To install the driver on Windows:
1. Start or restart Windows.
2. In the Control Panel, launch the Device Manager, right-click your RAID controller, then select Update
Driver Software.
3. Insert the driver disk, then select Browse my computer for driver software.
4. Browse to the driver disk location, then click Next.
5. Select the driver from the list, then click Next.
6. When the installation is complete, remove the driver disk and restart your computer.
7. Continue with Managing Your Storage Spacetopic.
8.4 Installing on Red Hat, CentOS, SuSE, or Fedora Linux
Note: If your Red Hat 7, SLES 11 SP3, or SLES 12 system is booted with uEFI Secure Boot,
you will need to add a public key to the MOK list (Machine Owner Key) before completing
the steps below. See the Readme for more information.
To install the driver on Red Hat Linux, CentOS, SuSE Linux, or Fedora Linux:
1. Insert and mount the driver disk (assuming the USB drive is /dev/sda1):
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb
2. Install the module RPM:
rpm -ivh mount-point/xxx/yyy.rpm
where mount-point is the mount point on the Linux system, xxx is the driver path, and yyy.rpm is the
rpm le name.
3. Reboot your computer to ensure the driver loaded correctly.
4. Continue with Managing Your Storage Spacetopic.
8.5 Installing on Ubuntu Linux
Note: For driver installation on Ubuntu Linux, you may need to create the root account
and password. Enter these commands: sudo bash; sudo passwd root. You must
have root privilege to install the driver image.
Note: Microsemi's pre-built driver supports the kernel that is delivered as part of the
ISO. For other kernels, use DKMS process.
To install the driver on Ubuntu Linux:
1. Update the Ubuntu package index:
sudo apt-get update
2. Load the Ubuntu unpacking tools:
sudo apt-get install build-essential
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