Installing and Configuring the Linux Host with the QLogic Driver
Method 3: Installing the QLogic v7.xx.xx driver via the QLogic RPM
This section guides you through the process of installing and utilizing the QLogic driver RPM. The RPM builds and installs the qla2300.o driver and modifies the /etc/modules.conf file.
In /etc/modules.conf, the host adapter line for the qla2300.o driver will be appended. The options line containing the addition of the scsi_allow_ghost_devices and max_scsi_luns parameters will also be appended to the file. This allows the host to correctly identify the disconnected LUN 0 that is reported when attached to VNX series or CLARiiON storage systems, and allows the SCSI stack to scan up to 255 devices.
The Unisphere™/Navisphere® Host Agent requires that the disconnected LUN 0 be reported.
The QLogic RPM creates the QLogic v7.xx.xx driver as a module.
The following is an example of steps to install the QLogic driver RPM along with example console output:
1.Boot into the qualified and supported kernel onto which the driver will be installed.
2.Obtain the
3.Install the QLogic driver:
[root@l82bi114 extra]# rpm
QLogic qla2300/qla2200 HBA driver installation supports the following distribution and its different flavors :
Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1 / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 and SuSE SLES 8. Please refer to SUPPORTED_KERNEL_VERSION.txt file in
/usr/src/qla2x00 path for details regarding different arch and kernel versions supported
Installing qla2300 driver for
Creating
Please wait: Preparing qla2300 modular driver build copying
Building Kernel Dependencies Make successful. File
install
Fibre Channel and FCoE out of kernel driver versions
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