SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  N/A

PART NUMBER:  N/A

FILE NAME:  cmastor-5.00-1.i386.rpm

TITLE:  Compaq Storage Agents for Linux

VERSION:  5.00-1

LANGUAGE:  English



CATEGORY:  Software Solutions



DIVISIONS: Systems



PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Compaq ProLiant DL 320

                   Compaq ProLiant DL 360

                   Compaq ProLiant DL 380

                   Compaq ProLiant DL 580

                   Compaq ProLiant ML 330

                   Compaq ProLiant ML 350

                   Compaq ProLiant ML 370

                   Compaq ProLiant ML 530

                   Compaq ProLiant ML 570





OPERATING SYSTEM: Red Hat Linux 6.2

                  Red Hat Linux 7.0



SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  N/A



PREREQUISITES:  This requires the Compaq Health & Wellness Driver (cpqhealth)

                to be installed.



EFFECTIVE DATE:  March 22, 2001



ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes



SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  N/A



SUPERSEDES:  N/A



DESCRIPTION:  
The "Compaq Storage Agents - Linux" software release contains Storage 
Agents program and related files for Linux. 
The Storage Agents take advantage of the systems management capabilities
of Compaq servers.  This release supports RedHat Linux 6.2 and Red Hat
Linux 7.0. 

    For RedHat 6.2 system, only Compaq SMART2 driver is supported.
 
    For RedHat 7.0 system, both Compaq CISS driver and Compaq FCP-SCSI driver are
    also supported.

    The "Compaq Storage Agents - Linux" have been tested on the
    following Compaq Storage Products:

    Compaq SMART-2/P Array Controller.
    Compaq SMART-2SL Array Controller.
    Compaq Smart Array 3100ES Controller.
    Compaq Smart Array 3200 Controller.
    Compaq SMART-2DH Array Controller.
    Compaq Smart Array 221 Controller.
    Compaq Smart Array 4250ES Controller.
    Compaq Smart Array 4200 Controller.
    Compaq Integrated Smart Array Controller.
    Compaq Smart Array 431 Controller.
    Compaq Smart Array 5300 Controller.
    Compaq RAID LC2 Controller.
    Compaq StorageWorks 64-Bit/66-Mhz Fibre Host Bus Adapter
    Compaq RA-4x000.



ENHANCEMENTS/FIXES:  Added SCSI and IDE agents.



HOW TO USE:



1. Before installing

     "Compaq Storage Agents - Linux" requires one or more of the Compaq 
      storage drivers depending on the kind of host adapter cards it
      has. For Intelligent Drive Array adpater, it needs either Compaq 
      SMART2 Driver or Compaq CISS Driver or both. For Fibre Channel host
      adapter, it needs the FCP-SCSI Driver.

      All the Compaq storage drivers can be downloaded from the following 
      ftp site.

      ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/drivers/linux/released
 
      If the driver version in your system is not up-to-date, you may have
      to download patches and apply it to your driver source to get the most 
      current driver.

2. Installing the Storage Agents

      a) Make sure you have installed the Compaq Foundation Agents.

      b) Use following command to install the Compaq Storage Agents:

            rpm -ivh cmastor-5.00-1.i386.rpm

3. After installation

      a) Manually shut down and then re-start the snmpd agent.
         /etc/rc.d/init.d/snmpd stop
         /etc/rc.d/init.d/snmpd start

      b) Manually start the Foundation agents

        /etc/rc.d/init.d/cmafdtn start

      c) Manually start the Storage agents

        /etc/rc.d/init.d/cmastor start


4. Known Issues 

    a) If your system is not certified for compaq health driver, the slot
       information for the host controller won't be correct.

    b) If the cpqarray driver version is 1.0.9 or older, the slot number
       for the SMART array controller won't be correct.

    c) If cpqfc driver version is 1.4.3 or older, the WWN and the slot 
       number for the FC host controller won't be correct. 



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