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What is a Binary Driver?

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Updated at February 13th, 2023

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Q: What is a Binary Driver? 

A: A binary driver is required only if you need Bootable RAID on the controller and can only be used for Linux operating systems with a fixed kernel version. The RAID array is loaded during the installation of the operating system.

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