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Virident Information

Firmware update 1.1.2 to 2.1

Download the new drivers:

http://support.virident.com/supportweb/drivers/index.html

Install a supported kernel:

* Comment out the exclusions

vi /etc/yum.conf

* Install the kernel and source

yum install kernel-2.6.32-131.12.1.el6.x86_64 kernel-devel-2.6.32-131.12.1.el6.x86_64

* Uncomment exclusions

vi /etc/yum.conf

* Make sure the new kernel is active on boot

vi /etc/grub.conf

* Reboot into new kernel

shutdown -r now

* Remove the old drivers

rpm -e vgc-custom-drivers-2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64-1.1-B4hf1.29298.x86_64 vgc-utils-1.1-B4hf1.29298.x86_64

* Install the new drivers

rpm -ivh vgc-drivers-2.6.32-131.12.1.el6.x86_64-2.1-B5.34315.x86_64.rpm vgc-utils-redhat6-2.1-B5.34315.x86_64.rpm

* Flash the new firmware

cd vgc-firmware-B5.34315/

./vgc-update.sh


* Power off the machine

shutdown -h now

* Once back up, Finish the flash

./vgc-update.sh --finish

* Try to load the modules and start the daemon

/etc/init.d/vgcd start

* Run vgc-monitor to see the status

vgc-monitor

* Check /var/log/messages for errors

less /var/log/messages

* I had to reset the card to defaults to fix incompatiblities

vgc-config -d /dev/vgca -r

* Reload to finalize changes

service vgcd reload

* Check your status

vgc-monitor

Good to go.

-- KrisHoward - 2011-10-27

Topic revision: r1 - 2011-10-27 - howardk
 
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