3 HBA Software Installation

After you have completed the hardware installation, follow the instructions listed in this chapter for your operating system to install the HBA driver and any other utilities required by the HBA.

Note:

Software listed in this chapter as being located at the Oracle designated web site will only be available at the web site if required by the HBA.

This chapter contains the following topics:

• Installing the Oracle Solaris Driver and Firmware

• Installing the Linux Driver and Firmware

• Installing the Windows Server Driver and Firmware

• Installing the Oracle VM Driver and Firmware

• Installing the VMware Driver and Firmware

Note:

This chapter describes how to obtain HBA driver and firmware updates from the Oracle support area of the Broadcom web site. For x86 systems, you can also obtain the HBA driver and firmware updates from the internal Oracle System Assistant USB flash drive, if provided with your system. For information about downloading the HBA driver from Oracle System Assistant, refer to your platform Administration Guide.

Note:

For x86 systems, another option to obtain HBA driver and firmware updates is to go to the My Oracle Support web site at: My Oracle Support