Software/Driver Installation - Chelsio T5 Installation And User Manual

Chapter 3. Software/Driver Installation

3. Software/Driver Installation

The driver must be installed by the root user. Any attempt in installing the driver as a regular
user will fail.
If you haven't done already, download the tarball, cxgbe-openindiana-x.x.x.x.tar.gz from
i.
Chelsio Download Center,
ii. Remove any previous versions of the driver installed in the system. Driver uninstallation is
explained in the Software/Driver Uninstallation
iii. Install the driver package using the following commands:
root@host:~# tar zxfvm cxgbe-openindiana-x.x.x.x.tar.gz
root@host:~# cd cxgbe-openindiana-x.x.x.x
root@host:~# pkgadd -d CHLScxgbe.i386.pkg
iv. Reboot the system.
v. After reboot, run the following command before using the cxgbe devices. This command will
reconfigure new attached devices without returning any output.
root@host:~# devfsadm
root@host:~#
Please follow the above step on every reboot.
Note
Chelsio T5 Network Driver for OpenIndiana
http://service.chelsio.com/
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