NEC 5800/320MA manual Updating the Driver for Optical Fibre Channel PCI Adapters

Updating the Driver for Optical Fibre Channel PCI Adapters

3.Physically install the optical Fibre Channel PCI adapters.

For more information about this procedure, including pertinent safety and electrostatic discharge precautions for working inside an I/O enclosure, see the operation and maintenance guide for your system, as listed Table 1-2.

4.Connect the optical Fibre Channel cables. For more information, see “Cabling Requirements of Optical Fibre Channel PCI Adapters” on page 3-5.

5.Boot the system. When the operating system loads, it automatically installs a driver for the optical Fibre Channel PCI adapters.

6.To ensure that you have the latest approved driver, update the driver for both optical Fibre Channel PCI adapters. See “Updating the Driver for Optical Fibre Channel PCI Adapters” for more information.

7.If applicable, install the EMC PowerPath utility on your system and reboot.

8.Configure the storage system and assign storage devices to your system.

For more information about installing the EMC PowerPath utility and configuring the storage system, see the documentation set for the storage system.

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To allow the Optical Fibre Channel PCI adapters for your EMC Symmetrix RAID storage system to duplex under Express5800/320Ma System Software Release 3.0.0 or higher, you must enable the CBIT (Common Serial Number) on the Symmetrix director ports connected to your system. For further information, contact your EMC representative.

Updating the Driver for Optical Fibre Channel PCI Adapters

Use the following procedure to update the driver for the optical Fibre Channel PCI adapters after you physically install the adapters, or anytime the driver needs an update.

For information about obtaining the driver, see “Software Requirements of Optical Fibre Channel PCI Adapters” on page 3-4.

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