6.
Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System
This chapter explains how to install the SmartPQI controller driver on an existing operating system. It assumes that
the HBA 1100 is installed in a computer or server and the OS is already installed.
Notes:
• To install the driver while you're installing an operating system, see
Installing the Driver and an Operating
• For information about building the SmartPQI drivers from source, see
10. Installing the SmartPQI Drivers from
.
6.1
Download the Driver Package
Complete these steps to download the drivers for your operating system(s):
1.
Open a browser window, then type
2.
Enter your myMicrochip account credentials.
3.
Navigate to the HBA 1100 product page.
4.
Download the controller driver package (zip file archive).
5.
When the download completes, extract the package contents to a temporary location on your machine. Each
driver is stored in a separate folder (\windows 2016, \rhel7, \rhel6, and so on).
Note:
See the
Release Notes
for a complete list of driver files and folder structure.
6.2
Creating a Driver Disk
Create a driver disk by completing the steps below. You will need a USB flash drive to complete this task.
1.
Change to the driver directory for your operating system version.
2.
Write the driver binary file to a USB flash drive.
3.
Remove and label the driver disk.
4.
Continue the installation with the instructions for your operating system.
6.3
Installing on Windows
Note:
The following instructions apply to all supported Windows operating systems.
To install the controller SmartPQI driver on Windows:
1.
Start or restart Windows.
2.
In the Control Panel, launch the Device Manager, right-click your Smart Storage Controller, then select
Update
Driver Software
.
3.
Insert the driver disk, then select
Browse my computer for driver software
.
4.
Browse to the driver disk location, then click
Next
.
5.
Select the driver from the list, then click
Next
.
6.
When the installation is complete, remove the driver disk and restart your computer.
6.4
Installing on Red Hat
To install the controller SmartPQI driver on Red Hat Linux, follow the steps in the sections below.
Installing on RHEL7 Update 6 and Above
To install the RHEL7 driver on a Linux system:
1.
Install the latest smartpqi driver rpm by using the following command (where #.#.#-### is the build number and
the RHEL version is formatted as follows: rhel7u9):
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