Installation guide

Installation instructions for the Emulex v7.x-Series driver
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Installing and Configuring the Linux Host with the Emulex Driver
7. Select the appropriate link to download the desired tar archive for
your distribution.
8. In addition to the actual driver installation tar archive, the IOCTL
Application Helper Module and Emulex Applications Kit tar
archives may also be downloaded. The file names for the kits are
as follows:
lpfc_2.4_ioctl_module_kit-1.0.13-1.tar.gz
elxlinuxapps-2.1a24-7.3.2-1-2.tar
What next? Select a method to install the driver on a Linux host:
◆ Proceed to “Installing the Emulex v7.x-Series driver, Method one”,
next, if you have selected the standard tar archive driver kit
(
lpfc_2.4_driver_kit-7.1.14-4.tar.gz).
◆ Proceed to “Installing the Emulex v7.x Series driver, Method two” on
page 72, if you have selected the DKMS RPM tar archive
(
lpfc_2.4_dkms_kit-7.1.14-2.tar.gz).
Installing the Emulex v7.x-Series driver, Method one
This section guides you through the process of installing and utilizing
the Emulex tar archive. The installer script contained within the tar
archive will create the Emulex v7.x-series driver for RHEL 2.1, and
RHEL 3.0, and SLES 8 distributions.
Note: Refer to the EMC Support Matrix for the specific kernel revisions
qualified and supported.
1. Boot into the qualified and supported kernel onto which the
driver will be installed.
2. Create a directory to which you will save the tar archive
mkdir /home/emulex
3. Obtain the lpfc_2.4_driver_kit-7.1.14-4.tgz from the
Emulex website as instructed under “Downloading the Emulex
v7.x-Series HBA driver for the v2.4.x kernel” on page 68.
4. Install the Emulex driver’s tar archive onto your system with the
following steps:
a. Uncompress and extract the source files from the tar archive:
cd /home/emulex
tar zxvf lpfc_2.4_driver_kit-7.1.14-4.tgz