Installation guide

Installing and configuring the QLogic QLA40xx and QLe40xx iSCSI adapter (TOE)
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Miscellaneous Planning and Procedures
Installing and configuring the QLogic QLA40xx and QLe40xx
iSCSI adapter (TOE)
The QLA40xx and QLe40xx are iSCSI adapters that provides PCI
connectivity to SCSI using the iSCSI protocol. iSCSI enables IP-based
SANs, which are similar to Fibre Channel SANs. The
QLA4010/4010C adapters implement TCP/IP protocol on the
adapter and relieves the host of any I/O protocol processing. This
type of adapter also is called a TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) adapter.
Off-loading frees the system to perform other tasks and optimizes
system performance.
Installation of the QLA/e40xx iSCSI adapter is similar to installation
of other QLogic adapters. Refer to the sections for “Installing the
adapter” on page 18 and “Manually installing the adapter driver –
Advanced users” on page 159 for configurations that are booting
from the EMC storage array.
Using the QLogic iSCSI SANsurfer application to configure iSCSI devices
QLogic provides a minimal version of their SANsurfer software used
to configure settings for the QLA40xx and QLe40xx iSCSI adapters.
Install the SANsurfer iSCSI HBA Manager on your server using the
self-extracting executable installation package (available in the EMC
QLA4010 CD-ROM kit or from the QLogic website
(http://www.qlogic.com). During installation, you may choose
whether to install both the GUI and agent or just the GUI. If you are
installing on the system with the QLA40xx adapter(s) installed,
install both the GUI and agent.