Q-Logic 8100 SERIES 用户手册

4–Installation in a Linux Environment
Management Tool Installation

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You can update firmware without a first installing an operating system on the 
server. Such firmware upgrades are considered offline upgrades. 

To update firmware on BIOS servers:

1.

Boot the server into DOS using either a DOS-bootable 3.5-inch disk or a 
USB memory stick containing the extracted multi-boot image. 

2.

Run the script update.bat.

3.

Verify the firmware installation as described in 

To update firmware on UEFI servers: 

1.

Boot the server into the UEFI shell using an in-built shell or a third-party 
UEFI shell from a USB memory stick containing the adapter multi-boot 
image.

2.

Run the script update.nsh.

3.

Verify the firmware installation as described in 

For information about using QLogic offline utilities, refer to 

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QLogic 8100 Series Adapters can be managed with QLogic utilities or with Linux 
utilities. The QLogic utilities are:



QConvergeConsole web management GUI, which is used to configure and 
manage QLogic Fibre Channel adapters, Intelligent Ethernet Adapters, and 
Converged Network Adapters within storage area networks (SANs). 

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QConvergeConsole CLI, which is used to configure and manage QLogic 
Fibre Channel adapters, Intelligent Ethernet Adapters, and Converged 
Network Adapters within SANs. The QConvergeConsole CLI also includes 
the networking (NIC) commands, previously supported in a separate 
networking CLI utility.

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Linux utilities—A set of scripts that perform FCoE-related administrator 
tasks, including rescanning for LUNs and collecting support information. The 
Linux utilities are:



ethtool—A utility that displays and configures the QLogic adapter 
networking function. For more information about this utility, refer to the 
ethtool manual pages.