Installing Intel® RAID Web Console 3 (RWC3) on Microsoft Hyper-V* Server or Windows* Server Core

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Install & Setup

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07/17/2020

You can install Intel® RAID Web Console 3 (RWC3) to manage supported Intel RAID products on systems running the Microsoft Hyper-V* Server or Windows* Server Core (no Windows graphical user environment). You can access RWC3:

  • Directly from the system running Microsoft Hyper-V Server or Windows Server Core
  • From another system or virtual machine running Windows (with Windows graphical user environment) or Linux*.

In this guide, host and remote systems are defined as follows:

  • Host system: System with hardware Intel® RAID Controller installed and running Microsoft Hyper-V Server or Windows Server Core operating system.
  • Remote system: Any system or virtual machine running Windows (with Windows graphical user environment) or Linux operating system, for remote managing the Intel RAID Controller on the host system.
  • Host and remote systems are on the same subnet.

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Installing RWC3 on both the host and remote systems
Note You can ignore the remote system part if only you plan to launch Intel® RAID Web Console 3 (RWC3) directly on the host system

The RWC3 installation process on Microsoft Hyper-V Server or Windows Server Core is the same as other versions of Windows except you need to trigger the installer (Setup.exe) from Windows command prompt or PowerShell*.

  1. Download the latest RWC3 for Windows onto the host and remote systems.
  2. Run Setup.exe to install RWC3.
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  3. Select Gateway when prompted.
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  4. Note the following if you choose to use non-default values:
    • Installation path of RWC3
    • Web Server Port number
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Note Refer to the Intel® RAID Web Console 3 (RWC3) Installation Guide for further details.
Launching RWC3 on the host system
Note You must have a web browser installed and working to launch the Intel® RAID Web Console 3 (RWC3). In this guide, we used the Chrome* browser as an example. 
  1. Launch the browser from Windows command prompt.
  2. Open https://localhost:2463 (2463 is the default RWC3 web server port number. Replace this if you chose a different port number during RWC3 installation).

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Accessing RWC3 from a remote system
  1. On the host system, if firewall is enabled, add RWC3 (nginx.exe) as an exception for inbound traffic. You can do this by running the command below from the Windows command prompt:
    • netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="nginx" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Program Files (x86)\LSI\LSIStorageAuthority\server\nginx.exe" enable=yes
    • The program path above is for default installation. Replace this if you have installed RWC3 to a different location.
  2. On the remote system, launch RWC3.
  3. The host system should be discovered automatically.

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Uninstalling RWC3

You can uninstall RWC3 using the PowerShell command below:

Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | Where-Object {$_.Name -match 'RAID Web Console 3'} | Invoke-WmiMethod -Name "Uninstall"
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Related topics
User Guides for Intel RAID and Storage Products
Login Username and Password Information for Intel® RAID Web Console 3
Latest Firmware/Drivers and Software for Intel RAID and Storage Products