Updating The Linux Driver; Installing Or Updating The Rpm Driver Package With Dkms Support; Installing Or Updating The Rpm Driver Package With Kmod Support - Dell PowerEdge H730P User Manual

13. Click Finish to exit the wizard and reboot the system for the changes to take place.
NOTE: Dell provides the Dell Update Package (DUP) to update drivers on systems running
Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2012 operating system.
DUP is an executable application that updates drivers for specific devices. DUP supports
command line interface and silent execution. For more information, see dell.com/support.

Updating The Linux Driver

NOTE: PERC H730P drivers support PERC 5, PERC 6, PERC 7, and PERC 8 family controllers and do
not require separate driver installations.
Use the procedures in this section to update the driver for Linux. To ensure that you have the current
version of the driver, download the updated Linux driver from dell.com/support.
NOTE: The driver update disk (DUD) images are created only for those operating system releases in
which the native (in-box) driver is insufficient for installation. In the event that an operating system is
being installed with a corresponding DUD image, follow the instructions below. If not, proceed with
using the native device driver and then skip to the topic Installing or Updating the RPM Driver
Package With DKMS Support.

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 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.
NOTE: Use rpm -Uvh <package name> when updating an existing package.
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 is 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 6.5 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 is loaded with the following system commands: modinfo megaraid_sas.
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