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Driver Installation

The Dell™ Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) 5 Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) require software drivers to operate

with the Microsoft

Windows

, Red Hat

Enterprise Linux

, and SUSE

Linux operating systems.

This chapter contains the procedures for installing the drivers for the following operating systems.

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server family

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 family

• Windows Vista™

NOTE: Only the SAS 5/i Integrated controller card supports Windows Vista.

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Versions 3, 4, and 5

•SUSE

Linux Enterprise Server Versions 9 and 10

The four methods for installing a driver that are discussed in this chapter are:

• Installing the driver during Windows operating system installation.

• Installing a Windows driver for a new SAS 5 HBA.

• Updating an existing Windows driver.

• Installing or updating the the driver on a new or existing Linux operating system installation.

NOTE: Device drivers are frequently updated. To ensure you have the latest version of any driver mentioned

in this section, check the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. If a newer version exists, you can

download the driver to your system.

Creating a Driver Diskette

Browse to the download section for the system at the Dell Support website at

support.dell.com

Locate and download the latest SAS 5 HBA driver to the system. The drivers are packaged on the

Dell Support website such that it can be written to a diskette.

Follow the instructions on the Dell Support website for extracting the driver to the diskette.

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