LightPulse Adapters lpfc
Driver Kit

Kit Information

Version: 1.0

Details

This site provides the Broadcom Emulex lpfc driver for use with Emulex LightPulse Adapters for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Service Pack 7.

This release provides support for the full complement of adapters including:

  • LPe31000
  • LPe32000
  • LPe35000
  • LPe36000
  • LPe37000
  • LPe37100
  • LPe37102
  • LPe38000
  • LPe38100
  • LPe38102

Platforms

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0

Architectures

  • x86_64

Media Details

Driver Kit ISO Image
File: lightpulse_adapters_lpfc-sles16.0-x86_64-1.0.iso
Size 9.8 MB
MD5 Checksum 41239bf9aa4b0783405aa1c9f06aa1db
SHA256 Checksum 681b4e6d3aa72f6245eb8a286ab3b878380fb7edeee11f7f86562fb6235abdf0
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Installation

DUD installation

  1. Host the ISO image on an HTTP server or copy the ISO to a USB stick.
  2. Start the installation using the standard SUSE Linux Enterprise media.
  3. Highlight the "Install SLE 16" menu option and press 'e' to edit the boot loader options.
  4. On the line starting with "linux" add inst.dud=URI_OF_ISO_IMAGE to the end of the line with URI_OF_ISO_IMAGE pointing to the ISO image file. Examples:
    • https://myserver.mydoman/path_to_iso/iso_image_name.iso
    • usb:///iso_image_name.iso
  5. Boot the installer and continue installation as usual.

RPM installation

  1. Mount the ISO image or copy its contents to a local or remote location
  2. Add the repository using zypper ar LOCATION_OF_REPO LightPulse_Adapters
  3. Refresh the repos: zypper ref
  4. Install the driver(s) using zypper inr
  5. The packages containing the required drivers will be selected automatically based on hardware detection

Package names and versions

The following packages are provided with this driver kit: