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Driver Installation
The Dell™ PowerEdge™ RAID Controller (PERC) H200 and 6Gbps
SAS HBA cards require software drivers to operate with Microsoft®
Windows®, RedHat® Enterprise Linux®, and SUSE® Linux operating
systems.
This section contains the procedures for installing the drivers for the following
operating systems:
• Microsoft Windows Server
2003 Server family
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Server family
• Windows Server 2008 R2
• Red Hat Linux version 4 Update 7 and later, and version 5 Update 3
andlater
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 10 Service Pack 2 and later
(64-bitonly), and version 11 Gold and later (64-bit only)
The three methods for installing a driver that are discussed in this chapter are:
• During operating system installation
• After adding a new PERC H200 or 6Gbps SAS HBA controller on an
existing operating system
• Updating existing drivers
NOTE: The Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system includes native support
forthe PERC H200 card. The driver is automatically installed. For driver updates,
seethe Dell Support website at support.dell.com.
NOTE: Operating system installation on a RAID 1, RAID 0 or a RAID 10 virtual disk
issupported only when the virtual disk is in an optimal state.
NOTE: 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.
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