HP A9890A Smart Array 6402 Controller Installation Guide

Smart Array 6402 Controller Linux Installation

Installing the Linux Driver

Chapter 2

Installing the Linux Driver

Here are the steps to load the Smart Array 6402 driver with Linux.

Installing the Controller Prior to Linux Install

Here are the steps to load the Smart Array 6402 driver prior to installing the operating system:

Step 1. Install the controller using the instructions provided in Linux portion of this guide.

Step 2. Boot the system

Step 3. Go through the normal OS installation process.

Installing the Controller with Linux Installed

This section describes the steps necessary to load the Smart Array 6402 driver on an Integrity server running

the Linux operating system.

NOTE Linux will recognize that the controller is present in the system and will load the correct driver

automatically.

Step 1. Install the controller using the instructions provided in Linux portion of this guide.

Step 2. Run the following command upon rebooting the system in order to ensure that the driver gets

properly loaded for the controller.

RedHat Linux:

The hardware detection functionality in RedHat Linux will find the controller and properly

configure the system files. Run the following command to ensure the driver gets properly loaded:

# mkinitrd -f /boot/efi/efi/redhat/initrd-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)

SUSE Linux:

The hardware detection functionality in SUSE Linux will find the controller and properly configure

the system files. Run the following command to ensure the driver gets properly loaded:

# mkinitrd -k /boot/vmlinux -i/boot/initr

Step 3. Run the following command to validate that the driver has been loaded and is active:

# lsmod | grep cciss

You should see "cciss" in the response from the system.