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5 Windows Server 2003 and
2008 Driver Installation and
Configuration
This section describes the installation and configuration procedure for Windows
Server 2003 and 2008 operating systems (OSes), collectively referred to as
Windows Server unless otherwise noted. For Linux driver installation instructions,
see Section 6. Throughout this section, some screen shots show both the
Windows Server 2003 and the Windows Server 2008 versions.
Windows Server Driver Checklist
Here is a brief summary of Windows installation guidelines with which you should
be familiar before installing the QLogic adapter driver on a Windows Server OS.
Windows Server Service Pack (SP) requirements
Location of auto-load firmware files
System requirements (see the Release Notes)
Each of these guidelines is described in more detail in the following sections.
See “Uninstall the QLogic Adapter Driver in Windows Server” on page 5-23 for the
location of the driver and firmware files (after the driver plug-ins are installed).
Windows Server Service Pack Requirements
SP2 must be installed for the Windows 2003 OS fixes.
Firmware ROM Image Location
The firmware ROM image files (nx3fwct.bin and nx3fwmn.bin) are placed in
the C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers directory.
QLogic provides both a GUI and command line interface (CLI) for communicating
with the Flash utility.