4 BK3254601-00 C2 Driver Installation andConfigurationThis chapter provides the following information about the drivers included with theadapters: “Windows Driver Installation and Configuration” on page 4 “Linux Driver Installation and Configuration” on page 12 “VMware Driver Installation and Configuration” on page 16Windows Driver Installation and ConfigurationYou can run a software or driver Dell update package in two ways: Running the Dell Update Package in the GUI Running the Dell Update Package from the Command LineNOTEIf you need to update the Flash memory of multiple adapters simultaneously: For QConvergeConsole GUI, refer to the “Update the Flash Using theFlash Update Wizard” topic in the QConvergeConsole Help. For QConvergeConsole CLI, issue the -flashsupport command toupdate the Flash memory for all cards supported by the specified file.For example:qaucli -pr nic -flashsupport -i ALL -a p3p11179.binNOTEWhen you disable the firmware (for example, during a firmware dump orduring a firmware update) in Windows or Linux with a QConvergeConsoleagent, multiple application messages are generated. These messages aregenerated because the application cannot communicate with the adapterwhile the firmware is disabled. After the firmware is re-enabled, the errorswill go away.
