C H A P T E R 3 |
HBA Software Installation |
After you have completed the hardware installation and powered on the computer, follow the instructions listed in this chapter for your operating system to install the HBA driver and any other utilities required for the installation.
This chapter contains the following topics:
The HBA driver for the Solaris OS is included with the Solaris 10 1/06 (s10u1) OS release. No additional patches or packages are required to support the HBA on minimum supported versions of the Solaris 10 OS for x64/x86 systems.
Diagnostic support for the HBA is included in the SunVTS software beginning with version 6.3. The SunVTS software is included with the Solaris 10 11/06 (s10u3) OS release, and is also available for download at:
http://www.sun.com/oem/products/vts
The emlxtest utility supports the following functions:
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.
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The driver and management utilities are available for download at the Emulex support site for Sun Microsystems.
1. Go to the Emulex support site for Sun Microsystems at:
http://www.emulex.com/sun/support/em-e11000.jsp
2. Locate the Sun StorageTek section, and click the model number (SG-PCIE2FCGBE-E-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.
7. Install the driver for Linux as described in the Emulex driver and utilities user guide.
8. Install the management utilities as described in the Emulex driver and utilities user guide.
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The management utilities are available for download at the Emulex support site for Sun Microsystems. You must obtain the drivers from VMware.
1. Go to the Emulex support site for Sun Microsystems at:
http://www.emulex.com/sun/support/em-e11000.jsp
2. Locate the VMware section, and click the model number (SG-PCIE2FCGBE-E-Z) for the HBA you want to install.
3. Click Download to copy the management utilities to a local file system.
4. Click Manual to copy the PDF manual, and then follow the installation and configuration procedures.
5. Click PDF Manual to download installation, configuration, and troubleshooting information.
6. Obtain the driver from VMware and install the driver as described in the VMware documentation.
7. Install the management utilities as described in the Emulex driver and utilities user guide
The HBA driver and applications kits for Windows Server 2003 OS is available for download at the Emulex support site for Sun Microsystems.
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1. Go to the Emulex support site for Sun Microsystems at:
http://www.emulex.com/sun/support/em-e11000.jsp
2. Locate the driver section for Windows.
3. Download the Driver Kit by clicking Download.
4. Click PDF Manual to download the installation guide for the Windows OS.
5. Install the driver and management utilities for the Windows OS as described in the installation guide.
Use the HBAnywhere utility or the lputil command-line interface (CLI) utility to configure the HBA. These utilities are available for Linux and Windows OSes and provide support for the following functions:
See the Linux or Windows OS Emulex user manual for more information about using the HBAnywhere and lputil utilities.
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