5
Installing QLogic IB Basic software components
NOTE:
If the system has an existing HCA, remove the HCA and any of associated software.
Installing from a CD
Step 1. Insert the CD.
Step 2. Login as user root and mount the CD as follows:
mount -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
(if the system requests a file system type, use
-t iso 9660
). For example:
mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
Step 3. Go to the following install directory:
cd /mnt/cdrom/SOFTWARE
Step 4. Unpack from CD to
/root
directory:
tar zxvf QLogicIB-Basic.<VERSION>.tgz -C /root
Step 5. Change directory to
root/QLogicIB-Basic-<VERSION>
.
cd /root/QLogicIB-Basic-<VERSION>
Step 6. Execute the following command to launch the install script.
./INSTALL.sh
Step 7. After completing the installaiton, unmount the CD as follows:
cd /
umount /dev/cdrom
For more detailed information on installing and configuring QLogicIB Basic and ULPs, refer to the
QLogic OFED Users
Guide
.
