Installing management agents, Pack, Installing device drivers and management agents – HP Integrity rx4640 Server User Manual

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1.

Follow the standard controller installation procedure.

2.

Reboot the server.

3.

Follow the standard procedure for installing Linux. As Linux is installed, it recognizes the controller
and automatically loads the correct driver.

In a system that already has Linux installed:

1.

Power down the system.

2.

Follow the standard controller installation procedure.

3.

Power up the system. As Linux boots, it recognizes the controller.

4.

Enter one of the following commands as appropriate to ensure that the driver is loaded correctly:
Red Hat:

#mkinitrd -f /boot/efi/efi/redhat/initrd-$(uname -r).img $(uname -

r)

Novell (SLES):

#mkinitrd -k /boot/vmlinux -i/boot/initrd

5.

For Novell, enter the following command to confirm that the driver is active:

#lsmod | grep cciss

If the driver is active, the system responds by displaying

cciss

.

Installing Management Agents

The most recent versions of the agents are available on the support page of the HP website

(

http://www.hp.com/support/itaniumservers

). For installation instructions, refer to the downloadable file

HP Insight Management Agents for Linux on Integrity Servers provided with the agents.
If the new agents do not function correctly, you might also need to update Systems Insight Manager. The

latest version of Systems Insight Manager is available for download at the HP website

(

http://www.hp.com/servers/manage

).

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