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Qlogic 8100 Series User Manual

Qlogic 8100 Series
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FE0254601-00 A v
Users Guide Converged Network Adapter
8100 Series Adapters
Removing the Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
Verifying Driver Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
Firmware Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
Obtaining the QLogic Firmware/Boot Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
Determining the Installed Firmware Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
Upgrading the Firmware/Boot Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
Using QConvergeConsole GUI or QConvergeConsole CLI . . . . 3-36
Updating Firmware Using QLogic BIOS and UEFI Utilities . . . . 3-38
Installing Management Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
Obtaining QLogic Adapter Management Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39
Installing and Launching the QConvergeConsole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40
Installing and Launching the QConvergeConsole CLI. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46
Standard Windows Interactive (CLI) Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46
Quiet or Unattended Windows Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46
Passive Windows Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46
Overwrite Previous Windows Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-47
Starting the QConvergeConsole CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-47
4 Installation in a Linux Environment
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Operating System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Server and Switch Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Cabling Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Other Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Installing Hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Install the Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Verify the Adapter Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Installing Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Installing the FCoE Driver (qla2xxx) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Installing the FCoE Driver for RHEL 5.3 Boot-from-SAN . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Installing the Networking Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Verifying the Driver Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Removing Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Firmware Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Obtaining the QLogic Firmware/Boot Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Determining the Installed Firmware Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Displaying the Firmware Version Using the QConvergeConsole 4-22
Displaying the Firmware Version Using sysfs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24

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Qlogic 8100 Series Specifications

General IconGeneral
BrandQlogic
Model8100 Series
CategoryNetwork Card
LanguageEnglish