Install Specific Oracle VM Drivers

Use this procedure to update the server system drivers if have the Sun Blade 6000 Virtualized 40 GbE Network Express Module or Sun Blade 6000 Virtualized Multi-Fabric 10GbE M2 Network Express Module installed in the chassis, and you only want to install the drivers for one NEM.

If you want to install all the drivers for Oracle VM, see Install All Oracle VM Drivers.

1. Do one of the following:
   • If your system has Oracle System Assistant installed, navigate to the Oracle System Assistant USB device.

     The USB device is named: ORACLE_SSM.

   • If your system does not have Oracle System Assistant installed:
     1. Download or copy the latest server system tools and drivers from the My Oracle Support site to the server.

        See Getting Server Firmware and Software for information on how to access the system tools and drivers.

     2. Unzip the package to extract the files.
2. Navigate to the OVM Install Pack directory:

   OracleVM/version/Drivers

   where version is the version of the installed Oracle VM.

3. Access the directory that corresponds to the drivers that you want to install:

   NEM-SOL: For the Sun Blade 6000 Virtualized 40 GbE Network Express Module drivers

   hxge: For the Sun Blade 6000 Virtualized Multi-Fabric 10GbE M2 Network Express Module drivers

   Each directory contains instructions for installing the drivers.

4. Install the drivers.
5. Restart the server.

Next Steps

Creating and Managing Oracle VM Resources