Intel c600 SAS Controller Unit
Bootable Driver Kit

version

1.0

details

This site contains a bootable driver containing a driver and updates to the SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel which are required for installation and operation of SUSE Linux Enterprise SP1 on systems utilizing the Intel c600 SAS controller unit.

platforms

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 1

architectures

  • x86_64

media

Name Size MD5SUM Download
intel-c600-scu-sle11-sp1-x86_64-1.0.iso 275 MB 4c0b5bf57fabeb7a2b89842104d36519 download

installation

Media installation

  1. Download the ISO image above.
  2. Burn it to an empty CD/DVD media.
  3. Start the installation using the new CD/DVD media, having the standard SUSE Linux Enterprise media at hand or a URL to a network installation server.
  4. If doing a network install, enter the URL of the network install source on the boot command line using the 'install=' option.
  5. If doing installation from optical media the installer will first boot from the driver kit and then ask to insert CD1 of the SUSE Linux Enterprise product.
  6. An updated kernel will be used for installation and installed onto the system.

PXE boot installation

  1. Download the ISO image above.
  2. Mount the ISO image for access to the contents.
  3. Copy the kernel and initrd images from the driver kit iso image to the appropriate location on your tftp boot server. The initrd and kernel image are found under the /boot/x86_64/loader directory. Download links for the kernel and initrd images can also be found in the table below.
  4. Copy the contents of the ISO image to a location on your installation server. (The /boot directory may be omitted)
  5. Add the URL of the driver kit location on the installation server to the boot command of the pxelinux config file using the 'addon=' option.
  6. An updated kernel will be used for installation and installed onto the system.

Example pxelinux config file section:

# Install SLES 11 SP1 with Bootable Driver Kit
label install-bdk
kernel linux-bdk
append initrd=initrd-bdk splash=silent vga=0x314 showopts install=http://installserver/SLES-11-SP1-x86_64 addon=http://installserver/bdk
                           
File Size MD5SUM Download
Kernel Image 3.10 MB 2e0b20193bcd0b4a38a21368286a2c5c linux
Initrd Image 24.2 MB c287eac375b3a83a6bd780bf35f11324 initrd

package names and versions

The following packages are provided with this driver kit:

updates

Updates to this driver kit can be found at: updates-readme.html

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