4–Installation in a Linux Environment Installing Software

7.Under Drivers, click the download link for FC-FCoEDD-Kit(Figure 4-8).

Figure 4-8. Download the FC-FCoE DD-Kit

8.Read the QLogic license agreement, and then click Agree.

9.When prompted, click Save to save the driver file to the hard drive. The compressed file contains the source for the QLogic FC-FCoE driver. The file name has the following format: qla2xxx-src-x.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx-k.tar.gz

10.When prompted, click Save to save the DD-Kit file to a temporary location on the hard drive. The compressed file contains the driver binaries in ISO image format. The file name has the following format:

qla2xxx- x.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx-k-<architecture>-dd-2.6.18-128.iso.gz

11.Unzip the DD-Kit file to obtain the ISO image by typing the following command:

#gunzip qla2xxx- x.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx-k-<architecture>-dd-2.6.18-128.iso.gz

12.Transfer the ISO image to a CD-ROM using an ISO CD-burner software, or type the following command:

#dd if=/<directory with iso image>/ qla2xxx- x.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx-k-<architecture>-dd-2.6.18-128.iso of=/dev/fd0

The resulting CD-ROM becomes the driver disk.

13.Insert the RHEL 5.3 CD/DVD into the server optical drive.

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