FILE NAME: hpahcisr-1.2.6-7.rhel5.i686.dd.gz TITLE: Driver diskette for HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller (x86/AMD32) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (x86) VERSION: 1.2.6-7 LANGUAGE: English CATEGORY: Driver Diskettes DIVISION: N/A OPERATING SYSTEM: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (x86) ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes DESCRIPTION: This driver diskette image provides the binary driver module pre-built for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 to enable software RAID for the embedded ICH10R controller. Using this driver diskette at Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 installation time is required to enable software RAID on systems with the embedded ICH10R controller. FIXES * Thu Jan 20 2011 Linux Storage Driver Team 1.2.6-7 - Fix to better support the HP ACU utility in Diagnostic mode. * Thu Dec 16 2010 Linux Storage Driver Team 1.2.6-6 * Tue Dec 9 2010 Linux Storage Driver Team 1.2.6-5 - Improved physical drive serial number reporting accuracy. * Tue Nov 23 2010 Linux Storage Driver Team 1.2.6-4 - Added changelog information to rpm. * Mon Oct 25 2010 Linux Storage Driver Team 1.2.6-3 - Fixed an optical media support issue. * Thu Oct 7 2010 Linux Storage Driver Team 1.2.6-2 * Thu Sep 23 2010 Linux Storage Driver Team 1.2.6-1 ENHANCEMENTS * Thu Jan 20 2011 Linux Storage Driver Team 1.2.6-7 - Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 6. * Thu Dec 16 2010 Linux Storage Driver Team 1.2.6-6 - Updated RAID firmware. * Tue Dec 9 2010 Linux Storage Driver Team 1.2.6-5 - Added more support for SMART data (smartmontools). * Tue Nov 23 2010 Linux Storage Driver Team 1.2.6-4 * Mon Oct 25 2010 Linux Storage Driver Team 1.2.6-3 * Thu Oct 7 2010 Linux Storage Driver Team 1.2.6-2 - Added better support for smartmontools. * Thu Sep 23 2010 Linux Storage Driver Team 1.2.6-1 - Added chipset support for ML110 and DL120 G7. SUPPORTED KERNELS: The kernels of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (x86) supported by this driver diskette are: 2.6.18-164.el5 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 4 (x86) 2.6.18-194.el5 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 5 (x86) 2.6.18-238.el5 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 6 (x86) SUPPORTED DEVICES AND FEATURES Embedded ICH10R Controller CREATING A DRIVER DISKETTE MAKING A DISKETTE UNDER A LINUX-LIKE OS: 1) Save the "hpahcisr-1.2.6-7.rhel5.i686.dd.gz" file into a temporary directory. Use GUNZIP to extract "hpahcisr-1.2.6-7.rhel5.i686.dd" from this file into the same directory 2) To make a diskette under Linux (or any other Linux-like operating system), you must have permission to write to the device representing a 3.5-inch diskette drive (known as /dev/fd0 under Linux) 3) First, label a blank, formatted diskette appropriately (ProLiant Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Driver Diskette). Insert the diskette into the floppy drive, but DO NOT issue the mount command: # dd if=hpahcisr-1.2.6-7.rhel5.i686.dd of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k 4) This command creates a diskette containing the image of the input file (if=hpahcisr-1.2.6-7.rhel5.i686.dd) to an output file (of=/dev/fd0) using the diskette size of 1440k (1.44MB). To make another diskette label that diskette, and run "dd" again, specifying the correct input file. INSTALLATION *** Important Note for RHEL5 ONLY *** Once the OS is installed but before clicking the reboot button do the following. Failure to do so will cause the system to panic and not boot. 1. press CTRL+ALT+F2 2. cp -a /tmp/ramfs/DD-0 /mnt/sysimage/tmp 3. chroot /mnt/sysimage 4. cd /tmp/DD-0 5. sh ./fix_driver_order 6. cd / 7. press CTRL+ALT_F6 and click reboot *** Important Note for SLES10 *** SLES10 32-bit: Two boot options required are: "broken_modules=ahci" and "pci=noapic" SLES10 64-bit: One boot option required is: "broken_modules=ahci" *** Important Note for SLES11 *** SLES11 32-bit: One boot option required is: "broken_modules=ahci" SLES11 64-bit: One boot option required is: "broken_modules=ahci" NOTE: If you are using a USB Flash/Floppy drive, do not boot the system with the Flash/Floppy inserted. This can cause grub to assume the wrong boot device. The steps are: 1. Do not boot with USB Flash/Floppy inserted. 2. Add USB Flash/Floppy when the popup window "Please choose the Driver Update Medium." appears. 3. In the popup window, choose "other". 4. For the device name, enter "sda". 5. When the popup window "Please choose the Driver Update Medium." re-appears, remove the USB flash/floppy. 6. Select the "Back" button. NOTES MD5SUM: 50f39ebeb1e78a7a7ead51d09de1ed49 Feedback -------- To provide kernel/driver development feedback send email to iss_storagedev@hp.com Customer Service ---------------- For support for ProLiant Smart Array controllers, please visit http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/contact_us.html Copyright 2002-2011 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.