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System Administration Guide, Volume I

Adding a Peripheral Device to a System

Adding a new peripheral device usually involves:

Use the procedure below to add the following devices to a system:

In some cases, you may have to add a third-party device driver to support the new device.

How to Add a Peripheral Device

  1. Become superuser.

  2. Follow steps 2 and 3 of "How to a Add a Device Driver" if you need to add a device driver to support the device.

  3. Create the /reconfigure file.


    # touch /reconfigure

    The /reconfigure file will cause the Solaris software to check for the presence of any newly installed devices the next time you turn on or boot your system.

  4. Shut down the system.


    # shutdown -i0 -g30 -y

    -i0

    Brings the system to the 0 init state, which is the appropriate state for turning the system power off for adding and removing devices. 

    -g30

    Shuts the system down in 30 seconds. The default is 60 seconds. 

    -y

    Continues the system shutdown without user intervention; otherwise, you are prompted to continue the shutdown process. 

  5. Turn off power to the system after it is shut down.

    On SPARC Platforms ... 

    On Intel Platforms ... 

    It is safe to turn off power if the ok or > prompt is displayed.

    It is safe to turn off power if the type any key to continue prompt is displayed.

    Refer to the hardware installation guide that accompanies your system for the location of the power switch.

  6. Turn off power to all external devices.

    For location of power switches on any peripheral devices, refer to the hardware installation guides that accompany your peripheral devices.

  7. Install the peripheral device making sure the device you are adding has a different target number than the other devices on the system.

    You will often find a small switch located at the back of the disk for this purpose.

    Refer to the hardware installation guide that accompanies the peripheral device for information on installing and connecting the device.

  8. Turn on the power to the system.

    The system will boot to multiuser mode and the login prompt will be displayed.

  9. Verify that the peripheral device has been added by attempting to access the device. See Chapter 20, Accessing Devices (Overview) for information on accessing the device.

How to a Add a Device Driver

This procedure assumes that the device has already been added to the system. If not, see "How to Add a Peripheral Device".

  1. Become superuser.

  2. Place the tape, diskette, or CD-ROM into the drive.

  3. Use the pkgadd command install the driver.


    # pkgadd -d device package-name

    -d device

    Identifies the device pathname. 

    package-name

    Identifies the package name that contains the device driver. 

  4. Verify that the package has been added correctly by using the pkgchk command. The system prompt returns with no response if the package is installed correctly. 


    # pkgchk packagename
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Example--Adding a Device Driver

The following example installs and verifies a package called XYZdrv. 


# pkgadd XYZdrv
(licensing messages displayed)
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Installing XYZ Company driver as <XYZdrv>
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Installation of <XYZdrv> was successful.
# pkgchk XYZdrv
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