The Dell™ Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) 5/iR controller requires software drivers to operate with Microsoft® Windows®, Red Hat® Enterprise Linux, and SUSE® Linux operating systems.
This chapter contains the procedures for installing the drivers for the following operating systems.
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server family
Microsoft Windows Server® 2003 Server family
Microsoft Windows XP
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Versions 3, 4, and 5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Versions 9 and 10
Windows Vista™
The four methods for installing a driver that are discussed in this chapter are:
During operating system installation
After adding a new SAS 5/iR controller on an existing operating system
Updating existing drivers
Installing from a Dell Precision™ workstation Operating System CD or DVD. This media includes the drivers
NOTE: Operating system installation on an Integrated Mirroring or Integrated Striping virtual disk is supported only when the virtual disk is in an optimal state.
NOTE: Device drivers are frequently updated. To ensure you have the latest version of any driver mentioned in this section, check the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. If a newer version exists, you can download the driver to your system.
Creating a Driver Diskette
NOTE: Driver diskette is not needed if you are installing from a Dell Precision Workstation Operating System CD or DVD.
Browse to the download section of the system on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com.
Locate and download the latest SAS 5/iR driver for the system. The drivers are packaged on the
Dell Support website such that they can be written onto a diskette.
Follow the instructions on the support site for extracting the driver to the diskette.
Installing the Driver During Windows Operating System
Installation
NOTE: You do not need to install the driver on the Windows Vista™ operating system as the driver is native to this operating system.
Perform the following steps to install the driver during Windows operating system installation.
Boot the system using the Microsoft® Windows Installation CD.
When the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver appears,
press <F6> immediately.
Within a few minutes, a screen appears that asks for additional controllers in the system.
Press <S>.
The system prompts for the driver diskette to be inserted.
Insert the driver diskette in the diskette drive and press <Enter>.
A list of SAS 5/iR drivers appears.
Select the appropriate driver and press <Enter> to load the driver.
NOTE: For some Windows operating systems, a message may appear that states that the driver you provided is older/newer than the Windows driver. Press <S> to use the driver that is on the floppy diskette.
Press <Enter> again to continue the installation.
Installing a Windows Driver for a New SAS 5/iR Controller
NOTE: You do not need to install the driver on the Windows Vista operating system as the driver is native to this operating system.
Perform the following steps to configure the driver when you add the SAS 5/iR controller to a system that already has Windows installed.
Turn off the system.
Install the new SAS 5/iR controller in the system.
See Hardware Installation for detailed instructions on installing and cabling the SAS 5/iR controller.
Turn on the system.
The Windows operating system should detect the new controller and display a message to inform the user.
The Found New Hardware wizard appears and displays the detected hardware device.
NOTE: In some Windows operating systems, the initial Found New Hardware screen may request to connect to the internet in order to find the appropriate driver for the found device. Select No, not at this time.
Click Next.
On the Locate device driver screen, select Search for a suitable driver for my device and click Next.
Provide the appropriate driver package (from your driver diskette) on the Locate Driver Files screen.
Click Next.
The wizard detects and installs the appropriate device drivers for the new SAS 5/iR controller.
Click Finish to complete the installation.
Restart the system.
Updating an Existing Windows Driver
Perform the following steps to update the Windows driver for the SAS 5/iR controller already installed on your system.
NOTE: It is important that you close all applications on your system before you update the driver.
Click Start® Control Panel® System.
The System Properties screen appears.
NOTE: In some Windows operating systems, click Start® Settings® Control Panel® System.
Click on the Hardware tab.
Click Device Manager.
The Device Manager screen appears.
Double-click on SCSI and RAID Controllers.
Double-click the SAS 5/iR controller for which you want to update the driver.
Click the Driver tab and click on Update Driver.
The Update Device Driver wizard appears.
Insert the appropriate driver diskette.
Select Install from a list or specific location.
Click Next.
Follow the steps in the wizard to search the diskette for the driver.
Select the name of the driver file from the diskette.
NOTE: For systems running Windows 2000 operating system, select the appropriate .INF file.
Click Next and continue the installation steps in the wizard.
Click Finishto exit the wizard and restart the system for the changes to take place.
NOTE: Restart is not required for systems installed with Windows Server 2003 x64.
Installing From the Dell Operating System Media
Use the Operating System media CD or DVD that came with your Dell Precision workstation to install the driver during the operating system installation.
Boot to the Dell Precision workstation Operating System CD or DVD.
Continue your operating system installation using the instructions provided in the CD or DVD.
The driver loads automatically.
Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Driver
Use the procedures in this section to install the driver for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (versions 3, 4, and 5) and ES (versions 3, 4, and 5).
NOTE: The device driver for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS Version 5 is native. To ensure you have the latest version of this driver, check the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. If a newer version exists, you can download the driver to your system.
Creating a Driver Diskette
Before beginning the installation, copy the drivers from the Dell™ PowerEdge™ Service and Diagnostic Utilities CD or download the driver appropriate for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (versions 3, 4, and 5) from the Dell Support website at support.dell.com to your temporary directory. This file includes two Red Hat Package Managers (RPMs) and driver update disk files. The package also contains the Dynamic Kernel Module Support (DKMS) Red Hat Package Manager file.
The package is a gzipped tar file. After downloading the package to a Linux system, perform the following steps.
gunzip the package.
Execute tar -xvf on the package.
NOTE: The package contains DKMS RPM, the driver RPM (DKMS enabled) and the Driver Update Diskette (DUD image(s)).
Use the dd command to create a driver update disk. Use the appropriate DUD image for this purpose.
"dd if=<name of the dd image file> of=/dev/fd0"
Use the diskette for operating system installation as described later in this section.
Creating a Driver Update Diskette
The following files are needed before you create the DUD.
NOTE: The SAS 5/iR driver package installs these files. You do not need to do anything at this point.
The directory /usr/src/mptlinux-<driver_version> contains the driver source code, dkms.conf, and specifications file for the driver.
The subdirectory redhat_driver_disk contains the files needed to create the DUD. The files needed are disk_info, modinfo, modules.dep, and pcitable.
To create the DUD image for pre-Red Hat Enterprise Linux (version 4), the kernel source package must be installed to compile the driver. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 distribution, the kernel source is not needed.
Perform the following steps to create the DUD using the DKMS tool:
Install the DKMS-enabled SAS 5/iR driver rpm package on a system running Red Hat Enterprise Linux
operating system.
Complete the driver installation as directed by the program.
Installing the Driver Using an Update RPM
The following steps explain the installation procedure for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux, AS (versions 3, 4, and 5) operating systems and the appropriate RAID driver using an update RPM.
Installing the RPM Package with DKMS Support
Uncompress the zipped file of the DKMS-enabled driver package.
Install the DKMS package using the command: rpm -Uvh <DKMS package name>.
Install the driver package using the command: rpm -Uvh <Driver package name>.
Restart the system to load the new driver.
Installing the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Driver
Use the procedures in this section to install the driver for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (versions 9 and 10).
NOTE: The device driver for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 10 is native. To ensure you have the latest version of this driver, check the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. If a newer version exists, you can download the driver to your system.
Installing the Driver Using an Update RPM
The following process explains the installation procedure for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (versions 9 and 10) operating system and the appropriate RAID driver using an update RPM.
Installing the RPM Package with DKMS Support
Uncompress the zipped file of the DKMS-enabled driver package.
Install the DKMS package using the command: rpm -Uvh <DKMS package name>.
Install the driver package using the command: rpm -Uvh <Driver package name>.
Restart the system to load the new driver.
Creating the Driver Update Diskette
The following files are needed before you create the DUD.
NOTE: The SAS 5/iR driver package installs these files. You do not need to do anything at this point.
The directory /usr/src/mptlinux -<driver_version> contains the driver source code, dkms.conf, and specifications file for the driver.
The subdirectory redhat_driver_disk contains the files needed to create the DUD. The files needed are disk_info, modinfo, modules.dep, and pcitable.
Perform the following steps to create the DUD using the DKMS tool.
Install the DKMS-enabled SAS 5/iR driver rpm package on a system running a SUSE Linux
operating system.
Insert the appropriate SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (versions 9 and 10) Service Pack (SP) CD in
the system.
Select INSTALLATION from the menu options.
Select <F6> for the driver update disk.
Press <Enter> to load the Linux kernel.
At the prompt Please insert the driver update floppy/CDROM, click OK.
The system selects the driver from the diskette and installs it. The system then displays the message DRIVER UPDATE ADDED with the description of the driver module.
Click OK.
If you want to install from another driver update medium, continue with the following steps.
The system displays the message PLEASE CHOOSE DRIVER UPDATE MEDIUM.
Select the appropriate driver update medium if you want to load other drivers.
The system selects the driver from the diskette and installs it.
Upgrading the Kernel
If you run the up2date utility to upgrade the kernel, the DKMS enabled driver packages must be reinstalled. To do so, type the following in the same order in a terminal window.:
