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System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Information Library |
1. Managing Removable Media (Overview)
2. Managing Removable Media (Tasks)
3. Accessing Removable Media (Tasks)
4. Writing CDs and DVDs (Tasks)
5. Managing Devices (Overview/Tasks)
What's New in Device Management?
Support for PCI Express (PCIe)
USB and 1394 (FireWire) Support Enhancements
Improved Device In Use Error Checking
Where to Find Device Management Tasks
Managing Devices in the Oracle Solaris OS
Power Management of Fibre Channel Devices
Automatic Configuration of Devices
Features and Benefits of Autoconfiguration
What You Need for Unsupported Devices
Displaying Device Configuration Information
How to Display System Configuration Information
How Device Information Is Created
Specifying the Disk Subdirectory
Direct and Bus-Oriented Controllers
x86: Disks With Direct Controllers
Disks With Bus-Oriented Controllers
Logical Removable Media Device Names
6. Dynamically Configuring Devices (Tasks)
7. Using USB Devices (Overview)
9. Using InfiniBand Devices (Overview/Tasks)
11. Administering Disks (Tasks)
12. SPARC: Setting Up Disks (Tasks)
13. x86: Setting Up Disks (Tasks)
14. Configuring Oracle Solaris iSCSI Targets and Initiators (Tasks)
15. The format Utility (Reference)
16. Managing File Systems (Overview)
17. Creating and Mounting File Systems (Tasks)
18. Using The CacheFS File System (Tasks)
19. Configuring Additional Swap Space (Tasks)
20. Checking UFS File System Consistency (Tasks)
21. UFS File System (Reference)
22. Backing Up and Restoring UFS File Systems (Overview)
23. Backing Up UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)
24. Using UFS Snapshots (Tasks)
25. Restoring UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)
26. UFS Backup and Restore Commands (Reference)
27. Copying Files and File Systems (Tasks)
Adding a new peripheral device that is not-pluggable usually involves the following:
Shutting down the system
Connecting the device to the system
Rebooting the system
Use How to Add a Peripheral Device to add the following devices that are not hot-pluggable to a system:
DVD drive
Secondary disk drive
Tape drive
SBUS card
In some cases, you might have to add a third-party device driver to support the new device.
For information on hot-plugging devices, see Chapter 6, Dynamically Configuring Devices (Tasks).
# touch /reconfigure
The /reconfigure file causes the Solaris software to check for the presence of any newly installed devices the next time you turn on or boot your system.
# shutdown -i0 -g30 -y
Brings the system to the 0 init state, which is the appropriate state for turning the system power off for adding and removing devices.
Shuts the system down in 30 seconds. The default is 60 seconds.
Continues the system shutdown without user intervention. Otherwise, you are prompted to continue the shutdown process.
For SPARC platforms, it is safe to turn off power if the ok prompt is displayed.
For x86 platforms, it is safe to turn off power if the type any key to continue prompt is displayed.
For the location of power switches on any peripheral devices, refer to the hardware installation guides that accompany your peripheral devices.
Often, a small switch is located at the back of the disk for selecting the target number.
Refer to the hardware installation guide that accompanies the peripheral device for information on installing and connecting the device.
The system boots to multiuser mode, and the login prompt is displayed.
For information on accessing the device, see Accessing Devices.
This procedure assumes that the device has already been added to the system. If not, see What You Need for Unsupported Devices.
# pkgadd [-d] device package-name
# pkgchk package-name #
The system prompt returns with no response if the package is installed correctly.
Example 5-2 Adding a Device Driver
The following example shows how to install and verify a package called XYZdrv.
# pkgadd XYZdrv (licensing messages displayed) . . . Installing XYZ Company driver as <XYZdrv> . . . Installation of <XYZdrv> was successful. # pkgchk XYZdrv #