How To Install srp_daemon on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install srp_daemon on CentOS 8.
What is srp_daemon
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 or dnf to install srp_daemon on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install srp_daemon.
Install srp_daemon on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install srp_daemon using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install srp_daemon
Install srp_daemon on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install srp_daemon using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install srp_daemon
How To Uninstall srp_daemon on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the srp_daemon package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove srp_daemon
srp_daemon Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/rdma/modules/srp_daemon.conf
/etc/srp_daemon.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/89/5c561c1fc47564b6fc7bd573631d6898c0a70e
/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/sbin/srp_daemon.sh
/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
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install srp_daemon on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.