SysKonnect SK-98xx IBM AIX

30 4 Installation of the Driver Software

IBM AIX

The drivers support the SysKonnect SK-98xx family on AIX 4.3.3, AIX 5.1, and AIX 5.2 operating

systems. For correct driver access, the corresponding Ethernet protocol in terface must be installed

for TCP/IP configuration. The drivers can not be installed on machines with less than 256 MB mem-

ory. We recommend to install the drivers on machines offering at least 512 MB memory.

There are two possibilities to install the driver packages on IBM AIX:

• Automatic installation with “smitty” and the configuration manager

• Manual installation with “smitty”

The installation follows the general guidelines of IBM AIX 4.3 and 5.1/5.2 ope rating systems for soft-

ware package installation of third party device drivers.

Driver packages downloaded from our web site are available in a compressed format (.Z files) . The

downloaded package has to be uncompressed before installation.

Uncompress the

driver

To uncompress the downloaded driver package, proceed as follows:

1. Go to the directory where the compressed driver package <filename>.pck. Z is located, e.g.

sk98a4x3p.pck.Z for AIX 4.3.3.

2. Uncompress the file with the following command:

uncompress <filename>.pck.Z

The uncompressed driver package has the format <filename>.pck and is ready for installation.

Install from CD-ROM

on AIX 4.3.3

If the driver is to be installed from CD-ROM on an AIX 4.3.3 operating system, t he following steps

have to be executed prior to the driver installation:

1. Boot AIX 4.3.3.

2. Login as “root”.

3. Insert the SysKonnect installation CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.

4. Copy the driver file <filename>.pck to any directory on your AIX 4.3.3 operating system with the

following command:

cp <cd-rom path>/<filename>.pck /tmp/<filename>.pck

The following description of the installation process refers to ”smitty” executed from the console log-

in. The automatic installation on AIX 4.3.3, AIX 5.1, and AIX 5.2 is identical.

To install the driver automatically, proceed as follows:

1. After you have installed the adapter in the computer, boot the corresponding AIX operating sys-

tem (for details, see chapter 2 "Installation of the Network Adapter").

2. Login as “root”.

3. Start “smitty” and the configuration manager by executing

smitty cfgmgr

The menu “Install/Configure Devices Added After IPL” is displayed.

4. For AIX 5.1/5.2: Type the path to the driver, e.g. /tmp/<filename>.pck, or

to install the driver from CD-ROM, press <F4> and select /DEV/CD0.

For AIX 4.3.3: Type the path to the driver, e.g. /tmp/<filename>.pck.

5. Press <Enter>.

The automatic installation process starts. When finished, the network device driver is loaded

automatically.