Dell PowerEdge Systems SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation Instructions And Important Information
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Contents Notes, Cautions, and Warnings...................................................................................................2 1 Installation Instructions And Important Information.............................................................5 Overview...................................................................................................................................................................5 Latest Available Operating System...................................................
LPe12000/2 Drivers Fail To Install Under SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP 4.............................................13 Installation Of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP 4 Fails With ACPI Exception...........................................13 Error Message On Starting IPMI Drivers While Installing OMSA....................................................................13 Assigning iSCSI LUN Target To Intel Niantic Stops The Operating System Booting.......................................
Installation Instructions And Important Information Overview This document provides the following information: • Instructions for installing and re-installing the operating system on your Dell system. • Sources of additional information. Latest Available Operating System SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP 4 is the currently shipping version of the operating system.
• Simplified Chinese Installing And Re-Installing Your Operating System Use the following modes to install and re-install your operating system: • • • • Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation media Dell Systems Build and Update Utility media SUSE Linux Installation media Unified Server Configurator Using The Dell Systems Management Tools And Documentation Media CAUTION: Backup all data from the system before installing or upgrading the operating system.
Using The SUSE Linux Installation Media NOTE: If you want to perform a custom installation using the SUSE Linux installation media, you may need to perform additional manual modifications or install additional packages not located on the SUSE Linux installation media. NOTE: For consistent mounting of storage partitions, it is recommended that you place the file system labels on all file systems, and mount the file systems according to the file system labels.
NOTE: The size of the default LVM Logical Volumes (LV) partitions (such as /usr, /tmp, and so on) are based on a single 36 GB hard drive. If you have a larger hard drive or multiple hard drives, use the various native LVM tools to resize the existing partitions as well as to create new partitions, per your requirements. Installing Your Operating System On Devices That Support Multipathing CAUTION: Backup all data from the system before installing or upgrading the operating system. 1.
USC or USE-LCE extracts the required drivers to an internal USB drive named OEMDRV under /linux/suse/x86_64sles10/install/*.rpm. After the drivers are extracted, USC or USC-LCE prompts you to insert the operating system installation media. 5. Insert the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 media, and then click Next. 6.
Issues And Resolutions This section contains information about general issues, resolutions, and their workarounds applicable to all the service pack versions of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10. IPMI Commands Result In High CPU Utilization Description On Dell PowerEdge systems managed through IPMI, IPMI commands issued to the BMC can result in the kipmid thread consuming high CPU time. Workaround To address this, add the driver option – kipmid_max_busy_us to the ipmi_si driver module.
1. Log in as the root user. 2. Open the /etc/sysconfig/kernel file in a Linux text editor. 3. Find the line that starts withINITRD_MODULES=, and add mptctl on the line after mptsas. 4. Save the file and run mkinitrd on a command line. Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 On A SAS 5/iR Or SAS 6/iR Controller Description The operating system may not boot when SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 is installed on a system that has a SAS 5/iR or SAS 6/iR controller with more than two hard drives connected.
Kernel Panic When The Bonding Module Is Unloaded Description If a bonding device in balance alb/tlb mode is brought down with the command ifconfig bond0 down and the slave systems are still attached to the bond, the bond's transmit hash table gets cleared. Workaround Detach the slave systems before unloading the module. Cause When the bonding module is unloaded, the transmit hash table which is cleared by the above step, is accessed and this results in a kernel panic.
LPe12000/2 Drivers Fail To Install Under SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP 4 Description Driver build/installation fails for devices LPe12000 and LPe12002 while using DKMS version 2.2.0.1-1 in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP 4 Operating System. You may see a part or all of the following sample error message: Unable to load DKMS tarball/usr/share/be2iscsi/be2iscsi.tar.gzerror: %post(be2iscsi-4.0.323.0-1dkms.x86-64) scriptlet failed, exit status 2 You must be using DKMS 2.1.0.
Cause This error occurs because the BIOS 0xE820 code does not return the first 0xe820 entry to match int 12 interface and hence does not comply with ACPI specification. Systems With Intel Multiport i350 rNDC And PCI Add-in Adapters Report Incorrect/ Duplicate Mac Address Description Native igb driver reports incorrect MAC ids for interfaces of multiport i350 rNDC and PCI add-in adapters. Workaround This issue is addressed in the latest version of Dell igb driver. Use the latest driver disk from support.
iBFT CHAP Authentication Target Parameters Not Parsed Properly By The Installer Description If you enable mutual CHAP authentication on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP 2, the target parameters like IP, Port, and IQN are not parsed properly by the ibft module. Workaround Enter the authentication information such as the CHAP name manually during iSCSI target discovery phase to expose the target disk to the installer.
Unable To Update Bootloader When SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP 2 Is Upgraded To SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP 3 Description When you install the boot loader while upgrading from SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP 2 to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP 3, the boot loader fails to mount. Workaround To work around the issue, edit the GRUB configuration file to point to the correct root path. This issue will be fixed in a future service pack of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.
• Running tar commands after setting a different block size using the mount command (mt). Workaround To fix this issue, download the dkms driver fix from support.dell.com. Cause When you are performing direct I/O operations with tape drives using commands such as tar in fixed block mode (with buffer sizes that are not a multiple of the pre-formatted block size), a call trace occurs and the system hangs.
• You can download updated operating system packages and the latest kernel releases and updates at novell.com/customercenter. • You can download the latest BIOS, firmware versions, Information Update document, and Linux files tailored for your Dell hardware from support.dell.com. • Dell’s public mailing lists promote community involvement among Dell customers who use Linux. To sign up for these lists , see lists.us.dell.com.
