User`s guide

Chapter I. Chelsio Unified Wire

3. Software/Driver Installation

There are two main methods to install the Chelsio Unified Wire package: from source and RPM.

If you decide to use source, you can install the package using CLI or GUI mode.

If you decide to use RPM, you can install the package using Menu or CLI mode.

Irrespective of the method chosen for installation, the machine needs to be rebooted for

changes to take effect.

3.1. Pre-requisites

Depending on the component you choose to install, please ensure that the following

requirements are met, before proceeding with the installation.

 If you decide to use RDMA feature, please refer to the iWARP (RDMA) chapter and follow

the steps to install OFED package (Click here).

 If you want to install OFED with NFS--

in iWARP (RDMA) (Click here).

          e install openssl-devel

package.

 IPv6 should be enabled in the machine to use the RPM Packages.

3.2. Installing Chelsio Unified Wire from source

3.2.1. GUI mode (with Dialog utility)

i. Download the tarball ChelsioUwire-x.x.x.x.tar.gz from Chelsio Download Center,

http://service.chelsio.com/

ii. Untar the tarball using the following command:

[root@host]# tar -zxvfm ChelsioUwire-x.x.x.x.tar.gz

iii. Run the following script to start the GUI installer:

[root@host]# ./install.py

iv. If Dialog utility is present, you can skip to step (v). If not,      hen the

installer prompts for input.