3Navigate to the expanded software package folder.
4The ExpressSAS Windows driver is located in the base directory. The x86 package also
includes a Storport directory. Navigate to the folder with the desired ExpressSAS driver.
5Run makedisk.exe.
6Follow the instructions to complete the installation.
Mac OS X drivers
The ATTO ExpressSAS adapter supports Macintosh operating systems: Mac OS X 10.4 or later
1Power on your system.
2Double click the supplied gzip file.
3A dmg is installed on the desktop. Mount the dmg file.
4Open the contents of the mounted file.
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6Follow the
7Reboot.
8Continue to Install hardware on page 5
Linux
The ATTO ExpressSAS adaptor supports Linux operating systems RedHat ES 3, 4; Suse Linux 9, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10, 10.1 and the following architectures: i386 (with or without CONFIG_REGPARM); x86_64 (AMD64, Intel EM64T).
Note
The ExpressSAS RAID adapters are not supported under Linux 2.4.
1Power on your system.
2Unzip and untar the driver files:$ tar xfz filename.tgz
3Change to the extracted directory:$ cd extracted_directory_name
Make sure there are no spaces in the path in which you extract the archive. The Linux kernel Makefile will fail if the path name contains a space character.
Kernel header files must be installed to build this driver. If the files are in a
4As root, make and install the modules:$ make install
5The modules are ready to use. If drivers load automatically, continue to Install hardware on page 5. Otherwise, refer to Loading drivers on this page.
Loading drivers
•To load a driver manually, type $ modprobe esasraid
You may receive a warning that the module will taint the kernel.
•Red Hat Hardware Discovery Utility may ask you to Configure the Device, Ignore, or Do Nothing after loading the driver for the first time. Select Configure and follow the utility’s configuration prompts.
•To load a driver at boot if your system does not do so automatically:
•Red Hat 4. Add the following line to /etc/modprobe.conf after installing the driver: alias scsi_hostadapterX esasraid where X is the next available number.
•Red Hat 3. Add the following line to /etc/rc. modules after installing the driver modprobe esasraid
You may need to create /etc/rc.modules and make it executable with ‘chmod +x /etc/rc.modules’
•SUSE 9
1Run the yast utility by selecting it the GUI under System in the application menu or running it from a command line.
2Select Hardware
3Select Disk Controller
4Under Disk Controller Configuration, select the ATTO device.
5Under the Module to Use heading, select the esasraid module
6In the box next to Load Module in initrd, put an
X
7Select Finish to complete the configuration.
•SUSE 10. Add the following line to /etc/init.d/boot.local after installing the driver: modprobe esasraid
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