Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Environment - Hitachi Compute Blade 320 Instruction Manual

Emulex fibre channel adapter
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Installing the driver
The driver of the Compute Blade 2000 / Compute Blade 320 Fibre Channel adapter is installed as standard when the OS is installed.
Checking the driver version
The version check procedure for the Compute Blade 2000 / Compute Blade 320 Fibre Channel adapter driver is as follows:
1. Turn on the power of the system unit, start Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and log on with "root".
2. Execute the following command:
# modinfo –F Version lpfc
3. Check the version displayed in [version].
# modinfo lpfc
filename:
/lib/modules/<Kernel Version>/kernel/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc.ko
version:
x:x.x.x.xx.xx
author:
Emulex Corporation -
description: Emulex LightPulse Fibre Channel SCSI driver x.x.x.xx.xx
Installing the "lpfc-install" script
The Installation procedure for "lpfc-install" script is as follows:
1. Turn on the power of the system unit, start Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and log on with "root".
2. Insert "Driver & Utility CD" into the CD/DVD drive.
3. Uncompress the archive corresponding to the OS architecture by the following command.
# tar zxvf lpfc-install.tar.gz -P
OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 (x86)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 (AMD/Intel64)
4. Confirm the following file is developed.
/usr/src/lpfc/lpfc-install
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tech.support@emulex.com
[Driver Kit CD for Compute Blade 2000]
/X55x1/RHEL5/ Utility /FibreChannel/Emulex_01/x86/lpfc-install.tar.gz
[Driver Kit CD for Compute Blade 320]
/X51x5/RHEL5/Utility/HBAnyware/x86/lpfc-install.tar.gz
[Driver Kit CD for Compute Blade 2000]
/X55x1/RHEL5/ Utility /FibreChannel/Emulex_01/x64/lpfc-install.tar.gz
[Driver Kit CD for Compute Blade 320]
/X51x5/RHEL5/Utility/HBAnyware/x64/lpfc-install.tar.gz
Installing the Driver and Utility
lpfc-install.tar.gz in Driver Kit CD

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