Installing The Device Drivers; Installing Drivers On The Os; Setting Up A Boot; Installing Multi-Pathing Software - HP StoreFabric CN1100R User Manual

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Installing the device drivers

Installing drivers on the OS

The CNA runs on the following drivers: NIC, iSCSI, and FCoE. The drivers are bundled in one kit.
Download the appropriate kit, and then run the Smart Component. Install one kit only.
Install the software in the following order:
Install the drivers.
1.
Download and update the CNA firmware.
2.
Install or configure multi-pathing software (if required).
3.
(Optional) Install BACS management software.
4.

Setting up a boot

The CN1100R Adapter supports either hardware-accelerated FCoE or hardware-accelerated iSCSI
protocols on either port. FCoE is enabled on both ports by default.
To use FCoE with a local-disk boot configuration, see the HPE FCoE Configuration for Broadcom-based
Adapters User Guide (http://www.hpe.com/support/FCoE_Config_UG_en).
To perform a Boot from SAN installation over FCoE, see the HPE Boot from SAN Configuration Guide
(http://www.hpe.com/info/sandesignguide).
To perform an iSCSI boot, see the Broadcom iSCSI Boot for HPE FlexFabric Adapters User Guide
(http://www.hpe.com/support/iSCSI_Boot_UG_en).

Installing multi-pathing software

Multi-pathing software is optional.
To install multi-pathing software, do one of the following:
For Windows, locate the MPIO DSM specific to the arrays and operating system version and
download it to your server.
For Linux, see the Native Linux Device-Mapper Multipath for HPE StorageWorks Arrays Reference
Guide on the SPOCK website (http://www.hpe.com/storage/spock).
An HP Passport is required for access.

Installing BACS

For more information about BACS, see the Broadcom BACS for FlexFabric and StoreFabric Adapters
User Guide (http://www.hpe.com/support/HPE_BACS_UG_en) and the documentation available with the
BACS download.
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