Cavium, Inc. QLogic FastLinQ QL45000 Series 40GbE Controller FCoE - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

QLogic FastLinQ QL45000 Series 40GbE Controller FCoE is a Chipset hardware device. The developer of this driver was Cavium, Inc.. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is pci/ven_14e4&dev_1638.

1. Manually install Cavium, Inc. QLogic FastLinQ QL45000 Series 40GbE Controller FCoE driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Cavium, Inc. QLogic FastLinQ QL45000 Series 40GbE Controller FCoE driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 8.31.1.0 dated 2018-01-07.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Cavium, Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Size of this driver: 973764 bytes (950.94 KB)
Driver rating 5 stars out of 20251 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Cavium, Inc. QLogic FastLinQ QL45000 Series 40GbE Controller FCoE driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Cavium, Inc. QLogic FastLinQ QL45000 Series 40GbE Controller FCoE driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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