Dell EMC H745P MX - Installing or Updating the RPM Driver Package with KMOD Support; Installing or Updating the RPM Driver Package with KMP Support; Loading the Driver During Operating System Installation

Installing or updating the RPM driver package with KMOD
support
NOTE: This procedure is applicable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x.
Perform the following steps to install the RPM package with KMOD support:
1 Uncompress the gzipped tarball driver release package.
2 Install the driver package using the command: rpm –ihv kmodmegaraid_ sas-<version>.rpm.
NOTE: Use rpm -Uvh <package name> when upgrading an existing package.
3 If the previous device driver is in use, you must reboot the system for the updated driver to take eect.
4 Verify that the driver is loaded with the following system commands: modinfo megaraid_sas.
Installing or updating the RPM driver package with KMP
support
NOTE: This procedure is applicable for SUSE Enterprise Linux 12.x.
Perform the following steps to install the RPM package with KMP support:
1 Uncompress the gzipped tarball driver release package.
2 Install the driver package using the command: rpm –ihv kmpmegaraid_ sas- <version>.rpm.
NOTE
: Use rpm -Uvh <package name> when updating an existing package.
3 If the previous device driver is in use, you must reboot the system for the updated driver to take eect.
4 Verify that the driver is loaded with the following system commands: modinfo megaraid_sas.
Loading the driver during operating system installation
1 Navigate to the installer.
2 In the Installation screen, press E.
3 Perform the following operation:
• If the operating system is RHEL 7, the CLI displays the syntax quiet. Enter inst.dd.
For example, when you are prompted with the command linuxefi/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz
inst.stage2=hd:LABEL=RHEL-7.3\x20Server.x86_64 quiet
, enter inst.dd.
• If the operating system is SLES, the CLI displays the syntax silent. Enter dud=1.
For example, when you are prompted with the command linuxefi/boot/x86_64/loader/linux splash=silent
dud=1, enter dud=1.
4 Attach the driver media.
5 Press F10 to boot to the OS.
A screen is displayed prompting you to select the driver media (USB, CD, ISO, and so on).
6 Select the driver.
NOTE
: Ensure that the driver is selected with an X.
7 Press C to load the driver.
8 Disconnect the driver media.
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