Specifications

9 ATTO Technology Inc. ATTO ExpressSAS Host Adapter Installation and Operation Manual
Linux
Note
ExpressSAS adapters are not supported
under Linux kernel 2.4.
1 Power on your system.
2 Log in as root.
3 Verify that the kernel header files, usually
included with the Linux kernel development
package, are installed.
4 Insert the Installation CD.
5 Mount the CD to your chosen mount point such
as /mnt/cdrom.
6 Open your File Browser and browse to
/mnt/cdrom/Linux/Drivers.
7 Click on the driver:
• for the ExpressSAS adapters, the driver
filename appears as
lnx_drv_esashba_XXX.tgz where XXX is
the driver’s current version number.
• for ExpressSAS RAID adapters, the driver
filename appears as
lnx_drv_esasraid_XXX.tgz where XXX is
the driver’s current version number.
8 Copy the driver file to a directory such as
/usr/src.
9 Open a Terminal session.
10 Change to the directory where you stored the
driver.
11 Extract the driver source:
• for ExpressSAS adapters: tar xfz
lnx_drv_esashba_XXX.tgz.
• for ExpressSAS RAID adapters: tar xfz
lnx_drv_esasraid_XXX.tgz.
12 The driver files are extracted to a directory
called lnx_drv_esashba_XXX or
lnx_drv_esasraid_XXX.
Navigate to that directory.
13 Compile and install the driver using ./install.sh.
The driver is now installed and ready to use.
14 Add the following line to /etc/modprobe.conf
after installing the driver:
• for ExpressSAS adapters: alias
scsi_hostadapterX esashba where X is the
next available adapter number.
• for ExpressSAS RAID adapters: alias
scsi_hostadapterX esasraid where X is
the next available adapter number.
15 Continue on to Install Hardware
on page 17.
VMware ESX vSphere 4.1
Driver CD usage during ESX Installation
(4.x only)
For ESX Server 3.5 please refer to VMware ESX 3.5
on page 10.
Note
ATTO ESAS VMware drivers are supported
with ATTO ESAS Host Bus Adapters and do
not apply to ATTO ESAS RAID adapters.
During ESX 4.x installation, you may choose to install
customer drivers. This will allow you to install ESX to
storage that is attached to your ATTO adapter.
1 During ESX installation, select Yes to install
customer drivers and click Add.
2 The installer will prompt you to insert the media
containing the ATTO device driver.
3 After you add the ATTO driver, the installer will
prompt you to reinsert the ESX installation
media and continue with the installation.
Driver CD as an Update CD (4.x only)
1 Extract the Driver CD ISO on your local
workstation using an third party ISO reader.
Note
Microsoft operating systems after Windows
Vista include a built-in ISO reader.
2 Extract the offline_bundle.zip from the ISO
image.
3 Use the Data Browser in the vSphere Client to
upload the ZIP file that was extracted from the
ISO to your ESX host.
Note
Alternatively, you can use a program like
WinSCP to upload the file directly to your
ESX host. However, it requires root
privileges to the host to perform the upload.
4 Log in to the ESX host as root directly from the
Service Console or through an SSH Client.