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Installing Or Updating The RPM Driver Package With DKMS Support
NOTE: This procedure is applicable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SP7 and SUSE Enterprise Linux 10 SP4.
NOTE: For SUSE Enterprise Linux 10 SP4, immediately following the operating system installation, download the latest driver from dell.com/support, and update the driver using the procedures detailed in this section.
Perform the following steps to install the RPM package with DKMS support:
1.Uncompress the gzipped tarball driver release package.
2.Install the DKMS package using the command: rpm
3.Install the driver package using the command: rpm
NOTE: Use rpm
4.If the previous device driver is in use, you must reboot the system for the updated driver to take effect.
5.Verify that the driver has been loaded with the following system commands: modinfo megaraid_sas and dkms status.
Installing Or Updating The RPM Driver Package With KMOD Support
NOTE: This procedure is applicable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SP2.
Perform the following steps to install the RPM package with KMOD support:
1.Uncompress the gzipped tarball driver release package.
2.Install the driver package using the command: rpm
NOTE: Use rpm
3.If the previous device driver is in use, you must reboot the system for the updated driver to take effect.
4.Verify that the driver has been loaded with the following system commands: modinfo megaraid_sas.
Installing Or Updating The RPM Driver Package With KMP Support
NOTE: This procedure is applicable for SUSE Enterprise Linux 11 SP2.
Perform the following steps to install the RPM package with KMP support:
1.Uncompress the gzipped tarball driver release package.
2.Install the driver package using the command: rpm
NOTE: Use rpm
3.If the previous device driver is in use, you must reboot the system for the updated driver to take effect.
4.Verify that the driver has been loaded with the following system commands: modinfo megaraid_sas.
Upgrading The Kernel
When upgrading to a new kernel, you must reinstall the
1.In a terminal window, type the following: dkms build
2.To check whether the driver is successfully installed in the new kernel, type: dkms status.
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