Installing solaris driver – Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 6E User Manual

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Driver Installation

Installing Solaris Driver

Use the procedures in this section to install the driver for Solaris 10. To ensure
that you have the current version of the driver, download the updated Solaris
driver from the Dell Support website at support.dell.com.
The package is a gzipped .tar file. Download the package to a Solaris system,
and perform the following steps:

1 Extract the package contents:

gunzip -

c <driver_package.tgz> | tar xvf –

2 Use the dd command to create a driver update disk. Use the appropriate

image for the purpose. Type:

dd if=./mega_sas.img of=

/<diskette drive device node> bs=32k

NOTE:

If you are uncertain which device node corresponds to your diskette

drive, execute the rmformat command and search for the correct Logical
Node.

NOTE:

You can create a DUD on a system running the Windows operating

system using the program dcopynt.

3 If you prefer, you may use the cdrecord command to create a CDROM

instead of a floppy image. Type:

cdrecord dev=

<bus>,<target>,<lun> mega_sas_cd.iso

NOTE:

To identify the correct location of the bus, target, and logical unit

number (LUN) combination, execute the following command:

cdrecord --scanbus

Installing Solaris 10 on a PowerEdge System Booting From a PERC 6
or CERC 6/i Controller

To install the driver during Solaris 10 operating system installation:

1 Boot the system from the Solaris installation media and select the

preferred console.

2 After Solaris finishes configuring devices, a menu displays.

Select Apply Driver Updates.

3 Select [1] if you created a CD from the mega_sas_cd.iso file.
4 Select [2] if you created a diskette from the mega_sas.img file and you are

using a traditional diskette drive.

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