Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 6i - Manual (Page 69)

Installing the Drivers
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10 Follow the steps in the wizard and browse to the location of the driver files.
11 Select the INF file from the USB key or other media.
12 Click Next and continue the installation steps in the Wizard.
13 Click Finish to exit the wizard and reboot the system for the changes to
take place.
NOTE:
Dell provides the Dell Update Package (DUP) to update drivers on systems
running Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. DUP is and executable
application that updates drivers for specific devices. DUP supports command line
interface and silent execution. For more information, go to the Dell Support website
at support.dell.com.
Installing Linux Driver
Use the procedures in this section to install the driver for Linux. The driver is
updated frequently. To ensure that you have the current version of the driver,
download the updated Linux driver from the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com.
Creating a Driver Diskette
Before beginning the installation, copy the drivers from the Service and
Diagnostic Utilities media or download the driver appropriate for Linux from
the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. This file includes two Red Hat
Package Managers (RPMs) and driver update disk files. The package also
contains the Dynamic Kernel Module Support (DKMS) Red Hat Package
Manager (RPM) file, source code, and release notes.
For more information on DKMS, see the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com.
The package is a gzipped tar file. After downloading the package to a Linux
system, perform the following steps.
1 Unzip the package using gunzip.
2 Untar the file using
tar -xvf .
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