (usually done by pressing a key such as 'F2' or 'Delete' during system boot). 4) Disable 'Intel(R) RAID Technology' and 'SATA AHCI mode'. 5) Reinstall the operating system. Note: If you experience any difficulties making these changes to the system BIOS, please contact the motherboard manufacturer or your place of purchase for assistance. ************************************************************ * 10. ENTERING THE OPTION ROM USER INTERFACE ************************************************************ Use the following steps to enter the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM user interface: 1. Boot the System. 2. Press CTRL-I when the 'Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM vX.y.w.zzzz' banner screen appears. ************************************************************ * 11. OPTION ROM RAID VOLUME MANAGEMENT ************************************************************ The Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM provides pre-OS RAID volume management which enables the following: 1. Create RAID Volume Use this option to create one or two RAID volumes. 2. Delete RAID Volume Use this option to delete a RAID volume. 3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID Use this option to reset a RAID configuration to a non-RAID configuration. 4. Recovery Volume Options If a recovery volume is present, use this option to a. Disable Continuous Update b. Enable Only Recovery Disk c. Enable Only Master Disk ************************************************************ * 12. OPTIONS TO RESET THE RAID VOLUME IN OPTION ROM ************************************************************ Intel(R) Matrix Storage option ROM user interface provides two methods for resetting the RAID volume: 1. Delete RAID Volume 2. Reset Disks to Non-RAID Differences between the options are noted below. Users are advised to select the option based on the situation. 12.1 Delete RAID Volume When a RAID volume is deleted, RAID metadata on the participating disks is erased and sector zero is cleared, that is partition table and file system related data are reset. Windows installer will not see any invalid data at the time of OS installation. This is the recommended method for reconfiguring the RAID volume and installing OS on it. 12.2 Reset Disks to Non-RAID This option is used to reset the metadata on the disk which participates in more than one RAID volume in single operation.It should be used if 'Delete RAID Volume' option fails for any reason and to reset a disk that has been marked as Spare and offline member. When a disk in the RAID volume is reset to non-RAID, RAID metadata is erased. However, partition table and file system related data still exists, which may be invalid. This might cause Windows installer to misinterpret the information available on the 'reset disk' at the time of installation. This could result in unexpected behavior in OS installation. ************************************************************ * 13. VERIFYING THE VERSION OF THE OPTION ROM SOFTWARE ************************************************************ 1. 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