Installing the megaraid_sas Driver¶
Scenario¶
If the BMS uses 3408 or 3508 RAID cards, you need to install the megaraid_sas driver on the VM.
Procedure¶
Upload the RAID-3004iMR_3108_3408iMR_3416iMR_3508_3516-CentOS7.6-megaraid_sas-07.716.01.00-1-x86_64.rpm package obtained in Making Preparations to the VM.
Install the megaraid_sas driver.
Go to the directory where the .rpm installation package is stored and run the following commands to install it:
rpm -ivh RAID-3004iMR_3108_3408iMR_3416iMR_3508_3516-CentOS7.6-megaraid_sas-07.716.01.00-1-x86_64.rpm
[root@localhost 3408]# rpm -ivh RAID-3004iMR_3108_3408iMR_3416iMR_3508_3516-CentOS7.6-megaraid_sas-07.716.01.00-1-x86_64.rpm Preparing... ###################################### [100%] Updating / installing... 1:kmod-megaraid_sas-07.716.01.00_el###################################### [100%] [root@localhost 3408]#
Run the dracut -f command to update the kernel:
After the installation is complete, run the rpm -qa | grep raid command to check whether the installation is successful.
kmod-megaraid_sas-07.716.01.00-1-x86_64