Savvio, Cheetah, and Constellation Enterprise Server & Storage (SCSI/FC/SAS/SATA) drives

[Jamesy281]

Hi There,

Can anybody tell me where to get Windows 2003 x64 drivers for the barracuda ES.2 1TB internal disk.

I am trying to new do a new installation and need the drivers to slip stream?

Thanks in advance.

[fzabkar]

You need drivers for the SATA controller on your motherboard, not your hard drive.

[Jamesy281]

That's what I thought so I slipstreamed all the drivers I could find into boot disk but windows still does not recognise them.

It's a Dell Powervault NF500 with a Perc 6/i integrated controller.

[fzabkar]

Do these help?

PERC5,PERC6,CERC6 driver for W2K3 x64:

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&deviceid=13514&libid=46&releaseid=R211424&vercnt=3&formatcnt=0&SystemID=PWV_DP500&servicetag=&os=WX64&osl=en&catid=-1&dateid=-1&typeid=-1&formatid=-1&impid=-1&checkFormat=true

Drivers & Downloads for PowerVault DP500/NF500:

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?os=WX64&catid=-1&dateid=-1&impid=-1&osl=EN&typeid=-1&formatid=-1&servicetag=&SystemID=PWV_DP500&hidos=WNET&hidlang=en&TabIndex=&scanSupported=False&scanConsent=False

Seagate firmware:

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&deviceid=15315&libid=41&releaseid=R239679&vercnt=1&formatcnt=0&SystemID=PWV_DP500&servicetag=&os=WX64&osl=en&catid=-1&dateid=-1&typeid=-1&formatid=-1&impid=-1&checkFormat=true

"Description: This release will update Seagate SATA 3.5", to version MA0D for drive models ST3250310NS, ST3500320NS, ST3750330NS and ST31000340NS."

Message Edited by fzabkar on 21-02-2010 03:27 AM

[Jamesy281]

These are the drivers I have tried, however this block of text in a readme file that came with the drivers indicates that I can use a USB Key so I will give that a go and see what happens.

3.1 Installing the Driver during Operating System Installation
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1. Power on the system and boot to the Microsoft Windows Server CD.
2. When the message "Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI 
   or RAID driver" appears, press the <F6> key immediately.
   Within a few minutes, a screen appears asking for driver to support
   the additional controllers in the system.
3. Press the <S> key.
   The system prompts for the driver diskette to be inserted.
4. Insert the driver diskette in the floppy drive (or the USB key on the
   USB port) and press the <Enter> key.
   A list of PERC drivers appears.
5. Select the appropriate driver for the installed controller/OS and
   press the <Enter> key to load the driver.
6. Press the <Enter> key again to continue the installation process. 

[Jamesy281]

I have solved the problem by using Dell's USB prep key which reformats a USB key so that windows will recognize it as a floppy drive and detect the drivers when using F6 - I assume this is why there is a reference to a USB key in the text file that came with the driver.

Note: this program can behave strangely with some keys I used a 2GB Kingston data traveller which worked fine.

Thanks for your efforts.