Software Requirements of Optical Fibre Channel PCI Adapters
Software Requirements of Optical Fibre Channel PCI Adapters
To function properly, optical Fibre Channel PCI adapters require a QLogic QLA2310 driver and other software updates approved by EMC. The adapters also require EMC PowerPath software, which comes with your EMC storage system.
To prepare for installing the optical Fibre Channel PCI adapters, you need to perform the following tasks:
•Go to the EMC Web site to determine the latest adapter driver and other required software updates approved and qualified by EMC for Express5800/320Ma systems.
•Download the adapter driver and extract it from the compressed archive file.
•Download and extract any other required software updates.
The EMC Support Matrix for the storage system provides information about the latest qualified adapter driver and any additional required software updates. To access the EMC Support Matrix, go to the EMC Web site.
To check for the latest approved and qualified driver
1.Point your browser to http://www.emc.com/interoperability.
(If the Interoperability Web page fails to load, navigate to the product support page for your storage system.)
2.Find the link for the EMC Support Matrix, and download this file in PDF format.
3.Open the EMC Support Matrix PDF file. In Bookmarks, expand one of the following headings:
•Symmetrix 8000 Series
•Symmetrix DMX Series
•CLARiiON FC4700
•CLARiiON
4.Expand Base Connectivity, expand Microsoft Windows 2003 [x86], and
5.In the footnotes for the table, make note of the Driver Version entry, which specifies the driver version number for the optical Fibre Channel PCI adapter. Other entries document the supported releases of Express5800/320Ma System Software, required hotfixes from Microsoft, and other relevant information.
Download the driver for the optical Fibre Channel PCI adapters and any other required software updates from the locations specified in the EMC Support Matrix before you install the adapters.