Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 6i - Manual (Page 63)

Installing the Drivers
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Installing the Drivers
The Dell™ PowerEdge™ Expandable RAID Controller (PERC) 6 and Dell
Cost-Effective RAID Controller (CERC) 6/i family of controllers require
software drivers to operate with the supported operating systems.
This chapter contains the procedures for installing the drivers for the following
operating systems.
• Citrix
®
XenServer Dell Edition
• Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Server
®
2003
• Microsoft Windows XP
• Microsoft Windows Vista™
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (including Hyper-V virtualization)
• Novell
®
NetWare
®
6.5
• Red Hat
®
Enterprise Linux™ Version 4 Update 5 and Red Hat Enterprise
Linux Version 5
• Solaris™10 Update 5 (64-bit)
• SUSE
®
Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 SP4 (64-bit) and SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server Version 10 (64-bit)
• VMware
®
ESX 3.5 and 3.5i
NOTE:
For more information on Citrix XenServer and VMware ESX drivers, refer to
the Citrix XenServer and VMware ESX documentation respectively.
NOTE:
To check operating system compatibility, refer to the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com.
The two methods for installing a driver that are discussed in this chapter are:
• During operating system installation—Use this method if you are
performing a new installation of the operating system and want to include
the drivers.
• Updating existing drivers—Use this method if the operating system and
PERC 6 and CERC 6i family of controllers are already installed and you
want to update to the latest drivers.
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