If your system contains Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs), you should ensure that the most current drivers supported by HP are installed; this is applicable to all releases of Linux distributions. Fibre Channel HBAs include the following:
- A6826A
PCI-X 2-port 2Gbps Fibre Channel
- A7538A
PCI-X 1-port 2Gbps Fibre Channel
- AB379A
2-port 4Gbps Fibre Channel
- AB429A
1-port 4Gbps Fibre Channel
- AD167A
1-port 4Gbps Fibre Channel
- AD168A
2-port 4Gbps Fibre Channel
- AE311A
1-port 4Gbps Fibre Channel
- AD310A
2-port 4Gbps Fibre Channel
- A8002A
1-port 4Gbps Fibre Channel
- A8003A
2-port 4Gbps Fibre Channel
- 403619-B21
2-port 4Gbps Fibre Channel
List all PCI devices to determine whether your system contains one of these cards:
# lspci | grep Fibre
80:02.0 Fibre Channel: Emulex Corporation Helios-X LightPulse Fibre Channel Host Adapter (rev 01)
a0:02.0 Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. QLA2312 Fibre Channel Adapter (rev 03)
a0:02.1 Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. QLA2312 Fibre Channel Adapter (rev 03) |
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If any entries are shown that match the model numbers listed, update the driver using the following steps:
Go to the HP website at http://www.hp.com and select Software & Driver Downloads.
Under the section Support for your products, perform the following substeps:
Click the Download drivers and software (and firmware) option.
In the product field, enter the model number of your Fibre Channel card (for example, A6826A).
Press Enter.
Select the operating system.
Click the Download button for the latest Linux Driver Kit for Qlogic HBAs and Qlogic-based mezzanine HBAs driver to download the tar file.
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Unpack the driver files in the kit. For example, the following command could be used:
# tar zxvf hp_qla2x00-date.tar.gz
Change to the directory that was created in the previous step.
Install the driver:
# ./INSTALL
For additional information, see the documentation that is included with the Linux Driver Kit for Qlogic HBAs and Qlogic-based mezzanine HBAs.
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