Driver installation, Obtaining drivers – Dell PERC 4/SI User Manual
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Driver Installation
Dell™ PowerEdge™ Expandable RAID Controller 4/Di/Si and 4e/Di/Si User's Guide
Installing Windows 2000 or 2003 Using the Microsoft Operating System CD with Driver Diskette
Installing a Windows 2000 or 2003 Driver for a New RAID Controller
Updating an Existing Windows 2000 or 2003 Driver
Installing the Linux RedHat Driver
Installing the Novell NetWare Driver
Modifying the PCI Slot Numbers for the Controllers
The Dell™ PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller (PERC) 4/Di/Si and 4e/Di/Si controllers require software drivers to operate with the Microsoft®
Windows®,
RedHat
®
Linux
®
, and Novell NetWare
®
operating systems.
The drivers support:
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40 logical drives per RAID controller
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The ability to detect newly configured logical drives in Disk Administrator without rebooting the system (applicable only to Windows operating systems)
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The ability to delete the last logical drive created using the configuration utilities (See the RAID controller's user's guide for more information.)
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The ability to use the remaining capacity of an array using Dell OpenManage Array Manager or Dell OpenManage Storage Management (if provided).
This chapter contains the procedures for installing the drivers for the following operating systems.
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Microsoft Windows 2000/2003 Server
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Red Hat Linux
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Novell Netware
There are three methods for installing the driver:
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During operating system installation. Use this method if you are performing a new installation of the operating system and want to include the drivers.
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After adding a new RAID controller. Use this method if the operating system is already installed, you have installed a RAID controller, and you want to
add the device drivers.
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Updating existing drivers. Use this method if the operating system and RAID controller are already installed, and you want to update to the latest
drivers.
Obtaining Drivers
A driver diskette can be created for each supported operating system from the Dell OpenManage Installation and Server Management or Server Assistant.
However, to make sure you have the latest version of drivers, download the updated drivers from the Dell Support web site at:
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Using the Dell OpenManage Installation and Server Management or Server Assistant
CD to Install an Operating System
The Dell Installation and Server Management or Dell Server Assistant CD is a bootable, stand-alone CD-ROM that provides the tools required to setup and
configure new Dell PowerEdge system components and software. It carries the latest available drivers that have been optimized for use on Dell PowerEdge
Servers.
NOTE:
See the readme file included with the driver for any updated information.