ADIC 2.2 manual Prerequisites, Kernel Requirements

SNFS

Prerequisites

Consider these prerequisites when working with Linux servers and clients:

•Kernel requirements

•Multiple LUN support

Kernel Requirements

StorNext FS supports two Linux operating systems, RedHat and SuSE, that have separate kernel requirements.

RedHat Linux - Kernel Requirements

To run StorNext FS on RedHat Linux, you must use one of these kernels:

•For uniprocessor and multiprocessor systems, RedHat Linux 7.3, kernels 2.4.17-2.4.27

•For uniprocessor and multiprocessor systems, RedHat Linux 8.0, kernels 2.4.14-2.4.27

StorNext FS is distributed as a loadable kernel module. To build the kernel module, the RedHat Linux software must be installed with the Linux kernel source and tools, including compilers.

To build and install the StorNext FS modules, a symbolic link must exist in the /usr/src directory that points to the kernel source for the running kernel. For example, for the Linux 2.4.18-27.8 kernel, the symbolic link in the /usr/src directory is: linux-2.4 > linux-2.4.18-27.8.x.

If the symbolic link is missing or if it is pointing to the source of a different kernel, the StorNext FS modules either will not install or will not function.

You must also verify that pdksh is installed.

Setting Up StorNext FS on Linux 5-3