Driver Installation - Dell 6 series User Manual

Driver Installation

The Dell™ PowerEdge™ Expandable RAID Controller (PERC) 6 and
Dell Cost-Effective RAID Controller (CERC) 6/i family of controllers require
software drivers to operate with the supported operating systems.
This chapter contains the procedures for installing the drivers for the
following operating systems.
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• Citrix XenServer Dell Edition
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• Microsoft Windows Server
• Microsoft Windows
• Microsoft Windows Vista
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (including Hyper-V™ virtualization)
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• Novell NetWare
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• Red Hat Enterprise Linux™ Version 4 and Red Hat Enterprise
Linux Version 5
• Solaris™10 (64-bit)
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• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 (64-bit), Version 10 (64-bit),
and Version 11 (64-bit)
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• VMware ESX 3.5 and 3.5i
NOTE:
For more information on Citrix XenServer and VMware ESX drivers, see the
Citrix XenServer and VMware ESX documentation respectively on the Dell Support
website at support.dell.com.
NOTE:
To check operating system compatibility, see the Dell Support website
at support.dell.com.
The two methods for installing a driver discussed in this chapter are:
• During operating system installation — Use this method if you are
performing a new installation of the operating system and want to include
the drivers.
• Updating existing drivers — Use this method if the operating system and
PERC 6 and CERC 6/i family of controllers are already installed and you
want to update to the latest drivers.
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