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MegaRAID SAS Device Driver Installation User Guide
June 2015 Red Hat Linux Driver Installation
Installing or Updating the Red Hat Linux System Driver
3.3 Installing or Updating the Red Hat Linux System Driver
3.3.1 Installing or Updating the Driver by Using the Generic RPMs
Perform the following steps to install or update to the latest version of the Red Hat Linux system driver by using the
generic RPMs:
1. Boot the system.
2. Go to Console (your terminal GUI).
3. Perform the following steps to install the RPM. In this example, the driver version is 06.602.03.00.
a. Uninstall the earlier version, if needed.
b. Extract the packaging from the Linux system by typing the following command and pressing Enter:
# tar -zxvf megaraid_sas_components.gz
c. For RHEL5 (Update 8), architecture = x86_64, type the following commands and press Enter:
# cd rhel5_oel5_centos5/rpms-1# rpm -ivh
kmod-megaraid_sas-06.602.03.00-1-el5.8.x86_64.rpm
d. For RHEL6 (Update 2), architecture = x86_64, type the following commands and press Enter:
# cd rhel6_oel6_centos6/rpms-1# rpm -ivh
kmod-megaraid_sas-06.602.03.00_el6.2-1.x86_64.rpm
NOTE You need to select the correct RPM from the available bundled RPMs.
Otherwise, you will see an RPM installed but it will be for a different
kernel version.
4. Reboot the system to load the driver.
3.3.2 Installing or Updating the Driver by Using the DKMS RPMs
Perform the following steps to install or update to the latest version of the Red Hat Linux system driver by using the
DKMS RPMs. In this example, the driver version is 06.602.03.00-1.
NOTE This DKMS packaging is provided only for RHEL5(x86 and x86_64)
pre-compiled binaries.
1. Extract the packaging from the Linux system by typing the following commands and pressing Enter:
# tar -zxvf megaraid_sas-release.tar.gz
# cd dkms-1
# tar -zxvf megaraid_sas-06.602.03.00-1.dkms.tar.gz
2. Install the DKMS framework by typing the following commands and pressing Enter:
# rpm -ivh dkms-2.0.2.21.1-1.noarch.rpminstall DKMS rpm
# rpm -ivh megaraid_sas-06.602.03.00-1dkms.noarch.rpm
3. Reboot to load the driver with the newer version by typing the following command and pressing Enter:
# reboot