
Installation methods for the QLogic v8.xx.xx driver
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Installing and Configuring the QLogic HBA and v8.x-Series Driver
3. Uncompress and extract the source files from the tar archive:
[root@l82bi205 extra]# tar zxvf
qla2xxx-v8.xx.xx-2dkms.tar.gz
The initial decompression will provide you with the following:
qla2xxx-v8.xx.xx-2/
qla2xxx-v8.xx.xx-2/qla2xxx-v8.xx.xx-2dkms.noarch.rpm
qla2xxx-v8.xx.xx-2/dkms-2.0.5-1.noarch.rpm
qla2xxx-v8.xx.xx-2/README.dkms
4. Install the DKMS RPM:
cd qla2xxx-v8.xx.xx-2
rpm -ivh dkms-2.0.5-1.noarch.rpm
Preparing...
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1:dkms
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5. Install the QLogic driver RPM:
rpm -ivh qla2xxx-v8.xx.xx-2dkms.noarch.rpm
Preparing...
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1:qla2xxx
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An example of the console output reported by the RPM driver
installation is as follows:
Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/qla2xxx/v8.xx.xx/source
->/usr/src/qla2xxx-v8.xx.xx
DKMS: add Completed.
Loading/Installing pre-built modules for 2.6.9-5.EL (x86_64).
A new ramdisk will be created automatically by the DKMS RPM
installation.
6. Reboot the host.
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