Installing The Linux Driver; Prerequisites - HP BL860c Installation Manual

3 Installing the Linux driver

This chapter describes how to install the Linux lpfc driver for the HBAs on an already installed Red Hat
Enterprise Linux (Red Hat EL) or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) operating system. It includes the
following topics:
•
Prerequisites, page 19
• Installing the Linux

Prerequisites

Perform the following tasks before you install the driver:
• Prior to installing or updating drivers, obtain the latest HP StorageWorks Emulex host bus
adapters for Itanium Linux and Windows release notes, which are available from the HP web site:
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure.html.
• Obtain the driver kit with the latest RPM and driver from the HP web site:
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure.html.
NOTE:
To install the driver, you must use the hp-lpfc RPMs in the driver kit.
• Be familiar with the operating system under which the HBA is to operate, and have access
to standard system documentation.
Installing the Linux driver
This section describes how to install the Linux lpfc driver.
Note the following about the lpfc driver:
• HP does not support building the lpfc driver from source code.
• The driver versions for kernel-based distributions are as follows:
• Driver 7.x.x for the 2.4 kernel
• Driver 8.x.x.x for the 2.6 kernel
To install the Linux driver:
1.
Access the driver:
a. Go to the HP web site http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure.html.
b. Select the HBA from the Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters list.
c. Click Software and drivers.
The web page for your HBA appears.
d. Select a Linux operating system.
e. In the Driver Storage Controllers - FC HBA section, click obtain software.
f. Click Accept in the license page.
g. Save the .tar.gz file to your system.
2.
Install the driver:
A8002A PCI-e single-port 4Gb FC adapter and A8003A PCI-e dual-port 4Gb FC adapter for Linux and
driver, page 19
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