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4 Installation in a Linux
Environment
Overview
This section describes how to install a QLogic 8100 Series Adapter in a Linux
server, including system requirements, hardware installation, driver installation,
and software installation.
System Requirements
Operating System Requirements
The QLogic 8100 Series Adapter supports the following Linux operating systems:
Red Hat
®
Enterprise Linux
SUSE
®
Linux Enterprise Server
Architecture support: IA-32 (x86), Intel64, AMD64 (x64)
Server and Switch Requirements
QLogic adapter products are certified with products from leading converged
networking switch and server vendors. For product-level interoperability
information, visit http://www.qlogic.com/Interoperability/Pages/default.aspx
, and
select Converged Networking.
A server must satisfy the following requirements to host a QLogic Converged
Network Adapter:
NOTE:
The QLogic 8100 Series Adapter supports both SLES and RHEL
distributions. However, this section describes the installation and
configuration of the QLogic 8100 Series Adapter on RHEL systems.
Refer to the Read Me file provided with the QLogic 8100 Series Adapter
multi-flash image or Linux driver for a complete list of supported operating
systems and required service packs.