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MegaRAID SAS Device Driver Installation User Guide
June 2015 Windows Driver Installation
Primary OS Storage on the MegaRAID Controller
 Provide shared access– Select this option if you want the virtual drive to be shared between the servers in a
cluster. This option appears only if the controller supports High Availability DAS.
10. Select Initialize, and press OK.
The new virtual drive is created and initialized.
11. After the initialization is complete (the elapsed time depends on the RAID level and the disk size), press Esc twice
(once to exit the dialog, and the second time to exit the utility).
A confirmation message box appears.
12. Press OK to exit the utility, and reboot the computer with the Windows OS in the DVD drive or the CD drive.
2.2 Primary OS Storage on the MegaRAID Controller
For the Windows 2008 OS, the MegaRAID driver is added after other installation steps.
Perform the following steps to set up the primary operating system storage on your MegaRAID controller:
1. The operating system loads and decompresses the core files from the boot DVD first.
2. After the Install Windows Language selection window, the Install Now window appears, followed by the OS
selection, license agreement and installation type.
On new installations, the Custom installation type is the only option.
3. On the next Windows installation window, a Load Driver link introduces the MegaRAID driver.
For the Windows 2008 OS, you can add the driver from the CD, DVD, or USB flash drive.
4. Click Browse, and select the device and the folder with the previously extracted drivers.
5. In the next Windows installation window, select the driver to be installed, and click Next.
If no driver appears, two common problems might have occurred.
— The folder with the files was not selected.
— The wrong driver (32-bit as compared to 64-bit) was selected.
6. After the driver is loaded, follow the rest of the standard Windows installation steps.
2.3 Secondary Storage on the MegaRAID Controller with the Windows 2008 OS
As the MegaRAID controller is installed and the previously installed Windows OS starts, the Windows 2008 OS prompts
with Found New Hardware.
Perform the following steps to set up secondary storage for the Windows 2008 OS:
1. Select Locate and Install.
2. Select Don’t Search Online.
3. Select Show Me Other Options
4. Select Browse My Computer.
5. Click Browse.
6. In the Browse for Folder window, locate the previously extracted driver files from the local boot disk, CD, DVD,
network, or USB device.
7. Click OK.
8. Click Next.