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Installing with an Operating System

1. Install and connect your controller and internal disk drives (see Installing the Controller and Disk

Drives on page 40).

If your controller has an external connector, you can connect external disk drives as well (or instead).

2. Set the boot controller (see Setting the Boot Controller on page 48).

3. Create a bootable array (see Creating an Array on page 48).

4. Install your operating system and the controller driver (see Installing the Driver and an Operating

System on page 52.)

5. Install maxView Storage Manager and begin to manage your data storage (see Managing Your Storage

Space on page 65).

Installing on an Existing Operating System

1. Install and connect your controller and internal disk drives (see Installing the Controller and Disk

Drives on page 40).

If your controller has an external connector, you can connect external disk drives as well (or instead).

2. Install the controller driver (see Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 60).

3. Install maxView Storage Manager and begin to manage your data storage (see Managing Your Storage

Space on page 65).

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Serial Attached SCSI RAID Controllers Installation and User's Guide