American Megatrends (AMI) PERC 2/SC, PERC2/DC, v.6.32.2.32, A00

Custom Instructions for PERC2-WS2K3-632A00.exe:

This program creates a Windows 2000 driver diskette for the
controllers. You will need a formatted 3 1/2 inch floppy
diskette for the following procedure.

1) Download the file to a directory on your hard drive. The
file downloaded is a self extracting executable.
2) Double click on the file to run the executable.
3) Click on the unzip button to extract files to the floppy.

Power down the system and install the PERC/CERC card.
Configure the logical drives before proceeding with the
driver install described below.


Installing on a new driver on a Windows Server 2003 system
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1) Boot the system using the Windows Server 2003 CD.
As the message

"Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or
RAID driver."

appears, press F6 immediately.

2) Within a few minutes, a screen appears that asks for
additional adapters in the system. Choose 'S'.

3) You are prompted for the driver diskette. Insert the
PERC/CERC Windows Server 2003 driver diskette in the floppy
drive and press Enter.

4) A list of drivers for PERC/CERC controllers appears.
Select the right driver for your installed controller and
press Enter to load the driver.

5) A statement is presented saying the driver that you provided
is older then the Windows driver.

Press 'S' to use the driver on the floppy.

6) Press Enter again to continue installation process as
usual.


Adding the PERC/CERC Driver to an Existing Windows Server 2003.
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1) Boot the system to Windows 2003. The Found New Hardware
Wizard displays.

2) If you are installing the PERC 3/SC, PERC 4/DC PERC 4/SC,
PERC 4/DI or CERC ATA100/4CH, click on Next and
skip to step 5. Otherwise, click Cancel on all the new devices.

3) Restart the system from the shutdown menu.

4) The Found New Hardware Wizard displays again when the
system boots to Windows Server 2003. Click on Next.

5) Select Search for a suitable driver and click Next to
continue.

6) Select Floppy disk drive, insert the PERC/CERC Windows
2003 driver diskette created above and click Next to
continue.

7) Continue to click on Next and finish the installation.

8) The Found New Hardware Wizard screen appears one time for
each PERC 3/SC, PERC 4/SC, PERC 4/DC controller, three
times for each PERC 3/DC or PERC 3/DCL controller
and four times for each PERC 3/QC. Repeat steps 5 - 7 for each
time the wizard displays to complete installation of the card.

9) To confirm driver installation, right click on My
Computer and select Manage. Click on Device Manager, then
click on SCSI and RAID controllers to see the newly added
PERC 3 controller(s) in the list.

After finishing the driver update, YOU MUST REBOOT YOUR SERVER.


Updating the PERC/CERC Driver to an Existing Windows Server 2003.
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If your server is already running Windows Server 2003, use the
following steps
to update the PERC Windows Server 2003 driver.

1) Insert the PERC/CERC Windows Server 2003 driver diskette.

2) Position the mouse pointer on the my computer icon on your Start
Menu andright click and select Manage.

3) Position the mouse pointer on Device Manager and click the left
mouse
button .

4) Position the mouse pointer on SCSI and RAID controllers and double
click.

5) Select the PERC controller and double click.

6) Select the Driver tab

7) Select the Update Driver

The Upgrade Device Driver Wizard displays.



8) Select ”Install from a list of specific location” and click Next to
continue.

9) Select “Search for the best driver in these locations” and make sure
that the “search removable media (floppy, cd-rom,…)” option is
checked. Then click on the Next but