HP SN1000E Installation Guide download pdf (Page 10)

that your configuration is set properly to work with HP Fibre Channel arrays. The Fibre Channel

Enablement Kit also sets the correct lpfc kernel module settings that are used with Device Mapper

Multipathing.

NOTE: If you are using any HP management applications, you need the HBAAPI libraries that

come with the hp-fc-enablement RPM.

Downloading the enablement kit

To download the HP Fibre Channel Enablement Kit:

1. Go to the HP website:

http:/www.hp.com

2. Under Support, click Download drivers.

3. Enter your HBA in the Find my product search field, and click Go.

4. Select your HBA.

5. Select the operating system.

6. Under Software – Storage Controllers – FC HBA, download the enablement kit.

Installing the enablement kit

• .tar.gz file

To install the HP Fibre Channel Enablement Kit (.tar.gz.file):

1. Untar the downloaded enablement kit by executing the command to create the

hp-fc-enablement-yyyy-mm-dd directory.

# tar zxvf hp-fc-enablement-yyyy-mm-dd.tar.gz

2. Browse to the directory hp-fc-enablement-yyyy-mm-dd.

3. Do one of the following to execute the install.sh script:

• If you are not using Device Mapper Multipathing, execute the following command:

# ./install.sh -s

• If you are using Device Mapper Multipathing, execute the following command:

# ./install.sh -m

• .rpm file

To install the Linux enablement kit rpm, execute the following commands:

Example:

1. # rpm -Uvh

HP-CNA-FC-Emulex-Enablement-Kit-6.4.21.2-1.rhel6.x86_64.rpm

2. # reboot

Verifying the installation

To verify the installation, enter the following commands:

# rpm -q hp-fc-enablement

# rpm -q fibreutils

NOTE: The driver that comes with the kernel requires fibreutils 3.x or later.

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