Dell Serial Attached SCSI 5iR Integrated and Adapter - Manual (Page 21)

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Driver Installation
The Dell™ Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) 5/iR controller requires software drivers to operate with
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 Server family
• Microsoft Windows XP
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Versions 3, 4, and 5
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Versions 9 and 10
• Windows Vista™
The four methods for installing a driver that are discussed in this chapter are:
• During operating system installation
• After adding a new SAS 5/iR controller on an existing operating system
• Updating existing drivers
• Installing from a Dell Precision™ workstation Operating System CD or DVD. This media includes
the drivers
NOTE: Operating system installation on an Integrated Mirroring or Integrated Striping virtual disk is
supported only when the virtual disk is in an optimal state.
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
NOTE: Driver diskette is not needed if you are installing from a Dell Precision Workstation Operating System
CD or DVD.
1 Browse to the download section of the system on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com.
2 Locate and download the latest SAS 5/iR driver for the system. The drivers are packaged on the
Dell Support website such that they can be written onto a diskette.
3 Follow the instructions on the support site for extracting the driver to the diskette.
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