Sun Microsystems SG-XPCIE2FC-EM8-Z manual Installing Software For the Red Hat and SUSE Linux OSes

■Connectivity verification

■Firmware version and checksum test

■Self-test

■Loopback tests

■External

■Internal, single-bit

■Internal, 10-bit

■Mailbox

Installing Software For the Red Hat and SUSE Linux OSes

No updates are required to support the HBA on minimum supported versions of Linux.

For diagnostic support, you might need to rebuild the Linux driver. Before rebuilding the drivers for Linux, you must have the required Linux OS installed on the hard disk. The driver and utilities are available for download at the Emulex support site for Sun Microsystems.

▼To Install the HBA Software For the Linux OS

1.Go to the Emulex support site for Sun Microsystems at: http://www.emulex.com/sun/support/index.jsp

2.Locate the Sun StorageTek section, and click the model number (SG-XPCIE1FC- EM8-Z) for the HBA you want to install.

3.Locate the Linux Driver section, and click Download to copy the driver files to a local file system.

4.Click Download to copy the management utilities to a local file system.

5.Click Manual to copy the PDF manual, and then follow the installation and configuration procedures.

6.Click PDF Manual to download installation, configuration, and troubleshooting information.

26 Sun StorageTek 8 Gb FC PCI-Express HBA, Emulex Installation Guide • December 2008