Software Requirements Of Optical Fibre Channel Pci Adapters - NEC Express5800/320Ma Manual

Software Requirements of Optical Fibre Channel PCI Adapters

Software Requirements of Optical Fibre Channel PCI Adapters

To function properly, optical Fibre Channel PCI adapters require a QLogic QLA2310
driver and other software updates approved by EMC. The adapters also require EMC
PowerPath software, which comes with your EMC storage system.
To prepare for installing the optical Fibre Channel PCI adapters, you need to perform
the following tasks:
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Go to the EMC Web site to determine the latest adapter driver and other required
software updates approved and qualified by EMC for Express5800/320Ma
systems.
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Download the adapter driver and extract it from the compressed archive file.
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Download and extract any other required software updates.
The EMC Support Matrix for the storage system provides information about the latest
qualified adapter driver and any additional required software updates. To access the
EMC Support Matrix, go to the EMC Web site.
To check for the latest approved and qualified driver
1. Point your browser to http://www.emc.com/interoperability.
(If the Interoperability Web page fails to load, navigate to the product support
page for your storage system.)
2. Find the link for the EMC Support Matrix, and download this file in PDF format.
3. Open the EMC Support Matrix PDF file. In Bookmarks, expand one of the
following headings:
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Symmetrix 8000 Series
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Symmetrix DMX Series
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CLARiiON FC4700
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CLARiiON CX-Series
4. Expand Base Connectivity, expand Microsoft Windows 2003 [x86], and
double-click Express5800/320Ma.
5. In the footnotes for the table, make note of the Driver Version entry, which specifies
the driver version number for the optical Fibre Channel PCI adapter. Other entries
document the supported releases of Express5800/320Ma System Software,
required hotfixes from Microsoft, and other relevant information.
Download the driver for the optical Fibre Channel PCI adapters and any other required
software updates from the locations specified in the EMC Support Matrix before you
install the adapters.
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