(Optional) Installing the Avago3408/3508 RAID Driver

Scenario

To provision BMSs with Avago3408/3508 RAID cards, you need to Install the Avago3408/3508 RAID driver in the ISO image. For other types of BMSs, skip this section.

Note

Only Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016 support the Avago3408/3508 RAID driver. This document uses Windows Server 2016 as an example to describe how to install the 3408/3508 RAID driver. The procedure is also applicable to Windows Server 2012 R2.

Procedure

  1. Decompress the onboard_driver_win2k16.iso file in Making Preparations to obtain the folder that contains RAID and megasas, for example, RAID-3408iMR_3416iMR_3508_3516-Win2K16-megasas35-XXX.

  2. Mount the image from boot.wim to a local directory and inject the driver in the RAID-3408iMR_3416iMR_3508_3516-Win2K16-megasas35-7.716.3.0-x86_64 folder into the image by referring to 4 in Installing the chipset Driver.

  3. Save the added driver and unmount the image by referring to 5 in Installing the chipset Driver.

  4. Mount the image from install.wim to a local directory and inject the 3408/3508 RAID driver into the image by referring to 6 in Installing the chipset Driver.

  5. Save the added driver and unmount the image by referring to 7 in Installing the chipset Driver.