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Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 5i User Manual

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Driver Installation

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Upgrading the Kernel

If you run the up2date utility to upgrade the kernel, you must reinstall the DKMS-enabled driver
packages. Perform the following steps to update the kernel:

1 Type the following in a terminal window:

dkms build -m -v -k

dkms install -m -v -k

2 To check whether the driver is successfully installed in the new kernel, type:

dkms status

You must see a message similar to the following one on the screen to confirm installation:

, , : installed

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