AB379A and AB379B HBA Installation Guide

3 Installin g an d configuring the
Linux d river
This chapter provides instructions for installing the Linux qla2xxx driver (xxx is the kit date string) for the
PCI-X 2.0 single-port and dual-port HBAs on an already installed Red Hat™ Enterprise Linux (Red Hat EL)
or
SUSE™Linux Enterprise Server (SUSE SLES) system.
Yo u can obtain the software kit for the driver from the following HP website:
h
ttp://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/sanin frastructure.html.
To install the driver, you must be familiar with the operating system under which the HBA is to operate,
and
have access to standard system documentation.
To install the driver, use the procedures and information in the following sections:
• Prerequisites, page 15
• Installing the driver kit, page 15
•
Using the RP M, page 16
•Configuring the HBAs , page 17
Prerequisites
Perform the following tasks before you install the drivers:
• Obtain the HP StorageWorks QLogic host bus adapters for Itanium Linux and Windows, release
notes,ava
ilable on the HP website
h
ttp://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/sanin frastructure.html.
• Be familiar with the o perating system under which the HBA is to operate, and have access
to standar
d
system documentation.
Installing the driver kit
HP recommends that you install the complete driver kit for these H BAs. The kit contains the d river and
utilities you need to deploy these HBAs on Linux.
NOTE:
You must install the gcc compiler and the kernel sources or kernel development packages on your
system before installing the driver kit.
To install the complete HP driver kit, copy the .gz fi le to your system and enter the following commands:
# tar -zxvf
hp_qla2x00-xxx.tar.gz
#
cd hp_qla2xxx
# ./INSTALL
The xxx is the kit date string.
AB379A and AB379B PCI-X 2.0 d ual-port 4Gb FC adapters for Itanium Linux and Windows installation
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