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Compiled and tested drivers for Red Hat and SuSE Linux are included on the shipped CD. You can download updated
versions of compiled and tested drivers for RedHat or SuSE Linux from the Sans Digital web site at
http://www.sansdigital.com. Included in these downloads is the Linux driver source, which can be used to compile
the updated version driver for RedHat, SuSE and other versions of Linux. Please refer to the "readme.txt" file on the
included SAS RAID controller CD or website to make driver diskette and install driver to the system.
4.3. Driver Installation for FreeBSD
This chapter describes how to install the SAS RAID controller driver to FreeBSD. Before installing the SAS RAID driver
to FreeBSD, complete following actions:
1. Install and configure the controller and hard disk drives according to the instructions in Chapter 2, Hardware
Installation. Start the system and then press Tab or F6 to enter the McBIOS RAID Manager configuration
utility.
2. Use the McBIOS RAID manager to create the RAID set and volume set. For details, see Chapter 3, McBIOS
RAID Manager.
The supplied software CD that came with the SAS RAID controller includes compiled and tested drivers for FreeBSD
7.x (7.2 and onwards), 8.x (8.0 and onwards) and 9.x (9.0 and onwards). To check if a more current version driver is
available, please see the SansDigital web site at http://www.sansdigital.com.
Please refer to the "readme.txt" file on the SAS RAID controller software CD or website to make driver diskette and
install driver to the system.
4.4. Driver Installation for Solaris
This chapter describes how to install the SAS RAID controller driver to Solaris. Before installing the SAS RAID driver
to Solaris, complete following actions:
1. Install and configure the controller and hard disk drives according to the instructions in Chapter 2, Hardware
Installation.
2. Start the system and then press Tab or F6 to enter the McBIOS RAID Manager configuration utility. Use the
McBIOS RAID manager to create the RAID set and volume set. For details, see Chapter 3, McBIOS RAID
Manager.
The supplied software CD that came with the SAS RAID controller includes compiled and tested drivers for Solaris
10/11 x86/x86_64. Please refer to the "readme.txt" file on the software CD or website: http:/www.sansdigital.com
to make driver diskette and install driver to the system.
4.5. Driver Installation for Mac OS X
After hardware installation, the SAS/SATA disk drives connected to the SAS RAID controller must be configured and
the volume set units initialized by the controller before they are ready to use by the system.
4.5.1. Installation Procedures
This section describes detailed instructions for installing the Sans Digital Mac driver & utility for the RAID
controller on your Intel_based Mac Pro. You must have administrative level permissions to install Mac
driver & utility. You can use the MRAID installer to install Mac driver & utility (MRAID) at once or
"Custom" to install special components.
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