User`s guide

32 Implementing an Open IBM SAN
4. Either you or an IBM SSR configures the host system for the ESS by using
the instructions in your host system publications.
1.9.2 Installing the Emulex LP8000 adapter card
This section tells you how to attach an ESS to a Windows NT host system with
the Emulex LP8000 adapter card. Single-and dual-port Fibre Channel interfaces
with the Emulex LP8000 adapter card support the following public and private
loop modes:
򐂰 Tar ge t
򐂰 Public initiator
򐂰 Private initiator
򐂰 Target and public initiator
򐂰 Target and private initiator
The ESS supports increased connectivity with the use of Fibre Channel
(SCSI-FCP and FICON) directors. Specific details on status, availability, and
configuration options for the Fibre Channel directors supported by the ESS are
available on the Web site:
www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/products/ess/supserver.htm
Perform the following steps to install the adapter card:
1. Turn off and unplug the computer.
2. Remove the computer case.
3. Remove the blank panel from an empty PCI bus slot.
4. Insert the host adapter board into the empty PCI bus slot. Press firmly until
seated.
5. Secure the mounting bracket for the adapter to the case with the panel screw.
Note: The IBM Subsystem Device Driver does not support the Sun host
system in a clustering environment. To have failover protection on an open
system, the IBM Subsystem Device Driver requires a minimum of two Fibre
Channel adapters. The maximum number of Fibre Channel adapters
supported is 16 for a total of 16 Fibre Channel ports.
The two IBM Subsystem Device Drivers for Sun host systems support:
򐂰 Sun host hardware platforms limited to 32-bit mode and all Sun host
systems running Solaris 2.6.
򐂰 Sun host hardware platforms with 64-bit mode capabilities running Solaris
7 or Solaris 8.