Appendix B: Software Installation Instructions
B-1
Appendix B
Software Installation Instructions
B-1 Installing Software Programs
The Supermicro FTP site contains drivers and utilities for your system at
ftp://ftp.
supermicro.com
. Some of these must be installed, such as the chipset driver.
After accessing the FTP site, go into the CDR_Images directory and locate the ISO
file for your motherboard. Download this file to create a CD/DVD of the drivers and
utilities it contains. (You may also use a utility to extract the ISO file if preferred.)
Another option is to go to the Supermicro website at
http://www.supermicro.com/
products/
. Find the product page for your motherboard here, where you may down-
load individual drivers and utilities.
After creating a CD/DVD with the ISO files, insert the disk into the CD/DVD drive
on your system, and the following screen should appear.
Note 1:
Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme
files for each item. Click the computer icons to the right of these items to
install each item (from top to the bottom) one at a time.
After installing
each item, you must reboot the system before moving on to the next
item on the list.
The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the
entire contents.
Note 2
: When making a storage driver diskette by booting into a driver CD,
please set the SATA configuration to
Compatible Mode,
and configure the
SATA as IDE in the BIOS setup. After making the driver diskette, be sure
to change the SATA settings back to your original settings.
Driver/Tool Installation Display Screen
