Installing The Driver Rpm; Upgrading; Uninstalling; Installing The Fibreutils Rpm - HP StorageWorks A6826A Installation Manual

Installing the Linux Driver

Installing the Driver RPM

The RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a package management system that lets you
easily install Linux software. Using RPM, you can install software in prebuilt
bundles called RPM packages. The driver RPM packages have prebuilt driver
binaries, source code, and driver startup utilities. They are available for Red Hat
ELAS and SUSE SLES.
To install a RPM, copy the RPM package file to your system and enter the
following command:

Upgrading

To upgrade a RPM package, copy the RPM package file to your system and enter
the following command(s):

Uninstalling

To uninstall a RPM package, enter the following command:

Installing the fibreutils RPM

HP recommends installing the fibreutils RPM. It contains useful utilities, such as
hp_fccfg.sh, for managing fibre-attached storage. To install this RPM, enter the
following command:
# rpm -ivh fibreutils-<
For more information about fibreutils, refer to the file
/opt/hp/hp_fibreutils/README.
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package_name
# rpm -ivh <
For Red Hat ELAS, enter:
# rpm -Uvh --nopostun --nopreun <
For SUSE SLES:
package_name
# rpm -Uvh <
# rpm -e qla2x00
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package_name
>.rpm
version
>.rpm
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