SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP21813
PART NUMBER:  N/A
FILE NAME:  Spy-co-6.2-0.i386.rpm
TITLE:  RPM for the installation of the ATA RAID Management Utility
for ML 310 (ATA Version)
VERSION:  6.2-0.i386
LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  Storage Controllers

DIVISIONS: Systems

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  ML 310 -- ATA Version

OPERATING SYSTEM:  
Redhat 2.1 Advanced Server (base kernel, 2.25c driver)
Redhat 7.3 Professional (base kernel, 2.25c driver)
Redhat 7.3 Professional (errata kernel 2.4.18-4, 2.26e driver)
SuSE SLES 7 (base kernel - 2.24e driver)
SuSE SLES 7 (errata kernel 2.4.18-64GB, 2.26e driver)

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: ATA Version Only

PREREQUISITES:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  September 17, 2002

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  Version 5.x

SUPERSEDES:  N/A

DESCRIPTION:  
Provides a disk for the installation of the ATA RAID Management 
Utility for use with supported Linux distributions on the ATA 
Version of the ML 310.


Enhancements/Fixes:
N/A.  


HOW TO USE:

1.  Download the RPM to a directory on your hard drive and 
    change to that directory.  

2.  After the RPM file is extracted, you may delete the SoftPaq file 
    downloaded in step 1.

3.  Refer to the installation instructions below for details on 
    installation of the utility.


INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
1.  Download the Spy-co-<version>.rpm file and copy it to a floppy.
1.1.  Mount the floppy (mount /mnt/floppy)
1.2.  Copy the Spy-co-<version>.rpm to any directory 
(cp /mnt/floppy/Spy-co-<version>.rpm /root)
1.3.  Unmount the floppy (umount /mnt/floppy)

2.  Only after the Linux OS is installed and the MegaIDE driver is 
operating properly, then the user can install the Integrated ATA RAID 
Management Utility

NOTE:  If the ATA RAID Management Utility is loaded prior to the 
installation of the MegaIDE driver (and creating of the partition) then
the user may be left unable to access their drives.  
a)  Close Integrated ATA RAID Management Utility or any other utility
opening the device node, and complete the partioning.
b)  After making changes to the partition table, reboot the
server for changes to take effect.


2.1.  Change directory to the location in which the RPM 
(Spy-co-<version>.rpm) was copied/extracted in step 2.
2.2.  Install the files by running the RPM.  At the command prompt 
run, rpm –i Spy-co-<version>.rpm.  This will install the following 
components:
2.2.1.  /usr/sbin/Spy
2.2.2.  /usr/sbin/CheckSpy
2.2.3.  /usr/sbin/options
2.2.4.  /etc/rc.d/init.d/spy

3.  Installation is complete.  



Notes to the user:
·  Spy must be unloaded to use FDISK to partition new drives 
on the IDE controller.  You can do this by using the following 
steps.
·  To update newer RPM packages of Spy, please consult the 
manual pages for RPM on how to update to new RPM packages. 
·    Spy –stop
·    fdisk /dev/sd*
·    mkfs /dev/sd*
·    mount /dev/sd* /<any dir>
·    Spy –start






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