Seagate Nytro WarpDrive 6301 Quick Installation Manual page 5

Seagate Nytro WarpDrive 6301 Application Acceleration Card Quick Installation Guide
August 2013
3 New Windows Driver Installation
The Seagate drivers for Windows Server® 2012 (x86, x64, or IA64), and Windows Server 2008 (x86, x64, or IA64)are
available online at the link listed in step 1.
To load the Seagate driver during a new Windows system installation, you can boot directly from the Microsoft®
installation CD-ROM.
To install a new Windows operating system and its appropriate device driver, follow these steps:
1. Follow the links on the Seagate USB drive to download the Windows driver from the Seagate website,
http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/
2. Copy the appropriate driver files onto the server.
3. Open the file and follow the directions in the seagate_sss_[OperatingSystemName].txt file.
4 Existing Windows Driver Installation
The following steps contain a sample driver installation for Windows Server 2008. Nytro WarpDrive cards have inbox
driver support at Windows. Additional versions of Windows drivers are available online. Consult the ReadMe.txt file
for each driver. The Seagate drivers for Windows Server 20012 (x86, x64, or IA64) and Windows Server 2008 (x86, x64,
or IA64) are available online. Use the following procedure to install or upgrade the driver onto an existing
Windows Server 2008 system.
1. Boot Windows Server 2008 and log on as a user with Administrator privileges.
2. Click the Start button, then right-click the My Computer entry in the menu.
3. Click the Properties selection.
4. Click the Hardware tab, then click the Device Manager button.
5. Click the + to the left of the Storage Controllers line. Find the adapter desired for the driver upgrade and
double-click the entry. Click on the Driver tab.
6. Information on the currently installed driver is displayed, and you can view additional driver details by clicking
the Driver Details button.
7. Click the Update Driver button to update the existing driver. The Hardware Update Wizard begins.
8. Click the Install from a list or specific location button to select it, then click the Next button.
9. Click the Don't search, I will choose the driver to install button to select it, then click the Next button.
10. Click the Have Disk button and type the path to the driver, or click the Browse button. Select the location for the
driver package that matches the processor architecture of the system (x86, x64, or IA64). After you establish the
path to the driver, click the OK button.
11. Select the driver from the list and click the Next button.
12. Click the Next button again to start the driver update. In some cases, a message displays indicating that this
driver has not passed logo testing. This message informs you that a nonsigned driver is being installed.
NOTE When you add an Seagate SAS Gen2/Gen3 adapter to an existing system installation,
the new adapter is automatically detected at the next reboot. When the Device Driver
Wizard appears at boot, click on the Next button and continue with step 8.
NOTE Drivers are digitally signed by the Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL)
on completion of logo testing. Because of the time lag between the general customer
release by Seagate of Windows drivers and the completion of WHQL logo testing,
some drivers distributed with adapters or downloaded from the
website might not be digitally signed.
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