Asus PIKE 1078 - Manual (Page 56)

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2.3 MegaRAID Storage Manager
MegaRAID Storage Manager software enables you to configure, monitor, and
maintain storage configurations on LSI SAS controllers. The MegaRAID Storage
Manager graphical user interface (GUI) makes it easy for you to create and
manage storage configurations.
2.3.1 Hardware and Software Requirements
The hardware requirements for MegaRAID Storage Manager software are as
follows:
• PC-compatible computer with an IA-32 (32-bit) Intel Architecture processor or
an EM64T (64-bit) processor and at least 128 Mbytes of system memory (256
Mbytes recommended)
• Disk drive with at least 50 Mbytes available free space
The supported operating systems for the MegaRAID Storage Manager software
are as follows:
• Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows
XP, and Microsoft Windows Vista
• Red Hat Linux 3.0, 4.0, or 5.0
• SUSE SLES 9 and 10, with latest updates and service packs
Refer to your server documentation and to the operating system documentation for
more information on hardware and operating system requirements.
2.3.2 Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Sofware on
Microsoft Windows OS
Follow these steps if you need to install MegaRAID Storage Manager software on
a system running Microsoft Windows OS:
1. Insert the MegaRAID Storage Manager software installation CD in the CD-
ROM drive.
If necessary, find and double-click the setup.exe file to start the installation
program.
2. When the Welcome screen appears, click Next.
If MegaRAID Storage Manager software is already installed on this system,
the Program Maintenance screen appears. Read the screen text and select
Modify, Repair, or Remove.
3. When the next screen appears, read and accept the user license, and click
Next.
The Customer Information screen appears, as shown in the following figure.