Users Guide

Chapter 1: Dell Technologies Host Bus Adapter 355i......................................................................5
Features of Dell HBA355i adapter...................................................................................................................................5
Features of Dell HBA355i front card.............................................................................................................................. 6
Technical specification of Dell HBA355i........................................................................................................................ 6
PowerEdge systems supported by Dell HBA355i........................................................................................................ 6
Operating systems supported by Dell HBA355i........................................................................................................... 6
Chapter 2: Applications supported by Dell HBA355i.......................................................................7
Human Interface Infrastructure Configuration Utility................................................................................................. 7
Dell OpenManage Storage Management....................................................................................................................... 7
The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller and Lifecycle Controller...............................................................7
The Command Line Interface............................................................................................................................................7
Chapter 3: Features of Dell HBA355i............................................................................................. 8
Hardware Root of Trust.....................................................................................................................................................8
Non–RAID drives................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Event management of Dell HBA355i ............................................................................................................................. 8
LED activity...........................................................................................................................................................................8
Chapter 4: Install and remove a Dell HBA355i card ....................................................................... 9
Safety instructions.............................................................................................................................................................. 9
Before working inside your system................................................................................................................................. 9
After working inside your system...................................................................................................................................10
Remove the Dell HBA355i adapter................................................................................................................................ 10
Install the Dell HBA355i adapter..................................................................................................................................... 11
Remove the Dell HBA355i front card............................................................................................................................12
Install the Dell HBA355i front card................................................................................................................................ 13
Chapter 5: Driver support for Dell HBA355i .................................................................................15
Creating the device driver media................................................................................................................................... 15
Download and save Dell HBA355i drivers from the support site..................................................................... 15
Download and save Dell HBA355i drivers from the Dell Systems Service and Diagnostic Tools ............16
Windows driver installation.............................................................................................................................................. 16
Install Dell HBA355i driver while newly installing the Windows Server 2016 and later...............................16
Install Dell HBA355i driver on which the Windows Server 2016 is already installed and later.................. 16
Update Dell HBA355i driver that runs on Windows Server 2016 and later....................................................17
Linux driver installation..................................................................................................................................................... 17
Install or update a RPM driver package using the KMOD support.................................................................. 18
Install or update a RPM driver package using the KMP support......................................................................18
Loading the driver while installing an operating system...........................................................................................19
Chapter 6: Manage Dell HBA355i card using HII configuration utility........................................... 20
Enter the Dell HBA355i HII configuration utility........................................................................................................ 20
Exit the Dell HBA355i HII configuration utility............................................................................................................ 21
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