Users Guide

2–Driver Installation and Configuration
Linux Driver Installation and Configuration
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Installing the Linux Fibre Channel Driver
This section provides procedures for installing the Linux Fibre Channel driver for
the following operating systems:
 Building the Driver for RHEL 7.x and 8.x
 Building the Driver for SLES 12 SP4 and SLES 15/15 SP 1
Building the Driver for RHEL 7.x and 8.x
1. From the directory that contains the source driver file,
qla2xxx-src.vx.xx.xx.xx.xx.x-k.tar.gz, issue the appropriate
commands.
# tar -xzvf qla2xxx-src-vx.xx.xx.xx.xx.x-k.tar.gz
# cd qla2xxx-src-vx.xx.xx.xx.xx.x-k
2. Build and install the driver modules from the source code by executing the
build.sh script as follows:
# ./extras/build.sh install
The build.sh script does the following:
 Builds the driver .ko files.
 Copies the .ko files to the appropriate /lib/modules/<kernel
version>/extra/qlgc-qla2xxx directory.
 Add the appropriate directive in the modprobe.conf (if applicable).
3. (Optional) To manually load the driver, issue the insmod or modprobe
command:
 To directly load the driver from the local build directory, issue the
following insmod commands in order:
# modprobe scsi_tgt.ko (if not already loaded)
# modprobe scsi_transport_fc.ko
# insmod ./qla2xxx.ko
 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
NOTE
You can optionally complete either or both Step 3 and Step 4 of this
procedure.