Installing the Fibre Channel HBA Drivers for Linux

If your system contains Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs), you should ensure that the most current drivers supported by HP are installed; this is applicable to all releases of Linux distributions. Fibre Channel HBAs include the following:

A6826APCI-X 2-port 2Gbps Fibre ChannelA7538APCI-X 1-port 2Gbps Fibre ChannelAB379A2-port 4Gbps Fibre ChannelAB429A1-port 4Gbps Fibre ChannelAD167A

1-port 4Gbps Fibre Channel

AD168A

2-port 4Gbps Fibre Channel

AE311A

1-port 4Gbps Fibre Channel

AD300A

2-port 4Gbps Fibre Channel

A8002A

1-port 4Gbps Fibre Channel

A8003A

2-port 4Gbps Fibre Channel

403619-B21

2-port 4Gbps Fibre Channel

List all PCI devices to determine whether your system contains one of these adapters:

#lspci grep Fibre

80:02.0 Fibre Channel: Emulex Corporation Helios-X LightPulse Fibre Channel Host Adapter (rev 01)

a0:02.0 Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. QLA2312 Fibre Channel Adapter (rev 03)

a0:02.1 Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. QLA2312 Fibre Channel Adapter (rev 03)

NOTE: The number of PCI functions displayed for each adapter by lspci is determined by the number of ports the adapter has. In other words, 2-port adapters have two entries with the same PCI bus/slot that differ only in function number, as in the previous example.

Adapter Part No.

Output of lspci Command

A6826A Fibre Channel Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. QLA2312 Fibre Channel Adapter (rev 03)

A7538A Fibre Channel Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. QLA2312 Fibre Channel Adapter (rev 03)

AB379A Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. QLA2422 Fibre Channel Adapter (rev 02)

AB429A Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. QLA2422 Fibre Channel Adapter (rev 02)

AD167A Fibre Channel: Emulex Corporation Helios LightPulse Fibre Channel Host Adapter (rev 01)

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