Product guide

Installing the HBA driver
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Installing and Configuring the HBA and Driver
Installing the HBA driver
Using the QLogic adapter with the Solaris operating system requires
HBA I/O driver software. The driver functions at a layer below the
Solaris SCSI driver to present Fibre Channel devices to the operating
system as if they were standard SCSI devices.
The naming convention for the drivers, associated files, and messages
is QLA; however, the Solaris SPARC driver supports standard QLogic
PCI and SBus boards (QLAxxxx), as well as cPCI boards (QCPxxxx).
Obtaining the latest driver
Be sure you have the latest qualified driver software. If necessary, you
can download the driver from the QLogic website. Refer to release
notes provided with the driver for information that might be unique
to new driver revisions.
Follow the appropriate procedure to perform a first-time install:
From the QLogic website:
1. Use a web browser to access
http://www.qlogic.com.
2. Click Downloads at the left side of the QLogic home page.
3. Select EMC to the right of OEM approved/recommended drivers
and firmware.
4. Under your HBA model, locate the EMC CLARiiON and EMC
Symmetrix approved common Solaris driver package row, and
click the Download link in the Download column.
5. Proceed to “Installing the driver” on page 12.
From the QLogic CD-ROM:
1. Log on to the system as a superuser.
2. From the root of the system, create a driver directory:
mkdir /qlogic_driver
3. Insert the QLogic CD-ROM.