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EMC Host Connectivity with QLogic Fibre Channel and iSCSI (HBAs) and (CNAs) for the Linux Environment
Installing and Configuring the Linux Host with the QLogic Driver
An example of the installation script's modifications to the file
/etc/modprobe.conf.local is as follows:
remove qla2xxx /sbin/modprobe -r --first-time
--ignore-remove
qla2xxx && { /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove
qla2xxx_conf; }
options qla2xxx ql2xfailover=0 ConfigRequired=0
Method 3: Installing the QLogic v7.xx.xx driver via the QLogic RPM
This section guides you through the process of installing and utilizing
the QLogic driver RPM. The RPM builds and installs the qla2300.o
driver and modifies the
/etc/modules.conf file.
In /etc/modules.conf, the host adapter line for the qla2300.o driver
will be appended. The options line containing the addition of the
scsi_allow_ghost_devices and max_scsi_luns parameters will also be
appended to the file. This allows the host to correctly identify the
disconnected LUN 0 that is reported when attached to CLARiiON
storage arrays, and allows the SCSI stack to scan up to 255 devices.
The Navisphere Host Agent requires that the disconnected LUN 0 be
reported.
The QLogic RPM creates the QLogic v7.xx.xx driver as a module.
The following is an example of steps to install the QLogic driver RPM
along with example console output:
1. Boot into the qualified and supported kernel onto which the
driver will be installed.
2. Obtain the qla2x00-v7.03.00-1.i686.rpm package from
EMC-approved section of the QLogic website.
3. Install the QLogic driver:
[root@l82bi114 extra]# rpm -ivh qla2x00-v7.03.00-1.i686.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:qla2x00 ########################################### [100%]
QLogic qla2300/qla2200 HBA driver installation supports the following distribution
and its different flavors :
Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1 / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 and SuSE SLES 8.
Please refer to SUPPORTED_KERNEL_VERSION.txt file in
/usr/src/qla2x00 path for details regarding different arch and kernel versions
supported
Installing qla2300 driver for 2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp...
Creating initial /usr/src/qla2x00/install.v7.03.00-1.log...