Installing The Storage Management Software On The Solaris Os - Silicon Graphics InfiniteStorage 4000 Series System Upgrade Manual

Installing the
Storage
Management
Software on the
Solaris OS
Chapter 5: Upgrade Instructions for the Solaris OS
Preferred failover mode
Node failover
Providers
Use this procedure to install the storage management software packages on the
Solaris OS. Refer to the Failover Drivers User Guide for information about failover
driver installation and configuration on the Solaris OS.
ATTENTION Possible loss of data – Downgrades from storage management
software version 10.83 to a previous version can cause data loss and are not supported.
Modify these instructions as required for your specific installation.
1. Make sure that you have root privileges, which are required to install the
software.
2. Insert the installation CD into the CD-ROM drive.
3. If necessary, mount the CD-ROM drive;. In this procedure, the installation CD is
mounted at /mnt/cdrom.
NOTE This mount point is shown here only as an example. You might need to modify
this command for your operating system. If you need more information about
mounting devices on your operating system, refer to the documentation that came with
your operating system.
mount -F hsfs -r /dev/c#t#d0s2 /mnt/cdrom
4. To change to the CD-ROM drive, type this command, and press Enter. In this
command, <cdrom> is the name of the CD-ROM drive where the CD is
mounted.
cd <cdrom>
5. Uncompress the installation packages from the CD-ROM to an existing folder on
your hard drive.
6. To change to the installation directory, type this command, and press Enter. In
this command, <install> is the name of the directory where the installation
files are located.
cd <install>
Solaris 10 u9 non-TPGS
Solaris 11 TPGS/ALUA
SunCluster 3.2 or latest
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