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  User Information guide for MegaRAID Windows Drivers 
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This Document tries to explain the Structure of the Release Package for MegaRAID Windows Drivers.

Starting with MR7.4 we will have 2 separate driver releases in a single package, to support RAID and JBOD mode of the controller. 
megasas -- This driver is supposed to be used for RAID controller mode for all supported OSes and JBOD mode for Win10\Server2016 and above.
megasds -- This driver is supposed to be used for JBOD controller mode only for Win8\Server2012 and Win8.1\Server2012 R2. 

Below is described which driver to be used for which OS and which controller mode

RAID MODE 
	Win8_x86   -   This driver should be used for Windows 8 x86.
	Win8_x64   -   This driver should be used for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 x64.
	Win8.1_x86 -   This driver should be used for Windows 8.1 x86.
	Win8.1_x64 -   This driver should be used for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 x64
	Win10_x86  -   This driver should be used for Windows 10 ,Windows Server 2019/RS5 Client X86.
	Win10_x64  -   This driver should be used for Windows 10 ,Windows Server 2016 x64 , Windows Server 2019 Client/RS5 X64, Windows Server 2019/RS5 X64.
JBOD MODE 
	Win8.1_x64 -   This driver should be used for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 x64
