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11 ATTO Technology Inc. Celerity FC Host Adapters Installation and Operation Manual
3  Installing and updating drivers 
Before installing your Celerity adapter, you must configure your system to recognize and use it by 
installing drivers for your operating system. 
Configure your system to recognize and use your 
Celerity adapter by
•  installing drivers for your operating system
•  updating the adapter firmware if necessary (refer 
to 
Note
If you already have one or more Celerity 
adapters installed and you are installing 
additional adapter(s), you do not need to 
perform any of these procedures unless you 
are updating a previously installed driver. 
ATTO Celerity adapters ship with the latest 
firmware installed. 
The Celerity FC Installation CD shipped with 
your adapter contains the latest driver. 
The Installation CD automatically starts when 
inserted in the system CD-ROM drive. Navigate 
the easy-to-use HTML-based menu to find the 
driver that you want to install. 
If the CD does not automatically start, open the 
CD and click on autorun.bat.
Specialized configurations 
Some specialized applications may benefit from 
modification of adapter settings. The ATTO 
Utilities Installation and Operation Manual 
provides detailed information on using ATTO 
Technology configuration utilities found on the 
ATTO Utilities CD or downloaded from the 
ATTO website. For best performance, use the 
most recent device driver and flash version. 
Verify the version based on your operating 
system.
Windows: Use the ATTO Configuration Tool 
from the ATTO Utilities CD, or download it from 
www.attotech.com
, or view the adapter boot 
string during system boot or look in the Device 
Manager
Note
Windows NT is only supported with Celerity 
driver version 1.31 or earlier. If you are using 
Windows NT, contact your service 
representative. 
Mac OS X: Use the ATTO Configuration Tool on 
the ATTO Utilities CD, or download it from 
www.attotech.com,
 or use the Apple System 
Profiler. 
Linux: Use the ATTO Configuration Tool on the 
ATTO Utilities CD, or download it from 
www.attotech.com
, or to find the driver version, 
examine /proc/scsi/celerityfc/X, where X is the 
adapter’s host number. 
Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista 
Five procedures are described below. Review 
each thoroughly to ensure that you are using the 
one that best fits your needs. If you have one or 
more Celerity FC adapters installed in your 
system and you are installing additional 
adapter(s), you do not need to perform any of 
these procedures unless you are updating a 
previously installed driver. 
The Celerity FC Installation Disk can be the 
Installation CD shipped with your adapter, a 
folder containing the latest downloaded and 
expanded driver, or a Celerity FC installation 
floppy disk.