HP A9891A Smart Array 6404 Controller Installation Guide

Smart Array 6404 Controller HP-UX Installation

Smart Array 6404 HP-UX Software Installation

Chapter 1

Step 3. Mount the CD-ROM drive by using the System Administration Manager (SAM).

• Run SAM using the following command:

$ sam

NOTE System Administration Manager (SAM) is deprecated in HP-UX 11i v3, and

replaced by System Management Homepage (SMH). When you start SAM, the

SMH command is automatically called. For more information, see the smh(1M)

man page.

• Select

Disk and File System

• Select Disk Devices

• Select the CD-ROM drive that contains your software media

• Select

Mount from the Actions Menu

• Specify the mount directory and deselect the

At Every System Boot option

Step 4. Run the swinstall program using the following command:

$ /usr/sbin/swinstall

This opens the Software Selection window.

Step 5. Change the Source Depot Type and Source Host Name, if necessary, and enter the software location

in the Source Depot Path field. If installing from CD-ROM, the software location is the mount

directory. Select the

OK button to return to the Software Selection window.

Step 6. The Software Selection window now contains a list of available software to install.

Step 7. Highlight the Smart Array 6404 software, for example:

RAID-01 B.11.23.02 RAID SA; Supptd HW=A7143A/A9890A/A9891A

Choose Mark for Install from the Actions menu; this chooses the highlighted software.

Step 8. From the Actions menu, select the Install... menu. This begins product installation and opens the

Install Analysis window.

Step 9. Click

OK in the Install Analysis window when the Status field displays a Ready message.

Step 10. Click

YES in the Confirmation window to start software installation.

When the processing is finished, the Status field displays a Ready message. Select Done. The

Note window opens.

Step 11. Click

OK in the Note window to reboot. The user interface disappears and the system reboots.

When the system comes back up, log on to the system as root and view the

/var/adm/sw/swagent.log and /var/adm/sw/swinstall.log files to view error or warning

messages that may have occurred during the installation.

Step 12. Verify that all installed Smart Array 6404 controllers have a software state of

CLAIMED, by running

the ioscan -fnC ext_bus |grep ciss command.