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Supported SAS Controllers
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Intel(R) RAID controller RS3UC080, RS3FC044 and RS3GC008
Please verify that this utility has been tested with the RAID/SAS card you have chosen to use by checking 
the drivers web page for your controller at http://www.intel.com/support/.

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Package Information
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Driver Version = 1.0-2.00.00.00

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Supported OS List
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- RHEL* 6 U1/U2/U3/U4  (x86 and x64)

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Attention!
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It is important to follow instructions provided below for successfully installing RHEL6 operating systems onto SAS device.

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Known Restrictions
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N/A

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Contents in the package
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The following files(or folders) are included in this package:

Name							       Description
MPT3SAS_ITIR_RHEL6_ph1_Readme.txt			       This file
License_v2                                                     License file
COPYING                                                        GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
src/
	mpt3sas-2.00.00.00-src.tar.gz                          Source tarball
	mpt3sas-srpms-howto.pdf                                Instructions on how to create and install the mpt2sas driver binary RPMs from SRPMS
	rhel/                                                  src rpms for RHEL* 6

/rhel6/rpms-1                                                  x86 and x64 version drivers for RHEL* 6
/rhel6/disks-1                                                 Compact Disk (CD) iso images for creating Installation CD(s) for RHEL* 6


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Driver Installation Instructions
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This updated driver can be applied using the normal OS installation options.

1 The purpose of this document is to provide clear instructions on how to install OS on drives attached to 
  the Intel(R) IT/IR controller or device.
2 Prepare Installation disk(s)
	2.1 Driver files are available on the CD that shipped with the product or can be downloaded from http://www.intel.com/support/. 
	2.2 Create install CD(s)
		The driver is provided as CD image (file extension is .iso). 
		To prepare the installation driver CD, a third-party cd burner application to burn image to a CD.

3 Installation methods
  There are different types of installation possible with the installation package provided. 
  Those are explained in different sections.
	3.1 OS installation on IT/IR
	    This mode of installation is selected when user needs to install the Operating system on a fresh configuration. 
		For this kind of installation the driver update CD is used at the starting of the installation and 
		the installer will update the system with driver images for the required kernels. 
		Follow the procedure given below to install the driver at the time of Installation.
		3.1.1 Installing RHEL* 6
				a) Boot to CD-ROM or DVD-ROM with OS Disk 1.
				b) At the Linux installation prompt type: linux dd
				c) Press <Enter> at the boot prompt on the Welcome screen.
				d) When prompted, remove the OS CD and insert the driver CD.
				e) Select Yes. 
				f) Scroll down to select the Intel RAID adapter driver. 
				g) The utility locates and loads the driver for your device.
					Note: remove the driver CD and re-insert the OS CD when prompted. 
				h) Follow the Red Hat Linux installation procedure to complete the installation.
				i) Reboot the system.

	3.2 Updating MPT3 driver on already installed system
	    This method is used to update IT/IR driver in a system, which is already installed with 
		an older (or OS embedded) driver version. Here this procedure explains the manual process of updating the driver.  
		Follow the steps given to update driver.
		1) Boot the OS from primary controller/Disk.
		2) Copy mptlinux rpm files to a temporary directory in the OS.
		3) Query which version of the MPT driver is installed by running the command
			#rpm -qa | grep mpt3sas
		4) (If result of step#4 is null, then skip this step.)Remove the bundled version of the MPT driver by running the command
			#rpm -e mpt3sas-<version>-<os>
		5) Install the new version of the MPT driver by running the command
			#rpm -ivh mpt3sas-<version>-<release>-<os>.<arch>.rpm
		6) Run command line
			#lsmod
			to check if mptsas has been loaded successfully.
		7) Run command line
			#modinfo mpt3sas.ko
			to make sure that the mptsas driver version has been updated
		8) Completed.

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Known Bugs
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N/A

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Fixes/Updates
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Version 1.0-2.00.00.00
1. Initial release for RS3UC080, RS3FC044 and RS3GC008


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