Q-Logic OFED manual Bios Settings, Software Installation Issues, Missing Kernel RPM Errors

Installation Troubleshooting BIOS Settings

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BIOS Settings

This section covers issues related to BIOS settings. You can check and adjust BIOS settings using the BIOS Setup utility. For specific instructions, follow the hardware documentation that came with your system.

Enable Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)

This setting must be enabled. If ACPI is disabled, it may cause initialization problems, as described in the Troubleshooting section of the QLogic HCA and QLogic OFED Software User Guide.

Issue with Supermicro® H8DCE-HTe and QHT7040

The QLogic adapter may not be recognized at startup when using the Supermicro

H8DCE-HT-e and the QHT7040 adapter. To fix this problem, set the operating system selector option in the BIOS for Linux. The option will look like:

OS Installation [Linux]

Software Installation Issues

Some problems can be found by running ipath checkout. Run ipath_checkout before contacting technical support.

Missing Kernel RPM Errors

Install the kernel-source, kernel-devel, and, if using an older release, kernel-smp-develRPMs for your distribution before installing the InfiniPath RPMs, as there are dependencies. “” on page 5-4lists all the required packages.

Use uname -ato find out which kernel is currently running, to make sure that you install the version with which it matches.

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