Chapter 6: Driver Support For Dell Hba355I Adapter, Dell Hba355I Front, Dell Hba355E Adapter, Dell Hba350I Mx, Dell Hba350I Adapter, And Dell Hba350I Mm; Creating The Device Driver Media; Download And Save Dell Hba355I Adapter, Dell Hba355I Front, Dell Hba355E Adapter, Dell Hba350I Mx, Dell Hba350I Adapter, And Dell Hba350I Mm Drivers From The Support Site - Dell HBA 355 Series User Manual

Driver support for Dell HBA355i Adapter, Dell
HBA355i Front, Dell HBA355e Adapter, Dell
HBA350i MX, Dell HBA350i Adapter, and Dell
The HBA350i Adapter, HBA355e Adapter, HBA355i Front, HBA350i MX, HBA350i Adapter, and Dell HBA350i MM cards require
software drivers to operate with the supported operating systems.
This chapter contains the procedures for installing the drivers for the HBA355i Adapter, HBA355e Adapter, HBA355i Front,
HBA350i MX, HBA350i Adapter, and HBA350i MM cards.
NOTE: The driver for HBA355i Adapter, HBA355i Front, HBA350i MX, HBA355e Adapter, and HBA350i Adapter for
VMware ESXi is packaged within the VMware ESXi ISO image that is downloaded from Dell. For more information, see
the VMware documentation at www.dell.com/virtualizationsolutions. It is not recommended to have drivers from controllers
prior to HBA355e Adapter, HBA355i Adapter, HBA350i MX, HBA355i Front, HBA350i Adapter, and HBA350i MM on the
same system.
The two methods for installing a driver that is discussed in this chapter are:
● Installing a driver during operating system installation: Use this method if you are performing a new installation of the
operating system and want to include the drivers.
● Updating existing drivers: Use this method if the operating system and the HBA controllers are already installed and you
want to update to the latest drivers.
Topics:
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Creating the device driver media

• Windows driver installation
• Linux driver installation
• Load the driver while installing an operating system
Creating the device driver media
Use one of the following two methods to create the device driver media:
● Downloading Drivers From The Dell Support Website
● Downloading Drivers From The Dell Systems Service And Diagnostic Tools Media
Download and save Dell HBA355i Adapter, Dell HBA355i Front, Dell
HBA355e Adapter, Dell HBA350i MX, Dell HBA350i Adapter, and
Dell HBA350i MM drivers from the support site
About this task
To download drivers from the Dell Support website:
Steps
1. Go to www.dell.com/support/home.
Driver support for Dell HBA355i Adapter, Dell HBA355i Front, Dell HBA355e Adapter, Dell HBA350i MX, Dell HBA350i
HBA350i MM
Adapter, and Dell HBA350i MM
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