Downloading the Driver for Solaris 9

As part of the Emulex single-driver strategy, the Sun driver and the Emulex utilities support all Emulex HBAs listed on the Emulex Solaris page as well as all Sun-branded HBAs listed on the Sun download site.

The Emulex FCA driver and the SFS prerequisites can be acquired in two ways:

Method 1: Using the Install_it script (recommended).

Note Install_scripts may be available a few days after the individual patches are available.


To obtain and install the Install_it script, do the following:
  1. Go to http://www.sun.com/download/index.jsp?tab=2, scroll down and click on "StorageTek SAN 4.4".
  2. Log in with your user name and password, and accept the license agreement.
  3. Select and download "Install_It Script SAN 4.4.x, English".
  4. Select and download "Install_it Script SAN 4.4.x Readme, English", and follow its instructions.
Method 2: Using individual patches.

To obtain and install individual patches, do the following:
  1. Go to http://www.sun.com/download/index.jsp?tab=2, scroll down and click on "StorageTek SAN 4.4".
  2. Log in with your user name and password, and accept the license agreement.
  3. Select "Solaris 9 SFS Base Packages, English" and follow the instructions.
  4. Go to http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=patchpage. Enter and download the following required patches:
    • 113040
    • 119914
    • 113043

    Follow the instructions to install each patch.
  5. For additional functionality, install the following optional patches:
    • 113041 (FCIP)
    • 113039 (mpxio)
    • 114478 and 114477 (Common HBA API)
    • 114476 (FCSM)