Driver Installation; Pre-Installation Requirements For Windows Driver Installation; Creating The Device Driver Media For Windows Driver Installation - Dell PowerEdge H730P User Manual

Driver Installation

The Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) H730P card requires software drivers to operate with the
supported operating systems.
This chapter contains the procedures for installing the drivers for the PERC H730P card.
NOTE: For more information on VMware ESX drivers, see the VMware ESX documentation at
dell.com/support/manuals.
NOTE: To check operating system compatibility, see dell.com/support/manuals.
The two methods for installing a driver discussed in this chapter are:
Installing a Use this method if you are performing a new installation of the operating system
driver during and want to include the drivers.
operating
system
installation
Updating Use this method if the operating system and the PERC H730P family of controllers
existing drivers are already installed and you want to update to the latest drivers.
Pre-Installation Requirements For Windows Driver
Installation
Before you install the operating system:
• Read the Microsoft Getting Started document that shipped with your operating system.
• Ensure that your system has the latest BIOS, firmware, and driver updates. If required, download the
latest BIOS, firmware, and driver updates from dell.com/support.
• Create a device driver media (diskette, USB drive, CD, or DVD).
Creating The Device Driver Media For Windows Driver
Installation
Use one of the following two methods to create the device driver media:
• Downloading drivers from the Dell systems service and diagnostic tools media for Windows
• Downloading drivers from the Dell support website for Windows
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