Emulex EMULEX User Manual

The Emulex utility programs are provided as part of the emlxu utilities kit. You can download the emlxu 
utilities kit (for example, emlxu_kit-1.00x-sparc.tar for SPARC platforms or emlxu_kit-1.00x-i386.tar for 
x86/x64 platforms) from the Sun page of the Emulex Web site (http://www.emulex.com/ts/docoem/sun/
10k.htm).

Although it is possible to install emlxu onto one or more clients from a server, that procedure is not 
covered in this dcument; refer to the Solaris documentation.

Before installing the Emulex emlxu utilities package, you must have completely installed the Sun 
StorEdge SAN Foundation Software package, all the recommended patches as described in the Sun 
StorEdge SAN Foundation Software Installation Guide, and the Emulex-Sun Fibre Channel adapter 
driver package SUNWemlxs.

If an earlier version of the emlxu utilities package is already installed on the system, the emlxu_install 
script will first remove the old version before installing the new version.

To install the utilities kit using the emlxu_install script, do the following:

1.

Log in as root, or su to root.

2.

Copy the utilities kit from your distribution medium into a directory, referred to here as 
<directory>. The utilities kit is a .tar file named something similar to emlxu_kit-1.00x-sparc.tar.

3.

Change to the directory where you put the kit tar file by typing

cd <directory>

4.

Extract the emlxu_install script from the tar file by typing

tar xf emlxu_kit-1.00x-sparc.tar emlxu_install

5.

Install the kit by typing

emlxu_install

6.

The script removes any earlier verison of the emlxu utilities package. (If an earlier package is not 
found, this fact is indicated; skip to step 9.) The following text is displayed:

<Removing old EMLXemlxu package>

7.

If an old package is installed, you are prompted to remove it:

Do you want to remove this package? [y,n,?,q]

8.

Enter y. The following message is displayed:

Removal of <EMLXemlxu> was successful.

9.

The script expands the utilities kit .tar file and begins installing the new package. The following 
message is displayed:

<Expanding emlxu_kit-1.00x-sparc.tar>
<Adding new package>

10. The script installs the emlxu utilities package. The package is prepared for installation and you 

are prompted for confirmation by the following message:

Do you want to continue with the installation of <EMLXemlxu> [y,n,?]:

11. Enter y. The installation package provides running commentary on the installation process.

Caution: Before installing the Emulex utilities package, you must first install the Sun StorEdge SAN 

Foundation Software package and all the recommended patches as described in the Sun StorEdge 
SAN Foundation Software Installation Guide provided by Sun.