Users Guide

Firmware and driver installation
The Dell Shared PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) 8 card requires software drivers to operate with the supported operating systems.
This chapter contains the procedures for installing the drivers for the Shared PERC 8 card.
NOTE: To check operating system compatibility, see Dell.com/ossupport.
NOTE: The Shared PERC 8 does not support booting to the shared storage.
NOTE: Only one software driver per operating system is required for both Internal and External Shared PERC 8 cards. Separate
driver installation is not required.
Topics:
• Downloading drivers and rmware for Shared PERC 8 from the Dell support website for all operating systems
• Downloading drivers from the Dell Systems Service and Diagnostic Tools media for Windows
• Installing or updating Windows drivers for Shared PERC 8
• Installing or updating Linux drivers for Shared PERC 8
• Installing or updating VMware drivers for Shared PERC 8
• Firmware installation or update
Downloading drivers and rmware for Shared PERC 8
from the Dell support website for all operating
systems
1 Go to Dell.com/drivers.
2 In the Identify your product section, enter the Service Tag of your system in the Enter a Service Tag or Express Service Code eld.
NOTE
: If you do not have the service tag, select Automatically detect my Service Tag for me to allow the system to
automatically detect your service tag, or select Choose from a list of all Dell products to select your product from the
Product Selection page.
NOTE: To download the latest rmware and drivers for a server module (for example Dell PowerEdge M520, M620, and
M820), enter the service tag or the model number of the server module. To download the latest rmware and driver for
components inside the PowerEdge VRTX chassis (for example Shared PERC 8 rmware and driver), enter the service tag
or the model number of the PowerEdge VRTX chassis.
3 Select the Operating System, Category, Release Date, and Importance from the respective drop-down lists.
The drivers that are applicable to your selection are displayed.
4 Download the drivers that you require to a diskette drive, USB drive, CD, or DVD.
5 During the operating system installation, use the media that you created with the Load Driver option to load mass storage drivers. For
more information on reinstalling the operating system, see the operating system document at Dell.com/operatingsystemmanuals.
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