Software and Hardware Installation
Driver Installation (command line)
It is recommended that the drivers be installed prior to installing
the HBAs.
The examples assume that the driver CD is mounted at /mnt and
that you are installing on AIX 5.1. The name and revision level
of the uninstalled driver image may be examined by issuing the
command (as root):
installp -ld <device>
where <device> is the path to the drivers, such as /mnt/AIX6/
for the CD or the name of a driver directory on the hard disk.
Example output would be:
Fileset Name Level I/U Q Content
==============================================
PC2000.driver.obj 2.6.10.42 I b usr
# PC1000 Fibre Channel Adapter Driver (AIX 5L)
cbxdpf.driver.obj 6.1.1.29 I b usr
# Cambex Dynamic Path Failover Driver
Before installing a new version of the driver, delete the previous
version of the driver. Note that any file systems must be
unmounted, volume groups exported and SCSI devices must be
removed before removing the driver. Be sure to have a
complete backup of all data before updating the driver. The
command to remove the driver is:
installp -u <name>.driver.obj
where names are cbxdpf and PC1000 or PC4000 as shown
above.
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