Artesyn Embedded Technology 6806800R89E, Assembly, Installation And Use

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Appendix F
SharpMedia™ PCIE-8120 Installation and Use (6806800R89F)
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Install and Configure PCIE-8120 in MaxCore
The section provides information on how to install the required SharpMedia PCIE-8120 RPMs
and how to configure a PCIE-8120 card in a MaxCore™ MC3000 system.
MaxCore™ MC3000 is a platform for designing a highly scalable rack-mount appliance. The
overall objective of this platform is to enable a wide range of solution providers to create their
own competitive appliances and achieve the best time-to-market advantages. MaxCore differs
from that of classical enterprise server in the sheer number of PCIe card slots available and its
ability to implement many network connected servers within the same enclosure. For more
information about MaxCore MC3000 platform, go to
https://www.artesyn.com/computing/products/product/max-core.
F.1 Installing Software and Configuring a
SharpMedia PCIE-8120 Card in MaxCore
To install the software and configure a SharpMedia PCIE-8120 card inserted in a MaxCore
system:
1. Untar the SSF_8120_<Release Version Number>.tgz file to the required location.
$ tar zxvf SSF_8120_<Release Version Number>.tgz
After untarring the TGZ file, you will see the following files:

mc3k_8120_software_update.sh
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pcie8120start
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ssf8120
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ssf8120.repo
2. Go to that location (where the files were untarred) and then run the following script.
$ ./mc3k_8120_software_update.sh
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The complete installation procedure is divided into the following
categories:
# 1. SSF-8120 Installation
# 2. SSF-8120 Uninstallation
# 3. Update
# "1" to install SSF-8120 and dependent rpms
# "2" to uninstall SSF-8120, which removes all SSF-8120, and
dependent rpms.
# "3" to update SSF-8120, which updates SSF-8120 rpms.