HP Fibre Channel Mass Storage Adapters Support Guide FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Driver, September 2009

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Table of Contents

1 Adapter Overview..........................................................................................................9

HP Fibre Channel Mass Storage Overview............................................................................................9

2 Fibre Channel Adapter Installation............................................................................11

Prerequisites..........................................................................................................................................11

Installing Driver Software.....................................................................................................................11

Installing Adapter Hardware................................................................................................................13

Installing the Fibre Channel Adapter..............................................................................................13

Attaching the Adapter to Other Fibre Channel Devices......................................................................14

Verifying the Fibre Channel Adapter Installation................................................................................15

Verifying Connectivity..........................................................................................................................15

Interpreting Hardware Paths................................................................................................................16

3 Troubleshooting and Maintenance............................................................................19

Introduction..........................................................................................................................................19

Combination Cards..........................................................................................................................19

Adapter LED States...............................................................................................................................19

fcmsutil..................................................................................................................................................20

Reading VPD Information...............................................................................................................22

Auto-Speed Negotiation..................................................................................................................24

Device Replacement without System Reboot..................................................................................24

HP Support Tools Manager..................................................................................................................25

Event Monitoring Service.....................................................................................................................27

Fibre Channel Adapter Monitor......................................................................................................27

Supported Products.........................................................................................................................27

Installing and Configuring Support Tools Manager and EMS.......................................................27

System requirements:.................................................................................................................27

Procedure...................................................................................................................................28

Offline Diagnostics Environment (ODE)..............................................................................................28

Diagnostic Flowcharts...........................................................................................................................29

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Flowchart 1: Configuration Test Procedures..............................................................................30

Fibre Channel Connections Test......................................................................................................31

Flowchart 2 Connections Test Procedures.................................................................................32

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Flowchart 3: Boot Test Procedures.............................................................................................33

Firmware Updates................................................................................................................................33

Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Online Firmware Updates.........................................................33

Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters Offline Driver and Firmware Updates.....................................34

Fibre Channel Device Scanning Policy Configuration for HP Integrity Systems................................34

A Regulatory Statements.................................................................................................37

Regulatory Statements..........................................................................................................................37

FCC Statement (USA Only).............................................................................................................37

IEC Statement (Worldwide).............................................................................................................37

DOC Statement (Canada)................................................................................................................37

Spécification ATI Classe A (France)................................................................................................37

VCCI Statement (Japan)..................................................................................................................38

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