2–Driver Installation and Configuration
Linux Driver Installation and Configuration
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Linux Driver Installation and Configuration
Installation Overview
To install and configure the QME8242 drivers on a Linux system, refer to the
driver release notes and readme files included in the package.
# rpm -Uvh <rpm name>
For example:
# rpm -Uvh
qla2xxx-kmp-default-<driver-version_kernel-version>-<release>
.x86_64.rpm
To uninstall the RPM, issue the following command as a root user:
# rpm -e <rpm>
For example:
# rpm -e
qla2xxx-kmp-default-<driver-version_kernel-version>-<release>
Installing the Linux NIC Driver
To install the Linux NIC driver, refer to the instructions (
INSTALL.txt
) provided
with the individual driver package.
Installing the Linux iSCSI Driver
Driver installation makes extensive use of the
build.sh
script located in the
driver source (
extras/build.sh
). This section provides installation instructions
for the following Linux versions:
Building the iSCSI Adapter Driver for RHEL 5.4 and RHEL 5.5
Building the iSCSI Adapter Driver for SLES 10 SP3 and SLES 11
Building the iSCSI Adapter Driver for RHEL 6.0 and SLES 11 SP1
NOTE:
To install the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM), issue the following
command as a root user:
