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I have a QLogic QLE2564 Fiber Card that doesn’t seem to be working with my server. I am running windows server 2019 on a Hyve Zeus V1 with a supermicro X9DRD-LF motherboard. When installed, the card is not detected in device manager or when the system boots. All the lights on the card remain on even after boot. I have the card installed in the only pcie slot on the board with a riser. I tested it without the riser and still get the same results. I disabled the onboard gig ports through the bios and rebooted. That did nothing. I don’t have another machine to test the card itself. Is there something in the bios I’m missing or needs a flash? Is the card not compatible or could it be dead?

mimo_6
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    Given the latest drivers for this FC HBA are for Vista (https://driverdownloads.qlogic.com/QLogicDriverDownloads_UI/SearchByProduct.aspx?ProductCategory=39&Product=1092&Os=163) then I strongly suspect it's not supported in S2019 – Chopper3 Jul 21 '21 at 17:44

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There is no such thing as a "fiber card". The QLE2564 is a Fibre Channel HBA/initiator. With an appropriate driver it should show up as storage controller in Windows. Drivers for Win2019 seem to be available here.

If you're trying to attach Fibre Channel storage that's the right thing. It won't work with any Ethernet equipment, however.

Zac67
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