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User ’s Gu ide LSI Logic MegaRAID® SAS Devic e Driver Installation English.
® DB15-000358-00 MegaRAID ® SAS De vice Driv er Installation USER’S GUIDE Ma y 2006 V ersio n 1.0.
ii Cop yright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. This doc ument co ntains prop rietary info rmation of LSI Logi c Corporation. The inf ormation c ontained h erein is no t to be used b y or disclose d to third parties withou t the e xpress w ritten permission of an of ficer of LSI Lo gic Corporatio n.
MegaRAID SAS De vice Driv er Installati on User’ s Guide iii Cop yright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Preface This m anual is the pr imar y reference f o r the operat ing system drivers provided with the LSI Lo gic MegaRAID ® de v ices.
iv Preface Cop yright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Related Publications MegaRAID S AS Storage Ad apters User’ s Gui de, Document No . DB15-00033 6-01 This d ocument explains how to i nstall your MegaRA ID SAS storag e adapter i n the host system.
Pref ace v Cop yright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Revision History Courier typef ace .nwk file Name s of com mands, direc tories, fi lenames , and on-scr een te xt are sh own in C ouri er ty peface. bold typef ace fd1sp In a comm and line , ke yword s are sho wn in bold, n on-ital ic type- f ace.
vi Preface Cop yright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. T echnical Supp or t LSI Logic provides tec hnical sup por t only f or LSI Logic products purchased directly from LSI Logi c or from an LS I Logic-au thorized resell er .
Contents vii Cop yright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Contents Chapter 1 Overv iew 1. 1 Dri v er De sc ript ion 1- 1 1.1. 1 Driv er Func tio ns 1-2 1.1.2 D river Updates 1-2 1.2 Dr iver Names 1-3 Chapter 2 Windows Driver Installatio n 2.
viii Cont ents Cop yright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved..
Contents ix Cop yright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Ta b l e s 1.1 MegaRAID Device Driver Files 1-3.
xC o n t e n t s Cop yright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved..
MegaRAID SAS De vice Driv er Installati on User’ s Guide 1-1 Cop yright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Chapter 1 Overvie w This chap ter provides an over view of the dr iv ers for the Me gaRAID cont roll ers . It co nsis ts of t he f ollow ing se ction s: • Section 1.
1-2 Over view Cop yright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 1.1.1 Driver Functions MegaRAID pr ovides dri v ers for the MegaRAID S AS RAID St orage Adapte rs, which bri ng 3.0 Gbit/s Seri al Attach ed SCSI and 3.0 Gbit/s SA T A II performa nce to hos t adapter , workstati on, and se rver desig ns.
Driver Names 1-3 Cop yright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Y ou can downlo ad the latest drivers and so ftware on the LSI Logic web site: http://www .lsil ogic.com . Acces s the download cen ter and follow the steps to download the dr iver .
1-4 Over view Cop yright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved..
MegaRAID SAS De vice Driv er Installati on User’ s Guide 2-1 Cop yright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Chapter 2 Windo ws Driver Installa tion This chap ter descr ibes t he i.
2-2 Windo ws Dri ver Install ation Cop yright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. The sys tem BIOS mus t suppor t booting fro m a CD-ROM. BIOS settings might requir e changes to allow CD-ROM booting . See your system do cumentation.
Inst allin g or Up dati ng the Me gaRAI D Dr iver in an Exis ting W indows S ystem 2-3 Cop yright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.
2-4 Windo ws Dri ver Install ation Cop yright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Step 2. Press F 6 when the following displ a ys at the b ottom of the screen : "Press F6 if you nee d..." Note : Y ou mus t press F6 for the system to recognize th e new dri v er.
MegaRAID SAS De vice Driv er Installati on User’ s Guide 3-1 Cop yright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Chapter 3 Red Hat Lin ux 3.0 and 4.0 Driver Ins tallation Thi s chapt er des cribes t he i nstal latio n of t he de vice d river in ne w Red Hat Linux 3.
3-2 Red Hat L inux 3.0 and 4.0 Driv er Ins tallation Cop yright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 3.2 Adding the Red Hat Linux Driv er to an Existing Installat ion P erform t he fo llowing procedure to a dd the Red Ha t Linux 4.0 dri v er to an e xisting ins tallatio n: Step 1.
Upda ting th e Re d Hat Li nux Syst em Dr iver 3-3 Cop yright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 3.3 Updating the Red Hat Linux System Driver P erfor m the follo wing procedure to u pdate to the latest version of the dri v er : Step 1.
3-4 Red Hat L inux 3.0 and 4.0 Driv er Ins tallation Cop yright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved..
MegaRAID SAS De vice Driv er Installati on User’ s Guide 4-1 Cop yright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Chapter 4 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 Driver Installa tion This chap ter descr ibes how to in stall the SuS E Linux Enter pr ise Ser ver (SLES) 9 .
4-2 SuSE Linu x Enterpr ise Server (SLES) 9 Driv er Inst allation Cop yright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. The insta llation proces s should pick up the new driver from the floppy diskette. Step 4. Press AL T+CTRL+F4 t o see wheth er the dr iv er is l oaded.
MegaRAID SAS De vice Driv er Installati on User’ s Guide IX-1 Cop yright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Inde x D device driver files 1-3 driver diskette 1-3 filenames 1-3 sup.
IX-2 Inde x Cop yright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved..
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