- Issued:
- 2004-05-12
- Updated:
- 2004-05-12
RHEA-2004:085 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
An updated sg3_utils package adds generic SCSI tools
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Topic
An updated sg3_utils package adds several new tools that use the generic SCSI
interface of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 kernel.
Description
The sg3_utils package is a collection of tools for SCSI devices that use
the Linux SCSI generic (sg) interface.
The updated sg3_utils package adds the following new tools:
- - sg_dd, sgp_dd, sgm_dd: Tools to copy data from and to sg and raw devices
using the new kernel 2.6 features.
- - sg_inq: Outputs data retrieved from the SCSI INQUIRY command
- - sg_logs: Reads SCSI LOG SENSE pages
- - sg_map: Displays mapping between sg and other SCSI devices
- - sg_modes: Reads SCSI MODE SENSE pages
- - sg_rbuf: Reads data using SCSI READ BUFFER command
- - sg_read: Read blocks of data continually from same offset
- - sg_readcap: Calls a READ CAPACITY command on a SCSI device
- - sg_reset: Exercises SCSI device/bus/host reset capability
- - sg_scan: Does a scan of sg devices (or given SCSI/ATAPI/ATA devices) and
prints the results
- - sg_senddiag: Performs a SCSI SEND DIAGNOSTIC command
- - sg_start: Starts (spins-up) or stops (spins down) SCSI devices
- - sg_test_rwbuf: Tests the SCSI host adapter by issueing write and read
operations on a device buffer and calculating checksums.
- - sg_turs: Executes a user specified number of TEST UNIT READY commands on
the given device
Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 should upgrade to this updated package.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh [filenames]
where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the
desired RPMs.
Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.
If up2date fails to connect to Red Hat Network due to SSL
Certificate Errors, you need to install a version of the
up2date client with an updated certificate. The latest version of
up2date is available from the Red Hat FTP site and may also be
downloaded directly from the RHN website:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
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