Installing the Fibre Channel HBA Drivers or Inbox Driver Kits 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 Channel
A7538APCI-X 1-port 2Gbps Fibre Channel
AB379A2-port 4Gbps Fibre Channel
AB429A1-port 4Gbps Fibre Channel
AD167A

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)

 

 

AD168A

Fibre Channel: Emulex Corporation Helios-X LightPulse Fibre Channel

 

Host Adapter (rev 01)

 

 

AE311A

Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. QLA2432 Fibre Channel Adapter (rev 02)

 

 

AD300A

Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. QLA2432 Fibre Channel Adapter (rev 02)

 

 

A8002A

Fibre Channel: Emulex Corporation Zephyr LightPulse Fibre Channel Host Adapter (rev

 

01)

 

 

A8003A

Fibre Channel: Emulex Corporation Zephyr-X LightPulse Fibre Channel Host Adapter

 

(rev 02)

 

 

403619-B21

Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. QLA2432 Fibre Channel Adapter (rev 02)

 

 

If any entries are shown that match the model numbers listed, update the driver using the following steps:

34 Installing the OS and Updating the Server