24 SunStorageTek Enterprise PCI-X 4 Gb FC Single & Dual Port Emulex HBA Installation & Interop Guide • January 2007
Installing the HBA Driver With SolarisOperating Systems
Youmust first install the latest available patch clusters for your Solaris OS.
This section contains the following topics:
■“ToDownload SolarisPatch Clusters” on page 24
■“Downloading HBA Driver Packages and Patches for Solaris 8 and 9 for SPARC”
on page 24
■“Downloading HBA Driver Packages and Patches for Solaris 10 for SPARCor
x64/x86” on page 28
■“Diagnostic Support” on page 29

▼To Download Solaris Patch Clusters

1. Go to the SunSolve site at: http://sunsolve.sun.com.
2. Click on Patch Portal under Recommended and Security Patches.
3. Click on Recommended Patch Clusters under Recommended Solaris Patch
Clusters, J2SE, and Java Enterprise System Clusters.
4. Select and download the patch cluster applicable to your installation.
Install this patch cluster before installing single and dual port HBA driver packages
and patches.

Downloading HBA Driver Packages and Patches

for Solaris 8 and 9 for SPARC

The single and dual port HBAs are supported on the Sun Solaris 8 and 9 Operating
Systems. The drivers for the single and dual port HBAs are delivered as packages
and patches on Solaris 8 and 9 OS. The Sun StorEdge SAN Foundation Software
version 4.4.8 must be installed as a minimum.
Note – Packages are requiredonly for Sun Solaris for SPARC 8 and 9 releases. Later
Sun Solaris for SPARCreleases do not require the installation of these packages.