HP AB379A, Installation Manual

4

Installing

the

Windows

drivers

This

chapter

describes

how

to

install

the

Windows

Storport

miniport

driver,

including

the

following

topics:

•

Prerequisites

,

page

21

•

Installing

drivers

using

the

Smart

Component

, page 21

•

Troubleshooting

Windows

,

page

22

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,

which

are

available

from

the

HP

web

site:

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure.html

.

•

Obtain

the

HP

Smart

Component

kit

with

the

latest

drivers

from

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.

•

Review

any

restrictions

or

mandatory

hot

fi

xes

that

apply

to

your

con

fi

guration

and

operating

system.

Installing

drivers

using

the

Smart

Component

To

install

HBA

Windows

drivers,

obtain

the

latest

Smart

Component

for

your

con

fi

guration

and

copy

it

to

your

Windows

desktop.

Double-click

the

Smart

Component

executable

to

begin

the

installation,

and

then

click

Install

.

The

installation

completes

automatically.

NOTE:

If

you

are

performing

a

driver

upgrade,

HP

recommends

that,

prior

to

launching

the

installation,

you

verify

that

the

current

driver

parameter

values

match

those

in

described

in

the

HP

StorageWorks

QLogic

host

bus

adapters

for

x86

and

x64

Linux

and

Windows,

and

x86

NetWare

release

notes

. If

there

are

any

discrepancies,

launch

the

Smart

Component

using

the

command

prompt

window.

To

launch

the

Smart

Component

in

the

command

prompt

window:

1.

Open

a

command

prompt

window.

Enter

Start

>

Run

>

cmd

.

2.

Use

the

cd

command

to

set

the

current

directory

to

the

folder

containing

the

Smart

Component

bug

fi

xes

for

the

Storport

miniport

driver.

3.

Enter

the

following

command:

cp00

xxxx

.exe

/X

The

xxxx

is

the

Smart

Component

version

number.

This

command

installs

the

new

driver

and

ensures

that

all

registry

parameters

associated

with

the

driver

are

using

QLogic

defaults

or

HP-supported

values.

For

more

information

about

Smart

Component

installation

options,

see

the

QLS***Readme.txt

fi

le.

To

obtain

a

copy

of

this

document,

double-click

the

Smart

Component

executable,

then

click

Extract

to

place

a

copy

of

all

Smart

Component

fi

les

in

the

folder

you

select.

PCI-X

2.0

single-port

and

dual-port

4Gb

FC

adapters

for

Itanium

Linux

and

Windows

21