Qlogic QConvergeConsole CLI 8100 Series, User Manual

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4–Installation in a Linux Environment
Management Tool Installation
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Using QLogic BIOS and UEFI Utilities
You can update firmware without a first installing an operating system on the
server. Such firmware upgrades are considered offline upgrades.
To update firmware on BIOS servers:
1. Boot the server into DOS using either a DOS-bootable 3.5-inch disk or a
USB memory stick containing the extracted multi-boot image.
2. Run the script
update.bat
.
3. Verify the firmware installation as described in “Determining the Installed
Firmware Version” on page 4-22 .
To update firmware on UEFI servers:
1. Boot the server into the UEFI shell using an in-built shell or a third-party
UEFI shell from a USB memory stick containing the adapter multi-boot
image.
2. Run the script
update.nsh
.
3. Verify the firmware installation as described in “Determining the Installed
Firmware Version” on page 4-22 .
For information about using QLogic offline utilities, refer to Section 9 .
Management Tool Installation
QLogic 8100 Series Adapters can be managed with QLogic utilities or with Linux
utilities. The QLogic utilities are:
 QConvergeConsole web management GUI, which is used to configure and
manage QLogic Fibre Channel adapters, Intelligent Ethernet Adapters, and
Converged Network Adapters within storage area networks (SANs).
 QConvergeConsole CLI, which is used to configure and manage QLogic
Fibre Channel adapters, Intelligent Ethernet Adapters, and Converged
Network Adapters within SANs. The QConvergeConsole CLI also includes
the networking (NIC) commands, previously supported in a separate
networking CLI utility.
 Linux utilities—A set of scripts that perform FCoE-related administrator
tasks, including rescanning for LUNs and collecting support information. The
Linux utilities are:
 ethtool—A utility that displays and configures the QLogic adapter
networking function. For more information about this utility, refer to the
ethtool manual pages.