User Guide

1. Install a DKMS-enabled driver package.

2. Run up2date or a similar tool to upgrade the kernel to the latest version.

3. Reboot to the new kernel.

The driver running in the new kernel is the native driver of the new kernel. The

driver package you installed previously in the new kernel does not take effect in the

new kernel:

1. Type: dkms build –m <module_name> –v <module version> –k

<kernel version>.

2. Type: dkms install –m <module_name> –v <module version> –k

<kernel version>.

3. Type the following to check whether the driver is successfully installed in the

new kernel: DKMS. The following details appear:

<driver name>, <driver version>, <new kernel version>:

installed

Unable to register SCSI device error message

Error:

smartd[smartd[2338] Device: /dev/sda, Bad IEC (SMART) mode

page, err=-5, skip device smartd[2338] Unable to register SCSI

device /dev/sda at line 1 of file /etc/smartd.conf.

Corrective Action: This is a known issue. An unsupported command is entered through the user

application. User applications attempt to direct Command Descriptor Blocks to

RAID volumes. The error message does not affect the feature functionality. The

Mode Sense/Select command is supported by firmware on the controller.

However, the Linux kernel daemon issues the command to the virtual disk instead

of to the driver IOCTL node. This action is not supported.

Disk Carrier LED Indicators

The LED on the physical disk carrier indicates the state of each physical disk. Each disk carrier in your

enclosure has two LEDs: an activity LED (green) and a status LED (bicolor, green/amber). The activity LED

is active whenever a disk is being accessed while the status LED indicates when a disk is being spun up, is

rebuilding, or is in a fault state.