ATTO Technology FC-41EL Network Card User Manual


 
11 ATTO Technology Inc. Celerity FC Host Adapters Installation and Operation Manual
3 Installing and updating drivers
Before installing your Celerity adapter, you must configure your system to recognize and use it by
installing drivers for your operating system.
Configure your system to recognize and use your
Celerity adapter by
installing drivers for your operating system
updating the adapter firmware if necessary (refer
to Updating hardware flash
on page 22)
Note
If you already have one or more Celerity
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.
ATTO Celerity adapters ship with the latest
firmware installed.
The Celerity FC Installation CD shipped with
your adapter contains the latest driver.
The Installation CD automatically starts when
inserted in the system CD-ROM drive. Navigate
the easy-to-use HTML-based menu to find the
driver that you want to install.
If the CD does not automatically start, open the
CD and click on
autorun.bat
.
Specialized configurations
Some specialized applications may benefit from
modification of adapter settings. The ATTO
Utilities Installation and Operation Manual
provides detailed information on using ATTO
Technology configuration utilities found on the
ATTO Utilities CD or downloaded from the
ATTO website. For best performance, use the
most recent device driver and flash version.
Verify the version based on your operating
system.
Windows:
Use the ATTO Configuration Tool
from the ATTO Utilities CD, or download it from
www.attotech.com
, or view the adapter boot
string during system boot or look in the
Device
Manager
.
Note
Windows NT is only supported with Celerity
driver version 1.31 or earlier. If you are using
Windows NT, contact your service
representative.
Mac OS X
: Use the ATTO Configuration Tool on
the ATTO Utilities CD, or download it from
www.attotech.com,
or use the Apple System
Profiler.
Linux
: Use the ATTO Configuration Tool on the
ATTO Utilities CD, or download it from
www.attotech.com
, or to find the driver version,
examine
/proc/scsi/celerityfc/X
, where
X
is the
adapter’s host number.
Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista
Five procedures are described below. Review
each thoroughly to ensure that you are using the
one that best fits your needs. If you have one or
more Celerity FC adapters installed in your
system 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.
The Celerity FC Installation Disk can be the
Installation CD shipped with your adapter, a
folder containing the latest downloaded and
expanded driver, or a Celerity FC installation
floppy disk.