Sonnet Technologies 3Gb_s RAID Controller Card - Manual (Page 5)

Software Installation Steps
Linux Driver and Software Installation
The Sonnet RAID controller supports Linux operating systems
RedHat ES 3, 4; Suse Linux 9, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10, 10.1 and the
following architectures: i386 (with or without CONFIG_
REGPARM); x86_64 (AMD64, Intel EM64T).
Note: The Sonnet
RAID controller is not supported under Linux 2.4.
1. Power on your system, and log in as root.
2. Verify that the kernel header files, usually included with the
Linux kernel development package, are installed.
3. Insert the Installation CD, and mount it to your chosen
mount point such as /mnt/cdrom.
4. Open your File Browser and browse to /mnt/cdrom/Linux/
Drivers.
5. Click on the driver; the driver filename appears as lnx_drv_
esasraid_XXX.tgz where XXX is the driver’s current version
number.
6. Copy the driver file to a directory such as /usr/src.
7. Open a Terminal session, and then change to the directory
where you stored the driver.
8. Extract the driver source tar xfz lnx_drv_esasraid_XXX.tgz.
9. Navigate to the lnx_drv_esasraid_XXX directory.
10. Compile and install the driver using ./install.sh; the driver is
now installed and ready to use.
11. Add the following line to /etc/modprobe.conf after installing
the driver: alias scsi_hostadapterX esasraid where X is the
next available adapter number.
Loading drivers
If drivers load automatically, continue to Hardware Installation on
page 6. Otherwise, refer to the steps below.
• To load a driver manually, type $ modprobe esasraid You may
receive a warning that the module will taint the kernel.
• Red Hat Hardware Discovery Utility may ask you to Configure
the Device, Ignore, or Do Nothing after loading the driver
for the first time. Select
Configure and follow the utility’s
configuration prompts.
To load a driver at boot if your system does not do so automatically:
• Red Hat 4. Add the following line to /etc/modprobe.conf after
installing the driver: alias scsi_hostadapterX esasraid where X
is the next available number.
• Red Hat 3. Add the following line to /etc/rc. modules after
installing the driver modprobe esasraid
You may need to create /etc/rc.modules and make it executable
with chmod +x /etc/rc.modules
• SUSE 9
1. Run the yast utility by selecting it in the GUI under System
in the application menu or running it from a command line.
2. Select Hardware
3. Select Disk Controller
4. Under Disk Controller Configuration, select the ATTO
device.
5. Under the Module to Use heading, select the esasraid module
6. In the box next to Load Module in initrd, put an X
7. Select Finish to complete the configuration.
• SUSE 10. Add the following line to /etc/init.d/boot.local after
installing the driver: modprobe esasraid