SOFTPAQ NUMBER: N/A PART NUMBER: N/A FILE NAME: lsicsb6-2.50d-14.rhel21.i686.rpm TITLE: HP ProLiant CSB-6 ATA-100 IDE RAID Driver for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 VERSION: 2.50d-14 LANGUAGE: English CATEGORY: Driver - Storage Controllers DIVISION: N/A OPERATING SYSTEM: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: All shipping configurations PREREQUISITES: N/A EFFECTIVE DATE: May 2, 2005 ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: N/A SUPERSEDES: N/A SYSTEMS SUPPORTED: HP ProLiant ML330 G3 DESCRIPTION: This RPM is used to provide binary driver modules that have been pre-built for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 to enable the HP ProLiant CSB-6 ATA-100 IDE RAID controller. The kernels of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 supported by this binary rpm are: 2.4.9-e.3 2.4.9-e.12 2.4.9-e.24 2.4.9-e.27 2.4.9-e.34 2.4.9-e.35 2.4.9-e.37 2.4.9-e.38 2.4.9-e.40 2.4.9-e.48 2.4.9-e.49 2.4.9-e.57 2.4.9-e.59 FIXES - None ENHANCEMENTS 1) Added support for new errata kernels. Please read this section before proceeding. This RPM will install binary drivers that will only work with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 kernels listed above. Earlier or later versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 are not supported. Special actions are required if you have modified the default kernel configuration that Red Hat ships for their Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 product. If you have modified the default kernel configuration you will need to rebuild the kernel to use the updated drivers after installing the RPM with the --noscripts option. The lsicsb6 driver RPM will not install if it detects that your configuration is different from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 default Server configuration. This driver RPM will not install if the loopback device is not configured but the initrd image is requested since the loopback device is required to create the initrd image. INSTALLATION Login as the system administrator (root), download the RPM to a directory on your hard drive and change to that directory. To install the driver type: # rpm -ivh lsicsb6-2.50d-14.rhel21.i686.rpm Setup is now complete. Please REBOOT your computer NOW!! To upgrade the driver type: # rpm -Uvh lsicsb6-2.50d-14.rhel21.i686.rpm Upgrade is Now Complete. Please REBOOT your computer NOW!! NOTE: If the installation fails or if you see any warning or error messages, STOP, do NOT reboot the computer. The driver will not be operational and you must uninstall the driver by typing the following command: # rpm -e lsicsb6-2.50d-14 The removal of the RPM restores the original lsicsb6.o module, and builds a new initrd image with the previous driver object module (if any) and adds yet another grub or lilo entry. You can then boot using this newest lilo or grub entry, (provided the building of the new initrd image goes well), or your original lilo or grub entry. The successful installation will replace the driver version that was previously installed with this version of the driver, create a new Initial RAM Disk Image (initrd) that contains the lsicsb6-2.50d-14 version of the driver and modify /etc/lilo.conf (or /boot/grub/menu.lst) to allow the Linux Loader, lilo (or grub) to boot using the new ramdisk image. Backups of your previous files will be kept in the /usr/src/HP/driver_backup directory. The driver will be inserted in the Initial RAM Disk Image (initrd) and is automatically loaded every time the server boots, provided it is listed in /etc/modules.conf, which, normally, it is. NOTE: If the hardware is properly installed and you experience error messages loading the modules, remove the entire RPM by typing: # rpm -e lsicsb6-2.50d-14 The removal of the RPM will restore the driver modules, and rebuild and initrd image for the running kernel and create appropriate entries in /etc/lilo.conf (or /boot/grub/menu.lst). Additionally you should still be able to boot using the previous entries still in /etc/lilo.conf or /boot/grub/menu.lst, provided the driver modules are restored, or were (and thus still are) in the initrd image. To check whether the driver is loaded properly, type: # lsmod The module named lsicsb6 should be displayed. If you attempt to install the RPM on an unsupported system, you will get an error message. The driver will not be operational and must be uninstalled by typing the following command: # rpm -e lsicsb6-2.50d-14 UPGRADING ERRATA KERNELS Because the LSI driver is not contained inside the Linux kernel, new errata kernels installed on systems using the LSI driver will fail to create a new initrd and generate an error during installation. The following steps will allow the user to add the latest driver module into the errata kernel's directory and create a new image and boot loader entry. This will allow them to reboot into the upgraded errata kernel. 1. Boot into the known good kernel (previous kernel) 2. Install the errata kernel rpm. This will give an error about the lsi driver. That is to be expected. However, the kernel should still have placed its modules in /lib/modules/. The only thing not installed by the errata kernel rpm is the new initrd (Because of the error mentioned above.). 3. Copy the LSI driver rpm to the / directory. 4. Extract the LSI driver rpm with the following command: #rpm2cpio | cpio -idum 5. Change directory to locate the driver files tarball: #cd /opt/lsirpm/megaide 6. Extract the driver files tarball: #tar xzf -.tar.gz 7. Copy the driver for the newly installed errata kernel contained in the driver rpm into the appropriate /lib/modules directory: #cp lib/modules//kernel/drivers/scsi/ \ /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/scsi/ 8. Run depmod to add the newly installed driver into the modules.dep file for the upgraded errata kernel. #/sbin/depmod -aAq 9. Make a new ramdisk image for the new errata kernel For Red Hat systems: #mkinitrd /boot/new.img For SUSE systems: #mkinitrd -k -i /boot/new.img where kernel image is the vmlinuz file installed in /boot by the errata kernel rpm. 10. Add an entry into the grub or lilo file for this new image and kernel. The easiest method to do this is to copy the entry that is currently the default and modify it to use the new vmlinuz file and the new initial ramdisk image you created. Then set the default entry to the new entry you added. NOTE: For lilo systems don't forget to run /sbin/lilo 11. Reboot into the new kernel image. Copyright 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.