Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 816)

Emulex Drivers Version 10.2 for Linux User Manual P010081-01A Rev. A
2. Installing and Uninstalling
General Installation Requirements
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2. Installing and Uninstalling
Emulex releases Linux binary RPMs that are digitally signed using the GNU Privacy
Guard (GPG) standard. This will allow certification of the contents of the RPMs and
verification that the contents have not been modified since they were created by
Emulex. The RPMs have been digitally signed by Emulex with a GPG private key that
is only held by Emulex. Instructions for creating the Emulex GPG public key file are
located on the Emulex website at:
http://www.emulex.com/downloads/linux-key.html
General Installation Requirements
Note: Before performing a firmware update, driver installation is required.
Prior to driver installation, follow these general requirements:

Install a supported Emulex adapter in the system. Refer to the adapter's
installation manual for specific hardware installation instructions.
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Use a supported operating system. See the Emulex website for supported
operating systems.
Binary RPM FC and FCoE Driver Kit
The binary RPM FC and FCoE driver kit contains the following:

A zipped tar file that includes the driver binary RPMs for a specific driver
version and Linux distribution.
Note: Use only officially-released Linux distribution kernels. The binary RPM
packages only support officially-released Linux distribution kernels,
and do not support pre-release distribution kernels.

An installation script, elx_lpfc_install.sh, that installs by default the FC and
FCoE driver binary RPM that corresponds to the target system's architecture
and kernel memory variant.
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A README file that provides a description of the kit structure, its contents, and
distribution support scope.
Installing the Binary RPM FC and FCoE Driver Kit
Note: You must uninstall any FC driver kits that are not part of this distribution. For
example, you must uninstall any previous FC and FCoE driver kits that were
installed from the Emulex website before installing this driver kit. This
installation fails if a previous version of the FC and FCoE driver kit is detected.
For more information, see “Uninstalling the Binary RPM FC and FCoE Driver
Kit” in the following section.