QLogic Driver Readme File
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Table of Contents


1. Package Contents 
2. Supported Adapters/Controllers 
3. Supported Operating Systems
4. Installing the Driver 
5. Additional Notes 
6. Contacting Support


1. Package Contents

The following list describes the files included in the UEFI driver 
package:

 * x8xyyyyy.bin - Combined binary file, which includes the binaries 
   for BIOS, FCode, UEFI driver, and RISC Firmware.

 * EfiUtil.EFI or EfiUtilx64.EFI - UEFI Utility to update the UEFI
   driver, firmware, and NVRAM.

 * QL8XXX.DRV - Auxiliary driver file used for updating the adapter.

 * UPDATE.NSH - UEFI script file used to update the adapter on a UEFI 
   x64 system.

 * Readme.txt - This file.
 
 * Releasenotes.txt - Revision History for driver and Efiutil.


 NOTES: 

  * All bin, EFI, and nsh files are required to update the adapter on a
    UEFI system.


2. Supported Adapters

  * QLE81xx
  * QMI81xx


3. Supported Operating Systems

Please check the downloads section for your adapter model at www.qlogic.com or 
your OEM downloads site for a list of compatible operating systems.


4. Installing the Driver

To install/update the UEFI Driver and RISC Firmware on all adapters:

   4.1. Unzip and copy the update kit files to the root level of a USB storage
        device. 

        NOTE: Please do not change or rearrange the kit directories and/or files 
        that were unzipped and copied to the USB storage device.

   4.2. Connect the USB device to the UEFI based system with the FC adapters.

   4.3. Boot the system to the UEFI shell.  For systems that do not include a 
        built-in UEFI Shell, please obtain the UEFI Shell program from the open 
        source site http://www.tianocore.org/ .

   4.4. At the system's UEFI shell prompt, run the "map -b" command to find
        the USB device.

   4.5. Locate the USB device and change to that device. For example, if the
        USB device is mapped to fs9 after the map command:
  
        fs9: <enter>

        The UEFI shell prompt should change as follows:

        fs9:\>
 
   4.6. Run the update.nsh script to update the UEFI driver and RISC firmware. 
        For example:

        fs9:> update.nsh

        Update.nsh will call efiutilx64.efi to update all of the adapters.

   4.7. Reboot the system to make the Driver/Firmware changes take effect.

   NOTES: For additional EfiUtilx64.efi functions, refer to efiutil.pdf.


5. Additional Notes

   5.1. Supported Features

        The UEFI driver supports the following features:

        * UEFI Specification 1.10, 2.1, 2.3

        * UEFI protocols: Extended SCSI Pass Thru, Block IO, SCSI IO, 
          Driver Diagnostics, Driver Configuration, Component Name

        * 382 targets

        * 2047 LUNs per target

        * Fabric topology

        * Boot from SAN

   5.2. Supported Computer Systems

        The UEFI driver supports the following systems:

        * IA64 (Itanium) based systems
        * x64 based systems

   5.3. Adapter Configuration

        Refer to the EFICFG.PDF file to configure the adapter parameters.


6. Contacting Support

Please feel free to contact QLogic Support at http://support.qlogic.com for further assistance. 


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