Users Guide

4–NVM Express over Fibre Channel
Host Setup
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4. Edit or create the qla2xxx.conf file to add the ql2xnvmeenable
option. For example, /etc/modprobe.d/qla2xxx.conf contains:
options qla2xxx ql2xnvmeenable=1
For the FC-NVMe option to take effect the system boot image will need to be
updated. See Step 2 and Step 5 to install the driver and to rebuild the boot
image.
5. Rebuild the RAMDISK image by following the Readme driver guidelines to
rebuild the initrd image.
The following commands show an example of how to build a RAMDISK:
# cd /boot
# cp <current-initrd-image> <current-initrd-image.bak>
# mkinitrd -f -v <current-initrd-image> `uname -r
`
6. Reboot the system and verify NVMe targets are discovered.
7. Install the NVMe CLI application version from the base operating system
DVD.
# rpm -ivh nvme-cli-x.x-y.y.x86_64.rpm
8. In a terminal window, verify that the NVMe CLI application version is
installed by issuing the following command:
# nvme version
9. Download and install the QConvergeConsole CLI RPM.
a. Download the QConvergeConsole CLI RPM from the URL listed in
“Host Software” on page 105.
b. Install the QConvergeConsole CLI RPM by issuing the following
command:
# rpm -ivh QConvergeConsoleCLI-2.3.00-nn.x86_64.rpm
10. Confirm that the QLogic QLE269x FC Adapters are running with the
minimum required firmware version 9.02.05. For information about how to
determine the firmware version and update it, see “Verifying the Adapter
Firmware” on page 110.
NOTE
In the mkinitrd command, you must use backticks (`) to surround
uname -r.