Prerequisites for Installing the MegaRAID Storage Manager for VMware

For the VMware 3.5 operating system, it is necessary to install the libstdc++34-3.4.0-1.i386.rpm file before installing the MegaRAID Storage Manager software. You can download the rpm file from: http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/1203252/com/libstdc++34-3.4.0-1.i386.rpm.html.

For the VMware 4.1 operating system, it is necessary to create a soft link as follows before installing the MegaRAID Storage Manager software. Run the following command to create the necessary soft link required for the MegaRAID Storage Manager software to work.

sudo ln -sf /lib/libgcc_s.so.1/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1

For VMware ESXi 5.0 to work with the MegaRAID Storage Manager software, the SMI-S Provider must be installed.