Dell PERC 5 and PERC 6 Controller 
Device Driver for Windows Vista x64

Version 2.14.0.64


TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1.0  Introduction
2.0  Compatibility / Minimum Requirements
3.0  Install Instructions
     3.1  Installing the Driver During Operating System Installation
     3.2  Installing a Windows Driver for a New RAID Controller
     3.3  Updating an Existing Windows Driver
4.0  Fixes or Enhancements in this Release
5.0  Additional Information
6.0  Known Issues 


1.0 Introduction
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This is the Device Driver for following controllers:
 
    PERC 5 Controllers
    PERC 6 Controllers


2.0 Compatibility / Minimum Requirements
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This device driver requires the following minimum Operating System version:

Windows Vista (32bits) 

Minimum PERC 5 FW package version: 5.2.1-0060
Minimum PERC 6 FW package version: 6.0.1-0066


3.0 Install Instructions
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Copy the files form the package to a media device supported by the system.
Vista supports floppies, USB keys, CD & DVD drives.

3.1 Installing the Driver during Operating System Installation
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1. Power up the system and boot to the Microsoft Windows Vista DVD.
2. Follow the on-screen instructions until you reach the 
	"Where do you want to install Windows?" section.
3. Select "Drive options (advance)" 
4. Press on "New" to create a partition to install Vista, select the size 
   in MB and click "Apply" (consult Vista user manual to select a drive
   size that meets the OS demands).
5. Select "Load Driver" and browse to the location where you have copied 
   the Vista driver.
6. Select the RAID controller used for this installation.  The system will 
   automatically select one controller.  Press "Next".
7. After the driver loads you will return to the "Where do you want to 
   install Windows?" screen (partitions can be configured on this screen).
   Click "Next" again to continue with the installation process.

NOTE: Dell PERC 5 and PERC 6 RAID controllers have Vista native support.
      The OS installation can be executed using the native driver.  
      In such case, when the installation completes the PERC 
      driver should be updated, see section "3.3 Updating an Existing 
      Windows Driver", for details.


3.2 Installing a Windows Driver for a New RAID Controller
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Perform the following steps to configure the driver when you add 
the RAID controller to a system that already has Windows installed.

1. Power down the system.
2. Install the new RAID controller in the system.
   Refer to Hardware Installation for detailed instructions on installing 
   and cabling the controller in the system.
3. Power on the system.
4. Windows Vista has native support for PERC 5 and PERC 6 controllers, the 
   system will identify the new controller and use the native driver.
5. Update with the newer driver following the steps on the next section:
   "3.3 Updating an Existing Windows Driver"


3.3 Updating an Existing Windows Driver
---------------------------------------

Perform the following steps to update the Windows driver for a 
RAID controller already installed on your system.

NOTE: It is important that you idle your system before you update the driver.

1. Press "Start" > "Control Panel" > "System and Maintenance" > "System".
   The "View basic information about your computer" screen displays.
2. Click on the "Device Manger" link on the left.
   The "Device Manger" window opens up.
4. Click on "Storage controller" 
5. Double-click the RAID controller for which the driver has to be updated.
6. Click on the "Driver" tab and click on "Update Driver" button.
   The screen for the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard displays.
7. Insert the appropriate media (driver diskette/USB key/CD/DVD).
8. Click on "Browse my computer for driver software"
9. Click on "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer"
10.Click on the "Have Disk" button and browse to the appropriate location.
11.Select the RAID controller and click "Next"
12.The new driver will be uploaded, close all windows and reboot the system 
   computer for the changes to take effect.


4.0 Fixes or Enhancements in this Release 
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1. Driver will rescan the BUS when a LD/PD is deleted, created, marked 
   offline and/or when the controller is set to Dead to avoid IOs running 
   to fill the system event log.  PnP rescan will force the PnP Manager to 
   send INQ to all the BUS/Target/Lun.
2. Standby resume changes to not log false FW errors.
3. Driver will scan all FW events since last shutdown when resuming from 
   hibernation to report logical drives degraded while the system was 
   on hibernation mode.


5.0 Additional Information
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Driver version may be displayed in different manner depending on the 
application because the leading zeros are often trimmed and not shown 
(i.e.: 02.14.00.64 may be displayed as 2.14.0.64).


6.0 Known Issues
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1. In Windows, deletion of a virtual disk, followed by creation of a 
   virtual disk without initialization may result in a blue screen when 
   attempting to format.
   - Workaround - 
   Initialization (fast init) of the drives before formatting will 
   prevent this issue.