Installing or updating the nic driver, Windows server 2008 – Dell Emulex Family of Adapters User Manual

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Emulex Drivers for Windows User Manual

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2. Installation

Manually Installing or Updating the Emulex Protocol Drivers

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Note: The driver affects only the selected adapter. If there are other adapters in the

system, you must repeat this process for each adapter. All dual-channel

adapter models are displayed in Device Manager as two adapters; therefore,

you must update each adapter.

9. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) and click Next.
10. Select Don't search. I will choose the driver to install and click Next.
11. Click Have Disk... and direct the Device Wizard to the location of be2iscsi.inf. If

you have installed the driver installer kit

in the default folder, the path is:

C:\Program Files\Emulex\AutoPilot Installer\iSCSI\Drivers\Storport\x64\[Windows

Version]

12. Click OK. Select Emulex OneConnect OCm<your adapter model>, iSCSI Initiator.
13. Click Next.
14. Click Finish.
The driver installation has completed. The driver should start automatically.

Installing or Updating the NIC Driver

Note: The Microsoft patch KB2846340 must be installed on your system. This patch,

from Microsoft's Knowledge Base (kb), is available for Windows Server 2012,

Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008 SP2 on the Microsoft

website.

Windows Server 2008

1. Select Start>Settings>Control Panel>Device Manager.
2. Open the Network Adapters item.
3. Double-click the desired Emulex adapter.
4. Select the Driver tab.
5. Click Update Driver. The Update Driver wizard starts.
6. Click Browse my computer for driver software.

Note: The driver affects only the selected adapter. If there are other adapters in the

system, you must repeat this process for each adapter. All dual-channel

adapter models are displayed in the Device Manager as two adapters,

therefore, you must update each adapter.

7. Click Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer and click Next.
8. Select the network adapter that matches your hardware and click Have Disk....
9. Direct the Device Wizard to the location of be2nd6x.inf. If you have installed the

driver installer kit

in the default folder, the path is:

C:\Program Files\Emulex\AutoPilot Installer\NIC\Drivers\NDIS\x64\Win2008

10. Click OK. The Windows Security dialog box opens.
11. Click Install.

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