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3 HBAs on Linux servers

This chapter describes how to download, install, configure, remove, and upgrade the Linux driver

and HBA software on servers running current Linux versions.

IMPORTANT: Servers running older Linux versions require additional installation instructions. For

more information, see “Additional instructions for HBAs on servers running RHEL 5.2, RHEL 4.x,

or earlier” (page 23).

Although HP supports the Linux in-box driver (the driver supplied with the OS distribution), not all

hardware configurations support it. To determine if your configuration supports the in-box driver,

see the HP HBA Software Support Matrices available on the HP SPOCK website at http://

www.hp.com/storage/spock.

If you are using the in-box drivers, no installation is required. If you must install the out-of-box driver,

use the instructions in this chapter. In either case, HP recommends that you install the HP Fibre

Channel Enablement Kit because it provides additional features.

To install Linux on a BFS LUN with driver versions that are not supported by the initial OS release,

the new driver must be integrated as part of the installation process using a DD-kit. See “Installing

the operating system using a DD-kit” (page 11).

IMPORTANT: If you have both CNAs and Fibre Channel HBAs installed in your system, you must

load and use the CNA drivers.

Downloading the Linux driver kit

To download the driver 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 Driver - Storage Fibre Channel, download the driver.

Installing the Linux driver kit

• .tar.gz file

To install the driver kit on servers running RHEL 5.3 or later, RHEL 6 or later, SLES 10 SP3 or

later, or SLES 11 SP1 or later; follow the instructions described in the readme.txt document

that is included in the driver kit.

• .rpm file

To install the Linux lpfc rpm driver, execute the following commands:

Example:

1. # rpm -Uvh kmod-elx-lpfc-10.2.340.0-1.rhel7u0.x86_64.rpm

2. # reboot

HP Fibre Channel Enablement Kit

The HP Fibre Channel Enablement Kit provides additional libraries and configuration utilities to

enable HP Fibre Channel storage arrays to work with Linux. The Fibre Channel Enablement Kit is

not required to use the lpfc kernel modules, but it does provide configuration scripts that ensure

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