Users Guide

2–Driver Installation and Configuration
VMware Driver Installation and Configuration
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3. (Optional) Manually load the driver for Linux.
 Edit the /etc/modprobe.d/unsupported_modules file to make
the following change:
allow_unsupported_modules 1 (replace 0 with 1)
 To load the driver using modprobe, issue the following command:
# modprobe -v qla2xxx
 To unload the driver using modprobe, issue the following command:
# modprobe -r qla2xxx
4. (Optional) To automatically load the driver each time the system boots,
rebuild the RAM disk to include the driver as follows:
a. Create a backup copy of the RAMDISK image by issuing the following
commands:
# cd /boot
# cp initramfs-[kernel version].img initramfs-[kernel
version].img.bak
b. Create the new RAMDISK by issuing the following command:
# dracut -f
5. To load the driver, reboot the host.
VMware Driver Installation and Configuration
This section provides the following procedures for installing drivers on a VMware
system:
 Installation Overview
 Installing the ESXi 6.7 U3 and 6.5 U3 Fibre Channel Driver
 Installing the QConvergeConsole VMware vCenter Server Plug-in
 Installing the QConvergeConsole VMware vSphere Web Client Plug-in
 Configuring VM-ID
Installation Overview
To install and configure the adapter drivers on a VMware system, refer to the
driver release notes and readme files included in the package.