IBM SA23-1325-01 manual Verifying Linux Software Installation, Verifying Device Driver Version

Chapter 7. Installing and Setting Up Software for the Dual Channel SCSI RAID Enablement Card (Linux)

Previously, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 SP3 used the ibmsis device driver to control the PCI-X Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI RAID adapter. This device driver has been replaced by the ipr device driver, which is used on all other supported distributions. Information on using the ibmsis device driver has been retained in this chapter. If you are using the older ibmsis device driver, go to “Installing the Dual Channel SCSI RAID Enablement Card using the ibmsis Device Driver” on page 18 and follow the procedures shown to install and set up the Dual Channel SCSI RAID Enablement Card. If you are using the newer ipr device driver, use the procedures detailed in “Installing the Dual Channel SCSI RAID Enablement Card using the ipr Device Driver” below.

Note: If you are using AIX, see Chapter 5, “Setting Up the Dual Channel SCSI RAID Enablement Card (AIX),” on page 9. If you have another operating system installed, refer to your operating system documentation for information regarding installing the device driver software and configuring your system.

Installing the Dual Channel SCSI RAID Enablement Card using the ipr Device Driver

Verifying Linux Software Installation

Software for the Dual Channel SCSI RAID Enablement Card consists of a device driver and a set of utilities. This software is provided with the supported Linux distribution, and should have been installed along with the operating system.

Verify the initial software installation by using the following procedures:

vVerifying Device Driver Version (ipr)

vVerifying Utility Version (iprconfig)

Verifying Device Driver Version

The Dual Channel SCSI RAID Enablement Card requires Version 1.0.3 (or later) of the ipr device driver for 2.4 based kernels and Version 2.0.9 (or later) for 2.6 based kernels. To verify the version number of ipr, do the following:

For 2.6 Linux kernels:

1.If necessary, log in as root user.

2.Type:

modinfo ipr grep version

Press Enter.

The following is an example of the data that displays on your screen:

version: 2.0.9 DA9C6A0AA78C5D2B9D947A1

For 2.4 Linux kernels:

1.If necessary, log in as root user.

2.Type: modinfo ipr

Press Enter.

3.Type:

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