30 SunStorageTek Enterprise PCI-X 4 Gb FC Single & Dual Port Emulex HBA Installation & Interop Guide • January 2007
Installing the HBA Driver With Red Hatand SuSE Operating Systems
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 and 4 and the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server
(SLES) 8 and 9 operating systems are supported on the single and dual port HBAs.
Before installing the drivers for Linux, you must have the relevant Linux OS
installed on your hard disk. The driver and utilities are available for download at
the Emulex web page dedicated to Sun products, the driver as a .gz package and
the utilities as a .tar file. The installation documentation is available fromthe same
web page as the driver and utilities.

▼To Download and Install the Packages

Perform the following steps to download the packages.
1. Go to http://www.emulex.com/ts/docoem/Sun/10k.htm.
The Emulex main download page for Sun StorageTekFibre Channel Host Bus
Adapters is displayed.
2. Click the SG-XPCI1FC-EM4-Z and SG-XPCI2FC-EM4-Z Host Adapters link.
The Emulex Sun StorageTekSG-XPCI1FC-EM4-Z and SG-XPCI2FC-EM4-Z Host
Adapters web page is displayed.
3. In the Latest Released Driver for Linux - 2.4 or 2.6 Kernel section, click the
download link for the Driver kit.
4. Click the Download link for the Application kit.
5. For the Complete Manual, click the Manual link to open the Emulex driver and
utilities for Linux.
6. Follow the instructions in the manual to install the HBA driver and the
Application Helper Module Kit.
Note – Tocreate a Linux boot disk, see “Creating a LinuxBoot Disk” on page 31.