Chapter2 windows driver installation, 1 description of windows device drivers, Chapter 2, windows driver installation – Avago Technologies LSI SAS 3041E-R User Manual

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Fusion-MPT Device Management User’s Guide

2-1

Version 1.3

Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2007 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.

Chapter 2
Windows Driver
Installation

This chapter describes the

SYMMPI.SYS

,

LSI_FC.SYS

,

LSI_SCSI.SYS

,

and

LSI_SAS.SYS

drivers for Windows-based operating systems and

provides driver installation instructions for Windows XP and Windows
Server 2003. This chapter contains the following sections:

•

Section 2.1, “Description of Windows Device Drivers”

•

Section 2.2, “Installing the Windows XP Driver”

•

Section 2.3, “Windows Server 2003 Drivers”

2.1

Description of Windows Device Drivers

Microsoft and LSI provide two types of miniport device drivers:

•

The

SYMMPI.SYS

ScsiPort based driver, called the “LSI PCI

Fusion-MPT MiniPort Driver”

•

Several StorPort drivers:

LSI_FC.SYS

(LSI Fusion-MPT FC StorPort

Driver),

LSI_SCSI.SYS (

LSI Fusion-MPT SCSI StorPort Driver), and

LSI_SAS.SYS

(LSI Fusion-MPT SAS StorPort Driver)

These drivers complete the path to the LSI controller with an optional
SCSI or FC BIOS.

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