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Quanta LSI 6Gb 8-port SAS daughter card Driver for Win2K8
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Installation Guide for the LSI Fusion-MPT (TM) Drivers: LSI_SAS2.SYS (StorPort) V2.00.20
This file describes the features and use of the LSI Fusion-MPT SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) Gen 2device drivers for the Windows Server 2008 operating system environment. It is divided into the following sections:
Introduction for Windows Server 2008 Features LSI Devices Supported Description
Installing the Driver(s) New System Installation DVD-ROM Installation Existing System Installation Performance Tuning for Windows Server 2008 Miniport Driver Configuration Options and WDCFG Utility WinPE Installation Troubleshooting
......................................................................... 1.0 Introduction for Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 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 2008 documentation for details.
An I/O manager handles I/O requests in Windows Server 2008. To address a peripheral, the I/O manager goes through the appropriate drivers. Windows Server 2008 provides class drivers for hard disk, optical, CD-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 LSI 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.
......................................................................... 1.1 Features
The LSI_SAS2.SYS miniport driver supports these features:
o Supports End-to-End Data Protection (EEDP) o Supports 1.5Gb, 3Gb, and 6Gb SAS expanders/devices and SATA devices o Supports PCI-Express bus protocols o Supports MSI/MSI-X o Supports LSI Fusion-MPT common software interface o Supports multiple host adapters o Supports multiple Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs) o Supports Scatter-Gather o Supports SCSI pass-through functionality o Supports disk array configurations with no LUN 0 o Supports disk array configurations with non-contiguous LUNs o Auto request sense o Maximum block size support: 1 Mbyte (32-bit), 2 Mbyte (64-bit) ......................................................................... 1.2 LSI Devices Supported
o LSISAS2004 o LSISAS2008 o LSISAS2108 o LSISAS2116 o LSISAS2208 o LSISAS2302
The LSI_SAS2.SYS driver meets the Microsoft specification for miniport drivers. This driver allows connection of SAS devices including disk drives, CD/DVD-ROMs, and tape drives for PCI-Express based machines. To support a different SAS device type, the Windows Server 2008 architecture requires that a class driver for that type of device be present (usually supplied by Microsoft, or possibly by the peripheral manufacturer). No changes to the LSI driver is required. The driver supports only Windows Server 2008 and all subsequent Service Packs.