3
Installing
and
con
fi
guring
the
Linux
driver
This
chapter
provides
instructions
for
installing
the
Linux
qla2
xxx
driver
(
xxx
is
the
kit
date
string)
for
the
PCI-X
2.0
single-port
and
dual-port
HBAs
on
an
already
installed
Red
Hat
™
Enterprise
Linux
(Red
Hat
EL)
or
SUSE
™
Linux
Enterprise
Server
(SUSE
SLES)
system.
You
can
obtain
the
software
kit
for
the
driver
from
the
following
HP
web
site:
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure.html
To
install
the
driver,
you
must
be
familiar
with
the
operating
system
under
which
the
HBA
is
to
operate,
and
have
access
to
standard
system
documentation.
To
install
the
driver,
use
the
procedures
and
information
in
the
following
sections:
•
•
• Using
•
Prerequisites
Perform
the
following
tasks
before
you
install
the
drivers:
•
Obtain
the
HP
StorageWorks
QLogic
host
bus
adapters
for
x86
and
x64
Linux
and
Windows,
and
x86
NetWare
release
notes
,
available
on
the
HP
web
site
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure.html
.
•
Be
familiar
with
the
operating
system
under
which
the
HBA
is
to
operate,
and
have
access
to
standard
system
documentation.
Installing
the
driver
kit
HP
recommends
that
you
install
the
complete
driver
kit
for
these
HBAs.
The
kit
contains
the
driver
and
utilities
you
need
to
deploy
these
HBAs
on
Linux.
NOTE:
You
must
install
the
gcc
compiler
and
the
kernel
sources
or
kernel
development
packages
on
your
system
before
installing
the
driver
kit.
To
install
the
complete
HP
driver
kit,
copy
the
.gz
fi
le
to
your
system
and
enter
the
following
commands:
#
tar
-zxvf
hp_qla2x00-
xxx
.tar.gz
#
cd
hp_qla2
xxx
#
./INSTALL
The
xxx
is
the
kit
date
string.
Using
the
RPM
PCI-X
2.0
single-port
and
dual-port
4Gb
FC
adapters
for
Itanium
Linux
and
Windows
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