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LSI Nytro WarpDrive Application Acceleration Cards User Guide
June 2013
Chapter 2: Installation
Detailed Installation Instructions
6. Information on the currently installed driver is displayed, and you can view additional driver details by clicking
the Driver Details button.
7. Click the Update Driver button to update the existing driver. The Hardware Update Wizard begins.
8. Click the Install from a list or specific location button to select it, then click the Next button.
9. Click the Don't search, I will choose the driver to install button to select it, then click the Next button.
10. Click the Have Disk button and type the path to the driver, or click the Browse button. Select the location for the
driver package that matches the processor architecture of the system (x86, IA64, or x64). After the path to the
driver has been established, click the OK button.
11. Select the driver from the list and click the Next button.
12. Click the Next button again to start the driver update. In some cases, a message displays indicating that this
driver has not passed logo testing. This message informs you that a nonsigned driver is being installed.
NOTE Drivers are digitally signed by the Microsoft Windows Hardware
Quality Lab (WHQL) on completion of logo testing. Because of the
time lag between the general customer release by LSI of Windows
drivers and the completion of WHQL logo testing, some drivers
distributed with adapters or downloaded from the www.lsi.com
website might not be digitally signed.
13. Click the STOP Installation button to cancel the installation if a nonsigned driver is not desired. You will not be
able to install the LSI Nytro WarpDrive card.
or
Click the Continue Anyway button to continue the installation.
The system loads the driver. A message box might display that indicates that the target (existing) driver is newer
than the source (upgrade) driver.
14. Click No to cancel the driver upgrade at this point.
or
Click Ye s to continue the installation.
The system copies the driver to the system disk. For any adapter other than the boot adapter, the updated driver
becomes active immediately. For the boot adapter, a message box displays that indicates that you must reboot
your system for the new driver to take effect.
15. Click the Finish button to complete the driver upgrade.
Download the latest Windows drivers from the LSI website. Consult the ReadMe.txt file available online with the
driver if more detail is needed. To open the readme file, click the plus sign next to the title of the driver.
2.2.5 Linux Driver Installation
Download the latest Linux drivers from LSI website. Consult the Linux ReadMe.txt file available online with
the driver. To open the readme file, click the plus sign next to the title of the driver. For LSI downloads, go to:
http://www.lsi.com/support/Pages/Download-Search.aspx
LSI provides open source drivers in the following ways:
 Precompiled binaries to add to an existing installation using driver update disks or RPMs for
selected distributions.
 Fusion-MPT source to add or update any distribution.