HP FCA2214DC PCI-X Installation Manual

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Installing the Linux Driver26 FCA2214/FCA2214DC PCI-X Host Bus Adapters for Linux, NetWare, and Windows InstallationGuideInstalling the Driver on the Boot DriveNote: The FCA2214/FCA2214DC HBA must be installed in the systembeforeinstalling the qla2300 driver.Perform the following steps to install the qla2300 driver on the boot drive:1. Build the driver binary file. To build a driver binary from source files, seesection Building a Driver from the Sources in this chapter.2. Copy the qla2300.o binary file to the /lib/modules/<kernel version>/kernel/drivers/scsi directory.3. At the command prompt, enter the following command to update the moduledependency:# depmod -aThe qla2300 driver is now installed on your boot drive. However, the drivermust be loaded before the system can access the devices attached to the HBA.Loading the DriverThe qla2300 driver must be loaded before the system can access the devicesattached to the FCA2214/FCA2214DC HBA. To build a ramdisk image toautomatically load the qla2300 driver at boot time, see section Building aRamdisk Image to Load the qla2300 Driver in this chapter. To load the qla2300driver manually, see section Loading and Unloading the qla2300 Driver Manuallyin this chapter.Building a Ramdisk Image to Load the qla2300 DriverYou can load the qla2300 driver at boot time using a ramdisk image as follows:1. For Red Hat, add the following line to the file /etc/modules.conf:alias scsi_hostadapter qla2300Note: If there are other SCSI host adapter boards installed on your system and thescsi_hostadapter alias is used, define a different alias (for example,scsi_hostadaptern. n is a number in the range 1–9).