Owner's manual

Driver Installation 23
Driver Installation
The Dell™ Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) 6/iR controller requires software
drivers to operate with Microsoft
®
Windows
®
, Red Hat
®
Linux
®
, and SUSE
®
Linux operating systems.
This chapter contains the procedures for installing the drivers for the following
operating systems:
• Microsoft Windows Server
®
2003 Server family
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Server family
• Microsoft Windows XP
• Red Hat Linux Versions 4 and 5
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 10
• Windows Vista™
The four methods for installing a driver that are discussed in this chapter are:
• During operating system installation.
• After adding a new SAS 6/iR controller on an existing operating system.
• Updating existing drivers.
• Installing from a
Dell Precision™ Workstation Operating System media.
This media includes the drivers.
NOTE: Operating system installation on a RAID 1 or a RAID 0 virtual disk is
supported only when the virtual disk is in an optimal state.
NOTE: 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.
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