Support Notes for SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 1 for HP Integrity Servers

recommends that you upgrade the operating system kernel to at least version 2.6.16.53-0.8.
This package is available from Novell, and can be retrieved using any of the methods
documented in “Getting Updates from the SUSE Linux Maintenance Web.”
24. Customers may experience a hang during the boot of the operating system. To resolve the
issue, HP recommends that customers upgrade the operating system kernel to at least version
2.6.16.53-0.8. This package is available from Novell, and can be retrieved using any of the
methods documented in “Getting Updates from the SUSE Linux Maintenance Web.”
25. Customers using in excess of 10 network interfaces in their system may experience issues
with configuration and activation or deactivation of the network devices. To resolve the
issue, HP recommends that customers upgrade the sysconfig package on their system to at
least version 0.50.9-13.33. This package is available from Novell, and can be retrieved using
any of the methods documented in “Getting Updates from the SUSE Linux Maintenance
Web.”
26. If you have an MPT SAS controller, you can obtain the latest driver from HP. To obtain the
driver, follow these steps:
a. From the page at http://www.hp.com, click on the "Driver Downloads" link.
b. Click the radio button preceding "Download drivers and software" on the Software &
Driver Downloads page, type the model of the server in the text box, and press Enter.
c. Click "SUSE LINUX" under the "select operating system" heading on the specify
operating system page.
d. Scroll down the download drivers and software page for the MPTLinux driver, and
click the download button for this required update.
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