User`s manual

DRIVER INSTALLATION

system installations. For Windows 7/2008/Vista, you can copy the

Windows driver le to USB device and installed from it. Determine

the correct kernel version and identify which diskette images

contain drivers for that kernel. If the driver le ends in .img, create

the appropriate driver diskette using “dd” utility. The following

steps are required to create the driver diskettes:

1. The computer system BIOS must be set to boot-up from the

CD-ROM.

2. Insert the ARC-1320 software driver CD disc into the CD-ROM

drive.

3. The system will boot-up from CD-ROM Drive; to create the

driver diskettes, select the “SAS Host Adapter Driver Diskette

Make Utility”, and a screen with several choices will be displayed.

4. Move the highlight bar to the “Create Driver Disk” entry and

press Enter.

5. The screen queries the ARC-1320 SAS host adapters support

driver database and displays a list of available drivers. Move the

highlight bar to the correct driver entry and press Enter to select.

6. The next screen will show “Please insert a formatted diskette

into drive A:!! Press any key to continue”. Insert the formatted

diskette in drive “A” and press any key to continue.

7. The window will display the driver building message: ”Now is

writing to Cylinder…” as it copies the image le from the CD-ROM

to driver diskette.

8. The “Write Complete !!” message will display when the driver

diskette ready.

The driver diskette is made now. Proceed to the following

instruction for installation procedures.