BR-815, BR-825 Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Quick Start Guide
Installing Software
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To install adapter software on Windows, Linux, and Solaris systems:
1.
Download the Adapter Installer Software for your adapter:
a.
Go to the QLogic Web Site at
http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com
and
select the
Adapters
tab and the
by Model
radio button.
b.
In the table, select
Fibre Channel Adapters
in the first column,
BR-815
or
BR-825
in the second column, the operating system in the
third column, and then click
Go
.
c.
In the Software Installers table, locate the installer package, click on it,
and then follow the directions.
2.
Execute the appropriate Adapter Software Installer (refer to
). When
all files are extracted, an Adapter Software
title window appears.
3.
When the Adapter Software Installer Introduction window appears, read the
recommendations and instructions, and then click
Next
.
4.
When the License Agreement appears, select
I accept the terms of the
License Agreement
, and then click
Next
to continue.
Linux SLES
When installing the source-based (noarch) driver packages
(brocade_driver_linux_<version>.tar.gz) or when using the ASI and the
kernel has been upgraded to a version without pre-compiled binaries,
perform the following tasks to make sure the drivers load. Afterwards, be
sure to reboot the system.
For Linux SLES
®
10 systems, make sure the
load_
unsupported_modules_automatically
variable is set to
yes
in
/etc/sysconfig/hardware/config
.
For Linux SLES 11 systems, make sure the
allow_unsupported_modules
variable is set to
1
in
/etc/modprobe.d/unsupported-modules
.
Run the
mkinitrd
command to load automatically during system boot.
By default, the
initrd
file will be backed up automatically during Linux
installations. During installation, a dialog box shows the location of the
file. If a file exists, a dialog box allows you to overwrite the file, not
overwrite the file, or quit.
Solaris
After installing drivers on Solaris system, you must reboot the system to
enable the drivers.
OS
Exception
