Owners Manual

Installing the driver for the LSI 9311 card on a Ubuntu1404 system

1. Download the required driver (mpt3sas.ko) to a USB drive from dell.com/support/drivers.

2. When prompted by the Ubuntu installer CD, select Ubuntu Server for installation.

3. On the [!]Conﬁgure the C lock screen, press Ctrl + Alt + F1 to access a console.

4. Mount the USB drive with the driver by using the following command if the USB drive is mapped to

the device name sda1 OR sdb1:

# mount –t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb

5. Change the directory to the folder with the driver.

6. Use the following commands:

# cp -f /LSI/mpt3sas.ko /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi

# insmod /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/fs/congfs/congfs.ko

# insmod /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_

sas.ko

# insmod /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/raid_class.ko

# insmod /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas.ko

7. The driver gets loaded and detects the controller and the disks.

8. Press Ctrl + Alt + F1 to return to the installer screen.

9. Proceed with the OS installation.