User`s guide

13 – Solaris SPARC Driver and SANblade Control FX Installation
Pre-installation Requirements for SANblade Control FX
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13.3
Pre-installation Requirements for SANblade Control FX
The following requirements must be met before you install SANblade Control FX:
n The HBAs must be installed.
n Note that SANblade Control FX configures HBAs on the local machine; it cannot
configure HBAs on remote machines.
n You need at least 12 MB on the local machine to install SANblade Control FX.
n You must have driver version 4.03 or later installed and running (with system
rebooted)
13.4
Installing the Solaris SPARC Driver and SANblade Control FX from a
CD-ROM
Perform the following steps to install the Solaris SPARC driver from a CD-ROM to
your system.
NOTE: To install the QLA2300 driver, you must have superuser privileges.
1. Log on to the system as superuser.
2. Create a temporary directory where you can copy the driver.
3. Change the directory (cd) to the CD-ROM mount point (usually /cdrom, but the
location varies. Ask your system administrator for the specific directory).
4. Change the directory (cd) to the Solaris directory.
5. Copy (cp) the qla2300_pkg.Z file from the CD-ROM to the temporary directory
created in step 2.
6. Change the directory (cd) to the temporary directory created in step 2.
7. At the command prompt, type:
uncompress ./qla2300_pkg.Z
8. Step 7 produces a file in the same directory called qla2300_pkg.
9. At the command prompt, type:
pkgadd -d ./qla2300_pkg
10. Continue with step 7 in section 13.5.