Installation Manual

HP StorageWorks File System Extender Software installation guide for Linux 21
3 Preparing the operating system environment
This chapter describes the necessary changes that need to be made to the operating system environment
on the computer that will host a consolidated FSE system (integrated server and client) or part of a
distributed FSE implementation (separate server and separate client). It also lists the required third-party
packages that must be installed prior to installing the FSE software.
Preparing the operating system
NOTE: You must be logged on to the system as root in order to prepare the operating system environment.
Required operating system updates
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
You need to upgrade all SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 systems that will become FSE system components
with SLES 9 Service Pack 3 (SLES 9, SP 3, kernel: 2.6.5-7.244-default, 2.6.5-7.244-smp or
2.6.5-7.244-bigsmp) in order to enable installation of the FSE software.
For more information on specifics related to the supported kernel variants, see the FSE release notes.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 4 Update 3 (RHEL AS/ES 4, Update 3, kernel: 2.6.9-34.EL,
2.6.9-34.ELhugemem or 2.6.9-34.ELsmp) must be installed on all FSE system components running
on RHEL AS/ES 4.
For more information on specifics related to the supported kernel variants, see the FSE release notes.
Required third-party packages for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (SLES 9)
Table 5 lists the required package versions for a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (SLES 9) operating system
and the components of FSE that require each package. Most packages are already included in the
operating system distribution or service pack. Unless stated otherwise, later versions are also acceptable.
Table 5 Packages and their relation to FSE components on SUSE Linux Enterprise server
Package
Package name in the rpm -qa output (SLES)
Package file name (SLES)
FSE client FSE server Consolidated
FSE system
Extended Attributes utilities
attr-2.4.16-1.2
attr-2.4.16-1.2.i586.rpm
libattr-2.4.16-1.2
libattr-2.4.16-1.2.i586.rpm
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Logical Volume Manager package
lvm2-2.01.14-3.6
lvm2-2.01.14-3.6.rpm
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E2fsprogs tools
e2fsprogs-1.38-4.9
e2fsprogs-1.38-4.9.i586.rpm
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libgcc C library
libgcc-3.3.3-43.41
libgcc-3.3.3-43.41.i586.rpm
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libstdc++ C++ library
libstdc++-3.3.3-43.41
libstdc++-3.3.3-43.41.i586.rpm
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