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Installing the Utilities
The Emulex utility programs are provided as part of the emlxu utilities kit. You can download the emlxu
utilities kit (for example, emlxu_kit-1.00x-sparc.tar for SPARC platforms or emlxu_kit-1.00x-i386.tar for
x86/x64 platforms) from the Sun page of the Emulex Web site (http://www.emulex.com/ts/docoem/sun/
10k.htm).
Installing or Updating the Utilities Using the emlxu_install Script
Although it is possible to install emlxu onto one or more clients from a server, that procedure is not
covered in this dcument; refer to the Solaris documentation.
Before installing the Emulex emlxu utilities package, you must have completely installed the Sun
StorEdge SAN Foundation Software package, all the recommended patches as described in the Sun
StorEdge SAN Foundation Software Installation Guide, and the Emulex-Sun Fibre Channel adapter
driver package SUNWemlxs.
If an earlier version of the emlxu utilities package is already installed on the system, the emlxu_install
script will first remove the old version before installing the new version.
To install the utilities kit using the emlxu_install script, do the following:
1.
Log in as root, or su to root.
2.
Copy the utilities kit from your distribution medium into a directory, referred to here as
<directory>. The utilities kit is a .tar file named something similar to emlxu_kit-1.00x-sparc.tar.
3.
Change to the directory where you put the kit tar file by typing
cd <directory>
4.
Extract the emlxu_install script from the tar file by typing
tar xf emlxu_kit-1.00x-sparc.tar emlxu_install
5.
Install the kit by typing
emlxu_install
6.
The script removes any earlier verison of the emlxu utilities package. (If an earlier package is not
found, this fact is indicated; skip to step 9.) The following text is displayed:
<Removing old EMLXemlxu package>
7.
If an old package is installed, you are prompted to remove it:
Do you want to remove this package? [y,n,?,q]
8.
Enter y. The following message is displayed:
Removal of <EMLXemlxu> was successful.
9.
The script expands the utilities kit .tar file and begins installing the new package. The following
message is displayed:
<Expanding emlxu_kit-1.00x-sparc.tar>
<Adding new package>
10. The script installs the emlxu utilities package. The package is prepared for installation and you
are prompted for confirmation by the following message:
Do you want to continue with the installation of <EMLXemlxu> [y,n,?]:
11. Enter y. The installation package provides running commentary on the installation process.
Caution: Before installing the Emulex utilities package, you must first install the Sun StorEdge SAN
Foundation Software package and all the recommended patches as described in the Sun StorEdge
SAN Foundation Software Installation Guide provided by Sun.