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insmod bnx2fc.ko
or
modprobe bnx2fc
service bnx2fcd start
Note that the inbox kernel may have an older version of bnx2, bnx2x and cnic driver. It
is important for FCoE offload user to unload these inbox versions before attempting to
load bnx2fc driver. You can do either of these two options:
a)
Reboot the server.
b)
If already loaded, unload inbox bnx2, bnx2x, cnic drivers, and load the newly
installed version from netxtreme2-foce package using ' modprobe <DRV-NAME> '
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6.
To configure the network protocol and address, refer to various Linux documentations.
3-12
Driver upgrade ( rpm -Uvh ) is not supported.
On SLES 11, change "allow_unsupported_modules" parameter value of /etc/
modprobe.d/unsupport-modules' from 0 to 1, until bnx2fc driver is inbox. Failing to
do so will not load bnx2fc.
Chapter 3: Driver installation
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