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

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CAUTION: Safety Instructions
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SAFETY: General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SAFETY: When Working Inside Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SAFETY: Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2 SAS 5 HBA Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
LED Port Activity Feature (SAS 5/E Adapter Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3 Hardware Installation
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Installing the SAS 5/E Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4 Driver Installation
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Creating a Driver Diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Installing the Driver During Windows Operating
System Installation
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Installing a Windows Driver for a New SAS 5 HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Updating an Existing Windows Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Creating a Driver Diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing the Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing the Driver Using an Update RPM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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