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FibreQuik - Fibre Channel Adapter User Guide
AIX Driver Installation
Command line driver installation
The name and revision level of a driver may be examined by
issuing the command (as root):
installp -ld <device>
where <device> is replaced by
/dev/fd0 for the floppy drive,
/mnt/AIX/PC1000.image for a CD-ROM mounted at /mnt or
the name of a driver image file on the hard disk, typically
MC1000.image for Micro Channel systems or PC1000.image
for PCI systems. Example output would be:
Option Name Level I/U Q Content
==================================================
PC1000.driver.obj 01.05.22.00 I N usr
Cambex Fibre Channel Adapter Driver
Before installing a new version of the driver, delete the previous
version of the driver. Note that any filesystems, volume groups
and SCSI devices must be removed before removing the driver.
Be sure to have a complete backup of all data before attempting
to update the driver. The command to remove the driver is:
installp -u <name>.driver.obj
where name is one of
MC1000, PC1000, q2100, q2100m,
q2200
or q2200m depending on the type of card and previous
driver version.
The new driver may be installed on the system with the
command:
installp -acd <device> all
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