User's Manual

Installation 11

Installation

Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager is pre-installed on your Dell system. If you

need to reinstall Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager for some reason, this

section explains how to do this on the supported operating systems:

Microsoft

Windows

, Red Hat

Linux, and SUSE Linux.

Installing Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager on

Microsoft Windows

Follow these steps if you need to install Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager on a

system running Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Server 2003,

Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows XP, or Microsoft

Windows Vista:

NOTICE: If you are installing Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager on Windows XP with

service pack 1 installed, you will need to obtain a hotfix for the operating system to

address an issue with the scsiport module.

Insert the CD, which contains Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager, in the

CD-ROM drive.

If necessary, find the

setup.exe

file and double click the file name to start

the installation program.

When the Welcome screen appears, click

When the next screen appears, read and accept the user license and click

The Customer Information screen appears.

Enter your user name and organization name. In the bottom part of the

screen, select an installation option:

• If you select

All users

, any user with administrative privileges can use

this version of Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager to view or change

storage configurations.

• If you select

Only for current users (Administrator)

, the Dell SAS

RAID Storage Manager shortcuts and associated icons will be available

only to the user with this username.