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ATTO Technology Inc. ExpressPCI UL5D, UL4S, UL4D Host Adapter Installation and Operation Manual
4 Installing drivers
After installing the ATTO ExpressPCI host adapter, you must configure your system to recognize and
use it by installing drivers for your operating system.
Note
If you already have one or more ExpressPCI
adapters installed and you are installing
additional adapter(s), you do not need to
perform any of these procedures unless you
are updating a previously installed driver.
After installing the ATTO ExpressPCI host
adapter, you must configure your system to
recognize and use it by
• installing drivers for your operating system
• updating the adapter firmware if necessary
ATTO ExpressPCI adapters ship with the latest
firmware installed. If you are performing a new
adapter installation, you do not need to update the
firmware. If you are upgrading a previously
installed driver, update the adapter firmware to
ensure proper operation.
Visit the ATTO Technology website,
www.attotech.com , for the latest drivers and
firmware.
Windows installation
1 Download the Windows driver package
containing the following files from
www.attotech.com.
Win_NT.txt Windows NT 4.0
Win_2000.txt Windows 2000
Win_XP.txtWindows XP
WinSrv03.txtWindows Server 2003
If you do not have any of these files in the driver
package, the operating system is not supported
by the driver.
2 Open the appropriate file and follow the
installation instructions.
3 Update the adapter firmware using the ATTO
Configuration Tool or the ExpressPCI BIOS
Setup Utility. Refer to Use the ATTO
Configuration Tool and Use the ExpressPCI
BIOS Setup Utility on page 10.
Mac OS X Installation
1 Open the Mac OS X driver package from the
ATTO Technology website, www.attotech.com.
2 Follow the procedures in the ReadMe.htm file
release notes and procedures to install the
driver.
3 Update the adapter firmware using the ATTO
Configuration Tool. Refer to Use the ATTO
Configuration Tool on page 10.
Linux Installation
1 Open the Linux driver package from the ATTO
Technology website, www.attotech.com.
2 View the readme.txt file in the driver patch
package for release notes and installation
instructions.
ATTO provides patches for the LSI Logic
Fusion-MPT driver in the Linux 2.4 and 2.6
kernels to allow the driver to operate on your
ExpressPCI host adapter.
3 Update the adapter firmware if necessary using
the ExpressPCI BIOS Setup Utility. Refer to
Use the ExpressPCI BIOS Setup Utility
on page
10.