Cisco UCS C240 M5 Service Manual

For the specific supported OS versions, see the Hardware and Software Compatibility Matrix for your server
release.
Downloading the MegaSR Drivers
The MegaSR drivers are included in the C-Series driver ISO for your server and OS.
Step 1
Find the drivers ISO file download for your server online and download it to a temporary location on your workstation:
a)
See the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/cisco/software/navigator.html.
b) Click Servers - Unified Computing in the middle column.
c) Click UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Standalone Server Software in the right-hand column.
d) Click your model of server in the right-hand column.
e) Click Unified Computing System (UCS) Drivers.
f) Click the release number that you are downloading.
g)
Click Download to download the drivers’ ISO file.
h) Verify the information on the next page, and then click Proceed With Download.
Step 2
Continue through the subsequent screens to accept the license agreement and then browse to a location where you want
to save the driver ISO file.
Microsoft Windows Server Drivers
Installing Microsoft Windows Server Drivers
The Windows Server operating system automatically adds the driver to the registry and copies the driver to
the appropriate directory.
Before You Begin
Before you install this driver on an embedded controller, you must configure a RAID drive group on the
embedded controller for the drives where you will install the OS (pSATA and/or sSATA).
To access the configuration utility, open the BIOS Setup Utility, go to the Advanced tab, and then choose
the utility instance for the embedded controller:
•
For pSATA, select LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility (SATA)
•
For sSATA, select LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility (sSATA)
Step 1
Download the Cisco UCS C-Series drivers’ ISO, as described in Downloading the MegaSR Drivers, on page 141.
Step 2
Prepare the drivers on a USB thumb drive:
a) Burn the ISO image to a disk.
b) Browse the contents of the drivers folders to the location of the embedded MegaRAID drivers:
/<OS>/Storage/Intel/C600/
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Storage Controller Considerations
Installing LSI MegaSR Drivers For Windows and Linux

Cisco UCS C240 M5 Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	UCS C240 M5
Category	Server
Language	English