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... 6: Driver installation 6.1 RAID driver installation 6-3 6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk 6-3 6.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver 6-5 6.2 AMD® processor driver installation 6-15 6.3 LAN driver installation 6-16 6.4 ATI SM Bus controller driver installation 6-20 6.5 Display driver installation 6-21 6.6 Management applications and utilities installation 6-24 6.6.1 Running the support DVD 6-24 6.6.2 Drivers menu 6-24 6.6.3 Utilities menu 6-25 6.6.4 Make disk menu 6-25 6.6.5 Contact information 6-25 Appendix: Reference information A.1 KCMA-D8...
... 6: Driver installation 6.1 RAID driver installation 6-3 6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk 6-3 6.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver 6-5 6.2 AMD® processor driver installation 6-15 6.3 LAN driver installation 6-16 6.4 ATI SM Bus controller driver installation 6-20 6.5 Display driver installation 6-21 6.6 Management applications and utilities installation 6-24 6.6.1 Running the support DVD 6-24 6.6.2 Drivers menu 6-24 6.6.3 Utilities menu 6-25 6.6.4 Make disk menu 6-25 6.6.5 Contact information 6-25 Appendix: Reference information A.1 KCMA-D8...
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... guide contains the information you need when installing and configuring the motherboard. ASUS websites The ASUS website provides updated information on the motherboard. • Chapter 3: Powering up This chapter describes the power up , creating, and configuring RAID sets using the available utilities. • Chapter 6: Driver installation This chapter provides instructions for installing the necessary...
... guide contains the information you need when installing and configuring the motherboard. ASUS websites The ASUS website provides updated information on the motherboard. • Chapter 3: Powering up This chapter describes the power up , creating, and configuring RAID sets using the available utilities. • Chapter 6: Driver installation This chapter provides instructions for installing the necessary...
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... a SATA optical drive to [AHCI]. If you use the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), set them to [IDE] mode. Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] • If you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices, keep the default setting [IDE]. ... Serial ATA hard disk drives, set this item to [IDE] instead of [RAID] or [AHCI] allows the system to recognize the optical dirves connected to [Enabled]. ASUS KCMA-D8 4-13 The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that you install the optical dirve to the ...
... a SATA optical drive to [AHCI]. If you use the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), set them to [IDE] mode. Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] • If you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices, keep the default setting [IDE]. ... Serial ATA hard disk drives, set this item to [IDE] instead of [RAID] or [AHCI] allows the system to recognize the optical dirves connected to [Enabled]. ASUS KCMA-D8 4-13 The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that you install the optical dirve to the ...
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...refers to hard disk drives that are not yet configured as a RAID set , copy first the RAID driver from the support CD to a floppy disk before you install an... to the surviving drive as a single disk on the operating system. ASUS KCMA-D8 5-3 RAID 5 stripes both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. If one drive fails, the disk array management software directs all the benefits of ... hard disk drives for this mode need not to be identical in parallel, interleaved stacks. The RAID 5 configuration is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having to the ...
...refers to hard disk drives that are not yet configured as a RAID set , copy first the RAID driver from the support CD to a floppy disk before you install an... to the surviving drive as a single disk on the operating system. ASUS KCMA-D8 5-3 RAID 5 stripes both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. If one drive fails, the disk array management software directs all the benefits of ... hard disk drives for this mode need not to be identical in parallel, interleaved stacks. The RAID 5 configuration is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having to the ...
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Chapter summary 6 6.1 RAID driver installation 6-3 6.2 AMD® processor driver installation 6-15 6.3 LAN driver installation 6-16 6.4 ATI SM Bus controller driver installation 6-20 6.5 Display driver installation 6-21 6.6 Management application and utilities installation 6-24 ASUS KCMA-D8
Chapter summary 6 6.1 RAID driver installation 6-3 6.2 AMD® processor driver installation 6-15 6.3 LAN driver installation 6-16 6.4 ATI SM Bus controller driver installation 6-20 6.5 Display driver installation 6-21 6.6 Management application and utilities installation 6-24 ASUS KCMA-D8
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... support CD for your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup. 4. To create a RAID driver disk in the optical drive. 2. Create Driver Diskette Menu Promise SW ROMB Controller Driver AMD AHCI Controller Driver Write DMI FreeDOS command prompt ASUS KCMA-D8 6-3 Either reset SATA Port1 - Select the optical drive as the first boot priority to enter the submenu. This...
... support CD for your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup. 4. To create a RAID driver disk in the optical drive. 2. Create Driver Diskette Menu Promise SW ROMB Controller Driver AMD AHCI Controller Driver Write DMI FreeDOS command prompt ASUS KCMA-D8 6-3 Either reset SATA Port1 - Select the optical drive as the first boot priority to enter the submenu. This...
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... 6. Follow screen instructions to the floppy disk drive. 8. Press . 9. Promise SW ROMB Controller Driver Windows Server 2003 32/64 bit Windows Server 2008 32 bit Windows Server 2008 64 bit Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit RHEL AS4 UP8 ... SLES 11 32 bit SLES 11 64 bit CentOS 5.4 32 bit CentOS 5.4 64 bit Back Exit 7. Use the arrow keys to select the type of RAID driver disk you want to create.
... 6. Follow screen instructions to the floppy disk drive. 8. Press . 9. Promise SW ROMB Controller Driver Windows Server 2003 32/64 bit Windows Server 2008 32 bit Windows Server 2008 64 bit Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit RHEL AS4 UP8 ... SLES 11 32 bit SLES 11 64 bit CentOS 5.4 32 bit CentOS 5.4 64 bit Back Exit 7. Use the arrow keys to select the type of RAID driver disk you want to create.
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...or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you do not have chosen to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver..." Currently, Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices(s): * To specify additional SCSI adapters, DVD-ROM drives...press to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver... 2. The Windows® Server OS Setup starts. Boot the computer using the Windows® Server installation DVD. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit ASUS KCMA-D8 6-5 6.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver Windows® Server OS During Windows®...
...or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you do not have chosen to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver..." Currently, Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices(s): * To specify additional SCSI adapters, DVD-ROM drives...press to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver... 2. The Windows® Server OS Setup starts. Boot the computer using the Windows® Server installation DVD. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit ASUS KCMA-D8 6-5 6.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver Windows® Server OS During Windows®...
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... Hardware tab, and then click the Device Manager button to the floppy disk drive. 9. Click the Driver tab, and then click the Update Driver button. 7. Insert the RAID driver disk you created earlier to continue. Windows Setup Please insert the disk labeled Manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk... then click Next. 10. Follow screen instructions to the floppy disk drive, then press . The wizard searches the RAID controller drivers. 4. Insert the RAID driver disk you created earlier to display the list of devices installed in with the OS installation. The Windows® Setup...
... Hardware tab, and then click the Device Manager button to the floppy disk drive. 9. Click the Driver tab, and then click the Update Driver button. 7. Insert the RAID driver disk you created earlier to continue. Windows Setup Please insert the disk labeled Manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk... then click Next. 10. Follow screen instructions to the floppy disk drive, then press . The wizard searches the RAID controller drivers. 4. Insert the RAID driver disk you created earlier to display the list of devices installed in with the OS installation. The Windows® Setup...
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... menu. 5. Click OK when finished. Right-click the RAID controller driver item, and then select Properties from the menu. 2. Right-click the My Computer icon on the controller. 4. ASUS KCMA-D8 6-7 Click the Driver tab, and then click the Driver Details button to display the RAID controller drivers. 6. To verify the RAID controller driver installation: 1. Click the Hardware tab, and then...
... menu. 5. Click OK when finished. Right-click the RAID controller driver item, and then select Properties from the menu. 2. Right-click the My Computer icon on the controller. 4. ASUS KCMA-D8 6-7 Click the Driver tab, and then click the Driver Details button to display the RAID controller drivers. 6. To verify the RAID controller driver installation: 1. Click the Hardware tab, and then...
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.... To install or upgrade in text mode, type: linux text . - Main Menu Do you wish to continue. Yes No 6-8 Chapter 6: Driver installation To install or upgrade in graphical mode, press the key. - Yes No 5. Boot the system from the Red Hat® OS installation...Red Hat® Enterprise Linux OS 4.7/4.8 To install the RAID controller driver when installing Red Hat® Enterprise OS: 1. More Driver Disks? Insert Driver Disk Insert your driver disk into /dev/sda and press "OK" to continue. Do you have the driver disk, then press . Select Yes using the key when...
.... To install or upgrade in text mode, type: linux text . - Main Menu Do you wish to continue. Yes No 6-8 Chapter 6: Driver installation To install or upgrade in graphical mode, press the key. - Yes No 5. Boot the system from the Red Hat® OS installation...Red Hat® Enterprise Linux OS 4.7/4.8 To install the RAID controller driver when installing Red Hat® Enterprise OS: 1. More Driver Disks? Insert Driver Disk Insert your driver disk into /dev/sda and press "OK" to continue. Do you have the driver disk, then press . Select Yes using the key when...
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...the Red Hat® Enterprise RAID driver disk to continue. To install or upgrade in graphical mode, press the key. - Yes No 5. Insert Driver Disk Insert your driver disk into /dev/fd0 and press "OK" to the floppy disk drive, select OK, then press . OK Back The drivers for more information. [F1-...type linux dd 3. Select Yes using the key when asked if you have the driver disk, then press . Use the function keys listed below for the RAID card are installed to the system. 6-10 Chapter 6: Driver installation Boot the system from the Red Hat® OS installation CD. 2. To ...
...the Red Hat® Enterprise RAID driver disk to continue. To install or upgrade in graphical mode, press the key. - Yes No 5. Insert Driver Disk Insert your driver disk into /dev/fd0 and press "OK" to the floppy disk drive, select OK, then press . OK Back The drivers for more information. [F1-...type linux dd 3. Select Yes using the key when asked if you have the driver disk, then press . Use the function keys listed below for the RAID card are installed to the system. 6-10 Chapter 6: Driver installation Boot the system from the Red Hat® OS installation CD. 2. To ...
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When asked if you wish to finish the OS installation. Do you will load additional RAID controller drivers, select No, then press . Yes No 7. ASUS KCMA-D8 6-11 More Driver Disks? Follow the onscreen instructions to load any more driver disks? 6.
When asked if you wish to finish the OS installation. Do you will load additional RAID controller drivers, select No, then press . Yes No 7. ASUS KCMA-D8 6-11 More Driver Disks? Follow the onscreen instructions to load any more driver disks? 6.
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... Installed System Rescue System Check Installation Media Firmware Test Memory Test Boot Options | F1 Help F2 Language F3 Video Mode F4 Source F5 Kernel F6 Driver English(US) 1024 X768 DVD Default No 3. Boot from the Boot Options menu. Use the arrow keys to select Installation from Hard Disk Installation Repair... Memory Test Boot Options | F1 Help F2 Language F3 Video Mode English(US) 1024 X768 F4 Source DVD Yes No File URL F5 Kernel F6 Driver Default No 6-12 Chapter 6: Driver installation Boot the system from the SUSE OS installation CD. 2. SUSE Linux 11 OS To install the...
... Installed System Rescue System Check Installation Media Firmware Test Memory Test Boot Options | F1 Help F2 Language F3 Video Mode F4 Source F5 Kernel F6 Driver English(US) 1024 X768 DVD Default No 3. Boot from the Boot Options menu. Use the arrow keys to select Installation from Hard Disk Installation Repair... Memory Test Boot Options | F1 Help F2 Language F3 Video Mode English(US) 1024 X768 F4 Source DVD Yes No File URL F5 Kernel F6 Driver Default No 6-12 Chapter 6: Driver installation Boot the system from the SUSE OS installation CD. 2. SUSE Linux 11 OS To install the...
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... appears, select the USB floppy disk drive (sda) as the driver update medium. Insert the RAID driver disk to the floppy disk drive. Type the command acpi=off apic=bigsmp brokenmodules=ahci F1 Help F2 Language F3 Video Mode F4 Source F5 Kernel F6 Driver English(US) 1024 X768 DVD Default Yes 5. Boot from... System Check Installation Media Firmware Test Memory Test Boot Options acpi=off apic=bigsmp brokenmodules=ahci in Boot Options field, and press . Please choose the Driver Update medium. sda: USB Floppy Other device OK Back ASUS KCMA-D8 6-13 Select OK, then press . 4.
... appears, select the USB floppy disk drive (sda) as the driver update medium. Insert the RAID driver disk to the floppy disk drive. Type the command acpi=off apic=bigsmp brokenmodules=ahci F1 Help F2 Language F3 Video Mode F4 Source F5 Kernel F6 Driver English(US) 1024 X768 DVD Default Yes 5. Boot from... System Check Installation Media Firmware Test Memory Test Boot Options acpi=off apic=bigsmp brokenmodules=ahci in Boot Options field, and press . Please choose the Driver Update medium. sda: USB Floppy Other device OK Back ASUS KCMA-D8 6-13 Select OK, then press . 4.
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Please choose the Driver Update medium. sda: USB Floppy sr0: CD-ROM, ASUS DRW-1612BLT sdb: Disk, Promise 1X2 Morror/RAID1 sd3: Disk, Promise RAID Console other device OK Back 7. The drivers for the RAID controller are installed to finish the installation. 6-14 Chapter 6: Driver installation 6. Select Back and follow the onscreen instructions to the system as shown below.
Please choose the Driver Update medium. sda: USB Floppy sr0: CD-ROM, ASUS DRW-1612BLT sdb: Disk, Promise 1X2 Morror/RAID1 sd3: Disk, Promise RAID Console other device OK Back 7. The drivers for the RAID controller are installed to finish the installation. 6-14 Chapter 6: Driver installation 6. Select Back and follow the onscreen instructions to the system as shown below.