Dell Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapter 5i Integrated and 5E Adapter - Manual (Page 19)

Driver Installation
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Driver Installation
The Dell™ Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) 5 Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) require software drivers to operate
with the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
, Red Hat
®
Enterprise Linux
®
, and SUSE
®
Linux operating systems.
This chapter contains the procedures for installing the drivers for the following operating systems.
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server family
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 family
• Windows Vista™
NOTE:
Only the SAS 5/i Integrated controller card supports Windows Vista.
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Versions 3, 4, and 5
• SUSE
®
Linux Enterprise Server Versions 9 and 10
The four methods for installing a driver that are discussed in this chapter are:
• Installing the driver during Windows operating system installation.
• Installing a Windows driver for a new SAS 5 HBA.
• Updating an existing Windows driver.
• Installing or updating the the driver on a new or existing Linux operating system installation.
NOTE:
Device drivers are frequently updated. To ensure you have the latest version of any driver mentioned
in this section, check the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. If a newer version exists, you can
download the driver to your system.
Creating a Driver Diskette
1 Browse to the download section for the system at the Dell Support website at support.dell.com.
2 Locate and download the latest SAS 5 HBA driver to the system. The drivers are packaged on the
Dell Support website such that it can be written to a diskette.
3 Follow the instructions on the Dell Support website for extracting the driver to the diskette.
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