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IBM System x Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters

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Product Support

  • 42D0501 - QLogic 8Gb FC Single-port HBA for System x
  • 42D0510 - QLogic 8Gb FC Dual-port HBA for System x
  • 39R6525 - QLogic 4Gb FC Single-Port PCIe HBA for IBM System x
  • 39R6527 - QLogic 4Gb FC Dual-Port PCIe HBA for IBM System x

Technical Support

These drivers are provided as a service for IBM customers only. For technical assistance, please contact the IBM U.S. Technical Support Group as indicated below. The drivers on this page are not supported by QLogic Technical Support.

  • For IBM technical support within the US, please call: (800) IBM-SERV.
  • For IBM technical support outside the US, please visit IBM's Support Web Site.

BIOS and Firmware
Name VersionDescriptionSupporting Files
8Gb Multi-boot Image for QLE256x 2.04afMulti-boot image (also called Multiflash) for QLE256x Host Bus Adapters.

Contains:

  • 8Gb BIOS version 2.10
  • 8Gb FCode version 2.04
  • 8Gb EFI version 2.12
  • Firmware version 4.04.07
  • FlasUtil version 1.75
    • Multi-boot image for 4Gb HBAs 1.69Multi-boot image (also called Multiflash) for QLx24xx Host Bus Adapters.

    Contains:

  •  4Gb BIOS version 2.02
  •  4Gb FCode version 2.00
  •  4Gb EFI version 2.00
  •  Firmware version 4.03.01
  •  FlasUtil version 1.75
    • Drivers
    Name VersionDescriptionSupporting Files
    8Gb/4Gb Linux Driver 8.02.00-k6

    QLogic Linux driver included in kernel, automatically loaded upon detection of QLE256X/QLx246x.

    Runs with: Novell SLES 10 (SP2)

    A download is not required for this Linux distribution.
    8Gb/4Gb Linux Driver 8.02.00-k5

    QLogic Linux driver included in kernel, automatically loaded upon detection of QLE256x/QLx246x.

    Runs with: RHEL 5.0 (U2)

    A download is not required for this Linux distribution.
    4Gb Linux Driver 8.01.07-k3

    QLogic Linux driver included in kernel, automatically loaded upon detection of QLE256x/QLx246x.

    Runs with: Novell SLES 10 (SP1)

    A download is not required for this Linux distribution.

    8Gb VMware Driver 7.08-vm33 QLogic VMware driver included in kernel, automatically loaded upon detection of QLx256x.

    Runs with: VMware ESX 3.5.

    Note: This VMware distribution does not require a download.
    4Gb VMware Driver 7.08-vm32 QLogic VMware driver included in kernel, automatically loaded upon detection of QLx246x.

    Runs with: VMware ESX 3.5.

    Note: This VMware distribution does not require a download.
    8Gb/4Gb Linux FC driver for 2.6 kernel (x86/x64/IA64) 8.02.14.01

    Includes the QLogic Linux driver version 8.02.14 and QLogic's Linux API library version 4.00 build 12.
    Runs with:

  • Red Hat RHEL 4.0 (U6) 
  • Novell SLES 9 (SP4)
    • 4Gb Linux Driver 8.01.07-k1

    QLogic Linux driver included in kernel, automatically loaded upon detection of QLx246x

    Runs with: RHEL 5.0

    A download is not required for this Linux distribution.

    4Gb Linux Driver 8.01.07-k7

    QLogic Linux driver included in kernel, automatically loaded upon detection of QLx246x

    Runs with: RHEL 5.0 (U1)

    A download is not required for this Linux distribution.

    4Gb NetWare Driver 6.90o

    Novell certified driver for NetWare 6.5 (SP6) for Intel x86, Intel EM64T, on AMD64 platforms. This driver is compatible with SANsurfer 5.0.0 Build 17.
    STOR Miniport x64-bit Driver (x86/x64/IA64) for 8Gb/4Gb HBAs 9.1.7.16Includes API version 1.28.0.57 (QLSDM). If you are using version earlier than Windows 2003 SP1, you must also install Microsoft STORPort hotfix Q891793

    Runs on:

  • Windows Server 2003 SP1/R2/SP2
  • Windows Server 2008
    • STOR Miniport 32-bit Driver (x86) for 8Gb/4Gb HBAs 9.1.7.16Includes API version 1.28.0.57 (QLSDM). If you are using version earlier than Windows 2003 SP1, you must also install Microsoft STORPort hotfix Q891793

    Runs on:

  • Windows Server 2003 SP1/R2/SP2
  • Windows Server 2008
    • Management Software
    Name VersionDescriptionSupporting Files
    SANsurfer FC HBA Manager for VMware 5.0.1b46Management tool (graphical user interface) for use with the VMware ESX 3.5 and 4.0. drivers for 8Gb and 4Gb Cards.
    QLogic SANsurfer Management Application for Linux 5.0.1b31Linux Management Client for 8Gb and 4Gb Cards.
    QLogic SANsurfer Management Application for Windows 5.0.1b31Windows Management Tool for 8Gb and 4Gb Cards.
    SANsurfer CLI for Linux 1.7.1b18Management tool (command line interface) for use with the QLogic Linux drivers for 8Gb and 4Gb Cards.
    SANsurfer CLI for Windows 1.7.1b18Management tool (command line interface) for Windows drivers for 8Gb and 4Gb Cards.
    SANsurfer CLI for VMware 1.7.1b18Management tool (command line interface) for use with the VMware ESX 3.5 and 4.0. drivers for 8Gb and 4Gb Cards.
    SNIA API
    Name VersionDescriptionSupporting Files
    SNIA API for Linux Drivers qlapi-v5.00build7-relSNIA API for the drivers for the following OS distributions:

  • Red Hat RHEL AS 4.7 and 4.8
  • Red Hat RHEL AS 5.3 and 5.4
  • Novell SLES 9 SP3 and SP4
  • Novell SLES 10 SP2 and SP3
  • Novell SLES 11

    NOTE: API support for Converged Network Adapters is limited to the OS distributions that are supported in the drivers section for the respective adapters.
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