Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 - Installing the Driver for a RAID Card; Installing the Driver for the PMC 8885 E

• Lenovo ThinkServer LPm15004-M8-L Mezzanine card
• Lenovo ThinkServer OCm14104-UX-L Mezzanine card
• Lenovo ThinkServer OCm14102-UX-L Mezzanine card
• Emulex OCe14401-UX DAC NIC/iSCSI/FCoE CNA card
• Emulex OCe14102-UX-L NIC/iSCSI/FCoE CNA card
• Emulex OCe14102-NX NIC/iSCSI/FCoE CNA card
To install the driver, do the following:
1. Download the driver for the card from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a
folder. Then, copy the folder to your USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your
server.
2. Log in to the operating system and copy the folder from your USB storage device to the /tmp directory
on your server.
3. Use the following commands to install the driver:
cd /tmp
cd /elx-lpfc-dd-sles11sp-10.2.185.0
./elx_lpfc_install.sh
Note: In the command lines, elx-lpfc-dd-sles11sp-10.2.185.0 represents the name of the folder that
contains the driver. elx_lpfc_install.sh represents the driver name. Use the corresponding file name on
your server.
4. Restart your server.
Installing the driver for a RAID card
This topic provides instructions on how to install the driver for both add-on and onboard RAID cards, such as
the LSI 9286CV-8e RAID 510i adapter, the RAID 720i exp, and the RAID 110i adapter.
To install the driver for a RAID card, do the following:
1. Download the corresponding driver for the RAID card from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a
compressed file, unzip it to a folder. Then, copy the folder to your USB storage device and connect the
USB storage device to your server.
2. Log in to the operating system and copy the folder from your USB storage device to the /tmp directory
on your server.
3. Use the following commands to install the driver:
cd /tmp
cd rpms-2
rpm-ivh *.rpm
Note: In the command lines, rpms-2 represents the name of the folder that contains the driver. *.rpm
represents the driver name. Use the corresponding file name on your server.
4. Restart your server.
Installing the driver for the PMC 8885e
To install the driver for the PMC 8885e, do the following:
1. Download the corresponding driver from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it
to a folder. Then, copy the RPM file to your USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to
your server.
2. Log in to the operating system and copy the RPM file from your USB storage device to the /tmp
directory on your server.
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