Installation guide

Solaris x86 Installation 7 – Solaris x86 Driver Installation
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7.3.1
Installing the Solaris x86 Driver (QLA22xx Board as a Boot
Adapter)
NOTE:
❑ To install the QLA22xx driver, you must have super-user privileges.
❑ You must install the QLA22xx host bus adapter board into your x86 system
before installing the Solaris x86 driver.
❑ The QLA22xx host bus adapter must be the only boot device in the system
during driver installation.
Perform the following steps to install the Solaris x86 operating system and
QLA22xx driver on a Fibre Channel disk attached to the QLA22xx.
1. Insert the Solaris Configuration Assistant diskette in the first floppy drive.
2. Boot the system.
3. Press <F4> when the Configuration Assistant screen displays.
4. Remove the Configuration Assistant diskette when the Install Driver
Update screen displays.
5. Insert the diskette that contains the QLogic driver into the first floppy drive,
then press <F2>.
6. Remove the diskette that contains the QLogic driver when the Continue
Driver Update Installation screen displays.
7. Insert the Solaris Configuration Assistant diskette in the first floppy drive,
then press <F4>.
8. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the Solaris x86 setup.
9. Select Automatic reboot when prompted. The system prepares for system
configuration and you are prompted to insert the diskette that contains the
QLA22xx driver. For example:
Installing unbundled device driver support.
Extracting driver list from tree...
QLA2200_990 drv/qla2200...
Please insert the Driver Update diskette labeled
QLA2200_990.
Press <ENTER> when ready.
10. Insert the diskette that contains the QLogic driver into the first floppy drive.
Press <ENTER>.