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

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Installing the Drivers

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2 To check whether the driver is successfully installed in the new kernel,

type:

dkms status

You must see a message similar to the following one on the screen to
confirm installation:

<driver name>, <driver version>, <new kernel

version>: installed

3 If the previous device driver is in use, you must reboot the system for the

updated driver to take effect.

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

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