User`s guide

3 – QLA2340/2340L

FCode

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NOTE:

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SunSPARC systems do not display the BIOS banner.

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Enable the BIOS only if the boot device is attached to the

QLA2340/2340L HBA. The system will not boot from an attached

device unless the BIOS is enabled.

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For further information about enabling the QLA2340/2340L HBA BIOS,

see section 15.

If the information displayed on your monitor is correct, congratulations! You have

successfully installed the QLA2340/2340L HBA in your computer.

If you need FCode (Solaris SPARC systems), see section 3.3 for instructions on

how to install or update the FCode on the QLA2340/2340L HBA.

See the appropriate section for detailed instructions on how to install the software

drivers.

See section 15 for detailed instructions on how to customize the QLA2340/2340L

HBA and its attached devices using the Fast!UTIL BIOS utility.

If the information displayed is not correct and you have checked the QLA2340/2340L

HBA’s configuration, see section 6 for troubleshooting information.

3.2.1

Installation Help

If your system has an IDE hard disk, it may be assigned device number 80, which

is the boot device. If your system does not have an IDE hard disk, a parallel SCSI

host bus adapter (HBA), or a RAID adapter, the first bootable FC hard disk

configured (the one with the lowest ID) is assigned device number 80 and becomes

the boot device. The QLA2340/2340L HBA BIOS must be enabled if the boot device

is connected to the QLA2340/2340L HBA.

If you have a selectable boot BIOS and want to boot to an FC hard disk, set the

motherboard BIOS parameters to None or Not Installed. The ROM BIOS on the

QLA2340/2340L HBA automatically configures the FC peripherals.

Some new system BIOSs support selectable boot, which supersedes the

QLA2340/2340L HBA BIOS selectable boot setting. Select the QLA2340/2340L

HBA FC hard disk in the system BIOS to boot from an FC hard disk attached to the

QLA2340/2340L HBA.

3.3

FCode

This section provides instructions for installing FCode on a QLA2340/2340L HBA

installed in a Solaris SPARC system. A QLA2340/2340L HBA with FCode loaded

in its flash ROM provides boot capability to its attached devices.