Overview Of The Driver Installation Process - Adaptec 1420SA Installation And User Manual

Overview of the Driver Installation Process

Adaptec recommends the following driver installation procedure:
1 Create a driver disk.
2 Identify the appropriate installation procedure for your
computer.
You need to know the operating system and whether you are
installing the driver while also installing the operating system,
or installing the driver onto a system that already has the
operating system installed.
3 Select a RAID level during driver installation. See
About RAID
Note: See
Adaptec Storage Manager online Help for details.
4 Read and understand the entire installation procedure.
5 Proceed with the installation.
Note: You must have the most recent versions of Adaptec
Storage Manager and the ARC utility installed to run the
Adaptec RAID drivers.
for a summary of the RAID levels.
Appendix A, About RAID
Installing the Driver
Appendix A,
for RAID levels and the
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