Q-Logic manual Solaris Sparc Driver Installation QLA2300

Section 10

Solaris SPARC Driver Installation

(QLA2300)

10.1

Introduction

This section provides instructions for installing the Solaris SPARC driver in an already installed Solaris SPARC operating system.

The latest version of the Solaris SPARC driver package is available on the QLogic Web site. The files in the driver package cannot be read nor installed from a DOS environment. Be sure to review the README.TXT file for both new and changed information.

To install the driver from a CD-ROM, see section 10.2. To install the driver from the QLogic Web site, see section 10.3. If you are installing the driver from another media, for example, a floppy disk, transfer the qla2300.Z file to a temporary directory on the machine where the driver is to be installed, then continue with step 4 in section 10.3.

10.2

Installing the Solaris SPARC Driver from a CD-ROM

Perform the following steps to install the Solaris SPARC driver from a CD-ROM to your system.

NOTE: To install the QLA2300 driver, you must have superuser privileges.

1.Log on to the system as superuser.

2.Create a temporary directory where you can copy the driver.

3.Change the directory (cd) to the CD-ROM mount point (usually /cdrom, but the location varies. Ask your system administrator for the specific directory).

4.Change the directory (cd) to the Solaris directory.

5.Copy (cp) the qla2300.Z file from the CD-ROM to the temporary directory created in step 2.

6.Change the directory (cd) to the temporary directory created in step 2.

7.At the command prompt, type:

uncompress ./qla2300.Z

8.Step 7 produces a file in the same directory called qla2300.

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