Specifications

Description
These release notes contain driver, firmware, and other supplemental information for the QLogic Fibre
Channel host bus adapters (HBAs) for ProLiant and Integrity servers using Linux and VMware ®
operating systems. See Product models for a list of supported HBAs.
What's new?
• RHEL 5 U3 using in-box driver
• Multipath failover using Device Mapper Multipath
• HBAnyware
Prerequisites
Before you perform HBA updates, you must:
• Ensure that the system is running one of the operating system versions in
“Operating systems” on page 4.
• Starting with RHEL 5 U3, fibre channel HBAs and mezzanine cards are supported by Red Hat in-
box drivers (provided as part of the O/S distribution), and multipath failover is now handled by
Device Mapper.
• See the HP server PCI slot specifications to determine if your server is compatible with these HBAs.
• If you are installing the Linux operating system for the first time, load the operating system and
then download and install the supported Linux HBA driver from the HP website:
http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html.
Product models
The following HBAs and Mezzanine Cards Support Linux on ProLiant servers:
• HP StorageWorks 81Q PCIe FC HBA (product number AK344A)
• HP StorageWorks 82Q PCIe FC HBA (product number AJ764A)
• HP StorageWorks FC1242SR PCI Express HBA (product number AE312A)
• HP StorageWorks FC1243 PCI-X 2.0 4Gb HBA (product number AE369A)
• HP StorageWorks FCA2214 PCI-X HBA (product number 281541-B2)
• HP StorageWorks FCA2214 DC PCI-X HBA (product number 321835-B21)
• HP BL20p G2 FC p-class Mezzanine Adapter (product number 300874-B21)
• HP BL20p G3, G4 p-class FC Mezzanine Adapter (product number 361426-B21)
• HP BL30p/BL35p p-class Dual-Port FC Mezzanine Adapter (product number 354054-B21)
• HP BL25p/BL45p p-class G2 FC Mezzanine Adapter (product number 381881-B21)
The following HBAs and Mezzanine HBAs support Linux on BOTH ProLiant and Integrity Servers:
• HP StorageWorks FC1143 PCI-X 2.0 4Gb HBA (product number AB429A)
• HP StorageWorks FC1142SR PCI Express HBA (product number AE311A)
• HP QLogic QMH2462 4Gb FC HBA for HP c-Class BladeSystem (product number 403619-B21)
HP StorageWorks QLogic Fibre Channel host bus adapters for ProLiant and Integrity servers using
Linux and VMware operating systems release notes 3