Users Guide

9–Windows Driver Software
Installing the Driver Software
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The two methods of driver installation include:
 Graphical interactive installation mode (see “Using the Installer” on page 72)
 Command-line silent mode for unattended installation (see “Using Silent
Installation” on page 75)
Using the Installer
In addition to the QLogic device drivers, the installer installs the management
applications. The following are installed when running the installer:
 QLogic Device Drivers installs the QLogic device drivers.
 Control Suite is the QLogic Control Suite (QCS CLI).
 QCC is the QConverge Console GUI.
 QLASP installs QLogic Advanced Server Program
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 SNMP installs the SNMP sub agent.
 CIM Provider installs the common information model provider.
 iSCSI Crash Dump Driver installs the driver needed for the iSCSI Crash
Dump utility.
 FCoE Crash Dump Driver installs the driver needed for the FCoE Crash
Dump utility.
 FastLinQ HBA Device Mgmt Agent installs the agent for device
management.
NOTE
 Before installing the driver software, verify that the Windows operating
system has been upgraded to the latest version with the latest service
pack applied.
 Ensure that a network device driver is physically installed before the
QLogic BCM57xx and BCM57xxx controllers are used with your
Windows operating system. Drivers are located on the installation CD.
 To use the TCP/IP offload engine (TOE), you must have Windows
Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, or
Windows 2016. You must also have a license key installed on the
motherboard (for LOMs). For add-in NICs, the license key is
preprogrammed in the hardware.
 QCS is not supported on the Server Core installation option for Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 R2.
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QLASP is not supported on Windows Server 2016 and later. The option to install it is not available.