NEC 5800/320MA Manuale Utente

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To function properly, optical Fibre Channel PCI adapters require a QLogic QLA2310 
driver and other software updates approved by EMC. The adapters also require EMC 
PowerPath software, which comes with your EMC storage system.

To prepare for installing the optical Fibre Channel PCI adapters, you need to perform 
the following tasks:

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Go to the EMC Web site to determine the latest adapter driver and other required 
software updates approved and qualified by EMC for Express5800/320Ma 
systems. 

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Download the adapter driver and extract it from the compressed archive file.

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Download and extract any other required software updates.

The EMC Support Matrix for the storage system provides information about the latest 
qualified adapter driver and any additional required software updates. To access the 
EMC Support Matrix, go to the EMC Web site.

1. Point your browser to http://www.emc.com/interoperability.

(If the Interoperability Web page fails to load, navigate to the product support 
page for your storage system.)

2. Find the link for the EMC Support Matrix, and download this file in PDF format.

3. Open the EMC Support Matrix PDF file. In Bookmarks, expand one of the 

following headings:

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4. Expand Base Connectivity, expand Microsoft Windows 2003 [x86], and 

double-click Express5800/320Ma.

5. In the footnotes for the table, make note of the Driver Version entry, which specifies 

the driver version number for the optical Fibre Channel PCI adapter. Other entries 
document the supported releases of Express5800/320Ma System Software, 
required hotfixes from Microsoft, and other relevant information.

Download the driver for the optical Fibre Channel PCI adapters and any other required 
software updates from the locations specified in the EMC Support Matrix before you 
install the adapters.