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PERC 3/DC or PERC 3/DCL Hardware Installation

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Step 10—Install Operating System Software Driver

See the documentation for the PERC 3/DC or PERC 3/DCL operating
systems driver for additional information about installing the drivers for
Windows NT, Windows 2000, Novell NetWare 5.x, 6.x, and Red Hat Linux
7.x.

Replacing a PERC 3/DC Containing a

BC Chip with a PERC 3/DC Containing

a BE Chip

Using Driver 5.22.1 or 5.22.2 and Firmware 161J or 161N

Perform the following steps to replace the PERC 3/DC card if you are using
the 5.22.1 or 5.22.2 driver, and 161J or 161N firmware.

1

If the driver is not updated to 5.30 or later before you switch

controllers, shut down the machine that will have its controller

replaced.

2

Replace the controller (using the procedures in this chapter.)

3

Boot to Windows.

4

When logging into Windows, cancel the New Hardware Device

Found prompts.

5

Power down the machine.

6

Power on the machine again.

7

Log into Windows.

8

Proceed to the Windows Device Manager.
There will be a yellow marker on the RAID controller.

9

Choose the update driver by selecting Display a list of the Known

drivers for this device and specifying the location of the driver.

Using Driver 5.30 and Firmware 1.70

Perform the following steps if the driver is updated to 5.30 or later before
you replace the controller, and the firmware on the new controller is
updated to 1.70.