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Table of Contents
Installation ...............................................................................................1
Driver Information .................................................................................................... 1
Supported Features........................................................................................... 1
Prerequisites ..................................................................................................... 1
Compatibility...................................................................................................... 1
Things to Know Before You Download .............................................................. 2
Known Issues .................................................................................................... 2
Cautions and Warnings ..................................................................................... 3
Files Included in this Release............................................................................ 3
Important Files .................................................................................................. 3
Installing the Driver ................................................................................................. 4
Uninstalling the Driver ............................................................................................. 5
Configuration ..........................................................................................6
Introduction.............................................................................................................. 6
Loading and Unloading the Driver (DLKM) .............................................................. 6
Adding or Replacing Adapters (OLRAD).................................................................. 6
Reading Device Files............................................................................................... 7
Changing Configuration Parameters........................................................................ 8
lpfc.conf File Parameters................................................................................... 9
FC Device Binding ................................................................................................. 15
LUN Automapping ........................................................................................... 15
Setting Up Persistent Binding .......................................................................... 16
Formats of Bind Entries and Examples ..................................................... 17
Setting Up LUN Blocking ................................................................................. 20
Interpreting the Hardware Path by IOSCAN .................................................... 20
IOScans for All Devices ............................................................................ 23
Sample IOScan Report from No Binding ......................................................... 23
Sample IOScan Report from Bind-by-ID.......................................................... 24
Sample IOScan Report from Bind-by-Name .................................................... 25
Sample IOScan Report from Bind-by-Name-&-ID............................................ 26
Understanding Device Numbering ......................................................................... 27
Maintenance Utility - lputil....................................................................28
Starting lputil .......................................................................................................... 28
Listing Adapters..................................................................................................... 30
Viewing Adapter Information.................................................................................. 30
Updating Firmware ................................................................................................ 32
Prerequisites ............................................................................................. 32
Procedure ................................................................................................. 32
Resetting an Adapter ............................................................................................. 33
Downloading PCI Configuration............................................................................. 34
Using the lputil Command Line Interface ............................................................... 35
Examples of lputil Commands ................................................................... 37
Troubleshooting....................................................................................41
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