Installation guide

2 – Hardware Installation Installation in the Computer

FC0151102-00 D 2-5

4. Choose any PCI bus slot that supports bus mastering. Most motherboards

automatically assign an IRQ level and interrupt line; if your motherboard

does not, you must assign the IRQ level and use interrupt line A for this slot.

NOTE: Some motherboards have two kinds of PCI bus slots: master and

slave. The QLA2xxx board must be in a PCI bus master slot.

(Some motherboards have PCI bus master slots that are shared

with onboard devices. QLA2xxx boards do not work in shared

slots.)

5. Unscrew and remove the slot cover. Retain the screw; you will use it when

you install the QLA2xxx board.

6. Place the QLA2xxx board into the slot. Carefully press the board into the

slot until it seats ﬁrmly.

NOTE: QLA2xxx boards are designed with the components on the

opposite side compared with non-PCI boards.

7. Secure the QLA2xxx board with the slot cover screw.

8. Connect the appropriate cable from the devices to the J1 connector.

NOTE: For the QLA2102F board, the J1 and J2 connectors are external,

and the J3 and J4 connectors are internal.

9. Carefully reinstall the computer cover. Insert and tighten the computer

cover screws.

10. Power up all external FC devices, then power up the PC and observe the

monitor. The BIOS lists all FC devices attached to the QLA2xxx board.

For example:

If you don’t have a hard drive attached to your computer, ROM BIOS NOT

INSTALLED message displays after the device listing.

QLogic Corporation

QLA2xxx PCI Fibre Channel ROM BIOS Version X.XX

www.qlc.com

Press <Alt-Q> for Fast!UTIL

ISP2xxx Firmware Version X.XX

QLogic adapter using IRQ number X

Device

Number

Device

Type

Adapter

Number

Loop

LUN

Vendor

Product

Revision

81 Disk 0 0 0 SEAGATE ST32550 7394