*************************************************************************Intel® SSD 910 Series Device Drivers for Microsoft Windows Server* 2003
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This file describes how to install and use the Intel® SSD 910 Series device drivers for the Windows Server 2003 operating system. It is divided into the following sections:

Introduction for Windows Server 2003 
     Features
         Description

Installing the Driver(s)
     New System Installation
          CD/DVD-ROM Installation
     Existing System Installation 
     
     Troubleshooting 


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1.0 Introduction for Windows Server 2003  


Windows Server 2003 is an operating system designed to run on Intel architecture (x86, 32-bit), Itanium Processor Family (IA64), and Extended-64 (x64, AMD64/EM64T) processors using current technology. It provides a graphical user interface environment incorporating many high-level features. Refer to the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 documentation for details.

An I/O manager handles I/O requests in Windows Server 2003. To address a peripheral, the I/O manager goes through the appropriate drivers. Windows Server 2003 provides class drivers for hard disk, optical, CD/DVD-ROM, printer, and scanner peripherals. Other class drivers, provided by peripheral manufacturers, may be added to support new devices. Tape device support is built into the operating system itself and does not require a class driver. 

Microsoft provides the port driver and LSI Corporation provides the miniport driver, which is called LSI_SAS2.SYS.  This driver completes the path to the Intel SSD 910 Series controller or processor with an optional SAS BIOS.

This miniport driver uses the Microsoft StorPort port driver (rather than the Microsoft ScsiPort driver in earlier versions of Windows). The StorPort driver has architectural enhancements that provide performance improvements on large server systems with many storage adapters.  This miniport driver is designed to take advantage of these enhancements for improved performance.

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1.1 Features 

The miniport driver supports these features:

o  Supports PCI-Express* (PCIe*) bus protocols
o  Supports multiple Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs) 
o  Supports Scatter-Gather 
o  Supports SCSI pass-through functionality 
o  Auto request sense 
o  Maximum block size support: 1 Mbyte (32-bit), 2 Mbyte (64-bit)

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1.2 Description

The Intel® SSD 910 Series driver meets the Microsoft specification for miniport drivers. The driver supports only Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and all subsequent Service Packs. 

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2.0 Installing the Intel® SSD 910 Series Driver

This procedure installs the Intel® SSD 910 Series driver onto a new or existing Windows Server 2003 system. Depending upon the media used to distribute Intel® drivers (web or CD/DVD-ROM), you will create a driver diskette.

Copy the files listed in this section to the root directory of a clean
diskette as shown below.  Label this diskette "Windows Server 2003 Driver
Diskette". You will use this diskette during the installation process.

        txtsetup.oem
        lsi_sas2.tag
        lsi_sas2.inf
        lsi_sas2.sys
        lsinodrv.inf
        s2k3am64.cat (for x64)
        
For a driver upgrade the driver files can also be copied onto a hard drive, CD or DVD, or a USB flash drive.

......................................................................... 2.1 New System Installation 

This procedure installs the Intel® SSD 910 Series driver onto a Windows Server 2003 system. Use this procedure when installing Windows Server 2003 onto an unused drive. Windows Server 2003 automatically adds the driver to the registry and copies the driver to the appropriate directory.

The method for installing Windows Server 2003 on a new system involves using a CD/DVD-ROM. Installation using boot floppy diskettes is not supported by Windows Server 2003.

......................................................................... 2.1.1 CD/DVD-ROM Installation

1. Start the Windows Server 2003 installation by booting from the Windows
   Server 2003 CD/DVD-ROM:

   The system BIOS must support booting from a CD/DVD-ROM. BIOS settings may need to be changed to allow CD/DVD-ROM booting.

2. Press the F6 key to install the Intel® SSD 910 Series driver when the screen displays "Windows Setup".

   This must be done or else the new driver will not be recognized.

   Note: Be sure to press the F6 key as any driver loaded later in the
         installation process is not recognized by Windows Server 2003 Setup.
         If F6 is not pressed, all devices controlled by the drivers are
         not available during Windows Server 2003 setup.

3. Choose S to specify an additional device when the screen displays "Setup    could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices...". 

   NOTE: If this screen is not displayed as the first user input, then 
         pressing the F6 key was not seen by the setup program. Reboot the system and try again.

   The system prompts for the manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk.

4. Insert the appropriate driver diskette containing the Windows Server 2003 driver required to support your Intel® SSD 910 Series device and press Enter.
    
   Note: Current Windows Server 2003 drivers can be downloaded from the
         Intel web site at:
             http://www.intel.com/support/go/ssd910drivers/
       

5. The screen will display one entry to select, depending on the system
   Platform.
       
   Verify the driver displayed matches the processor architecture of the
   system. Press Enter to proceed.

   Return to the Windows Server 2003 Setup screen.

6. Press Enter to proceed.

   The message about setup loading files appears.

7. Follow the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 installation procedure
   at this point.

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2.2 Existing System Installation

This procedure installs or upgrades the Intel® SSD 910 Series driver onto an existing Windows Server 2003 system.

Note: When the
      Device Driver Wizard appears at boot, click on the Next button and
      continue at step 8 below.

1. Boot Windows Server 2003 and logon as a user that has Administrator
   privileges.

2. Click on the Start button, then right-click on the My Computer entry in the menu.

3. Click on the Properties selection.

4. Click on the Hardware tab, and then the Device Manager button.

5. Click the "+" to the left of the SCSI and RAID controllers line.  Find the adapter desired for the driver upgrade and double-click the entry.  Click on the Driver tab.

6. Information on the currently installed driver is displayed, and additional driver details can be viewed by clicking the "Driver Details" button.

7. Click on the "Update Driver" button to update the existing driver.  The Hardware Update Wizard begins.
   
8. Click on the "Install from a list or specific location..." button to select it, then click on the Next button.

9. Click on the "Don't search, I will choose the driver to install." Button to select it, then click on the Next button.

10. Click on the "Have Disk" button and type the path to the driver, or click on the Browse button. Select the location for the driver package). After the path to the driver has been established, click the OK button.

11. Select the driver from the list and click on the Next button.

12. Click on the Next button again to start the driver update.

    In some cases, a message will display saying that this driver has not
    passed logo testing. This message informs you that a nonsigned driver is being installed.

    Note: Drivers are digitally signed by the Microsoft Windows Hardware
          Quality Lab (WHQL) on completion of logo testing.  Due to the time lag between the general customer release of Windows drivers
          and the completion of WHQL logo testing, some drivers distributed with Intel® SSD 910 Series or downloaded from the www.intel.com web site may not be digitally signed.

13. Click STOP Installation to cancel the installation if a nonsigned driver is not desired. 
      or

    Click Continue Anyway to continue the installation.

    The system will load the driver from the Windows Server 2003 driver
    diskette. A message box may display indicating that the target (existing) driver is newer than the source (upgrade) driver.

14. Click No to cancel the driver upgrade at this point.

      or

    Click Yes to continue the installation.

    The system copies the driver to the system disk. For any adapter other than the boot adapter, the updated driver will become active immediately.
    For the boot adapter, a message box displays indicating that you must
    reboot your system for the new driver to take effect.

15. Click on the Finish button to complete the driver upgrade.


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3.0 Troubleshooting 

The Intel® SSD 910 Series driver will log error messages to the system error log. For these errors, the system errorlog EventID will be 11, and the specific error code values will be displayed at offset 0x10. Data should be displayed in words.


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