HP StorageWorks 3000/5000 Enterprise Virtual Array connectivity for Linux installation and reference guide (5697-7041, November 2007)

1 Host connectivity

This chapter provides host co nnectivity information and links to components you n ee d to support your

operating system with an Enterprise Virtual Array storage system. It i s important that you proceed in the

following order:

• Download Fibre Channel adapter ﬁrmware

• Install Linux components

• Upg rade the Linux components

• Uninstall the Linux components

• Use the source RPM

• Set up multipathing

• Use the Storage System Scripting utility

Downloading Fibre Channel adapter ﬁrm w are

Supported FCAs must be installed in the host ser ver to communicate with the EVA. You can download the

latest ver

sion of the FCA ﬁrmware at the follow ing web site:

ttp://h1

8006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure.html

See the hos

t-speciﬁc release notes for a list of suppor ted Fibre Channel adapters.

Installing Linux components

The INSTALL script installs the hp_qla2x00src RPM and the fibreutils RPM for the following

architectures:

• x86

• x86_64

• ia64

For a fresh installation, this script takes no arguments and is invoked by issuing the following command:

# ./INSTALL

The driver sets the load time parameter for failover mo de depending upon the mo de of the currently

loaded driver . If no driver is loaded, the default mode is failover on. If you want to explicitly turn

failover on, you can use the INSTALL script with the -f option, as shown in the following example:

# ./INSTALL -f

You can install the driver manually using the RPM command. There are two hp_qla2x00src RPMs.

• Use the 2.4 kernel-based distributions for version 7.xx.

• Use the 2.6 kernel-based distributions for version 8.xx.

NOTE:

You can see what kernel version you are running by executing the uname -r command.

Based upon which kernel version you are running, choose from the following options to install the

driver RPM manually:

• Use the following command to install the hp_qla2x00src RPMonafreshsystem:

HP StorageWorks 3000/5000 Enterprise Virtual Array connectivity for Linux installation and referen ce guide