Installing the utilities package manually, Removing the utilities package manually – Emulex EMULEX User Manual

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<Removing emlxu scripts>
<emlxu_remove complete>

The utilities package has been removed. If you want to install another version of the emlxu utilities
package, do so now by by following the instructions in one of the following sections:

Installing or Updating the Utilities Using the emlxu_install Script

on page 3

Installing the Utilities Package Manually

on page 5

For additional information on installing and removing packages, see the Solaris system administration
documentation and the pkgadd(1M) and pkgrm(1M) manual pages.

Installing the Utilities Package Manually

If an earlier version of the emlxu utilities package is already installed on the system and you want to
install a different version, follow the instuctions in

Removing the Utilities Package Manually

on page 5, then

return to this section to install the new utilities package.

To install the emlxu utilities package manually, 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 installation images from the tar file by typing

tar xvf emlxu_kit-1.00x-sparc.tar

5.

install the EMLXemlxu utilities package by typing

pkgadd -d . EMLXemlxu

6.

The package is prepared for installation, and you are prompted to confirm the installation with
the following message:

Do you want to continue with the installation of <EMLXemlxu> [y,n,?]

7.

Enter y. The installation package provides running commentary on the installation process.

8.

Examine the output for any errors or warnings. If the installation is successful, the following
message is displayed near the end of the process:

Installation of <EMLXemlxu> was successful.

The emlxu utilities installation is complete. The utility package's programs are located in the
/opt/EMLXemlxu/bin directory.

You do not have to reboot your system to begin running a utility program. However, to run a program you
must either enter the progam's full path name, or add the package's bin directory (/opt/EMLXemlxu/bin)
to your envirionment's search path. To use the man pages provided by the package, you must also add
the package's man directory (opt/EMLXemlxu/man) to your environment's man path.

Removing the Utilities Package Manually

To remove the emlxu utilities package, do the following:

1.

Remove the EMLXemlxu utilities package by typing

pkgrm EMLXemlxu

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.

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