Qlogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card for IBM eServer BladeCenter Device Driver Update Disks for RedHat 4 Update 1 readme_dd_RHEL4U1.txt Version 1.00 8/31/05 ________ CONTENTS ________ 1.0 Overview 2.0 Change History 3.0 Installation and Setup Instructions 4.0 Configuration Information 5.0 Known Issues 6.0 Unattended Mode 7.0 Web Sites and Support Phone Number 8.0 Trademarks and Notices 9.0 Disclaimer _______________ 1.0 Overview _______________ This README describes the current device driver update disk for the Qlogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card and procedure for installing to a SAN disk on RedHat 4 Update 1 for x86, EM64T/AMD64, and PPC. This driver update disk will install device driver 8.01.00 during the installation of RedHat. This driver is setup for failover by default. For information on turning off failover support, refer to the readme provided with the 8.01.00 driver. For more information on RedHat 4 installations, please refer to the Operating System Installation instructions for your specific BladeSever Products supported: Qlogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card for IBM eServer BladeCenter (IBM Option P/N 26R0884) Qlogic 4Gb SFF Fibre Channel Expansion Card for IBM eServer BladeCenter (IBM Option P/N 26R0890) Storage Supported IBM Total Storage DS4xxx Products 1.1 Dependencies: This driver update disk must be used with RedHat 4 Update 1 kernel level 2.6.9-11.EL ____________________ 2.0 Change History ____________________ Version 1.00 8/31/05 - Initial Release _________________________________________ 3.0 Installation and Setup Instructions _________________________________________ To ensure proper installation, the initial OS install must be installed in a single path configuration. After the OS is installed, refer to the failover driver instructions available from the Qlogic failover driver, or storage array failover failover. All local drives attached to the blades should be disabled during the remote boot installation. _________________________________________ 3.1 RedHat 4 Update 1 for x86 Installation _________________________________________ 1.) Extract the driver update image to a diskette using the command dd if=qla2xxx-8.01.00-x86-dd-RHEL4-U1.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k or similar method depending on your floppy disk configuration 2.) Configure the 4Gb Expansion Card for remote boot by using the CTRL-Q FastUtil menus. For more information on the FastUtil menus, refer to the Qlogic 4Gb Expansion Card Installation Guide. 3.) Boot to RedHat 4 Update 1 CD 4.) When the RedHat Boot menu appears type "linux acpi=noirq dd" to start the installation with a driver disk 5.) When asked if you have a driver disk select yes 6.) When asked for the source of the driver disk select "sda" for the floppy disk 7.) Put the DD Disk into the floppy disk and press "OK" to continue the install 8.) The driver disk will be read and you should see "Loading qla2xxx driver..." on the screen 9.) When asked if you have any more driver disks select "No" 10.) Continue the installation procedure 11.) When you reach the Disk Partitioning Setup portion of the install, you can choose to install via automatic or manual partitioning. When choosing automatic partioning, you should choose to install to the "sda" disk which is the external Fibre channel disk discovered during the installation. 12.) Once you select the external disk, you can complete the rest of the installation. Keep the floppy disk in the drive until prompted to reboot the server. 13.) For information on configuring failover, refer to the readmes provided with the 8.01.00 device driver, and the SANsurfer HBA Manager Online help. _________________________________________ 3.2 RedHat 4 Update 1 for EM64T/AMD64 Installation _________________________________________ 1.) Extract the driver update image to a diskette using the command dd if=qla2xxx-8.01.00-x86_64-dd-RHEL4-U1.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k or similar method depending on your floppy disk configuration 2.) Configure the 4Gb Expansion Card for remote boot by using the CTRL-Q FastUtil menus. For more information on the FastUtil menus, refer to the Qlogic 4Gb Expansion Card Installation Guide. 3.) Boot to RedHat 4 Update 1 CD 4.) When the RedHat Boot menu appears type "linux acpi=noirq dd" to start the installation with a driver disk 5.) When asked if you have a driver disk select yes 6.) When asked for the source of the driver disk select "sda" for the floppy disk 7.) Put the DD Disk into the floppy disk and press "OK" to continue the install 8.) The driver disk will be read and you should see "Loading qla2xxx driver..." on the screen 9.) When asked if you have any more driver disks select "No" 10.) Continue the installation procedure 11.) When you reach the Disk Partitioning Setup portion of the install, you can choose to install via automatic or manual partitioning. When choosing automatic partioning, you should choose to install to the "sda" disk which is the external Fibre channel disk discovered during the installation. 12.) Once you select the external disk, you can complete the rest of the installation. Keep the floppy disk in the drive until prompted to reboot the server. 13.) For information on configuring failover, refer to the readmes provided with the 8.01.00 device driver, and the SANsurfer HBA Manager Online help. _________________________________________ 3.3 RedHat 4 Update 1 for PPC Installation _________________________________________ 1.) Extract the driver update image to a diskette using the command dd if=qla2xxx-8.01.00-ppc64-dd-2.6.9-11.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k or similar method depending on your floppy disk configuration 2.) Configure the 4Gb Expansion Card for remote boot by using the CTRL-Q FastUtil menus. For more information on the FastUtil menus, refer to the Qlogic 4Gb Expansion Card Installation Guide. 3.) Boot to RedHat 4 Update 1 CD 4.) When the RedHat Boot menu appears type "linux dd" to start the installation with a driver disk 5.) When asked if you have a driver disk select yes 6.) When asked for the source of the driver disk select "sda" for the floppy disk 7.) Put the DD Disk into the floppy disk and press "OK" to continue the install 8.) The driver disk will be read and you should see "Loading qla2xxx driver..." on the screen 9.) When asked if you have any more driver disks select "No" 10.) Continue the installation procedure 11.) When you reach the Disk Partitioning Setup portion of the install, you can choose to install via automatic or manual partitioning. When choosing automatic partioning, you should choose to install to the "sda" disk which is the external Fibre channel disk discovered during the installation. 12.) Once you select the external disk, you can complete the rest of the installation. Keep the floppy disk in the drive until prompted to reboot the server. 13.) After the initial process reboots the blade, you must configure the SAN disk for boot. First configure the startup sequence for the blade to have Hard Disk 2 as the first boot device. For more information on changing the boot sequence for the blade, refer to the Management Module User Guide. 14.) Reboot the blade, and at the D5BB prompt, press <8> to enter the Open Firmware prompt. 15.) Type and press enter. Then type 16.) Select option 2, and then Media adapter (1) 17.) Select the drive you just installed the OS to, and then choose (2) Normal Boot Mode 18.) Restart your server to boot from the SAN disk 19.) For information on configuring failover, refer to the readmes provided with the 8.01.00 device driver, and the SANsurfer HBA Manager Online help. _______________________________ 4.0 Configuration Information _______________________________ The Qlogic 4Gb Expansion Cards can be configured after installation via the Qlogic SANsurfer Management Application To configure failover support, refer to the readmes provided with the 8.01.00 device driver, and the online help available within the Qlogic SANsurfer Management Application. When installing the 4Gb Expansion Card in an HS40 BladeServer, ensure that the card is placed in the slot closest to the processors. _______________________________ 5.0 Known Issues _______________________________ 1.) When using a JS20, the following line may be seen during boot. 0000000000000000 : booting cpu /cpus/PowerPC,970FX@0 0000000000000001 : starting cpu /cpus/PowerPC,970FX@1... ... failed: fffffffffffffffff To check the actual state of the processors after boot, run the command: strings /proc/device-tree/cpus/PowerPC,970*@0/status strings /proc/device-tree/cpus/PowerPC,970*@1/status _____________________ 6.0 Unattended Mode _____________________ This package does not support unattended mode. ________________________________________ 7.0 WEB Sites and Support Phone Number ________________________________________ IBM Support Web Site: http://www.ibm.com/pc/support IBM Marketing Netfinity Web Site: http://www.pc.ibm.com/netfinity If you have any questions about this update, or problems applying the update go to the following Help Center World Telephone Numbers URL: 1-800-772-2227 http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/YAST-3P2QYL.html. ____________________________ 8.0 Trademarks and Notices ____________________________ The following terms are trademarks of the IBM Corporation in the United States or other countries or both: IBM BladeCenter eServer Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. 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