Installation Instructions

Quick Start Guide

This Quick Start Guide describes how to install and configure your new QLogic SANblade® host bus adapter (HBA) and SANsurfer iSCSI HBA Manager application in four simple steps:

❑Step 1. Verify the package contents.

❑Step 2. Install the HBA hardware.

❑Step 3. Install the HBA driver.

❑Step 4. Install the SANsurfer iSCSI HBA Manager application.

	Keep the HBA in the antistatic bag until installation. The HBA contains parts that can be damaged by
	electrostatic discharge (ESD). Before handling the HBA, use standard methods to discharge static
CAUTION!	electricity. Place the HBA on the bag when examining it. Retain the bag for future use.

System Requirements

Your system must have the functionality described in the following sections to support the QLogic SANblade HBA.

Minimum Software Requirements

❑Windows® 2000: Service Pack (SP) 4 or later (QLA405x HBAs)

❑Windows® Server™ 2003 SP 1 or SP 2

❑Windows XP Pro SP 1 or SP 2

❑Windows PE 2.0, 2004, 2005

❑Windows Vista (Business and Enterprise)

❑Linux™ Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 3.0 Update 7 or later (QLA405x HBAs), Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 or later (QLA405x and QLE406xC HBAs)

❑Novell SUSE Linux: SLES 8 Update 3 or later (QLA405x HBAs), SLES 9 Update 2 or later (QLA405x and QLE406xC HBAs), SLES 10 (QLA405x and QLE406xC HBAs)

❑Solaris: Solaris 9 or later for Solaris SPARC and x86 (IA32 and x64)

❑VMware® 3.0.1 (QLA405x HBAs)

NOTE: The operating systems listed above are applicable to all HBA models unless otherwise noted.

Minimum Hardware Requirements

❑Empty PCI-X 32-bit or PCI-X 64-bit slot (QLA405x HBAs), 2.5-GHz PCI Express x4 slot (QLE406xC HBAs)

❑PCI-X: 3.3-volt signaling (QLA4050 HBAs); 3.3V or 5-volt signaling (QLA4050/4052C HBAs)

❑The correct media:

❑QLA4050: 62.5/125-μM multimode fiber

❑QLA4050C/4052C, QLE4060C/4062C: UTP copper (Cat5E or Cat6)

❑The correct connectors:

❑QLA4050: LC duplex

❑QLA4050C/4052C, QLE4060C/4062C: RJ45