FILE NAME: cmastor-6.20.0-8.i386.rpm TITLE: Hewlett Packard Storage Agents for Servers - Linux VERSION: 6.20.0-8 LANGUAGE: English CATEGORY: Management Agents DIVISIONS: Systems OPERATING SYSTEM: Red Hat Linux 8.0 and 7.3 Professional Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 (SLES-7) UnitedLinux 1.0 PREREQUISITES: This requires the following RPM to be installed: hpasm EFFECTIVE DATE: January 23, 2003, 2002 SUPERSEDES: cmastor-6.10-6.i386.rpm DESCRIPTION: This RPM contains the Hewlett Packard Storage Agents for Linux. SUPPORTED FEATURES & DEVICES: The following Linux Installations are supported by this release: 1. Red Hat Linux 8.0 and 7.3 Professional Server default installation. 2. Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 default installation. 3. Suse Linux Enterprise Server 7 (SLES-7) installation. 4. Conective S.A., The SCO Group, SuSE Linux AG and Turbolinux, Inc. powered by UnitedLinux 1.0 ENHANCEMENTS/FIXES: 1. Support was added for the HP Smart Array 641 and 642 controllers. 2. Support was added for the HP 64-Bit/133MHz PCI-X 2CH Ultra320 HBA. HOW TO USE: 1. Download the cmastor-6.20.0-8.i386.rpm and cmastor-6.20.0-8.i386.txt to a directory on your hard drive and change to that directory. 2. Refer to the README section in cmastor-6.20.0-8.i386.txt for installation and configuration instructions. 3. After the RPM is installed, you may delete the previously downloaded RPM file. Copyright 2000-2003 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. ==================================README================================== HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY Storage Agents - Linux Version 6.20.0 January 23, 2003 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Introduction 2. Documentation Updates and Corrections 3. Known Issues 4. Supported Linux Installations 5. Installing Storage Agents 5.1 Before Installation 5.2 Installing Storage Agents from RPM 5.3 Installing Storage Agents from Management CD 5.4 After Installation 6. New Features and Fixes -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Introduction The "Storage Agents - Linux" software release contains the Storage Agents program and related files for Linux. The Storage Agents take advantage of the systems management capabilities of server storage. 2. Documentation Updates and Corrections None. 3. Known Issues a. After installing the hpasm and cmastor packages, if browser can not see any storage device, you can either restart the foundation agents by the following command or reboot the system. /etc/init.d/hpasm restart cmafdtn b. The World Wide Name information reported by the 64-bit/66MHz Fibre Channel Host Adapter is incorrect. c. While viewing the Web agent, AutoRefresh feature does not function properly for NetScape browsers running under Linux. AutoRefresh does work for browsers running under Windows. 4. Supported Linux Installations Following Linux installations are supported by this release: a. Red Hat Linux 7.3 Professional b. Red Hat Linux 8.0 Professional c. Red Hat Linux Advance Server 2.1 d. SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 (SLES-7) e. Conective S.A., The SCO Group, SuSE Linux AG and Turbolinux, Inc. powered by UnitedLinux 1.0 5. Installing Storage Agents 5.1. Before Installtion a. "Storage Agents - Linux" requires following binary RPM: hpasm-6.20.0-x b. (For Red Hat 8.0 only) Install compatibility package for standard C++ library from Red Hat 8.0 CD 2 (compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.110.i386.rpm). #rpm -i compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.110.i386.rpm 5.2 Installing the Storage Agents from RPM Log in as "root", then use following command to install Storage Agents from RPM: rpm -Uvh cmastor-6.20.0-x.i386.rpm Note: x is the "release" number. 5.3 Installing the Storage Agents from Management CD a. Insert the Management CD into CD-ROM drive and log in as "root" user. b. Mount the Management CD at the directory /mnt/cdrom using following command: %mount /dev/cdrom c. Install the Storage Agents using following command: %rpm -Uvh /mnt/cdrom/agents/linux/eng/compaq/cmastor/cmastor.rpm d. Un-mount the Management CD: %cd / %umount /mnt/cdrom e. Remove the Management CD from CD-ROM drive. 5.4 After Installation a. If "snmpd" is not running, start it with following command: % /etc/init.d/snmpd start b. Restart the Foundation Agents with following command: % /etc/init.d/hpasm restart cmafdtn c. Manually start the Storage Agents using the following command: /etc/init.d/cmastor start 6. New Features and Fixes a. Support was added for the HP Smart Array 641 and 642 controllers. b. Support was added for the HP 64-Bit/133MHz PCI-X 2CH Ultra320 HBA. Use of this software on equipment not specifically tested by HP may produce unreliable or undesirable results. HP does not warrant the fitness or compatibility of this software on untested hardware. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright 2000-2003 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.