Q-Logic 8100 SERIES Manuel D’Utilisation

4–Installation in a Linux Environment
Installing Software

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17. The Driver Disk message box prompts you for a driver disk: click YES, and 

then press ENTER. 

18. From the Driver Disk Source window, select the driver source: 

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If the driver disk is a 3.5-inch floppy disk, select fd0, and then press 
ENTER. 

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If the driver disk is a CD-ROM, select hdx (where x is the drive letter), 
and then press ENTER.

19. At the Insert Driver Disk window, insert the driver disk into the appropriate 

drive, click OK, and then press ENTER. The QLogic driver is loads 
automatically from the driver disk.

20. The Disk Driver window prompts you to install more drivers. Click NO, and 

then press ENTER. 

21. Remove the driver disk, if necessary, and reinsert the RHEL 5.3 CD/DVD 

into the optical drive. Press ENTER continue.

22. Follow the instructions to complete the operating system installation 

process. For information about additional configuration that may be required 
to boot from SAN, refer to 

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The QLogic 8100 Series Adapter networking drivers are included inbox with all 
supported versions of RHEL 5, except RHEL 5.3. If the networking drivers are 
included, the operating system automatically recognizes the QLogic 8100 Series 
Adapter. For RHEL 5.3, the networking driver must be installed before the adapter 
can operate.

To download and install the QLogic adapter networking drivers:

1.

Go to the QLogic Web site: 

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2.

Click QLogic Products.

3.

Click Adapters.

4.

In the selection list, click Converged Network Adapters in the first column.

5.

In the selection list, click on the adapter model number in the second 
column.