Installation manual

74 Installing Managed System Software on Supported Linux and VMware ESX

For example, System A is running a kernel that is not supported by one of the

Server Administrator precompiled device drivers. System B is running the

same kernel. Perform the following steps to build a device driver on system A

and copy the device driver to system B for use by Server Administrator:

Ensure that the DKS prerequisites are met on system A.

Start Server Administrator on system A.

Server Administrator builds a device driver for the kernel running on

system A during startup.

Ty p e

uname -r

on system A to determine the name of the running

kernel.

Copy any

dcdbas.*

dell_rbu.*

files in the

/lib/modules/

kernel/drivers/firmware

directory

on system A to

the

/var/omsa/dks/

directory on system B, where

is the

kernel name returned by typing

uname -r

in step 3.

NOTE: The /lib/modules/

/kernel/drivers/firmware directory may

contain one or more of the following files: dcdbas.* or dell_rbu.*

NOTE: You may have to create the /var/omsa/dks/

directory on

system B. For example, if the kernel name is 1.2.3-4smp, you can create the

directory by typing: mkdir -p /var/omsa/dks/1.2.3-4smp.

Start Server Administrator on system B.

Server Administrator detects that the device driver you copied to the

/var/omsa/dks/

directory supports the running kernel and uses

that device driver.

NOTE: When you have uninstalled Server Administrator from system B, the

/var/omsa/dks/

<kernel>/*

. files that you copied to system B are not removed.

You must remove the files if they are no longer needed.