Updating the Driver for Optical Fibre Channel PCI Adapters
U525 and U526 Optical Fibre Channel PCI Adapters 3-7
3. Physically install the optical Fibre Channel PCI adapters.
For more information about this procedure, including pertinent safety and
electrostatic discharge precautions for working inside an I/O enclosure, see the
operation and maintenance guide for your system, as listed Tabl e 1-2 .
4. Connect the optical Fibre Channel cables. For more information, see “Cabling
Requirements of Optical Fibre Channel PCI Adapters” on page 3-5.
5. Boot the system. When the operating system loads, it automatically installs a driver
for the optical Fibre Channel PCI adapters.
6. To ensure that you have the latest approved driv er, update the driver for both opt ical
Fibre Channel PCI adapters. See “Updating the Driver for Optical Fibre Channel
PCI Adapters” for more information.
7. If applicable, install the EMC PowerPath utility on your system and reboot.
8. Configure the storage system and assign storage devices to your system.
For more information about installing the EMC PowerPath utility and configuring the
storage system, see the documentation set for the storage system.
NOTE
To allow the Optical Fibre Channel PCI adapters for your
EMC Symmetrix RAID storage system to duplex under
Express5800/320Ma System Software Release3.0.0 or
higher, you must enable the CBIT (Common Serial
Number) on the Symmetrix director ports connected to
your system. For further information, contact your EMC
representative.
Updating the Driver for Optical Fibre Channel PCI AdaptersUse the following procedure to update the driver for the optical Fibre Channel PCI
adapters after you physically install the adapters, or anytime the driver needs an
update.
For information about obtaining the driver, see “Software Requirements of Optical Fibre
Channel PCI Adapters” on page 3-4.