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Solaris Software Requirements

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If the Fibre Channel disks on your LSI Logic adapter are not identified
by your system, check the following:

1.

Is the Fibre Channel enclosure powered ON?

2.

Does the LED on the adapter indicate LINK? (note that LINK is only
valid after the device is probed)

3.

Does the LED on the switch or remote enclosure indicate LINK?

4.

Does the LINK-SPEED parameter selected by the adapter match
that of the bus (

1G

,

2G

, or

Auto

)?

If you do not see disks, the following additional debug information may
help to identify the problem.

4.3 itmpt Device Driver

The LSI Logic itmpt driver is designed to Sun Microsystems SCSA
specifications for device drivers. This driver allows connection of devices
to LSI Logic adapter cards on PCI-based machines. Refer to

Section 4.3.1, “Installing the itmpt Sun SPARC Solaris Driver,”

for

information on installing the itmpt device driver.

4.3.1 Installing the itmpt Sun SPARC Solaris Driver

The LSI Logic LSI7202CP uses the itmpt driver for Solaris systems. This
driver is included with your adapter kit. The following sections describe
the procedures to install the itmpt driver on Solaris based systems.

Note:

If you plan to use an LSI Logic adapter for your system
disk
, you must use the installation procedure as described
in

Section 4.3.1.2, “Network Installation Procedure,”

to load

the device driver during installation.

4.3.1.1 Existing System Installation

These instructions provide details on how to install the LSI Logic itmpt
driver to an existing Solaris operating system.

Note:

You must be logged on as root to perform the installation.