Re: [Q] can NOT add need scsi driver on AIX 5.2???

From: John Jolet (john.jolet@FXFN.COM)
Date: Tue Feb 03 2004 - 16:53:38 EST


all those cd's share a .toc. you should be able to find it in any of the .toc
files on any of the cds, correct?
On Tuesday 03 February 2004 03:26 pm, you wrote:
> Search for the package name devices.pci.sci on ALL the AIX 5.2
> CD's--there are 6 base AIX 5.2 CD's in total. I inferred from your email
> below that you only searched one CD.
>
> Helpful notes concerning cfgmgr:
> --------------------------------
> The system displays the following warning message when devices without
> their device software are detected:
>
>
> cfgmgr: 0514-621 WARNING: The following device packages are
> required for device support but are not currently
> installed.
> devices.pci.22100020
> devices.pci.14101800
> devices.pci.scsi:devices.pci.00100300:devices.pci.NCR.53C825
>
> In this example, two devices were found whose software is missing, and
> the cfgmgr command displayed the names of the device packages that must
> be installed. A third device whose software is missing was also found,
> but in this case, the cfgmr command displays several possible device
> package names.
>
> When more than one possible package name is identified for a device,
> typically only one of the names will actually correspond to a device
> package on the install medium. This is the package to install. However,
> in some cases, more than one of the names will correspond to actual
> device packages on the install medium. In this case, the first package
> name in the list for which there is an actual device package on the
> install medium is the package that must be installed. If the cfgmgr
> command is used with the -i flag, then the correct packages will be
> installed.
>
> If you invoke the cfgmgr command with the -i flag, the command attempts
> to install device software automatically for each new detected device.
> The Device variable of the -i flag specifies where to find the
> installation medium. The installation medium can be a hardware device
> (such as a tape or diskette drive), a directory that contains
> installation images, or the installation image file itself.
>
>
> Attention: To protect the Configuration database, the cfgmgr command is
> not interruptible. Stopping this command before execution is complete
> could result in a corrupted database.
>
> --
>
> Best Regards, I Am,
>
> Joseph
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [Q] can NOT add need scsi driver on AIX 5.2???
>
>
> we have 7044-170 with AIX 5.2 installed. I just put a Ultra SCSI
> adapter into it and run "cfgmgr". I got following error message:
>
> # cfgmgr
> cfgmgr: 0514-621 WARNING: The following device packages are required for
> device support but are not currently installed.
> devices.pci.scsi:devices.pci.00100300:devices.pci.pciclass.010000
>
> I search on AIX 5.2 CD and did not find that SCSI driver. Can anyone
> tell me where is driver?
>
> Thanks.
>
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