Installation guide

5 – Windows 2000 Driver Installation QLDIRECT
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5.3.3
Updating the Windows 2000 Driver
Perform the following steps if a Windows 2000 driver is already installed and you
want to install an updated version of the driver.
NOTE: The latest versions of the software drivers and documentation are available
on the QLogic web site, http://www.qlogic.com.
1. Click the Start button, point to Programs, point to Computer Management,
and then click System Tools.
2. Double-click the Device Manager tab.
3. Double-click SCSI and RAID controllers.
4. Double-click QLogic QLA2200 PCI Fibre Channel Adapter.
5. Select the Driver tab.
6. Click Update Driver. The Upgrade Device Driver Wizard dialog box
displays. Click Next.
7. Select Display a list of the known device drivers for this device so that
I can choose a specific driver. Click Next.
8. Click Have Disk. The Install From Disk dialog box displays.
9. Insert the disk that contains the QLogic driver into an appropriate drive, then
type the location of the Windows 2000 driver. For example:
A:\W2K
10. Click OK.
11. Select QLogic QLA2200 PCI Fibre Channel Adapter, then click Next.
Windows 2000 indicates that the wizard is ready to install the device.
12. Click Next.
13. If the Digital Signature Not Found dialog box appears, click Yes.
14. Click Finish.
15. Remove the disk that contains the QLogic driver from the drive, then click
Yes to restart the system.
5.4
QLDIRECT
The QLDIRECT driver, coupled with the QLogic Windows 2000 enhanced miniport
driver, provides the following features.
■ A highly optimized I/O path for normal read and write operations with reduced
CPU utilization and increased parallelization
■ Failover and failback features to reroute I/O operations to the correct path