MPTSAS

[ibiti ninhun]

Did anyone get mptsas added successfully to the eon storage appliance? I get failed to attach errors when attempting to add_drv -v.

[Andre Lue]

ontyer,

I'm assuming you are referring to SUNWmptsas. If so after adding the driver you have to also run any postinstall scripts that come with the package as they may create device links, and make /etc/driver_aliases entry etc.

[ibiti ninhun]

Thanks. Got it working now.

[Andre Lue]

Cool. It would be nice if you can do a guide /write up for adding this driver for others who wish to do the same. It would be posted here

http://sites.google.com/site/eonstorage/active-directory-guide

[ibiti ninhun]

(this first part is done on your existing *nix machine)
download applicable dvd iso (e.g. snv-130) from www.sunfreepacks.com (you need a download manager e.g. down it all firefox addon)
mount the iso into a folder
copy the Package folder for your driver from ./mountedfolder/Solaris_11/Product/

unzip the none.7z archive by

7z e -o/tmp SUNWmptsas/archive/none.7z

this generates a binary called none in the /tmp directory

(the following assumes you've installed eon to usb flash, and booted your nas box from usb, since we would be updating the driver onto the usb that we booted from)

copy the binary none to the eon(nas) box (using scp if your connected to the lan)
also copy the SUNWmptsas folder to the eon(nas) box
Run the following commands:

cpio -idumBv < none (make a note of what files are added where)
chmod ug+x SUNWmptsas
./SUNWmptsas/install/postinstall

check to make sure the corresponding driver paths have been added to /mnt/eon0/.backup
if not, add them manually corresponding to the output of the cpio command e.g.

/etc/driver_aliases
/kernel/drv/rge
/kernel/drv/rge.conf
/kernel/drv/amd64/rge

Run the following to test that everything is okay

add_drv -v mpt_sas

if no errors, run the following to update the image on the flash drive, then reboot and you should see the drives attached to your lsi 9211-8i hba or hbas with the same chipset

updimg.sh

[ibiti ninhun]

./SUNWmptsas/install/postinstall

check to make sure the corresponding driver paths have been added to /mnt/eon0/.backup
if not, add them manually corresponding to the output of the cpio command e.g.

/etc/driver_aliases
/kernel/drv/rge
/kernel/drv/rge.conf
/kernel/drv/amd64/rge

Run the following to test that everything is okay

add_drv -v mpt_sas

if no errors, run the following to update the image on the flash drive, then reboot and you should see the drives attached to your lsi 9211-8i hba or hbas with the same chipset

updimg.sh

[ibiti ninhun]

Sorry I didn't know how to add the guide with all the formatting goodness to the link you posted.