Users Guide

Installing Managed System Software on Supported Linux Operating Systems 141
system for use by Server Administrator. This action allows Server
Administrator to use DKS on multiple systems without having to install the
kernel source on every system.
An example is the following scenario: System A is running a kernel that is not
supported by one of the Server Administrator precompiled device drivers.
System B is running the same kernel. Perform the following steps to build a
device driver on system A and copy the device driver to system B for use by
Server Administrator:
1
Ensure that the DKS prerequisites are met on system A.
2 Start Server Administrator on system A.
Server Administrator builds a device driver for the kernel running on
system A during startup.
3 Ty p e uname -r on system A to determine the name of the running
kernel.
4 Copy any dcdbas.* or dell_rbu.* files in the
/lib/modules/ <kernel> / kernel/drivers/firmware directory on system A to
the
/var/omsa/dks/ <kernel> directory on system B, where <kernel> is the
kernel name returned by typing
uname -r in step 3.
NOTE: The /lib/modules/<kernel>/kernel/drivers/firmware directory may
contain one or more of the following files: dcdbas.* or dell_rbu.*
NOTE: You might have to create the /var/omsa/dks/<kernel> directory on
system B. For example, if the kernel name is 1.2.3-4smp, you can create the
directory by typing:
mkdir -p /var/omsa/dks/1.2.3-4smp
5
Start Server Administrator on system B.
Server Administrator detects that the device driver you copied to the
/var/omsa/dks/ <kernel> directory supports the running kernel and uses
that device driver.
NOTE: You can also use this procedure when upgrading Server Administrator
if the new version of Server Administrator does not support the running kernel
with a precompiled device driver.
NOTE: When you have uninstalled Server Administrator from system B, the
/var/omsa/dks/
<kernel>/*. files that you copied to system B are not removed.
You must remove the files if they are no longer needed.