QLogic 7104-2M-CABLE User Manual

5–Software Installation

Choose the Appropriate Download Files

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This section assumes that the correct Linux kernel, a supported distribution, and 
the required prerequisites (see 

 and 

) have been installed on 

every node. 

The components of the QLogic OFED 1.4 release can be found in all of the 
following packages. Select the package that works best for you from the following 
list:

„

QLogicIB-Basic with the Text User Interface (TUI) Installer 

„

QLogic OFED 1.4 RPM Set 

„

QLogic OFED 1.4 User-level RPM Set

„

Rocks Rolls

„

Platform Open Cluster Stack (OCS) Kits 

„

QLogic InfiniBand Fabric Suite (available for purchase)

Check 

 for the package contents available for each type of download. 

All files are available from the QLogic web site, 

Downloads tab to choose the appropriate download for your OS distribution, then 
follow the instructions for installing the QLogic OFED software in the following 
sections.

QLogicIB-Basic

Includes:
„

QLogic OFED 1.4

„

InfiniPath host channel adapter 
driver 

„

Optimized stack for MPI (PSM)

„

QLogic MPI

„

Other MPIs (MVAPICH and 
Open MPI compiled with GCC, 
PathScale, PGI, and Intel com-
pilers) 

„

User tools

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QLogic SRP and VNIC

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TUI Installer 

„

QLogic IB Tools

Follow the instructions in 

Related documentation:
„

Readme and Release Notes 

„

„

QLogic Host Channel 
Adapter and QLogic OFED 
Software Users Guide.

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