7 – SANblade Control iX Installation Procedure

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Figure 7-5. Install Complete Dialog Box

8.To run SANblade Control iX, click Start, select Programs, select the install group (the default is QLogic Corporation), then click SANblade Control iX. If you selected Desktop in step 5, double-click the icon on your desktop.

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Red Hat Linux and Solaris SPARC

Follow these steps to install the SANblade Control iX GUI:

1.Locate SANblade Control iX on the QLogic web site (www.qlogic.com) and click Link to driver.

2.If prompted What would you like to do with this file?, choose Save this program to disk. Specify a temporary location on the hard drive and download the file.

3.From the command line, go to the temporary location created in step 2. Then launch the install program. For example:

cd /<folder>/QLogic_Corporation

sh install.bin

4.You can run SANblade Control iX from the Home Directory or from the command line.

From the Home Directory, click Home Directory, then select opt/QLogic_Corporation/SANblade_Control_iX/SANblade.

From the command line, type:

cd /opt/Q*/SAN*

./SANblade

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Q-Logic 4000 SERIES manual Red Hat Linux and Solaris Sparc, Install Complete Dialog Box

4000 SERIES specifications

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