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Verifying
Operating
System
Requirements
Ensure
that
your
operating
system
will
support
the
Dual
Channel
SCSI
RAID
Enablement
Card,
use
the
following
appropriate
procedure
to
verify
your
operating
system
requirements.
Using
AIX
The
Dual
Channel
SCSI
RAID
Enablement
Card
is
supported
on
the
following
levels
of
AIX
or
higher:
v
AIX
5L
Version
5.1
with
the
5100-04
Recommended
Maintenance
Package
(APAR
IY44478)
v
AIX
5L
Version
5.2
with
the
5200-01
Recommended
Maintenance
Package
(APAR
IY44479)
To
determine
which
maintenance
level
is
installed
on
your
system,
type
oslevel
-r.
Verify
that
the
maintenance
level
displayed
is
5100-04,
5200-01,
or
higher.
If
no
maintenance
level
is
installed
on
your
system,
the
following
is
an
example
of
the
data
that
displays
on
your
screen:
No
recommended
maintenance
level
information
is
available.
If
updates
are
needed,
the
latest
maintenance
packages
and
update
instructions
can
be
downloaded
from
the
pSeries
and
RS/6000
Support
Web
site.
The
Web
address
is:
http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/support.
Updates
can
also
be
ordered
by
calling
IBM
Support.
Using
Linux
The
Dual
Channel
SCSI
RAID
Enablement
Card
is
supported
on
the
following
Linux
distributions:
v
Any
distribution
based
on
United
Linux
1.0
Service
Pack
3,
such
as
SuSE
Linux
Enterprise
Server
8
Service
Pack
3
or
newer
v
Red
Hat
Enterprise
Linux
3
or
newer
v
SuSE
Linux
Enterprise
Server
9
or
newer
To
determine
which
release
is
installed
on
your
system,
refer
to
your
Linux
distributor’s
documentation.
If
updates
are
needed,
obtain
them
from
your
Linux
distributor
or
download
them
from
the
IBM
StorageIO
Web
Site.
The
Web
address
is:
http://www-124.ibm.com/storageio/ipr/.
Note:
SuSE
Linux
Enterprise
Server
8
SP3
used
the
ibmsis
device
driver
to
control
the
PCI-X
Dual
Channel
RAID
Enablement
Card.
This
device
driver
has
been
replaced
by
the
ipr
device
driver,
which
is
used
on
all
other
supported
distributions.
Information
on
using
the
older
ibmsis
device
driver
is
contained
in
“Installing
the
Dual
Channel
SCSI
RAID
Enablement
Card
using
the
ibmsis
Device
Driver”
on
page
18.
Refer
to
this
section
if
you
are
still
using
this
device
driver.
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Dual
Channel
SCSI
RAID
Enablement
Card:
Installation
and
Using
Guide