Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 578)

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2. Installation
Removing Emulex Driver Kits and Drivers
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Older Versions of the Emulex Storport Miniport Driver
To uninstall or update an earlier version of the Storport Miniport driver (prior to
version 1.20), you must remove the registry settings for the adjunct driver prior to
manually installing a new driver.
To remove the adjunct driver registry settings:
1. Browse to the Storport Miniport driver version 1.20 (or later) driver kit that you
downloaded and extracted.
2. Double-click on the deladjct.reg file. A Registry Editor window appears to confirm
that you want to execute deladjct.reg.
3. Click Yes. The elxadjct key is removed from the registry.
Windows Server 2012
The Emulex Storport Miniport and Emulex PLUS (ElxPlus) drivers are uninstalled
using the device manager.
Note: On Windows 2012 and Windows 2012 R2, after the message “Warning – you are
about to uninstall this device from your system” is displayed, you must select
the checkbox Delete the software for this device to uninstall the driver.
Emulex Storport Miniport Driver
To uninstall the Emulex Storport Miniport driver in Windows Server 2012:
1. Select Server Manager>Dashboard>Tools>Computer Management>Device
Manager.
2. Double-click the adapter from which you want to remove the Storport Miniport
driver. A device-specific console window is displayed. Select the Driver tab.
3. Click Uninstall and click OK to uninstall.
ElxPlus Driver
Note: Uninstall the ElxPlus driver only if all adapters and installations of Emulex
miniport drivers are uninstalled.
To uninstall the ElxPlus driver:
1. Run the Device Manager (step 1 above).
2. Click the plus sign (+) next to the Emulex PLUS driver class.
3. Right-click the Emulex driver and click Uninstall.
4. Click OK in the Confirm Device Removal window.