LightPulse Adapters lpfc
Installation Kit

version

6.0

details

This site provides an updated SUSE kernel and Broadcom Emulex lpfc driver for use with Emulex LightPulse Adapters. Version 6.0 adds support for the following products:

  • Emulex LPe35000 Fibre Channel Adapters
  • Emulex LPe36000 Fibre Channel Adapters

platforms

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 3

architectures

  • x86_64

media


Installation Kit ISO Image
File: lightpulse_adapters_lpfc-sle12sp3-x86_64-6.0.iso · [download]
Size 405 MB
MD5 Checksum fdd426b6d59f481097c82a96d393c5b7
SHA256 Checksum 400373c023dccfffe8ec36a37635dd9ca3050f5c1993fbfbf0648394a139fc89

installation

Media installation

  1. Burn the ISO image above to an empty CD/DVD media.
  2. Start the installation using the new CD/DVD media, having the standard SUSE Linux Enterprise media at hand or a URL to a network installation server.
    • If doing a network install, enter the URL of the network install source on the boot command line using the 'install=' option.
    • If doing installation from optical media the installer will first boot from the driver kit and then ask to insert CD1 of the SUSE Linux Enterprise product.
  3. An initrd containing updated drivers will be used for installation.

PXE boot installation

  1. Download the ISO image above.
  2. Mount the ISO image for access to the contents.
  3. Copy the kernel and initrd images from the driver kit iso image to the appropriate location on your tftp boot server. The initrd and kernel image are found under the ./install/boot/x86_64/loader directory. Download links for the kernel and initrd images can also be found in the table below.
  4. Copy the contents of the ISO image to a location on your installation server. (The /boot directory may be omitted)
  5. Add the URL of the driver kit location on the installation server to the boot command of the pxelinux config file using the 'addon=' option.
  6. An updated kernel will be used for installation and installed onto the system.

Example pxelinux config file section: 

# Install SLES 12 SP3 with Installation Kit
label install-kit
kernel linux-kit
append initrd=initrd-kit splash=silent vga=0x314 showopts install=http://installserver/SLES-12-SP3-x86_64 addon=http://installserver/kit
Kernel Image
Name linux · [download]
Size 5.78 MB
MD5 Checksum d3a5e1f7cf1da93ff52f32896da00437
SHA256 Checksum eea83dd37bb330802bfc982aac71097c6e51a327676f388ff51bb76f6a5d1029
Initrd Image
Name initrd · [download]
Size 67.2 MB
MD5 Checksum 0d391cd5da70c0b2882be30505fecabc
SHA256 Checksum 46a465672232810a55ab4e8412da4f372e0f13a0440f39603f72eab736a85df7

package names and versions

The following packages are provided with this installation kit: