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8 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System

This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver on an existing operating system.

Note: To install the driver while you're installing an operating system, see Installing

the Driver and an Operating System on page 52.

Before You Begin

• Install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see Installing the Controller

and Disk Drives on page 40).

• 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.

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, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or Microsoft Windows

Server 2012 x64; 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. You can use either one to install the driver on an existing operating system.

The instructions in this chapter use the rpm.

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.

Note: For VMware and Citrix XenServer, use a remote copy utility to copy the

driver to the local machine; see Installing on VMware on page 63 and Installing

on Citrix XenServer on page 64.

8. Remove and label the driver disk.

9. Continue the installation with the instructions for your operating system.

Installing on Windows

Note: The following instructions apply to all supported Windows operating systems.

To install the driver on Windows:

1. Start or restart Windows.

2. In the Control Panel, launch the Device Manager, right-click your RAID controller, then select Update

Driver Software.

3. Insert the driver disk, then select Browse my computer for driver software.

4. Browse to the driver disk location, then click Next.

5. Select the driver from the list, then click Next.

6. When the installation is complete, remove the driver disk and restart your computer.

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