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LSI Corporation Confidential

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July 2011

MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide

Chapter 6: MegaRAID Storage Manager Overview and Installation

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MegaRAID Storage Manager Support and Instal-

lation on the Solaris 10 Operating System

6.8

MegaRAID Storage

Manager Support and
Installation on the Solaris 10
Operating System

This section documents the installation of the MegaRAID Storage Manager software on
the Solaris 10 U5, U6, U7, U8 x86 and x64 operating systems.

6.8.1

Installing MegaRAID Storage

Manager Software for the Solaris 10
Operating System

Follow these steps to install the MegaRAID Storage Manager software on a system
running the Solaris 10 x86 operating system:

1. Copy the MegaRaidStorageManager-SOLX86-…..tar.gz file to a

temporary folder.

2. Untar the MegaRaidStorageManager-SOLX86-…..tar.gz file using the

following command:

tar -zxvf MegaRaidStorageManager-SOLX86-…..tar.gz

This step creates a new disk directory.

3. Go to the new disk directory, and find and read the readme.txt file.

4. Enter the Bash shell.

5. Execute the command ./install.sh present in the disk directory.

6. When prompted by the installation scripts, select Y to complete the installation.

6.8.2

Uninstalling MegaRAID

Storage Manager Software for the
Solaris 10 Operating System

Follow these steps to uninstall the MegaRAID Storage Manager software on a system
running the Solaris 10 x86 operating system:

1. Execute the Uninstaller.sh file located in /opt/MegaRaidStorageManager

directory.

2. When prompted by the uninstallation scripts, select Y to complete the installation.

NOTE: To shut down the MegaRAID Storage Manager Framework service, run svcadm
disable -t MSMFramework

. It is advisable to stop the Monitor service before stopping

the MegaRAID Storage Manager Framework service. To stop Monitor service, run
svcadm disable -t MSMMonitor

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NOTE: To start the Framework service, run svcadm enable MSMFramework. To start
the monitor service, run svcadm enable MSMMonitor.

NOTE: When the service is in maintenance state, run svcadm clear MSMFramework
and svcadm clear MSMMonitor.

NOTE: To check the status of MegaRAID Storage Manager services run the command
svcs -a | grep -i msm

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6.9

Installing MegaCLI for

VMware 5.0

MegaCLI is packaged into a vSphere Installation Bundle (VIB) for VMware 5.0.

To install the VIB, use the following command:

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