Installing The Driver On An Existing Operating System; Before You Begin; Creating A Driver Disk; Installing On Windows - Adaptec Serial Attached SCSI Installation And User Manual

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Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System

This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec HBA driver on an existing operating system. It assumes
that the HBA and OS are installed and that you want to update the driver software.
Note: To install the driver while you're installing the operating system, see
the Driver and an Operating System

Before You Begin

• Create a driver disk (see following section)
Note: For up-to-date operating system version support or to download the latest
drivers, visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. From the main menu select
Support>Knowledgebase>Advanced Search>Limit by Category>OS type or Limit by
Category>Downloads, enter your adapter model, then click Search.

Creating a Driver Disk

• For Windows, the driver is loaded directly from the Adaptec Installation DVD.
• For Red Hat Linux, copy the driver from the Adaptec Installation DVD to the local machine.
• For VMware, copy the driver from the Adaptec Installation DVD to a local directory on the ESXi
server.
Continue with the instructions for your operating system, below.

Installing on Windows

Note: Use the following procedure for all supported Windows versions (for a complete
list, see
To install the driver on Windows:
1. Start or restart Windows.
2. In the Windows Control Panel, start the Device Manager.
3. Insert the Adaptec Installation DVD.
4. In the Storage Controllers section of Device Manager, right-click the Adaptec HBA, select Update
Driver Software, then select Browse my computer for driver software and navigate to the Windows
driver folder on the Adaptec Installation DVD.
5. Follow the on-screen instructions to load the driver.
6. When the installation is complete, remove the driver disk and restart your computer.

Installing on Red Hat Linux

To install the driver on Red Hat Linux:
1. Insert and mount the Adaptec Installation DVD:
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Red Hat
2. Copy the driver from the installation DVD to the local machine (/tmp in this example):
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Red Hat
where yyy.rpm is the rpm file. The distribution includes a 32-bit and 64-bit driver.
3. Install the module RPM:
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mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
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cp /mnt/cdrom/linux/driver/RHEL_6.3/yyy.rpm /tmp
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