To Complete the Installation

1. Refer to your system installation or service manual for instructions on how to replace the system cover, reconnect the AC power cords, and turn power on to the system, if required.

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   Note - If you do need to return power to the system, ensure that the power is turned on to the SAS devices, SATA II devices, or both before or at the same time that the power is turned on to the host system. If the system is powered up before these devices, the devices might not be recognized.

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2. If you need to install an OS on your system, complete the procedures in Creating a Bootable Drive in a Preboot Environment and then go to the next step.
3. If you already have an OS installed on your system, do one of the following:
   1. x86 system - During the power-up process of the system, review the BIOS bootup messages and look for the LSI BIOS initialization banner and the BIOS utility prompt (pressing Ctrl+C).

      If you see the banner and are prompted for the utility, it means the BIOS has detected the HBA card.

   2. SPARC system - During the power-up process of the system, use the probe-scsi-all command at the OpenBoot Prom (OBP) ok prompt to verify that the system recognizes the HBA.

      The probe-scsi-all command displays the SCSI devices that are connected to the host, as shown in the following example.

      {0} ok probe-scsi-all
      /pci@0/pci@0/pci@8/pci@0/pci@a/LSI,sas@0 
      MPT Version 2.00, Firmware Version 4.00.00.00 
      Target 9
        Unit 0   Disk     SEAGATE ST914602SSUN146G0603    286739329 Blocks, 146 GB 
        SASAddress 5000c5000b305b4d  PhyNum 0
      Target a
        Unit 0   Disk     SEAGATE ST914602SSUN146G0603    286739329 Blocks, 146 GB 
        SASAddress 5000c5000b304cad  PhyNum 1
      Target b
        Unit 0   Disk     HITACHI H101414SCSUN146GSA23    286739329 Blocks, 146 GB 
        SASAddress 5000cca000310015  PhyNum 2
      Target c
        Unit 0   Disk     HITACHI H101414SCSUN146GSA23    286739329 Blocks, 146 GB 
        SASAddress 5000cca0002cf035  PhyNum 3
      {0} ok
      

      This example shows a SAS 2 controller (LSI,sas@0) connected to four physical drives.

4. Install any software required by the HBA, specific to your operating system, as described in HBA Software Installation.