Qlogic InfiniPath, Install Manual

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1 – Introduction
Software Components
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Also included is expanded operating system support, and support for the latest
OpenFabrics software stack.
Multiple InfiniPath cards per node are supported. A single software installation
works for all the cards.
Additional up-to-date information can be found on the QLogic web site:
http://www.qlogic.com
1.7
Supported Distributions and Kernels
The InfiniPath interconnect runs on AMD Opteron, Intel EM64T, and IBM Power
Blade Center H) systems running Linux. The currently supported distributions and
associated Linux kernel versions for InfiniPath and OpenFabrics are listed in the
following table. The kernels are the ones that shipped with the distributions, unless
otherwise noted.
NOTE: IBM Power systems run only with the SLES 10 distribution.
The SUSE10 release series is no longer supported as of this InfiniPath 2.0 release.
Fedora Core 4 kernels prior to 2.6.16 are also no longer supported.
1.8
Software Components
The software provided with the InfiniPath Interconnect product consists of:
■
InfiniPath driver (including OpenFabrics)
■
InfiniPath ethernet emulation
Table 1-2. InfiniPath/OpenFabrics Supported Distributions and Kernels
Distribution
InfiniPath/OpenFabrics supported
kernels
Fedora Core 3 (FC3) 2.6.12 (x86_64)
Fedora Core 4 (FC4) 2.6.16, 2.6.17 (x86_64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL4) 2.6.9-22, 2.6.9-34, 2.6.9-42(U2/U3/U4)
(x86_64)
CentOS 4.2-4.4 (Rocks 4.2-4.4) 2.6.9 (x86_64)
SUSE Linux 9.3 (SUSE 9.3) 2.6.11 (x86_64)
SUSE LInux Enterprise Server (SLES 9) 2.6.5 (x86_64)
SUSE LInux Enterprise Server (SLES 10) 2.6.16 (x86_64 and ppc64)