System installation: for systems with a perc s100 – Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller S300 User Manual

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Installing the Drivers

Installing the Controller Drivers During the Operating System

Installation: For Systems with a PERC S100 Adapter

CAUTION:

The latest firmware, drivers and applications must be installed

whenever the controller software is upgraded. A previous version of the driver
might not work with the latest controller software and vice versa.

NOTE:

When using an external USB floppy disk drive, make sure to connect it to

the system when the system is turned-off and before starting step 1. Failure to do so

might result in the external USB floppy disk drive not being recognized by the

system.

1 Reboot the system. When the POST screen appears press .
2 Insert the Windows operating system media into the optical drive of the

system.

3 When the BIOS boot manager or boot device menu appears, select the

text that begins with Embedded SATA... and press .

4 Install the applicable Microsoft Windows operating system, using the

on-screen instructions.

5 At the Select the driver to be installed window a Load Driver sub-screen

appears.

Perform the following:

For Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2:

Insert the CD-ROM, DVD, USB flash drive, or floppy disk that

At the Browse to folder window, access the directory that contains the

controller driver files. Locate and select the files. Click OK.

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