Areca 24/4 Internal/External Port Pcie 3.0 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA Raid Controller 2Gb Cache - Manual (Page 107)

DRIVER INSTALLATION
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4. Driver Installation
This chapter describes how to install the SAS RAID controller driver to
your operating system. The installation procedures use the following
terminology:
Installing operating system on SAS controller’s volume
If you have a new drive configuration without an operating system
and want to install operating system on a disk drive managed by the
SAS RAID controller. The driver installation is a part of the operating
system installation.
Installing SAS RAID controller into an existing operating sys-
tem
The computer has an existing operating system installed and the SAS
RAID controller is being installed as a secondary controller.
Have all required system hardware and software components on
hand before proceeding with the setup and installation.
Materials required:
• Microsoft Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and Mac OS X installa-
tion CD
• SAS RAID controller software CD
• SAS RAID controller
4.1 Creating the Driver Diskettes
The software CD disc shipped with the ARC-1883 series 12Gb/s
RAID controller is a self-booting CD. In order to created driver
diskettes for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and Mac installation
drivers, your system is required to support booting from the CD-
ROM.
If you do not have the software CD disc with the package, contact
your local dealers or you can also download the latest version
drivers for Windows 10/8/Server 2012/7/2008/Vista/2003/XP,
Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and Mac OS X from the Areca web site at
http://www.areca.com.tw