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5 – Software Installation
Downloading and Unpacking the InfiniPath and OpenFabrics Software

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Follow the links for your distribution to the desired download, then follow the 
instructions on the web page for downloading the files to a convenient directory. 

Instructions for installing the InfiniPath and OpenFabrics software are provided in 
the following sections.

QLogic SRP and the enablement tools have separate instructions that are 
available from the download page on the QLogic web site.

After downloading the InfiniPath 2.2 tar file, type:

$ tar zxvf InfiniPath2.2-xxx-yyy.tgz

In this command, 

 is the distribution identifier (RHEL4 or SLES10), and yyy is 

the platform architecture, 

x86_64

. The tar command creates a directory based 

on the 

tar

 file name and places the RPMs and other files in this directory.

Enablement 
tools

Subset of QLogic InfiniBand Fab-
ric Suite.
Available as a separate down-
load.

Has associated Readme, 
Release Notes, and documen-
tation.

QLogic Fabric 
Suite

The QLogic Fabric Suite CD is 
available separately for pur-
chase. This CD provides manage-
ment tools and the QLogic 
host-based SM.

CD may be purchased sepa-
rately. Follow the links on the 
QLogic download page. Docu-
mentation is included.

OFED 1.3 
source

Optional source for the Open Fab-
rics Enterprise Distribution 
(OFED 1.3) libraries and utilities 
as built and shipped with the 
InfiniPath 2.2 release. Packaged 
as a single tar file.

Documentation is included in 
the tar file.

Installation information for the QLogic Fabric Suite and the OFED 1.3 source 
packages is included with the packages.