Q-Logic 8100 SERIES manual Installing the Networking Driver, Enter

4–Installation in a Linux Environment Installing Software

17.The Driver Disk message box prompts you for a driver disk: click YES, and then press ENTER.

18.From the Driver Disk Source window, select the driver source:

If the driver disk is a 3.5-inch floppy disk, select fd0, and then press

ENTER.

If the driver disk is a CD-ROM, select hdx (where x is the drive letter), and then press ENTER.

19.At the Insert Driver Disk window, insert the driver disk into the appropriate drive, click OK, and then press ENTER. The QLogic driver is loads automatically from the driver disk.

20.The Disk Driver window prompts you to install more drivers. Click NO, and then press ENTER.

21.Remove the driver disk, if necessary, and reinsert the RHEL 5.3 CD/DVD into the optical drive. Press ENTER continue.

22.Follow the instructions to complete the operating system installation process. For information about additional configuration that may be required to boot from SAN, refer to “Boot-from-SAN” on page 8-29.

Installing the Networking Driver

The QLogic 8100 Series Adapter networking drivers are included inbox with all supported versions of RHEL 5, except RHEL 5.3. If the networking drivers are included, the operating system automatically recognizes the QLogic 8100 Series Adapter. For RHEL 5.3, the networking driver must be installed before the adapter can operate.

To download and install the QLogic adapter networking drivers:

1.Go to the QLogic Web site: http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com.

2.Click QLogic Products.

3.Click Adapters.

4.In the selection list, click Converged Network Adapters in the first column.

5.In the selection list, click on the adapter model number in the second column.

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