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74 Installing the Drivers
Installing Solaris 10 on a PowerEdge System Booting From a PERC 6 and
CERC 6i 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 appears. 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.
5
Select [3] if you created a diskette from the mega_sas.img file and you are
using a removable (USB) diskette drive.
6
Follow instructions presented by
Driver Update
installer.
7
The
Installation of <megasas> was successful
message
appears.
8
Select [e] to end
9
Follow the instructions on the screen to complete installation.
Adding/Updating the Driver to an Existing System
1
To add the mega_sas driver to an existing system, or to upgrade to a newer
version of the driver, you must unarchive the driver package and execute
the installation script:
tar xvf x86_64.tar
cd x86_64
./install.sh
2
Restart your Solaris system to start using the new driver. To confirm the
mega_sas driver is loaded, run the following command:
modinfo | grep mega_sas
3
Ensure that the driver version is correct.
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