Installation Steps

Summary of installation steps

Table 1describes the procedures for installing an EMC-approved QLogic adapters into a Linux host and configuring the host for connection to an EMC Storage Array over Fibre Channel (FC) or Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE).

 

Table 1

Installation steps

(page 1 of 3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step

Instructions

For Fibre Channel, refer to

For Fibre Channel over

For iSCSI, refer to

 

 

 

 

Ethernet (FCoE), refer to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Install the

“Installing the adapter” on

“Installing the adapter” on

“Installing the adapter” on

 

adapter .

page 27

 

page 27

page 27

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Verify the

“Verifying the correct BIOS

“Verifying the correct BIOS

“Verifying the correct BIOS

 

BIOS version

version” on page 36

version” on page 36

version” on page 36

 

 

 

 

 

 

3Install the BIOS. There are three states:

 

If no

“Upgrading the adapter BIOS”

“Upgrading the adapter BIOS”

“Upgrading the adapter BIOS” on

 

 

version is

on page 37

on page 37

page 37

 

 

installed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If wrong

“Upgrading the adapter BIOS”

“Upgrading the adapter BIOS”

“Upgrading the adapter BIOS” on

 

 

version is

on page 37

on page 37

page 37

 

 

installed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If correct

Proceed to step 4.

Proceed to step 4.

Proceed to step 4.

 

 

version is

 

 

 

 

 

installed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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