Owner's manual

Driver Installation 27
Installing a Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows
Vista, or Windows XP Driver for a New RAID Controller
Perform the following steps to configure the driver for the RAID controller on
a system that already has Windows installed.
1
Turn off the system.
2 Install the new RAID controller in the system.
3 Turn on the system.
The Windows operating system detects the new controller and displays a
message to inform the user.
4 The Found New Hardware Wizard screen pops up and displays the
detected hardware device.
NOTE: Windows 2008 and Vista include a device driver to support the SAS
controllers. The system automatically detects the new controller and installs
the driver. Check the version of the driver installed by Windows and update if
necessary.
5 Click Next .
6 On the Locate device driver screen, select Search for a suitable driver for
my device
and click Next .
7 Make the Driver Files available and browse to the proper location from the
Locate Driver Files screen.
8 Click Next .
9 The wizard detects and installs the appropriate device drivers for the new
RAID controller.
10 Click Finish to complete the installation.
11 Reboot the server if Windows request to do so.
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