Manual Installation - IBM 57D7 Manual

Ensure the iprutils daemons are enabled to start on the next boot. Please note, that the iprinit daemon
must be enabled and running for this write cache feature to get enabled at boot time.
# chkconfig iprinit on
# chkconfig iprupdate on
# chkconfig iprdump on
3.1.2

Manual Installation

Use this method if either the YUM repository method fails or your system is unable to download files directly
from the internet. Download the iprutils package directly from one of the following locations, depending
on your OS level, and transfer to the server.
RHEL 6.5, or later
http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/server/POWER/Linux/yum/OSS/RHEL/6/ppc64/iprutils-2.4.11-1.
41.1.ppc64.rpm
RHEL 7.2 Little Endian
http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/server/POWER/Linux/yum/OSS/RHEL/7/ppc64le/iprutils-2.4.
11-1.1.ppc64le.rpm
RHEL 7.2 Big Endian
http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/server/POWER/Linux/yum/OSS/RHEL/7/ppc64/iprutils-2.4.11-1.
41.1.ppc64.rpm
SLES 11 SP4
http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/server/POWER/Linux/yum/OSS/SLES/11/ppc64/iprutils-2.4.11-1.
41.1.ppc64.rpm
SLES 12 SP1
http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/server/POWER/Linux/yum/OSS/SLES/12/ppc64le/iprutils-2.4.
11-1.41.1.ppc64le.rpm
Next, remove the old iprutils package and then install the 2.4.11 version by running the following com-
mands on the server to which you transferred the iprutils rpm package.
# rpm -e iprutils
# rpm -ivh iprutils-2.4.11-1.41.1.ppc64.rpm
The currently installed version of iprutils can be verified with the following command.
# iprconfig --version
iprconfig: 2.4.11.1
IBM Power Systems 57D7/57B4 Adapter Write Cache
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