Using Linux; Transparency Of Host Drives; Available Drivers And Tools; Updating The Driver Using The Driver Sources - ICP RS Series User Manual

G. Using LINUX
After having explained the installation of the ICP Controller and the host drives in chapters
B and C, we now explain how to install the operating system LINUX. For a successful in-
stallation, we recommend that you take a close look at the manuals which came with your
LINUX distribution package. We have tested LINUX from: Caldera, Debian, DLD, LST, Red-
Hat and S.u.S.E. . If you require an ICP Linux disk, this can be created from the ICP System
CDROM.
G.1 Transparency of Host Drives
The structure of the Host Drives, which have been installed with ICPCON (in chapter C), is
not known to LINUX. I.e., the operating system does not recognize that a given Host Drive
consists of a number of hard disks forming a disk array. To LINUX, this Host Drive simply
appears as one single hard disk with the capacity of the disk array. This complete transpar-
ency represents the easiest way to operate disk arrays under LINUX; neither LINUX nor the
PCI computer need to be involved in the administration of these complex disk array con-
figurations.
G.2 Available Drivers and Tools
gdth.tgz
icpcon.gz
icpd*.tgz
For a new installation we recommend you to check our website (www.icp-vortex.com) for
the latest tools and drivers. In addition, the readme file may contain further interesting in-
formation.
G.3 Updating the driver using the driver sources
a) Copy the driver sources to /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi
(for a DOS disk for example with 'mcopy a:gdth.tgz')
b) Unpack the archive with 'tar xvfz gdth.tgz
c) Compile a new Kernel
(procedure depends on the Linux distribution, 'make config', 'make dep', 'make clean'
may become necessary before)
G.4 ICPCON – Configuration and Monitoring Tool
Detailed information on ICPCON can be found in a separate chapter of this User's Manual.
The ICP System CDROM includes the following archive:
icpcon.gz
This archive includes a new ICPCON on your Linux system:
unpack the gz-file:
start ICPCON:
ICP driver sources for intel and alpha systems
ICPCON
ICP daemon for remote access, SNMP traps
ICPCON
'gunzip icpcon.tgz'
'./icpcon'
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