Dell UCS-51 manual Installing the Suse Linux Enterprise Server Driver

Installing the Driver Using an Update RPM

The following steps explain the installation procedure for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux, AS (versions 3, 4, and 5) operating systems and the appropriate RAID driver using an update RPM.

Installing the RPM Package with DKMS Support

1Uncompress the zipped file of the DKMS-enabled driver package.

2 Install the DKMS package using the command: rpm -Uvh <DKMS package name>.

3 Install the driver package using the command: rpm -Uvh <Driver package name>.

4Restart the system to load the new driver.

Installing the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Driver

Use the procedures in this section to install the driver for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (versions 9 and 10).

NOTE: The device driver for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 10 is native. To ensure you have the latest version of this driver, check the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. If a newer version exists, you can download the driver to your system.

Installing the Driver Using an Update RPM

The following process explains the installation procedure for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (versions 9 and 10) operating system and the appropriate RAID driver using an update RPM.

Installing the RPM Package with DKMS Support

1Uncompress the zipped file of the DKMS-enabled driver package.

2 Install the DKMS package using the command: rpm -Uvh <DKMS package name>.

3 Install the driver package using the command: rpm -Uvh <Driver package name>.

4Restart the system to load the new driver.

Creating the Driver Update Diskette

The following files are needed before you create the DUD.

NOTE: The SAS 5/iR driver package installs these files. You do not need to do anything at this point.

•The directory /usr/src/mptlinux -<driver_version> contains the driver source code, dkms.conf, and specifications file for the driver.

•The subdirectory redhat_driver_disk contains the files needed to create the DUD. The files needed are disk_info, modinfo, modules.dep, and pcitable.

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