
Contents 3
Contents
CAUTION: Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SAFETY: General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SAFETY: When Working Inside Your System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SAFETY: Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2 SAS 5 HBA Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
LED Port Activity Feature (SAS 5/E Adapter Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3 Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Installing the SAS 5/E Adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4 Driver Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Creating a Driver Diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Installing the Driver During Windows Operating
System Installation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Installing a Windows Driver for a New SAS 5 HBA
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Updating an Existing Windows Driver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Driver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Creating a Driver Diskette
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing the Driver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing the Driver Using an Update RPM
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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