HP Dynamic Smart Array Controllers User Manual
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Installing device drivers and Management Agents 15
Installing device drivers (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or 6)
1.
Enable the controller ("
" on page
), if necessary.
2.
Reboot the server.
3.
Press the Tab key.
4.
Insert the USB device containing the DUD image.
5.
Enter linux dd.
6.
For a B120i controller, append blacklist=ahci. If you are installing a 32-bit kernel, append
vmalloc=384M to the line.
IMPORTANT:
The appended code vmalloc=384M is case sensitive.
7.
Do one of the following:
o
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, press Enter to install or upgrade in graphical mode.
o
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, select Install or upgrade an existing system. Then, press Enter.
8.
At the Driver disk prompt, select Yes and then press Enter.
9.
At the Driver Disk Source prompt, select SDA and then press Enter.
10.
At the Insert Driver Disk prompt, select OK and then press Enter.
11.
At the More Driver Disks? prompt, remove the USB device. Then, select No and press Enter.
12.
Proceed with operating system installation as normal.
Installing device drivers (SUSE Enterprise Linux 10 or 11)
IMPORTANT:
Before installing SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1, you must mount a kISO boot
image and then insert the SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1 DVD when prompted.
For more information, see the HP website
).
To install the device drivers on SUSE Enterprise Linux 10 or 11:
1.
Enable the controller ("
" on page
), if necessary.
2.
Reboot the server.
3.
Insert the USB device containing the DUD image.
4.
Do one of the following:
o
For SUSE Linux Enterprise 10, press the F5 key and then select Yes.
o
For SUSE Linux Enterprise 11, press the F6 key and then select Yes.
5.
For a B120i controller, append broken_modules=ahci to linux dd. If you are installing a 32-bit
kernel, append vmalloc=384M to the line.
IMPORTANT:
The appended code vmalloc=384M is case sensitive.
6.
Be sure that Installation is selected, and then press Enter.