Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V40z User Manual

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Chapter 2

Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Software

1. Determine which kernel is currently installed on the system by running the

following command:

# rpm -qa --qf="%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}\n" \

|grep kernel

The following is an example of the output you might get:

kernel-2.4.21-4.EL.x86_64

kernel-smp-2.4.21-4.EL.x86_64

kernel-source-2.4.21-4.EL.x86_64

In this example, you are running the

2.4.21-4.EL.x86_64

kernel.

2. Insert the Documentation and Support Files CD into the server.

3. Mount the CD and locate the Ethernet and SCSI drivers by typing the following

commands:

# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

# cd /mnt/cdrom/support/drivers/rhel3/64/

Note –

If you are using the 32-bit version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the directory

to change to is:

/mnt/cdrom/support/drivers/rhel3/32/

4. Determine which driver RPMs correspond to the kernel version, as determined in

The filenames of the RPMs contain the kernel version and type. Using the example
kernel versions shown in Step 1, the Ethernet (

bcm5700

) and SCSI (

lsi

) drivers

would be:

bcm5700-7.1.22_2.4.21_4.EL-rhel3_1.x86_64.rpm

bcm5700-smp-7.1.22_2.4.21_4.EL-rhel3_1.x86_64.rpm

lsi-2.05.11_2.4.21_4.EL-rhel3_1.x86_64.rpm

lsi-smp-2.05.11_2.4.21_4.EL-rhel3_1.x86_64.rpm

5. Run the following command to install the RPM files:

# rpm -Uvh /mnt/cdrom/support/drivers/rhel3/64/

bcm5700-drivers

.rpm

# rpm -Uvh /mnt/cdrom/support/drivers/rhel3/64/

lsi-drivers

.rpm

Where bcm5700-drivers and lsi-drivers refer to the appropriate Ethernet and SCSI
driver RPM files, as determined in Step 4.

Note –

Be sure to pick the correct architecture of the driver for the kernel you are

running. For example, if you are running the i686 kernel, be sure to choose the
correct driver rpm that ends with

.i686.rpm