How can I use Emulex OneConnect UCNA devices in RHEL5.4 on my HP ProLiant BL465c G7 or BL685c G7 blades?

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Issue

  • How can I use Emulex OneConnect Univeral Converged Network Adapter (UCNA) devices in RHEL5.4 on my HP ProLiant BL465c G7 or BL685c G7 blades?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
  • HP ProLiant BL465c G7 or BL685c G7 blades equipped with one or more of the following Emulex OneConnect UCNA devices

    • Emulex OneConnect 10Gb NIC (PCI ID 19a2:0700)

    • Emulex OneConnect 10Gb FCoE Initiator (PCI ID 19a2:0704)

Resolution

  • These Emulex devices are supported in RHEL5.4 through a series of driver update disks, which are available for download here.

  • Please note that only one driver disk can be used at install time, so choose the one that best fits your needs. There is a combined be2net and lpfc driver update disk for those who need both drivers. The i386 and x86_64 architectures each have their own ISO:

    • dd-be2net-lpfc-rhel5u4.i686.iso
    • dd-be2net-lpfc-rhel5u4.x86_64.iso
  • The be2net and lpfc drivers are also available as individual driver disks for admins who only need one of the drivers. Again, the i386 and x86_64 architectures each have their own ISO:
    • dd-be2net-rhel5u4-2.101.377r-1.4.el5_4.i686.iso
    • dd-be2net-rhel5u4-2.101.377r-1.4.el5_4.x86_64.iso
    • dd-lpfc-rhel5u4-8.2.0.63.1p-1.4.el5_4.i686.iso
    • dd-lpfc-rhel5u4-8.2.0.63.1p-1.4.el5_4.x86_64.iso
  • There are also driver disk ISOs for iscsi support on the network portion of the Emulex device:
    • dd-be2iscsi-2.0.527.0-i686.iso
    • dd-be2iscsi-2.0.527.0-x86_64.iso
  • Directions for using driver update disks can be found in chapter seven of the RHEL 5 Installation Guide, which can be found at our documentation site:
    http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/index.html

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