Installing Or Updating The Rpm Driver Package With Dkms Support; Installing Or Updating The Rpm Driver Package With Kmod Support; Installing Or Updating The Rpm Driver Package With Kmp Support - Dell H310 User Manual

Installing Or Updating The RPM Driver Package With DKMS Support

NOTE: This procedure is applicable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SP7 and SUSE Enterprise Linux 10 SP4.
NOTE: For SUSE Enterprise Linux 10 SP4, immediately following the operating system installation, download the
latest driver from dell.com/support, and update the driver using the procedures detailed in this section.
Perform the following steps to install the RPM package with DKMS support:
1. Uncompress the gzipped tarball driver release package.
2. Install the DKMS package using the command: rpm –ihv megaraid_sas- <version> .noarch.rpm.
3. Install the driver package using the command: rpm –ihv megaraid_sas- <version> .noarch.rpm.
rpm -Uvh <package name> when updating an existing package.
NOTE: Use
4. If the previous device driver is in use, you must reboot the system for the updated driver to take effect.
5. Verify that the driver has been loaded with the following system commands: modinfo megaraid_sas and dkms
status.

Installing Or Updating The RPM Driver Package With KMOD Support

NOTE: This procedure is applicable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SP2.
Perform the following steps to install the RPM package with KMOD support:
1. Uncompress the gzipped tarball driver release package.
2. Install the driver package using the command: rpm –ihv kmodmegaraid_ sas-<version>.rpm.
NOTE: Use rpm -Uvh <package name> when upgrading an existing package.
3. If the previous device driver is in use, you must reboot the system for the updated driver to take effect.
4. Verify that the driver has been loaded with the following system commands: modinfo megaraid_sas.

Installing Or Updating The RPM Driver Package With KMP Support

NOTE: This procedure is applicable for SUSE Enterprise Linux 11 SP2.
Perform the following steps to install the RPM package with KMP support:
1. Uncompress the gzipped tarball driver release package.
2. Install the driver package using the command: rpm –ihv kmpmegaraid_ sas- <version>.rpm.
NOTE: Use rpm -Uvh <package name> when updating an existing package.
3. If the previous device driver is in use, you must reboot the system for the updated driver to take effect.
4. Verify that the driver has been loaded with the following system commands: modinfo megaraid_sas.
Upgrading The Kernel
When upgrading to a new kernel, you must reinstall the DKMS-enabled driver packages. Perform the following steps to
update or install the driver for the new kernel:
1. In a terminal window, type the following: dkms build -m <module_name> – v <module version> – k <kernel version>
dkms install -m <module_name> – v <module version> – k <kernel version>.
2. To check whether the driver is successfully installed in the new kernel, type: dkms status.
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