Dell PERC 4/SC - Manual (Page 4)

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Installing the Windows Driver
Dell™ CERC and PERC RAID Controllers Operating System Driver Installation Guide
Installing a Driver During Operating System Installation
Installing a Driver for a New RAID Controller
Updating an Existing Driver
Installing PERC 4/DC or PERC 4/SC Controllers in Windows NT 4.0 Systems With PERC 3/SC, 3/DCL, or PERC 3/DC
Updating the Device Drivers Running Windows NT 4.0
Installing PERC 4/DC or PERC 4/SC Controllers in Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Systems with PERC 3/SC, 3/DCL, or PERC 3/DC
Migrating from a PERC 3/DC, 3/DCL, 3/SC to PERC 4/DC or PERC 4/SC
Upgrading PERC 3/DC,3/DCL and 3/SC Controllers
Removing the PERC 3/DC, 3/DCL, or 3/SC Controller and Installing the PERC 4/DC or PERC 4/SC Controller
Changing the Write Policy
This chapter contains the procedures for installing the drivers for the Windows® 2000 Server and Windows 2003 operating systems. It also contains
procedures for upgrading from PERC 3 controllers and installing PERC 4 drivers in Windows NT, 2000, and Windows 2003 systems that have PERC 3
controllers.
The Windows driver file is available on the Dell™ OpenManage™ Systems Management® CD, Server Support CD, and the Microsoft operating system CD.
There are three methods for installing the driver:
l During operating system installation
Use this method if you are performing a new installation of the operating system and want to include the drivers.
l 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.
l 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.
Installing a Driver During Operating System Installation
Perform the following steps to install the driver while you are installing the operating system.
1. Power down the system.
2. Insert the RAID controller if it is not already installed.
See the user's guide for your board for hardware installation instructions.
3. Boot the system.
During bootup, the BIOS banner should display. If it does not, power down and read the "Troubleshooting" section in the other documentation for your
RAID controller.
4. Configure logical drives.
NOTE: For the procedures needed to configure logical drives, refer to your RAID controller documentation.