Adaptec 6805Q 2270700-R User Manual

Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System

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Installing on Solaris

To install the driver on Solaris:

1

Start your computer.

2

(Solaris 10 only) Check for any pre-existing Adaptec driver by performing a 

pkginfo 

SUNWaac

 in a terminal window . If there is no pre-existing Adaptec driver on your 

computer, continue with 

. If an Adaptec driver is already installed on your 

computer, perform a 

pkgrm SUNWaac

 to remove it.

Caution: 

If your operating system currently boots from the Adaptec controller, do not 

reset your computer after you remove the pre-existing Adaptec driver. Instead, follow 
the steps in this section to install a new driver before rebooting your computer.

3

Insert and mount the driver disk:

volcheck

4

Change to the driver installer directory:

On Solaris 10:

cd /rmdisk/aacraid/DU/sol_210/i86pc/Tools 

On Solaris 11:

cd /rmdisk/aacraid/DU/sol_211/i86pc/Tools 

5

Start the driver installer:

./install.sh -i

6

Remove the driver disk, then reboot your computer.

7

Continue with 

Installing on VMware

Note: 

You must remove the old driver before you can install the new one. You must have root 

privilege to install the new driver. 

Note: 

To copy the driver VIB file to the VMware ESX/ESXi server (in 

 below), you must 

have access to a remote copy utility, such as WinSCP, putty, or Linux scp.

To install the driver on VMware:

1

At the VMware console screen, type these commands to remove the old driver:

VMware ESX/ESXi 4.1:

esxupdate query --vib-view | grep -i aacraid   (list driver packages)

esxupdate -b <

>

 

--maintenancemode remove       (remove package)

where vibID is the full name of the driver package. 

Note: 

For VMware 4.0 or earlier, use the rpm -e command to remove the driver.

VMware ESXi 5:

esxcli software vib list    (list driver packages)

esxcli software vib remove --vibname=scsi-aacraid --maintenance-mode   (remove 

package)