How To Install srp_daemon.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install srp_daemon.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. srp_daemon.x86_64 is Tools for using the InfiniBand SRP protocol devices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install srp_daemon.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `srp_daemon.x86_64`

In conjunction with the kernel ib_srp driver, srp_daemon allows you to discover and use SCSI devices via the SCSI RDMA Protocol over InfiniBand.

We can use yum to install srp_daemon.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install srp_daemon.x86_64.

Install srp_daemon.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install srp_daemon.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install srp_daemon.x86_64

How To Uninstall srp_daemon.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the srp_daemon.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove srp_daemon.x86_64

srp_daemon.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/rdma/modules/srp_daemon.conf
/etc/srp_daemon.conf
/usr/lib/systemd/system/srp_daemon.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-srp_daemon.rules
/usr/libexec/srp_daemon/start_on_all_ports
/usr/sbin/ibsrpdm
/usr/sbin/run_srp_daemon
/usr/sbin/srp_daemon
/usr/share/doc/rdma-core/ibsrpdm.md
/usr/share/man/man5/srp_daemon.service.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/[email protected]
/usr/share/man/man8/ibsrpdm.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/srp_daemon.8.gz

References

srp_daemon.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install srp_daemon.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.