F a c t S H E E t
Linux
™
Support for FC
and FCoE Adapters
Drivers and Utilites for FC and
FCoE SAN Connectivity
Quick Facts
Open Source based Fibre Channel (FC) and Fibre
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Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) storage connectivity
Installed in Linux data centers since 1999
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Single, open source Linux driver for all QLogic
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FC Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) and 10GbE FCoE
Converged Network Adapters (CNAs)
Unified driver model with integrated firmware
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Support for Linux 2.6 features such as FC transport
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class, sysfs, udev, etc.
N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) support in upstream
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drivers, and on RHEL and SLES platforms
High Availability
Supports FC HBA failover solution on both 2.4 and
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2.6 kernels
Native failover solution since 2001
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Failover solution for active/active and active/passive
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storage arrays
Support for Linux device-mapper and other third
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party failover solutions
Simplified Manageability
SANsurfer
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®
HBA Manager Graphical User Interface
(GUI) and Command Line Interface (CLI) tools to
configure and manage QLogic FC HBAs
Wizards for configuring failover, persistent binding,
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LUN masking, and updating the HBA parameters
during HBA installation
CLI support for interactive and scriptable modes of
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operation
Device Driver Update Disk kits to support FC HBAs
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not supported by the inbox drivers
Hardware and Software Support Specifications
FC HBAs
10Gb Ethernet FCoE CNA: QLE8042
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8Gb FC HBAs: QLE25xx
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4Gb FC HBAs: QLA24
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xx, QLE24xx, QME24xx,
QMH24
xx, QMI24xx, QMI34xx
2Gb FC HBAs: QLA23
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xx, QMx23xx
Platforms
IA32, x64, IA64, and Power PC
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Linux 2.4
and 2.6
Distributions
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Red Hat
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Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5
Novell
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SuSE
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Linux Enterprise Server 8, 9, and
10
Oracle
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Enterprise Linux 4.4 and later, 5.
x
Linux Tools
Driver installers, Dynamic Kernel Module Support
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(DKMS)
Driver Update Disk kits (DUD) for boot-from-SAN
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support
HBA Snapshot
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Dynamic Target and LUN discovery
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LUN Transition – offline to online
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Modify SCSI command timeout value
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HBA Collect
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Management
Tools/API
SANsurfer FC HBA Manager GUI and CLI
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SNIA HBA APIs, SMI-S APIs, FDMI
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Driver
Distribution
Integrated drivers into Linux upstream kernel
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Inbox drivers on RHEL, Novell SLES, and OEL
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Standard drivers through QLogic web site
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Failover
Configurations
Integrated failover solution
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Linux device mapper solution
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EMC
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PowerPath
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, LSI Logic
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RDAC, Vertias™
Dynamic MultiPathing (DMP), and other third-
party management solutions
Diagnostics
Loopback tests, read/write buffer tests, and link
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statistics
Boot Support
BIOS, UEFI, FCode
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Boot from SAN
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1. For latest list of supported distributions, visit:
http://support.qlogic.com/support/drivers_software.aspx
