HP ProLiant Accelerated iSCSI for Linux User Guide

Installation and configuration 11

Red Hat

Installing the license key

To install the license key on Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems,

1. Navigate to the \linux\hp-pel\hp-pel-<version>.rhel5.linux.rpm file.

2. Use the following command to install the HP ProLiant Licensing RPM:

rpm -Uvh hp-pel-<version>.rhel5.linux.rpm

3. Add the license key using the following command:

/opt/hp/hp-pel/nalicense -a license_string

If you have an old license and want to add a new license, just add the new license. You cannot

delete the old license.

4. Check the status of all currently installed licenses on the system using the following command:

/opt/hp/hp-pel/nalicense -d [-l <logfile>]

Include the -l parameter if you want all the information that normally prints to stdout to be redirected

to the file specified with <logfile>.

Installing the port-based license utility

To install the port-based Linux iSCSI Offload Utility on Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems,

1. Navigate to the \linux\hp-pbl\hp-pbl-<version>.rhel5.linux.rpm file.

2. Use the following command to install the utility:

rpm -Uvh hp-pbl-<version>.rhel5.linux.rpm

3. The hp-pbl utility is configured to start on system boot-up; however, you can start it immediately after

installation without rebooting using the following command:

/etc/init.d/hp-pbl start

4. The hp-pbl configuration file is a text file located at etc/opt/hp/hp-pbl/hp-pbl.conf. The format of

the configurable MAC parameter is documented in the hp-pbl.conf file. If changes are made to the

hp-pbl.conf configuration file, you must restart hp-pbl using the following command:

/etc/init.d/hp-pbl restart

5. To manually stop the hp-pbl daemon, use the following command:

/etc/init.d/hp-pbl stop

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