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30 4 Installation of the Driver Software
IBM AIX
The drivers support the SysKonnect SK-98xx family on AIX 4.3.3, AIX 5.1, and AIX 5.2 operating
systems. For correct driver access, the corresponding Ethernet protocol interface must be installed
for TCP/IP configuration. The drivers can not be installed on machines with less than 256 MB mem-
ory. We recommend to install the drivers on machines offering at least 512 MB memory.
There are two possibilities to install the driver packages on IBM AIX:
• Automatic installation with “smitty” and the configuration manager
• Manual installation with “smitty”
The installation follows the general guidelines of IBM AIX 4.3 and 5.1/5.2 operating systems for soft-
ware package installation of third party device drivers.
Driver packages downloaded from our web site are available in a compressed format (.Z files). The
downloaded package has to be uncompressed before installation.
Uncompress the
driver
To uncompress the downloaded driver package, proceed as follows:
1. Go to the directory where the compressed driver package <filename>.pck.Z is located, e.g.
sk98a4x3p.pck.Z for AIX 4.3.3.
2. Uncompress the file with the following command:
uncompress <filename>.pck.Z
The uncompressed driver package has the format <filename>.pck and is ready for installation.
Install from CD-ROM
on AIX 4.3.3
If the driver is to be installed from CD-ROM on an AIX 4.3.3 operating system, the following steps
have to be executed prior to the driver installation:
1. Boot AIX 4.3.3.
2. Login as “root”.
3. Insert the SysKonnect installation CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
4. Copy the driver file <filename>.pck to any directory on your AIX 4.3.3 operating system with the
following command:
cp <cd-rom path>/<filename>.pck /tmp/<filename>.pck
Automatic installation on AIX 4.3.3, AIX 5.1, and AIX 5.2
The following description of the installation process refers to ”smitty” executed from the console log-
in. The automatic installation on AIX 4.3.3, AIX 5.1, and AIX 5.2 is identical.
To install the driver automatically, proceed as follows:
1. After you have installed the adapter in the computer, boot the corresponding AIX operating sys-
tem (for details, see chapter 2 "Installation of the Network Adapter").
2. Login as “root”.
3. Start “smitty” and the configuration manager by executing
smitty cfgmgr
The menu “Install/Configure Devices Added After IPL” is displayed.
4. For AIX 5.1/5.2: Type the path to the driver, e.g.
/tmp/<filename>.pck, or
to install the driver from CD-ROM, press <F4> and select /
DEV/CD0.
For AIX 4.3.3: Type the path to the driver, e.g.
/tmp/<filename>.pck.
5. Press <Enter>.
The automatic installation process starts. When finished, the network device driver is loaded
automatically.