Installing drivers, Windows, Linux – HP PCIe U320 SCSI Host Bus Adapter User Manual
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4.
Power up the server and peripherals.
The HP U320e SCSI Host Bus Adapter comes pre-configured to operate properly in a variety of common
setups. However, some systems may benefit by tuning the adapter for a specific application. See
on page 25 for information on changing host adapter settings.
Installing drivers
After installing the HP StorageWorks U320e SCSI Host Bus Adapter, you must configure your system to
recognize and use it by installing drivers for your operating system.
NOTE:
If you already have one or more HP StorageWorks U320e SCSI Host Bus Adapters installed in the server
and you are installing additional adapters, you do not need to install drivers unless you are updating
a previously installed driver.
Windows
To install the Windows driver from the product CD:
1.
Load the product CD into the computer. The CD will display an HTML page.
2.
Click the arrow next to Drivers in the Extras section.
3.
Double-click the driver package for your operating system to extract the files.
4.
Navigate to the location where you extracted the files.
5.
Double-click setup.exe.
6.
Click Install.
To install the Windows driver from the HP website:
1.
Download the driver package for your operating system from
The driver package is a self-extracting archive.
2.
In Windows Explorer, navigate to the location of the downloaded driver package. Double-click the
driver package to extract the files.
3.
Navigate to the location where you extracted the files.
4.
Double-click setup.exe.
5.
Click Install.
Linux
To install the Linux driver package from the product CD:
1.
Load the product CD into the computer. The CD will display an HTML page.
2.
Click the arrow next to Drivers in the Extras section.
3.
Copy the Linux driver package to the file system.
4.
Unzip the driver package and view the readme.txt file for release notes and installation
instructions.
HP provides patches for the AH627A driver in the Linux 2.4 and 2.6 kernels to allow the driver to
operate on the HP StorageWorks U320e SCSI Host Bus Adapter.
To install the Linux driver package from the HP website:
1.
Download the Linux driver package from
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