Adaptec asr-6805e rohs kit [52/116] Creating a driver disk

Adaptec asr-6805e rohs kit [52/116] Creating a driver disk
7 Installing the Driver and an Operating System
This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver and an operating system on a
bootable array (see Creating a Bootable Array on page 48).
To install the driver on an existing operating system, see Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating
System on page 60.
Before You Begin
Install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see Installing the Controller
and Disk Drives on page 40).
Create a bootable array (see Creating a Bootable Array on page 48).
Download drivers from the Adaptec Web site
Create a driver disk (see the following section)
Creating a Driver Disk
Download the latest drivers from the Adaptec Web site, then create a driver disk by completing the
steps below. You will need a USB ash drive to complete this task. If the driver binary is an iso image,
use a writable CD instead of a ash drive.
To download drivers from the Adaptec Web site and create a driver disk:
1. Open a browser window, then type start.adaptec.com in the address bar.
2. Select your RAID controller family (Series 7, Series 8, and so on) and controller model.
3. Select your operating system version, for instance, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 x64 or Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6; then select the appropriate driver from the list.
Note: For Linux OSs, the list of drivers typically includes a rpm le and an Images
le. Select the Images le only if you are installing the driver on an existing
operating system (for more information, see Installing the Driver on an Existing
Operating System on page 60).
4. Click Download Now and accept the license agreement.
5. When the download completes, extract the contents of the driver archive le to a temporary location.
If the archive includes drivers for multiple operating system versions (Windows, for instance), each
driver is stored in a separate folder, including one each for 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems.
6. Change to the folder for your operating system version, as needed.
7. Copy the driver binary le or the entire driver folder contents to a USB ash drive. For Debian,
Ubuntu, and Fedora Linux, be sure to extract the contents of the .tgz les rst.
If the driver binary is an iso image, see Step [8].
8. If the driver binary is an iso image ̶ for instance, for Citrix XenServer ̶ burn the iso to a writeable CD.
Use whatever tool you prefer to burn the CD, such as an interactive, GUI-based, tool or the Linux
command line.
Note: For VMware ESXi 5.5 and VMware ESXi 6.0, see Installing with VMware on
page 57.
9. Remove and label the driver disk.
10. Continue the installation with the instructions for your operating system.
Installing with Windows
Note: The following instructions apply to all supported Windows operating systems.
You will need your Windows Installation CD to complete this task.
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