FC Install - Install Driver Before Hardware?

[Justin Willoughby]

I am going to be installing two A6685A Tachlite cards in my K570.

I assume I should install all relevant patches before I have these fibre cards are installed correct? Looks like I need to install the following: PHKL_24187, PHKL_23939, PHSS_23996, PHKL_25938, PHKL_24027, & PHKL_25906.

My main question is, should the software driver A6685A from the first application CD be installed after the cards are installed or before? I would assume after but I am not sure and thus the reason for this post.

Thanks!

- Justin

[Clemens van Everdingen]

Hi,

I would say install the card first and then the driver and after that the patches.

C.

[Christopher McCray_1]

I had installed the drivers and patches after I had my A5158A Tachlyte cards installed (N-class) with no problem, but the principal should be the same.

Install the cards.
Install any patches needed.
Install the driver software.

You should be off and running.

Good luck
Chris

[harry d brown jr]

I didn't check the patches, but there is probably one that requires a reboot anyways, so I'd install the hardware first, then the patches.

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harry

[Clemens van Everdingen]

Hi,

I think you will not be able to install the patches if the driver/software is not there already.

C.

[Christopher McCray_1]

Hello,

I am referring to any patches that may be recommnded/required being installed prior to installing the driver software. For instance, prior to installing my A5158A Tachlyte drivers, I first had to install PHKL_23939.

Hope this clears things up

Chris

[Clemens van Everdingen]

Christopher,

You are correct !

C.

[Justin Willoughby]

Here is a description of the patches:

PHKL_23939 s700_800 11.00 Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver Patch

PHSS_23996 s700_800 11.00 Tachyon TL Fibre Channel Driver Patch

PHKL_25938 s700_800 11.00 SCSI IO Subsystem Cumulative Patch

PHKL_24027 s700_800 11.00 VxFS 3.1 cumulative patch

PHKL_25906 s700_800 11.00 Probe,IDDS,PM,VM,PA-8700,asyncio,T600,FS

PHKL_24187 s700_800 11.00 ioscan performance gain for SCSI Subsystem

Not all are directly related to the fibre cards, but I have read here and there they are needed for one reason or another. Just trying to figure out which ones I should install before the fibre cards and which ones after.

[Clemens van Everdingen · Accepted solution]

Hi,

You should install these first and the others after.

PHKL_25938 s700_800 11.00 SCSI IO Subsystem Cumulative Patch

PHKL_24027 s700_800 11.00 VxFS 3.1 cumulative patch

PHKL_25906 s700_800 11.00 Probe,IDDS,PM,VM,PA-8700,asyncio,T600,FS

PHKL_24187 s700_800 11.00 ioscan performance gain for SCSI Subsystem

C.

[Clemens van Everdingen]

Hi,

By the way, I would make a depot with all needed patches. Try to install them first.
All patches that are needed in the first place will be installed then. Install the other after installation of the driver/software.

C.