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