HP A8002A PCI-e Single-Port 4Gb FC adapter and A8003A PCI-e Dual-Port 4Gb FC Adapter for Linux and Windows Systems Installation Guide

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 driver,page 19

Prerequisites

Perform the following tasks before you install the driver:

• Prior to ins

talling or updating drivers, obtain the latest HP StorageWorks Emulex host bus

adapters fo

r Itanium Linux and Windows release notes,which areavailable from theHP web site:

ttp://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure.html.

• Obtain the driver kit with the latest RPM and driver from the HP web site:

ttp://h1

8006.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:

• Driver7.x.x forthe 2.4kernel

• 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 h

ttp://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

Windows systems installation guide