PCIe 4/8 GB 2 Port Fibre Channel QLogix Mezz HBA Install Guide, Edition 2, September 2010

Installing the Linux Driver
This section describes how to install the Linux QLA2xxx driver.
NOTE: HP does not support building the HBA driver from source code.
To install the Linux driver:
1. Access the driver:
a. Go to the HP website: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure/hba.html
b. Select the HBA from the Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters list.
c. Click Software & Drivers.
The web page for your HBA appears.
d. Select a Linux operating system.
e. In the Driver Storage Controllers — FC HBA section, click Download.
f. Save the .tar.gz file to your system.
NOTE: The driver versions for kernel-based distributions list as follows:
• Driver 7.x for the 2.4 kernel
• Driver 8.x for the 2.6 kernel
2. Install the driver:
a. Copy the .tar.gz file to the servers on which you will deploy the updated driver.
b. Enter the following command:
tar zxvf hp-qla2x00-yyyy-mm-dd.tar.gz
The command unpacks the files in the driver kit to the hp-qla2x00–yyyy-mm-dd
directory.
c. Change to the hp-qla2x00–yyyy-mm-dd directory.
d. Enter the following command:
./INSTALL
3. Reload the driver or reboot the system.
14 Installing the Windows Smart Component/Linux Driver Kit