FILE NAME: hp-netxtreme2-iscsi-7.0.36-2.src.rpm TITLE: HP NC-Series Broadcom 1/10 GbE iSCSI offload drivers for Linux VERSION: 7.0.36 RELEASE: 2 LANGUAGE: English CATEGORY: Software Solutions DIVISIONS: Enterprise and Mainstream Servers EFFECTIVE DATE: 12/21/2011 SUPERSEDES: Initial Release Products Affected ================== HP NC382i Integrated Dual Port Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC382m Dual Port 1GbE Multifunction BL-c Adapter HP NC382T PCI Express Dual Port Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC532i Dual Port 10GbE Multifunction BL-c Adapter HP NC532m Dual Port 10GbE Multifuntion BL-c Adapter Operating Systems ================== Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 2 for AMD64/EM64T Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 2 for x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 1 for AMD64/EM64T Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 1 for x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 for AMD64/EM64T Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 for x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 7 for AMD64/EM64T Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 7 for x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 6 for AMD64/EM64T Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 6 for x86 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 1 for AMD64/EM64T SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 1 for x86 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64/EM64T SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for x86 Pre-requisites =============== ProLiant server supporting above operating systems 2GB RAM minimum Latest HP System ROM Build Environment Setup hp-netxtreme2 KMP NOTE: Visit the following URL and download latest System ROM http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html Select "Download drivers and software" Description ============ This RPM contains HP tested and approved iSCSI drivers for use with network adapters mentioned in the PRODUCTS AFFECTED section of this document. Enhancements/Fixes =================== Initial release of a seperate package with iSCSI offload driver (bnx2i) Table of Contents ================== Introduction Packaging Build Environment Setup Installing the RPM package Uninstalling the RPM package Caveats Introduction ============= This file describes how to build and install the iSCSI drivers for network adapters mentioned in the PRODUCTS AFFECTED section. Additional information for the ISCSI drivers can be found in the files RELEASE.TXT and README.TXT that will get installed on installing the binary rpm. User guides and additional HP Network Adapter information can be found at: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/networking/index-nic.html Packaging ========== The driver is released in Kernel Module Package (KMP) source RPM format. KMP packages use macros that determine kernel flavors for which binary need to be built based on spec file rules. It is important to have the right build environment set up in order to compile a binary RPM from source package. See "Build Environment Setup" section below for more details. Build Environment Setup ======================== This package requires the presence of certain other packages that provide the right build environment to enable building a KMP binary rpm from the source rpm. These packages provide kernel headers, makefiles and symbol files. Please ensure that the following are installed: RHEL installation: 1. redhat-rpm-config package 2. kernel-devel- package 3. kernel--devel- package Eg: kernel-2.6.18.92.el5 requires kernel-devel-2.6.18-92.el5 kernel-PAE-2.6.18.92.el5 requires kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-92.el5 See the "Caveats" section below for more details. SLES Installation: 1. kernel-source- package 2. kernel-syms- package 3. SLES11 requires kernel--devel- package in addition to the above two mentioned Installing the RPM package =========================== 1a. This package requires a specific build environment. Please refer the "Build Environment Setup" section above before proceeding. 1b. This package requires hp-netxtreme2 package to be installed. Please refer "hp-netxtreme2-.src.txt" document for instructions on how to build and install the hp-netxtreme2 KMP package. 2. Install the source RPM package. # rpm -ivh hp-netxtreme2-iscsi-.src.rpm 3. Build the binary RPM for hp-netxtreme2 package. RHEL 5: # rpmbuild -bb /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/hp-netxtreme2-iscsi.spec RHEL 6: # rpmbuild -bb ~/rpmbuild/SPECS/hp-netxtreme2-iscsi.spec SLES: # rpmbuild -bb /usr/src/packages/SPECS/hp-netxtreme2-iscsi.spec If you get an error during the build process, refer to the "Build Environment Setup" section. NOTE: One can build binary RPM for a specfic kernel flavor as follows: # rpmbuild -bb SPECS/hp-netxtreme2-iscsi.spec --define "KVER " NOTE: RHEL 5 x86 installations require the "--target" switch when building on Intel compatible machines. Please see the "Caveats" section below for more details. # rpmbuild --target=i686 -bb /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/hp-netxtreme2-iscsi.spec 4. Check for the existence of a current version of the hp-netxtreme2 package as follows: RHEL # rpm -q kmod-hp-netxtreme2-iscsi- SLES # rpm -q hp-netxtreme2-kmp-iscsi- If an old version of the RPM package exists, it should be removed as follows: RHEL # rpm -e kmod-hp-netxtreme2-iscsi- SLES # rpm -e hp-netxtreme2-kmp-iscsi- Verify if the old hp-netxtreme2-iscsi package has been removed as follows: RHEL # rpm -q kmod-hp-netxtreme2-iscsi- SLES # rpm -q hp-netxtreme2-kmp-iscsi- 5. Install the new binary RPM package. This installs the bnx2i driver. RHEL 5 # rpm -ivh \ /usr/src/redhat/RPMS//kmod-hp-netxtreme2-iscsi--..rpm RHEL 6 # rpm -ivh \ ~/rpmbuild/RPMS//kmod-hp-netxtreme2-iscsi--..rpm The modules are installed in the following directory: /lib/modules//extra/hp-netxtreme2-iscsi Note: The "--nodeps" switch is required when installing on RHEL 5.6 and RHEL 5.7. See the "Caveats" section below for further details. # rpm -ivh \ /usr/src/redhat/RPMS//kmod-hp-netxtreme2-iscsi--..rpm --nodeps SLES # rpm -ivh RPMS//hp-netxtreme2-kmp-iscsi--..rpm The modules are installed in the following directory: /lib/modules//updates/hp-netxtreme2-iscsi 6. Run "modinfo | grep version" and verify that the driver version is latest 7. Reboot the server . Upon reboot, the updated bnx2i driver should be loaded. Uninstalling the RPM package ============================= The following command will uninstall the netxtreme2 RPM. RHEL # rpm -e kmod-hp-netxtreme2-iscsi- SLES # rpm -e hp-netxtreme2-kmp-iscsi- Caveats ======= 1. The same version of hp-netxtreme2 KMP package must be installed prior to installing the hp-netxtreme2-iscsi KMP package. Since, the same version of hp-netxtreme2 KMP package is a pre-requisite, hp-nextreme2-iscsi package fails to install until the right version of the pre-requisite hp-netxtreme2 KMP package is installed 2. The complete set of Module Parameters supported by the bnx2i drivers are described in the README.bnx2i.TXT. Please refer to README.bnx2i.TXT to see how to use bnx2i to support iSCSI initiator. 3. The rpmbuild will fail the dependency check when building the non-base (xen,pae,etc) kernel when the kernel-devel package is not installed. Example: If the OS only included the PAE kernel then the user would need to install the kernel-pae-devel and kernel-devel packages. 4. The use of a "--target" switch is required so that rpmbuild does not try to find an i386 kernel on the system. If the "--target" switch is not used then the build will fail with bizarre messages stating that specific kernel packages are not installed on the machine yet those packages do not exist. 5. The rpmbuild will fail if the redhat-rpm-config package is not installed because it cannot resolve the %kernel_module_package_buildreqs macro. The error will be similar to the following: error: line xx: Dependency tokens must begin with alpha-numeric,'_'or'/': BuildRequires: %kernel_module_package_buildreqs 6. iSCSI offload (bnx2i) is not supported on SLES10 Platforms. (C) Copyright 2011 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.