After installing the ATTO ExpressPCI host adapter, you must configure your system to recognize and
use it by installing drivers for your operating system.
Note
If you already have one or more ExpressPCI
adapters installed and you are installing
additional adapter(s), you do not need to
perform any of these procedures unless you
are updating a previously installed driver.
After installing the ATTO ExpressPCI host
adapter, you must configure your system to
recognize and use it by
• installing drivers for your operating system
• updating the adapter firmware if necessary
ATTO ExpressPCI adapters ship with the latest
firmware installed. If you are performing a new
adapter installation, you do not need to update the
firmware. If you are upgrading a previously
installed driver, update the adapter firmware to
ensure proper operation.
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Go to the Support Downloads menu item in
the ATTO Technology website,
www.attotech.com
In the ExpressPCI Host Adapters menu item,
find your ExpressPCI adapter and click on
Download.
Find your operating system menu item
• Mac OS X ExpressPCI Drivers
• Windows ExpressPCI Drivers
• Linux Support for ExpressPCI patches for
the LSI Logic Fusion-MPT driver in the
Linux 2.4 and 2.6 kernels
• Novell Netware ExpressPCI drivers
Download the appropriate driver.
For the Novell Netware ExpressPCI Drivers
menu, select the readme.txt file
For all other drivers, release notes and
installation instructions are included in the
download packages.
Follow the installation instructions.
Update the adapter firmware using the ATTO
Configuration Tool or the ExpressPCI BIOS
Setup Utility. Refer to
Use the ATTO
Configuration Tool
and
BIOS Setup Utility
on page 10.
Use the ExpressPCI
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