SOFTPAQ NUMBER: N/A

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FILE NAME: cpq_cciss-2.4.48-3.rh72.i386.dd.gz

TITLE: Driver diskette image for ProLiant Linux driver for Smart Array 640x, 64x, 5i, 53xx Series controllers for Red Hat 7.2

VERSION: cpq_cciss-2.4.48-3

LANGUAGE: English

CATEGORY: Storage Controllers

DIVISION: N/A


OPERATING SYSTEM: Red Hat 7.2

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: All shipping configurations

PREREQUISITES: N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE: Dec 2,2003

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: N/A

SUPERSEDES: N/A

DESCRIPTION:

This driver diskette image provides the binary driver module pre-built
for Red Hat 7.2 to enable ProLiant Smart Array 640x, 64x, 5i, 53xx Series controllers.

Using this driver diskette at Red Hat 7.2 installation time allows the most 
up-to-date driver version included in the diskette to be used, rather 
than the default driver version contained in the Red Hat 7.2 installation CD.

FIXES
~~~~~
1.  Support for the devfs file system.
2.  Support for detecting controller failure.  (see notes in detect death patch)
3.  Support for greater than 8 controllers in the system. General code cleanup for kernel.org submission. Enhancements to the shell scripts.
4.  Ensures that if no pci devices are found, we unregister the driver.
     Otherwise, the next driver to call pci_register_driver() will oops.
5.  Use pci_module_init() wrapper instead of pci_register_driver() for 
     the above fix, and to ensure the correct return code for CONFIG_HOTPLUG 
     and MODULE.
6.  Use __devinit instead of __init.
7.  Changes the author and version numbers to Hewlett-Packard and 2.4.48.
8.  Fixes issue with sharing an irq with another controller.
9. Adopted naming convention outlined in the ISSG Versioning and Naming Standards v. 1.0

ENHANCEMENTS
~~~~~~~~~~~~

CREATING A DRIVER DISKETTE

There are two methods to create the Installation Diskette:

MAKING A DISKETTE UNDER MS-DOS:

1) Save the "cpq_cciss-2.4.48-3.rh72.i386.dd.gz" file into a temporary directory. 
Use WINZIP to extract "cpq_cciss-2.4.48-3.rh72.i386.dd" 
from this file into the same directory.
Please ensure that "cpq_cciss-2.4.48-3.rh72.i386.dd" is a DOS 8.3 name. 

2) Use the "rawrite" utility which is included on the Red Hat 7.2 CD in the "dosutil" directory.

3) Label a blank, formatted 3.5-inch diskette as "ProLiant Red Hat 7.2 Driver Diskette". 
Next, insert the diskette in the diskette drive. Then, use the following commands 
(assuming your ProLiant Disk Image is at the location c: and your CD-ROM is drive d:)

	C:\> d:\dosutils\rawrite 

Enter disk image source file name: cpq_cciss-2.4.48-3.rh72.i386.dd
Enter target diskette drive: a: 
Please insert a formatted diskette into drive A: and press --ENTER-- : Enter



MAKING A DISKETTE UNDER A LINUX-LIKE OS:

1)  Save the "cpq_cciss-2.4.48-3.rh72.i386.dd.gz" file into a temporary directory. Use GUNZIP to extract
"cpq_cciss-2.4.48-3.rh72.i386.dd" from this file into the same directory

2)  To make a diskette under Linux (or any other Linux-like operating system), you must have permission to write
to the device representing a 3.5-inch diskette drive (known as /dev/fd0 under Linux)

3)  First, label a blank, formatted diskette appropriately (ProLiant Red Hat
7.2 Driver Diskette). Insert the diskette
into the floppy drive, but DO NOT issue the mount command:

	# dd if=cpq_cciss-2.4.48-3.rh72.i386.dd  of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k

4)  This command creates a diskette containing the image of the input file (if=cpq_cciss-2.4.48-3.rh72.i386.dd) to an
output file (of=/dev/fd0) using the diskette size of 1440k (1.44MB).  To make another diskette label that diskette,
and run "dd" again, specifying the correct input file.


NOTES

Feedback 
-------- 
To provide kernel/driver development feedback send email to
cciss-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net

Customer Service 
---------------- 
For support for ProLiant Smart Array Controllers, please send email to 
    support@compaq.com. 



INSTALLATION

To install Linux using this "ProLiant Red Hat 7.2" Driver Diskette, boot your Linux
machine with your Red Hat 7.2 CD1 in your CD-ROM Drive.

A menu will be displayed, prompting for your input. Type the following 
line of code to inform the operating system of the diskette:

# linux updates dd

Red Hat 7.2 will prompt for the Updates Diskette and the ProLiant Red Hat 7.2 Driver Diskette
during the installation procedure. 

SUPPORTED DEVICES AND FEATURES 

Smart Array 6400 Controller
Smart Array 6400 EM Controller
Smart Array 641 Controller
Smart Array 642 Controller
Smart Array Cluster Storage 
Smart Array 5312 Controller 
Smart Array 5304 Controller 
Smart Array 5302 Controller 
Smart Array 532 Controller 
Smart Array 5i Plus Controller 
Smart Array 5i Controller 

SYSTEMS SUPPORTED 

See HP website ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/servers/proliantstorage/arraycontrollers/compatability-matrix.pdf