10
OS X (ExpressSAS H6xx and R6xx only)
1
Power on your system.
2
Double-click the downloaded driver file to
launch the installer
3
Follow the on-screen instructions.
4
Continue on to
Install Hardware
on page 17.
5
Launch
Linux
Note
Newer PCs may ship with UEFI firmware
with Secure Boot enabled. With Secure
Boot the operating system boot loaders,
Linux kernel, and all kernel modules must
be signed with a private key and
authenticated with a corresponding public
key.
When trying to load an unsigned ATTO driver
on a secure boot system, you will see the
following error:
modprobe: ERROR: could
not insert '<driver-name>': Required key not
available
Refer to the Linux driver read me file
(readme.html) contained in the driver bundle
for instructions on signing and authenticating
your ATTO Linux drivers.
Note
ExpressSAS adapters are not supported
under Linux kernel 2.4.
1
Power on your system.
2
Log in as
root
.
3
Verify that the kernel header files, usually
included with the Linux kernel development
package, are installed.
4
Locate the downloaded driver and copy the
driver file to a directory such as /usr/src
5
Open a Terminal session and change to the
directory where you stored the driver.
6
Open your File Browser and browse to
/mnt/cdrom/Linux/Drivers.
7
Click on the driver:
• for the ExpressSAS HBAs, the driver
filename appears as
lnx_drv_esashba#_XXX.tgz
where # is the
product family and XXX is the driver’s
current version number.
• for ExpressSAS RAID adapters, the driver
filename appears as
lnx_drv_esasraid#_XXX.tgz
where # is the
product family and XXX is the driver’s
current version number.
8
Copy the driver file to a directory such as
/usr/src
.
9
Open a Terminal session.
10 Change to the directory where you stored the
driver.
11 Extract the driver source:
• for
ExpressSAS
HBAs:
tar xfz
lnx_drv_esashba#_
XXX
.tgz
.
• for ExpressSAS RAID adapters:
tar xfz
lnx_drv_esasraid#_
XXX
.tgz
.
12 The driver files are extracted to a directory
called
lnx_drv_esashba_XXX
or
lnx_drv_esasraid_XXX
.
Navigate to that directory.
13 Compile and install the driver using
./install.sh.
The driver is now installed and ready to use.
14 Add the following line to
/etc/modprobe.conf
after installing the driver:
• for
ExpressSAS
HBAs:
alias
scsi_hostHBAX esashba
where
X
is the
next available HBA number.
• for ExpressSAS RAID adapters:
alias
scsi_hostHBAX esasraid
where
X
is the
next available HBA number.
15 Continue on to
Install Hardware
on page 17.
VMware ESXi 5.x (ExpressSAS H6xx only)
You can add an ATTO adapter and install the driver
after installing ESXi 5.
Note
ESXi 5.0 supports H6xx
ESX 5.5 supports H12XX
