Linux operating systems – HP Dynamic Smart Array Controllers User Manual

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Installing device drivers and Management Agents 14

If the drive or logical volume is not available, select Load Driver. Then, insert the USB drive containing

the driver and follow the prompts for installation.

IMPORTANT:

If the intended boot volume is not detected after installing the driver, you may need

to load other drivers for it at this time. For drives that are behind a Smart Array controller, use

ACU (F5) or Intelligent Provisioning (F10) to create the volume.

9.

Continue installing the operating system as normal.

Linux operating systems

For Linux operating systems, use the driver update diskette (DUD) images located on the SPP DVD ("

HP

Service Pack for ProLiant

" on page

30

) or on the HP website (

http://www.hp.com/go/bizsupport

).

Before installing the device drivers, observe the following conditions:

Be sure you have already created a logical volume using the Intelligent Provisioning software
("

Intelligent Provisioning

" on page

31

) or ACU ("

Array Configuration Utility

" on page

30

).

Be sure you have a USB device containing the DUD image.

If you are installing a 32-bit version of Linux, read cache is not supported.

The readme file provided on the DUD image provides detailed instructions for installing device drivers on

specific versions of the Linux operating system. For general installation instructions, see the following:

"Installing device drivers (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or 6) (on page

15

)"

"Installing device drivers (SUSE Enterprise Linux 10 or 11) (on page

15

)"

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