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6 – Solaris SPARC Driver Installation Installing the Solaris SPARC Driver from the QLogic Web Site
1.Log on to the system as a superuser.
2.Download the driver package from the QLogic Web site (www.qlogic.com) to a directory on the Solaris machine’s hard disk.
3.At the command prompt, change the directory (cd) to the directory where the file was downloaded.
4.At the command prompt, type:
uncompress ./qla2300_pkg.Z
5.Step 4 produces a file in the same directory called qla2300_pkg.
6.At the command prompt in the directory where the file was uncompressed, type:
pkgadd
7. You are prompted to select a driver package. For example:
The following packages are available:
1 QLA2300 QLogic QLA2300 driver (sparc) Solaris, Rev=X.XX
2 | QLSDMLIB | QLogic | SDM | Library | |
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| (sparc) Solaris | |||
3 | QLSDMLIB6 | QLogic | SDM | Library | |
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| (sparc) Solaris | 2.6, Rev=X.XX |
Select package(s) you wish to process (or ’all’ to process all packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]:
NOTE: The revision number, X.XX, indicates the version of the driver.
8.Type the number associated with the Solaris SPARC version on your system. Separate the numbers by pressing the SPACEBAR.
a.Type 1 to install the driver package.
b.If you are installing the storage networking industry association (SNIA) application programming interface (API) libraries, type 2 or 3.
For example, type the following to install the driver and SDM library for a Solaris 8 system:
Select package(s) you wish to process (or ’all’ to process all packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]: 1 2