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Chapter 2. Installing the FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter device
drivers and updating the BIOS code
Note: For the latest information about supported operating systems, versions of
device drivers, utilities, and documentation, go to http://www-1.ibm.com/
servers/storage/support/disk/.
After installing your FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter, you must perform one of the
following two steps.
1. Install the adapter device driver followed by the QLogic
®
SANsurfer Pro Utility
program and update the adapter BIOS code and nonvolatile random access
memory (NVRAM) using the SANsurfer program.
or
2. Update the adapter BIOS code and nonvolatile random access memory
(NVRAM) via a bootable CD-ROM or diskette, using the flasutil utility program,
then install the adapter device drivers.
Note:
Step 1 is the recommended method for updating the adapter BIOS and
NVRAM.
Installing the FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter device drivers
The device drivers and installation instructions for the following supported operating
systems are provided on the IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Host
Bus Adapter Support CD:
v Microsoft
®
Windows
®
2000 and Server 2003
v Novell
®
NetWare
®
v Linux
®
For additional instructions, see the README files for the appropriate operating
systems, which are located in the corresponding operating system directories.
Note: For the latest information about supported operating systems, versions of
device drivers, utilities, and documentation, go to http://www-1.ibm.com/
servers/storage/support/disk/.
To update the adapter BIOS code when the adapter is installed in the server with
an Intel 32-Bit processor (IA-32), an Intel Extended Memory 64-Bit Technology
(EM64T) processor, or Advanced Micro Devices 64-Bit (AMD-64) architecture only,
you can use the BIOS Update Utility on the Support CD that comes with the
adapter; or you can create and use a BIOS Update Utility diskette. When the
adapter is installed in a server with an Intel 64-Bit processor (IA-64), see the
README in the PCI-X HBA EFI driver package, for instructions about how to load
the EFI driver (instead of BIOS code) and update the NVRAM settings of the
adapter.
Notes:
1. The recommended method of updating the BIOS and the adapter NVRAM
settings is to use the QLogic SANsurfer Pro Utility software.
2. For the dual port version of the FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter, there is only one
flash BIOS image for both ports; however, each port will have its own NVRAM
setting.
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