Q-Logic 4000 SERIES manual Section Red Hat Linux Driver Installation

SANblade 4000 Series User’s Guide

1-Gb iSCSI to PCI Host Bus Adapters

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4.4	Installing the Driver	4-2
4.4.1	Initial OS Installation with the QLA40xx HBA as an Add-on Device . .	4-2
4.4.2	Adding the QL4000.SYS Driver to the Existing OS	4-2
4.4.3	Updating the Existing Driver	4-3
4.5	Removing the Driver	4-3
4.6	System Registry Parameters	4-4
4.6.1	MaximumSGList	4-4
4.6.2	NumberofRequests	4-4
4.6.3	LargeLuns	4-5
4.7	Additional Notes	4-5

Section 5	Red Hat Linux Driver Installation
5.1	Introduction	5-1
5.2	Creating the Driver Disk	5-1
5.3	Installing the Driver	5-2
5.3.1	Building a Custom Kernel to Load the Driver Automatically	5-2
5.3.2	Building a Driver from the Source Code	5-5
5.3.2.1	Building a Uniprocessor (UP) Version of the Driver	5-6
5.3.2.2	Building a Symmetric Multiprocessor (SMP) Version of the Driver .	5-7
5.3.2.3	Loading the Driver Manually	5-8
5.3.2.4	Building a RAMDISK Image to Load the Driver Automatically	5-8
5.4	System Driver Parameter max_scsi_luns	5-9
5.5	Limitations	5-10
5.6	Proc Filesystem Support	5-10

Section 6	Solaris Driver Installation
6.1	Pre-installation Requirements	6-1
6.2	Installing the Solaris SPARC Driver from the QLogic Web Site	6-1
6.3	Target and LUN Support for Disk Devices	6-3
6.4	Target and LUN Support Tape Devices	6-4
6.5	Uninstalling the Solaris SPARC Driver	6-5
Part III	SANblade Control iX
Section 7	SANblade Control iX
7.1	Introduction	7-1
7.2	Installation Procedure	7-1
7.2.1	Windows NT and Windows 2000	7-1
7.2.2	Red Hat Linux and Solaris SPARC	7-4

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