QLogic firmware version 8.06 in the latest RHEL/CentOS
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QUADStor Support
Dec 11, 2017, 12:40:48 AM12/11/17
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The FC target-mode driver has issues with the 8.06 firmware installed
by linux-firmware-20170606-56.gitc990aae.el7.noarch on RHEL/CentOS
Linux release 7.3.1611 (Core)
The recent 8.07 firmware is recommended which can be got from
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/
Firmware can also be updated using the following links
http://www.quadstor.com/vtlnext/firmware.tgz
http://www.quadstor.com/vtlnext/firmware2400.tgz
Firmware upgrade procedure
On the VTL system as root user
1. tar xvzf firmware.tgz (For the qla/qle24xx cards use tar xvzf
firmware2400.tgz)
2. sh firmware/copyfirmware.sh
3. Reboot
4. grep "fw=" /var/log/dmesg This should be fw=8.07.00 or greater
The firmware update is needed for or 24xx and 25xx. A firmware update
in general is recommended irrespective of the OS distribution
by linux-firmware-20170606-56.gitc990aae.el7.noarch on RHEL/CentOS
Linux release 7.3.1611 (Core)
The recent 8.07 firmware is recommended which can be got from
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/
Firmware can also be updated using the following links
http://www.quadstor.com/vtlnext/firmware.tgz
http://www.quadstor.com/vtlnext/firmware2400.tgz
Firmware upgrade procedure
On the VTL system as root user
1. tar xvzf firmware.tgz (For the qla/qle24xx cards use tar xvzf
firmware2400.tgz)
2. sh firmware/copyfirmware.sh
3. Reboot
4. grep "fw=" /var/log/dmesg This should be fw=8.07.00 or greater
The firmware update is needed for or 24xx and 25xx. A firmware update
in general is recommended irrespective of the OS distribution
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