3.5 Running maxView™ Storage Manager from a Bootable USB Image

Running maxView Storage Manager from a bootable USB image allows you to configure your controller before installing the operating system. The procedure consists of three basic steps:
  1. Download the bootable USB image from the Microchip web site
  2. Create a "live" image on a USB flash drive
    Note: We recommend using Rufus bootable USB create (http://rufus.akeo.ie/).
  3. Boot from the USB flash drive, login to maxView Storage Manager and configure your controller

The bootable USB image is not a substitute for running maxView Storage Manager as an installed application. Many of the features and functions described in this guide are not available when you run maxView Storage Manager from a bootable USB image. Use the bootable USB image only to configure your controller before installing an operating system.

Note: Before you begin, ensure that your system is set up to boot from a USB drive. Check the system BIOS to see if the USB drive is included in the boot sequence. (For more information, see your system's documentation.) You will need a USB drive with at least 2 GB of storage to complete this task. To run the bootable USB image, the target machine must have at least 4 GB of memory.

To run maxView Storage Manager from a bootable USB image:

  1. Download the bootable USB image:
    1. Open a browser window, then type storage.microsemi.com/en-us/support/ in the address bar.
    2. Select your controller family and controller model.
    3. Select Storage Manager Downloads.
    4. Download the bootable USB image (zip file archive).
    5. Extract the contents of the bootable image archive file to a temporary location.
      The archive contains one file: the maxView Storage Manager bootable iso image.
  2. Create a "live" image on the USB drive:
    1. Run the USB Creator utility setup program at http://rufus.akeo.ie/.
    2. Start USB Creator from the Windows All Programs menu.
    3. In the Use Existing Live CD field, click Browse, then locate and select the maxView Storage Manager bootable ISO image.
    4. In the Target Device field, select the USB flash drive (e:\, for instance).
    5. Click Create Live USB.
  3. Insert the USB drive on the machine you want to configure.
    The Boot menu opens in a shell window.
  4. Select Launch maxView from the menu.
    After a minute or so, the maxView Storage Manager login screen opens in a browser window.
    Note: If you prefer to configure the controller from the command line, select Launch arcconf from the Boot menu, then enter root, with no password, for the login credentials.
  5. Enter root/root for the login credentials.
  6. Continue with Creating Arrays and Logical Drives.

While loading the BootUSB image, if you get the "NMI watchdog: BUG soft lockup - cpu#0 stuck for 22s!" error message then execute one of the following step in the "GNU GRUB" bootloader screen:

  1. Perform the boot operation using the Troubleshoot --> Start Mscc_Boot_usb<Build Number> in basic graphics mode.
  2. Manually set "nomodeset" by selecting 'e' command and add "nomodeset" in 'linuxefi' line.