Qlogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card for IBM eServer BladeCenter Device Driver Update Disks for SLES 9 SP1 for x86, EM64T/AMD64, and PPC readme_dd_SLES9SP1.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 SLES 9 SP1 for x86, EM64T/AMD64, and PPC. This driver update disk will install device driver 8.01.00 during the installation of SLES 9. 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 SLES 9 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 SLES 9 SP1 kernel level 2.6.5-7.139 or 2.6.5-7.139-pseries64 ____________________ 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 SLES 9 SP1 for x86 Installation _________________________________________ 1.) Extract the driver update image to a diskette using the command dd if=qla2300-8.01.00-i386-dd-SLES9-SP1.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 SLES 9 SP1 CD 4.) When the SuSE Boot selection menu appears select Manual Installation. Do Not use the F6 key. 5.) Select the language and keyboard map for the install 6.) At the main menu, select Kernel Modules 7.) Select Load USB Modules and then the usb-storage storage module. No parameters are needed in the popup box. 8.) After the usb-storage module is loaded, insert the DD floppy disk and select Add Driver Update 9.) The server should search for storage devices, and when asked to choose, select sda: USB Floppy 10.) When prompted that the Driver Update is ok, select OK 11.) Select Back, and then Start Installation or System to begin the install 12.) Keep the floppy disk in the drive until the end of the installation when the server is going to reboot 13.) Continue the installation procedure 14.) When asked if you want to confirm the driver activation, select OK 15.) When you reach the Installation Settings portion of the install, ensure that the partition setting is using the the "sda" disk which is the external Fibre channel disk discovered during the installation. 16.) 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. 17.) 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 SLES 9 SP1 for EM64T/AMD64 Installation _________________________________________ 1.) Extract the driver update image to a diskette using the command dd if=qla2300-8.01.00-x86_64-dd-SLES9-SP1.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 SLES 9 SP1 CD 4.) When the SuSE Boot selection menu appears select Manual Installation. Do Not use the F6 key. 5.) Select the language and keyboard map for the install 6.) At the main menu, select Kernel Modules 7.) Select Load USB Modules and then the usb-storage storage module. No parameters are needed in the popup box. 8.) After the usb-storage module is loaded, insert the DD floppy disk and select Add Driver Update 9.) The server should search for storage devices, and when asked to choose, select sda: USB Floppy 10.) When prompted that the Driver Update is ok, select OK 11.) Select Back, and then Start Installation or System to begin the install 12.) Keep the floppy disk in the drive until the end of the installation when the server is going to reboot 13.) Continue the installation procedure 14.) When asked if you want to confirm the driver activation, select OK 15.) When you reach the Installation Settings portion of the install, ensure that the partition setting is using the the "sda" disk which is the external Fibre channel disk discovered during the installation. 16.) 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. 17.) 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 SLES 9 SP1 for PPC Installation _________________________________________ 1.) Extract the driver update image to a diskette using the command dd if=qla2xxx-8.01.00-ppc64-dd-SLES9-SP1.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 SLES 9 SP1 CD 4.) When the SuSE Boot selection menu appears type "install". 5.) When prompted for CD Number 1, select (2) Back 6.) Select your language, and then (3) Kernel Modules 7.) Insert the floppy disk into the drive. 8.) Then select (6) Add Driver Update, and select sda: USB Floppy for the floppy drive. 9.) When the update completes press (0) twice to return to the main menu 10.) Select (4) to continue the installation procedure 11.) Keep the floppy disk in the drive until the end of the installation when the server is going to reboot 12.) Continue the installation procedure 13.) When asked if you want to confirm the driver activation, select OK 14.) When you reach the Installation Settings portion of the install, ensure that the partition setting is using the the "sda" disk which is the external Fibre channel disk discovered during the installation. 15.) 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. 16.) 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. 17.) Reboot the blade, and at the D5BB prompt, press <8> to enter the Open Firmware prompt. 18.) Type and press enter. Then type 19.) Select option 2, and then Media adapter (1) 20.) Select the drive you just installed the OS to, and then choose (2) Normal Boot Mode 21.) Restart your server to boot from the SAN disk 22.) 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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