QLogic 7104-1M-CABLE User Manual

3–Step-by-Step Installation Checklist
Software Installation

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The following steps summarize the basic QLogic OFED 1.4 software installation 
and startup. These steps must be performed on each node in the cluster.

1.

Make sure that the host channel adapter hardware installation has been 
completed according to the instructions in 

2.

Verify that the Linux kernel software is installed on each node in the cluster. 
The required kernels and supported Linux distributions for both QLogic 
InfiniPath and OpenFabrics are defined in 

. 

3.

Make sure that your environment has been set up as described in 

.

4.

Download your version of the QLogic InfiniPath/OpenFabrics software from 
the QLogic web site to a local server directory. See 

.

5.

Install the selected packages on each cluster node using the corresponding 
method as described in one of the following sections:

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6.

The system can be rebooted after all the software has been installed. 

7.

The configuration file for the ib_ipath driver is set up correctly at 

installation and is loaded automatically during system boot once the RPMs 
have been installed. However, if you want to change the configuration file, 
see 

.

8.

If you want to configure the optional OpenFabrics driver ipoib (and it has 

not been configured with the Install tool), or if you have used the rpm install 

method, configure the driver as described in 

9.

If you want to use the optional OpenFabrics services (OpenSM, SRP,or 
VNIC), configure them as described in