Installation guide

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EMC Fibre Channel with Emulex HBAs for the Linux v2.6.x Kernel Environment and the v8.x-Series Driver
Installation Steps
Summary of installation steps
Table 1describes the procedures for installing an EMC-approved
QLogic adapters into a Linux host and configuring the host for
connection to an EMC Storage Array over Fibre Channel (FC) or Fibre
Channel over Ethernet (FCoE).
Table 1 Installation steps (page 1 of 2)
Step Instructions For Fibre Channel, refer to For Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE),
refer to
1 Install the adapter .
“Installing the adapter” on page 20
“Installing the adapter” on page 20
2 Verify the BIOS
version
“Verifying the correct BIOS version” on
page 28
“Verifying the correct BIOS version” on
page 28
3 Install the BIOS.
There are three states:
• If no version is
installed
“Upgrading the adapter BIOS” on page 29 “Upgrading the adapter BIOS” on page 29
• If wrong version is
installed
“Upgrading the adapter BIOS” on page 29 “Upgrading the adapter BIOS” on page 29
• If correct version
is installed
Proceed to step 4. Proceed to step 4.
4 Install the driver.
There are two states:
• In kernel For drivers listed in the EMC Support Matrix as
in kernel drivers, there is no need to install a
driver since the process of installing the
operating system has already included the
driver.
Table 4 on page 39 lists supported QLogic
driver versions .
If in kernel, proceed to Step 5.
For drivers listed in the EMC Support Matrix as
in kernel drivers, there is no need to install a
driver since the process of installing the
operating system has already
included the driver.
Table 4 on page 39 lists supported QLogic
driver versions .
If in kernel, proceed to Step 5.
• Out of kernel “Installation instructions for the out of kernel
QLogic driver” on page 50
“Method 2: Installing the QLogic
v7.xx.xx/v8.xx.xx driver via the QLogic
installation script” on page 54.