Installation guide

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Symmetrix Fibre Channel with Qlogic HBAs on Linux Hosts
Arbitrated Loop Configurations
Be aware that if the qlogicfc driver is alternately loaded and unloaded
with the EMC-Approved QLogic qla2x00(smp) driver, there may be
problems seeing Symmetrix devices. The two drivers use different
firmware revisions; therefore, alternately loading both drivers might
have an adverse effect on the HBA.
Downloading the
Driver
Use the following procedure to download the QLogic driver from the
QLogic Website:
1. Create a directory to which you will save the driver:
mkdir /home/qlogic
2. Use a Web browser to access http://www/qlogic.com.
3. On the QLogic home page, click Driver Download.
4. Scroll to the bottom of the QLogic Drivers License Agreement and
click Use QLogic Drivers/Software.
5. Click EMC Approved Drivers.
6. Click EMC Approved QLA22xx Drivers.
7. Click Link to Source files in the Linux driver v2.19.15 section.
8. Save the driver to a local directory you created.
Select one of the two methods to install the driver onto the Linux
host:
◆ For a modular driver only, follow the procedure under Installing
the QLogic Driver — Method One on page 13.
◆ To integrate the QLogic driver into the kernel so that it may be
either modular or static, follow the procedure under Installing the
QLogic Driver — Method Two on page 14.