Updating the emulex plus (elxplus) driver – Dell Emulex Family of Adapters User Manual
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6. Select Show All Devices and click Next.
7. Click Have Disk... and direct the Device Wizard to the location of elxplus.inf. If you
have installed the driver installer kit in the default folder and C:\ is your Windows
system drive, the path is:
C:\Program Files\Emulex\AutoPilot Installer\Drivers\Storport\x64\HBA
8. Click OK.
9. Select Emulex PLUS. Click Next and click Next again to install the driver.
10. Click Finish. The initial ElxPlus driver installation has completed. Continue with
manual installation of the Storport Miniport Driver. See “Installing or Updating the
FC/FCoE Storport Miniport Driver” on page 572 for this procedure.
Updating the Emulex PLUS (ElxPlus) Driver
Note: Only one instance of the ElxPlus driver should be installed, even if you have
multiple adapter ports installed in your system.
To update an existing ElxPlus driver from the desktop:
1. Run the driver kit installer, but do not run AutoPilot Installer. See “Running a
Software Installation Interactively” on page 566 for instructions on how to do this.
2. Select Start>Settings>Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer
Management.
3. Click Device Manager (left pane).
4. Click the plus sign (+) next to the Emulex PLUS class (right pane) to show the
ElxPlus driver entry.
5. Right-click the ElxPlus driver entry and select Update Driver... from the menu.
6. Select No, not this time. Click Next on the Welcome to the Hardware Update
Wizard window. Click Next.
7. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) and click Next.
8. Select Don’t Search. I will choose the driver to install.
9. Click Have Disk... and direct the Device Wizard to the location of the driver’s
distribution kit. If you have installed the driver installer kit in the default folder, the
path is:
C:\Program Files\Emulex\AutoPilot Installer\Drivers\Storport\x64
10. Click OK. Select Emulex PLUS.
11. Click Next to install the driver.
12. Click Finish. The ElxPlus driver update is finished. Continue with manual
installation of the Storport Miniport Driver.
Installing or Updating the FC/FCoE Storport Miniport Driver
To update or install the FC/FCoE Storport Miniport driver from the desktop:
1. Select Start>Settings>Control Panel>System.
2. Select the Hardware tab.
3. Click Device Manager.