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Goal

How to Install and Remove Solaris 11 Driver on SPARC and X86 Machine

Solution

Installing the Solaris 11 Host drivers:

1. Download Xsigo or Oracle Virtual Networking (OVN) host driver for Solaris (in *.tgz or *.zip format) from 2 possible sources, depending on availability:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/xsigo-1870185.html

OR

https://support.oracle.com/ (MOS)

Patches & Updates

-> Patch Search (Right Hand Panel)

-> Search

-> Product or Family (Advanced)

   Product is: Oracle Fabric Interconnect or Oracle Fabric Interconnect or Oracle Fabric Interconnect F1-15

   Release is: Solaris Driver Packages 5.5.1;Solaris Drivers 5.5.0

2. Extract the file using "tar -xvf <file_name>" or "unzip <file_name>".

3. Once you Extracted the file, you will find the package name "ORCLovn".

4. Run the command "pkg set-publisher -p /root/ORCLovn" to set the publisher to a local repository.

NOTE: in the above scenario the file was untared in root hence the path is "/rootORCLovn"

root@ovn83-131:~# pkg set-publisher -p /root/ORCLovn
pkg set-publisher:
Added publisher(s): ORCLovn

5. Once the publisher is set run "pkg install -g ORCLovn system/io/ORCLovn-drv" to install the package.

root@ovn83-131:~# pkg install -g ORCLovn system/io/ORCLovn-drv
Packages to install: 1
Create boot environment: No
Create backup boot environment: Yes
Services to change: 1

DOWNLOAD PKGS FILES XFER (MB) SPEED
Completed 1/1 19/19 1.0/1.0 0B/s

PHASE ITEMS
Installing new actions 45/45
Updating package state database Done
Updating image state Done
Creating fast lookup database Done

6. Once the package is installed reboot the machine.

Removing the Host Drivers

In the unlikely event that you will need to remove the installed OVN host drivers for Solaris 11 Update 1 (for example, if

you need to do a fresh install instead of an upgrade), you can use the following procedure:

Step 1 Halt all network and storage traffic. For example, set the interfaces to down state, and wait for network

and storage traffic to quiesce.

Step 2 Unset the publisher by using the pkg unset-publisher command and specifying the directory

where the host driver file exists. For example:

Note

This step assumes an installation from a local repository. If you are installing the host drivers from

a web repository, you can specify the URL for the location of the file.

pkg unset-publisher /usr/ORCLovn

Step 3 Remove the currently installed host drivers by using the pkg uninstall command and specifying

the host driver file name. For example:

pkg uninstall ORCLovn-drv

Step 4 Verify that all cabling is complete and correct. If the physical layer connectivity is not functional, the

nodes might not come online correctly after the server is rebooted.

Step 5 Reboot the Solaris server to clear the host drivers from memory. For example:

reboot --rv

or

shutdown -y -g0 -i6

Step 6 Allow the server to completely reboot, then log back in as root.

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