Installing Software for the Oracle Linux, Red Hat, or SUSE Linux OS
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Installing Software for the Oracle Linux, Red Hat, or SUSE
Linux OS
This section describes how to download and install the fibre channel drivers required by the
Converged Network Adapter. It also describes how to install diagnostic support software for the
Converged Network Adapter. This section contains the following topics:
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“Downloading the Oracle Linux, Red Hat, or SUSE Linux Drivers” on page 43
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“Installing the Red Hat or SUSE Linux Drivers” on page 44
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“Diagnostic Support for the Red Hat or SUSE OS” on page 50
Downloading the Oracle Linux, Red Hat, or SUSE
Linux Drivers
This section describes how to download the FCoE driver for the Converged Network Adapter.
To Download the FCoE Driver
1.
Go to the Oracle support area of the QLogic web site at:
http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com/QLogicDriverDownloads_UI/Oracle_Search.aspx
2.
Locate the table containing your model number.
3.
At the bottom of the table, in the Software for: row, click Linux.
4.
Navigate to the table for your specific OS, and find the appropriate driver (the
file name is in the format
ql2
xxx
-src-vu.vv.ww.xx.
yy
.
zz
.tar.gz
, where
yy
and
zz
represent the OS version of the driver (for example 11.0 for SLES 11).
Note -
Oracle Linux, RHEL 5.4 and later, SLES 10 SP3 and later, and SLES 11 SP1 and later
have Converged Network Adapter driver support in the distro; driver download is not required.
5.
Click the driver version that you want to download, read through the software
license agreement, and click I Agree to continue with the download.
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