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MegaRAID SAS Device Driver Installation User Guide 
June 2014
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 and 11 Driver Installation
Installing the Driver in a New SuSE Linux Enterprise Server System
Chapter 4: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 and 11 Driver
Installation
This chapter describes how to install the device driver in new SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) operating systems
(OSs), update the driver on existing systems, and uninstall the driver.
4.1 Installing the Driver in a New SuSE Linux Enterprise Server System
You can install the MegaRAID device driver in a new system from the SuSE SLES Linux CD, DVD, or from a driver
update diskette.
NOTE If you use Service Pack (SP) 1 or SP 2, you need to load the driver. If you
use SP 3 RC 2, the MegaSAS driver is already on the SuSE SLES Linux CD.
NOTE MegaRAID supports PPC 64 bit architecture for the SuSE Linux
Enterprise Server System, but the preboot application is not
supported due to the PPC BIOS limitations.
NOTE Do not install the operating system on the PPC virtual drive for the PPC
64 bit architecture.
4.1.1 Installing from a CD or a DVD
Perform the following steps to install the driver in a new SuSE Linux Enterprise Server system from the SuSE Linux
Enterprise Server installation CD or DVD:
1. Boot the server with the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server SP CD or DVD.
The system BIOS must support booting from a CD-ROM. BIOS settings might require changes to allow CD-ROM
booting. Refer to your system documentation.
2. Follow the installation procedure for the SuSE OS.
If you do not provide a driver disk at boot time, the driver is loaded automatically during the installation process.
4.1.2 Creating a Driver Update Disk (DUD) with a USB Drive
You can transfer a driver disk image to a USB drive with the rawrite tool from DOS, or the dd utility in Linux. The URL
for the rawrite tool is
http://www.tux.org/pub/dos/rawrite . On a Linux machine, you can use the dd command to burn
a driver ISO image on a USB drive.
Perform the following steps to create a DUD with a USB drive.
1. Insert a USB stick into a Linux machine, making sure that the USB drive is not mounted.
2. Type the following command:
"$ dd if= of=/dev/sdx"
where /dev/sdx is the USB drive.
NOTE Ensure that you pick the correct DUD image from the LSI release
bundle. The DUD image should match with the installed OS kernel
version.