User Manual
BC4000 Series RAID Controllers
02/13/06
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BC4000-UM100-R
Updating Components for the BC4000 Series
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18.
Remove the floppy disk.
19.
Reboot the system.
20.
Reinstall RAIDConsole by running the setup located at:
windows\apps\Setup.exe
.
21.
Verify that all the latest components are installed on your system by comparing the kit contents from the
download with those displayed in the
Help > About
window in RAIDConsole.
U
PDATING
THE
BC4000 S
ERIES
D
RIVER
FOR
L
INUX
The instructions to update the BC4000 Series driver for a Linux-based system are given in this section. The
final step of this procedure depends on whether the system is a self-hosted system or a system that only uses
the RAIDCore card for data and is not booted from it.
To update the BC4000 Series driver with an existing Linux-based system:
1.
Obtain the
kernel version and CPU type of the system using the following command:
uname -rm
Some examples of the kernel version and CPU type are “2.4.21-4.ELsmp i686” (for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3.0) or “2.4.22-1.2115.nptlsmp i686” (for a Fedora Core 1 system).
2.
From the
<
cd mount point>/linux/<vendor>/<version>/driver
folder, locate the distribution version of Linux
that you need. There are different images for i586, i686, Athlon, etc.
3.
Follow these instructions to transfer the driver to a floppy disk:
a. Insert a floppy disk in the floppy disk drive.
b. Insert the RAIDCore media CD in the CD-ROM drive.
c. Mount the CD at a convenient location. The CD is in ISO9660 format.
Example:
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
d. From the
<
cd mount point>/linux/<vendor>/<version>/driver
folder, select the distribution version of
Linux that you need.
e. Select the driver disk image appropriate for your system architecture.
Example driver names include the following:
Fedora Core 1
dd-FC1-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl-athlon.img.gz
dd-FC1-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl-i686.img.gz
Red Hat Linux 9.0
dd-RH9-2.4.20-8-i686.img.gz
dd-RH9-2.4.20-8-athlon.img.gz
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0
dd-RHEL3.0-2.4.21-4.EL-i686.img.gz
dd-RHEL3.0-2.4.21-4.EL-athlon.img.gz
4.
Uncompress the driver floppy image by running a command similar to the following (this example is for an
Athlon driver disk image).
gunzip dd.img-athlon.gz