Installing a CIM SAS Storage Provider on the Linux Operating System

The following procedure documents how to install and uninstall the Avago CIM SAS Storage Provider on a system running on the Linux operating system.

NOTE  Uninstall all the previous versions of LSISASProvider before you install this version. You can check all of the installed versions of LSISASProvider by running the rpm -qa | grep LsiSASProvider command.

To install a CIM SAS Storage Provider on a Linux system, install the SAS Provider using the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) by entering the following command:

rpm -ivh

The RPM installs all of the necessary files and the Managed Object Format (MOF), and it registers the libraries. The SAS Provider is now ready to use.

NOTE  After you install the Avago CIM SAS Provider, the MOF file LSI_SASRaid.mof is available under the /etc/lsi_cimprov/sas/pegasus/common directory.

To uninstall a CIM SAS Storage Provider on a Linux system, remove the Avago CIM SAS Provider by entering the command:

rpm –ivh LsiSASProvider-<version>.<arch>.rpm

This removes all of the necessary files, uninstalls the MOF, and unregisters the libraries. The SAS Provider is no longer on the system.

NOTE  Tog-pegasus binaries, such as cimmof, cimprovider, and wbemexec, should be in the PATH variable of /etc/profile, and hence, are defined in all environments of the system.