Qlogic QLE8042 Quick start guide

FACT SHEET
Linux™SupportforFC
and FCoE Adapters
Drivers and Utilites for FC and
FCoE SAN Connectivity
Quick Facts
Open Source based Fibre Channel (FC) and Fibre•
Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) storage connectivity
Installed in Linux data centers since 1999•
Single, open source Linux driver for all QLogic•
FC Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) and 10GbE FCoE
Converged Network Adapters (CNAs)
Unified driver model with integrated firmware•
Support for Linux 2.6 features such as FC transport•
class, sysfs, udev, etc.
N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) support in upstream•
drivers, and on RHEL and SLES platforms
High Availability
Supports FC HBA failover solution on both 2.4 and•
2.6 kernels
Native failover solution since 2001•
Failover solution for active/active and active/passive•
storage arrays
Support for Linux device-mapper and other third•
party failover solutions
Simplified Manageability
SANsurfer•®HBA Manager Graphical User Interface
(GUI) and Command Line Interface (CLI) tools to
configure and manage QLogic FC HBAs
Wizards for configuring failover, persistent binding,•
LUN masking, and updating the HBA parameters
during HBA installation
CLI support for interactive and scriptable modes of•
operation
Device Driver Update Disk kits to support FC HBAs•
not supported by the inbox drivers
Hardware and Software Support Specifications
FC HBAs 10Gb Ethernet FCoE CNA: QLE8042•
8Gb FC HBAs: QLE25xx•
4Gb FC HBAs: QLA24•
xx , QLE24 xx , QME24 xx ,
QMH24
xx , QMI24 xx , QMI34 xx
2Gb FC HBAs: QLA23• xx , QM x 23 xx
Platforms IA32, x64, IA64, and Power PC•®
Linux 2.4
and 2.6
Distributions1
Red Hat•®Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5
Novell•®SuSE®Linux Enterprise Server 8, 9, and
10
Oracle•®Enterprise Linux 4.4 and later, 5.
x
Linux Tools Driver installers, Dynamic Kernel Module Support•
(DKMS)
Driver Update Disk kits (DUD) for boot-from-SAN•
support
HBA Snapshot•
Dynamic Target and LUN discovery•
LUN Transition – offline to online•
Modify SCSI command timeout value•
HBA Collect•
Management
Tools/API
SANsurfer FC HBA Manager GUI and CLI•
SNIA HBA APIs, SMI-S APIs, FDMI•
Driver
Distribution
Integrated drivers into Linux upstream kernel•
Inbox drivers on RHEL, Novell SLES, and OEL•
Standard drivers through QLogic web site•
Failover
Configurations
Integrated failover solution•
Linux device mapper solution•
EMC•®PowerPath®, LSI Logic®RDAC, Vertias™
Dynamic MultiPathing (DMP), and other third-
party management solutions
Diagnostics Loopback tests, read/write buffer tests, and link•
statistics
Boot Support BIOS, UEFI, FCode•
Boot from SAN•
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1. For latest list of supported distributions, visit:
http://support.qlogic.com/support/drivers_software.aspx

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Linux™ Support for FC and FCoE Adapters Drivers and Utilites for FC and FCoE SAN Connectivity
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Hardware and Software Support Specifications
PCI Form
Factors
PCI-X, PCIe, PCI Express Module, Mezzanine•
cards
Server and
Storage
Interoperability
Interoperable with servers, storage, and•
networking products from ADIC®, Brocade®,
Cisco, Computer Associates, Dell®, EMC, HDS,
HP, IBM®, LSI Logic, NetApp®, Quantum™, Sun™,
Symantec™ (Veritas), etc.