Why does RHEL6 fail to load qla2xxx module with error message "qla2xxx [xx:xx:xx]-x:x: Failed to load firmware image (ql2500_fw.bin)"?

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Issue

  • The firmware of a Qlogic Fibre Channel Card is not loaded and below errors are reported in dmesg file and slows down the booting process.
generic-usb 0003:0624:0249.0003: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.00 Mouse [Avocent Keyboard/Mouse Function] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.6.1/input2
qla2xxx [0000:44:00.0]-0063:1: Failed to load firmware image (ql2500_fw.bin).
qla2xxx [0000:44:00.0]-0090:1: Firmware image unavailable.
qla2xxx [0000:44:00.0]-0091:1: Firmware images can be retrieved from: ftp://ftp.qlogic.com/outgoing/linux/firmware/.
scsi1 : qla2xxx
qla2xxx [0000:44:00.0]-00fb:1: QLogic QLE2562 - PCI-Express Dual Channel 8Gb Fibre Channel HBA.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Qlogic Fibre Channel Card

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