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2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters

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Q Simplify SANblade 2300 Series User’s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters FC2354601-00 E Page i
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Q SANblade 2300 Series User’s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters Information furnished in this manual is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, QLogic Corporation assumes no responsibility for its use, nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use. QLogic Corporation reserves the right to change product specifications at any time without notice.
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Q SANblade 2300 Series User’s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters Clarified description of the following QLA2300.HAM parameters: /SKIPREPORT /INQUIRY /COMPLEXTAG /QUALIFIED 11.5.1 Clarified description of /INQUIRY QLA2300.HAM parameter 11.5.
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Table of Contents Section 1 Introduction 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 How to Use this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What is Fibre Channel? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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SANblade 2300 User’s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters Q Section 3 QLA2340/2340L 3.1 3.1.1 3.1.2 3.2 3.2.1 3.3 3.3.1 3.3.2 3.3.3 3.3.4 3.3.5 3.3.6 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.6.1 3.6.2 QLA2340/2340L HBA Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Q SANblade 2300 User’s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Section 5 QLA2344 5.1 5.1.1 5.2 5.2.1 5.3 5.3.1 5.3.2 5.3.3 5.3.4 5.3.5 5.3.6 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.6.1 5.6.2 QLA2344 HBA Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installation in the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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SANblade 2300 User’s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters Q Part II Software Section 8 Windows NT Driver Installation 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.3.1 8.3.2 8.3.3 8.4 8.4.1 8.4.2 8.4.3 8.4.4 8.5 8.5.1 8.5.2 8.5.2.1 8.5.2.2 8.6 8.6.1 8.6.2 8.6.3 8.6.3.1 8.6.3.2 8.6.4 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1 Creating the Driver Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Q SANblade 2300 User’s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X 9.5.1 9.5.2 9.5.3 9.6 9.6.1 9.6.2 9.6.2.1 9.6.2.2 9.7 9.7.1 9.7.2 9.7.3 9.7.4 MaximumSGList . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NumberOfRequests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UseSameNN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . QLDIRECT . . . . . . . . . . . .
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SANblade 2300 User’s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters Q 11.4 11.5 11.5.1 11.5.2 Removing the Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Driver Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NVRAM Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Q SANblade 2300 User’s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X 14.4 14.5 14.6 Fibre Disk Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-6 Loopback Data Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-6 Select Host Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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SANblade 2300 User’s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters Q 16.4 16.4.1 16.4.2 16.4.3 16.4.4 16.4.5 16.4.6 16.4.7 16.4.8 Configuring HBAs in SANblade Control FX Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Review the Configuration Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Select an HBA to Configure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Verify HBA and Driver Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Q SANblade 2300 User’s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Section 18 SANblade Control FX Wizard for Windows NT/Windows 2000 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.4.1 18.4.2 18.4.3 18.4.4 18.4.5 18.4.6 18.4.7 18.4.8 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-1 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-1 Screen Navigation . . . . . . . .
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SANblade 2300 User’s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters 2-4 3-1 3-2 4-1 4-2 5-1 6-1 6-2 6-3 6-4 15-1 15-2 15-3 15-4 15-5 15-6 15-7 15-8 15-9 15-10 15-11 15-12 15-13 15-14 15-15 15-16 15-17 15-18 15-19 15-20 15-21 15-22 16-1 16-2 16-3 16-4 16-5 16-6 16-7 Q QLA2310/2310F/2310FL HBA LED Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . QLA2340/2340L HBA Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Q 16-8 17-1 17-2 17-3 17-4 17-5 17-6 17-7 17-8 17-9 17-10 17-11 17-12 17-13 17-14 17-15 17-16 17-17 17-18 17-19 17-20 17-21 17-22 17-23 18-1 18-2 18-3 18-4 18-5 18-6 18-7 18-8 18-9 19-1 19-2 19-3 19-4 19-5 19-6 SANblade 2300 User’s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Exit Wizard Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Host Information Tabbed Page (Main Window) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Q SANblade 2300 User’s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters 19-7 19-8 19-9 19-10 19-11 19-12 19-13 19-14 19-15 19-16 19-17 19-18 19-19 19-20 19-21 19-22 19-23 Launch Application Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Install Complete Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Host Info Tabbed Page (Main Window) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Q 14-3 14-4 19-1 19-2 SANblade 2300 User’s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Advanced Adapter Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-4 RIO Operation Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-6 Host Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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SANblade 2300 User’s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters Q Notes Page xviii FC2354601-00 E
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Section 1 Introduction 1.1 How to Use this Guide The SANblade QLogic host bus adapters (HBAs) supported in this document are described in the following paragraphs; they are collectively referred to as the QLA23xx HBA unless otherwise noted.
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Q 1 – Introduction What is Fibre Channel? (PLDA) and fabric loop attach (FLA). Installation of the QLA23xx HBA is quick and easy. 1.3 What is Fibre Channel? Fibre Channel technology is outlined in the SCSI-3 Fibre Channel Protocol (SCSI-FCP) standard. Fibre Channel is a high-speed data transport technology used for mass storage and networking. It connects mainframes, super computers, workstations, storage devices, and servers.
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Part I Hardware This part of the SANblade 2300 User’s Guide describes the host bus adapters (HBAs) and how to install and configure them. See the section that corresponds to your HBA. section 7 contains troubleshooting information.
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Q I – Hardware Notes I-2 FC2354601-00 E
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Section 2 QLA2310/2310F/2310FL 2.1 QLA2310/2310F/2310FL HBA Components Figures 2-1 through 2-3 identify the QLA23xx HBA components referenced throughout this section. Each QLA23xx HBA has a unique serial number; its location on the HBA is noted in figures 2-1 through 2-3. Take a minute to write down the serial number of the QLA23xx HBA. SERIAL NUMBER J1 LED ISP CHIP Figure 2-1.
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Q 2 – QLA2310/2310F/2310FL QLA2310/2310F/2310FL HBA Components SERIAL NUMBER J2 1 3 J1 LED ISP CHIP Figure 2-2. QLA2310F HBA Layout ISP CHIP LED J1 1 J2 3 NOTE: The serial number is on the other side of the HBA. Figure 2-3.
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Q 2 – QLA2310/2310F/2310FL QLA2310/2310F/2310FL HBA Components 2.1.1 LEDs Figure 2-4 identifies and describes the activity of the QLA2310/2310F/2310FL HBA LEDs. CONNECTOR GREEN LED AMBER LED Green LED Amber LED On On Power On Off Online Off On Signal acquired Off Activity Flashing Loss of synchronization Flashing Flashing Firmware error Figure 2-4. QLA2310/2310F/2310FL HBA LED Activity 2.1.
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Q 2 – QLA2310/2310F/2310FL Installation in the Computer 2.2 Installation in the Computer Perform the following steps to install the QLA23xx HBA in your PC: 1. Check the motherboard and make any configuration changes necessary to accommodate the QLA23xx HBA. The QLA23xx HBA is self-configuring; however, some motherboards require manual configuration. For example, some systems have a PCI Device Configuration menu in the motherboard setup BIOS where you must enable HBAs, bus master slots, and IRQ levels.
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Q 2 – QLA2310/2310F/2310FL Installation in the Computer 8. Connect the appropriate cable from the devices to the corresponding connector. 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 is disabled by default. Consequently, the devices attached to the QLA23xx HBA are not identified. For example: QLogic Corporation QLA23xx PCI Fibre Channel ROM BIOS Version x.
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Q 2 – QLA2310/2310F/2310FL FCode 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 QLA23xx HBA automatically configures the FC peripherals. Some new system BIOSs support selectable boot, which supersedes the QLA23xx HBA BIOS selectable boot setting. Select the QLA23xx HBA FC hard disk in the system BIOS to boot from an FC hard disk attached to the QLA23xx HBA. 2.
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Q 2 – QLA2310/2310F/2310FL FCode Perform the following steps to run the flash utility: 1. Copy the qla2x00flash file and the ifp2300.prom file to the desired directory. 2. At the command line, enter the appropriate path. Use the information obtained with the show-devs command (see step 1 in section 2.3.5). For example: qla2x00flash -l /devices/pci@1f,0/pci@1/QLGC,qla@4: devctl ipf2300.prom 2.3.
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Q 2 – QLA2310/2310F/2310FL FCode 2.3.3 Setting the QLA23xx HBA Loop ID When the QLA23xx HBA is currently operating in loop mode (through connection mode 0 or connection mode 2), perform the following steps to view its loop ID and change it if necessary: 1. Select the QLA23xx HBA attached to the Fibre Channel device from which you want to boot. For example, type the following at the ok prompt: " /pci@1f,0/pci@1/QLGC,qla@4" select-dev 2. To view the loop ID, type the show-adapter-loopid command.
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Q 2 – QLA2310/2310F/2310FL FCode The new data rate displays. For example: Calculating NVRAM checksum, please wait... Current HBA data rate: Two Gigabit rate Possible data rate choices: 0 - One Gigabit rate 1 - Two Gigabit rate 2 - Auto-negotiated rate QLogic recommends the Auto-negotiated rate (2), which works for most devices. 2.3.5 Selecting the Boot Device Perform the following steps to select a Fibre Channel device that is attached to the QLA23xx HBA as the boot device: 1.
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Q 2 – QLA2310/2310F/2310FL FCode The following displays: Calculating NVRAM checksum, please wait.... done Boot device login successful Boot WWN - 20000020 37009eeb WWPN - 22000020 37009eeb Id - 82 Lun - 0 ok 6. To boot the QLA23xx HBA, type the complete boot path, including the loop ID and LUN. The loop ID and LUN must match those entered in step 5.
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Q 2 – QLA2310/2310F/2310FL FCode If there were not at least 1.7 GB free on this disk, you would need to create a partition on the new bootable disk large enough to hold the largest temporary saveset files plus the largest used space on a partition. In this example, it would be a 3.2 GB (1.6 GB+1.6 GB) partition. 2. Use the format command to create, label, and format partitions on the new bootable disk. These partitions must be able to contain the contents of your temporary saveset files.
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Q 2 – QLA2310/2310F/2310FL FCode 5. Change to the root partition mount point directory. For example: cd /mnt 6. Use the ufsdump utility to copy the root partition to the new book disk. For example: ufsdump 0f - / | ufsrestore rf - 7. Use the rm command to delete the restoresymtable file: rm restoresymtable 8. Install the boot block on the new boot disk. For example: installboot /usr/platform/`uname -i` /lib/fs/ufs/bootblk/dev/rdsk/c3t130d0s0 9.
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Q 2 – QLA2310/2310F/2310FL Specifications 2.4 Specifications Tables 2-1 and 2-2 define the QLA23xx specifications. Table 2-1. QLA2310/2310F/2310FL Board Operating Environment Environment Minimum Maximum 0°C/32°F 55°C/131°F –20°C/–4°F 70°C/158°F Relative humidity (noncondensing) 10% 90% Storage humidity (noncondensing) 5% 95% Operating temperature Storage temperature Table 2-2.
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Q 2 – QLA2310/2310F/2310FL Label Table 2-2. QLA2310/2310F/2310FL Board Specifications (Continued) Type Specification Connectors QLA2310: HSSDC connector that supports copper cabling. Fibre optic support available using an external MIA QLA/2310F/2310FL: LC-style connector that supports non-OFC, multimode fibre optic cabling using a small form factor optical transceiver module Form factor 17.78 cm×10.67 cm (7.0"×4.2") (QLA2310/2310F) 16.93 cm×5.15 cm (6.7"×2.
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Q 2 – QLA2310/2310F/2310FL Agency Certification n 89/336/EEC EMC Directive CE q EN55022:1995 Class B q q q Class B Class B EN55024:1998 q q q q q q q q n Radiated Emission Conducted Emission Immunity Standards EN61000-4-2:1995 EN61000-4-3:1995 EN61000-4-4:1995 EN61000-4-5:1995 EN61000-4-6:1996 EN61000-4-8:1994 EN61000-4-11: ESD RF Electro Magnetic Field Fast Transient/Burst Fast Surge Common/Differential RF Conducted Susceptibility Power Frequency Magnetic Filed 1994 Voltage Dips and Interrupt q
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Q 2 – QLA2310/2310F/2310FL Agency Certification 2.6.2 QLA2310F The following sections contain a summary of EMC/EMI test specifications performed on QLA2310F (FC2310401) to comply with radiated emission, radiated immunity and product safety standards. 2.6.2.
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Q 2 – QLA2310/2310F/2310FL Agency Certification 2.6.2.2 Product Safety Requirements n UL, cUL q q q n UL60950 CSA C22.2 No.60950 Class 1 Laser Product per DHHS 21CFR (J) 73/23/EEC Low Voltage Directive q TUV: q q q EN60950:1992+A1,2,3,4,11 EN60825-1:1994+A11 EN60825-2:1994 2.6.3 QLA2310FL The following sections contain a summary of EMC/EMI test specifications performed on QLA2310FL (FC2310405) to comply with radiated emission, radiated immunity and product safety standards. 2.6.3.
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2 – QLA2310/2310F/2310FL Agency Certification q EN61000-3-2:1995 Harmonic Current Emission q EN61000-3-3:1994 Voltage Fluctuation and Flicker n VCCI, Class B n CNS 13438 Class B BSMI n AS/NZS 3548 Class B n Korea MIC Q 2.6.3.2 Product Safety Requirements n UL, cUL q q q n UL1950 cUL C22.2 No.
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Section 3 QLA2340/2340L 3.1 QLA2340/2340L HBA Components Figure 3-1 identifies the QLA2340/2340L HBA components referenced throughout this section. LED1 Each QLA2340/2340L HBA has a unique serial number; its location on the HBA is noted in figure 3-1. Take a minute to write down the serial number of the QLA2340/2340L HBA. 1 J3 3 J1 ISP CHIP NOTE: The serial number is on the other side of the HBA. The QLA2340 has a full-height bracket (as shown in this figure).
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Q 3 – QLA2340/2340L Installation in the Computer 3.1.1 LEDs Figure 3-2 identifies and describes the activity of the QLA2340/2340L HBA LEDs. AMBER LED GREEN LED J1 CONNECTOR LEDs J1 CONNECTOR Green LED Amber LED On On Power On Off Online Off On Signal acquired Off Activity Flashing Loss of synchronization Flashing Flashing Firmware error Figure 3-2. QLA2340/2340L HBA LED Activity 3.1.
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Q 3 – QLA2340/2340L Installation in the Computer Perform the following steps to install the QLA2340/2340L HBA in your PC: 1. Check the motherboard and make any configuration changes necessary to accommodate the QLA2340/2340L HBA. The QLA2340/2340L HBA is self-configuring; however, some motherboards require manual configuration. For example, some systems have a PCI Device Configuration menu in the motherboard setup BIOS where you must enable HBAs, bus master slots, and IRQ levels.
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Q 3 – QLA2340/2340L Installation in the Computer 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 is disabled by default. Consequently, the devices attached to the QLA2340/2340L HBA are not identified. For example: QLogic Corporation QLA23xx PCI Fibre Channel ROM BIOS Version x.xx Copyright (C) QLogic Corporation 2000 All rights reserved. www.qlogic.
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Q 3 – QLA2340/2340L FCode 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.
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Q 3 – QLA2340/2340L FCode Perform the following steps to run the flash utility: 1. Copy the qla2x00flash file and the ifp2312.prom file to the desired directory. 2. At the command line, enter the appropriate path. Use the information obtained with the show-devs command (see step 1 in section 3.3.5). For example: ./qla2x00flash -l /devices/pci@1f,0/pci@1/QLGC,qla@4: devctl ifp2312.prom 3.3.
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Q 3 – QLA2340/2340L FCode 3.3.3 Setting the QLA2340/2340L HBA Loop ID When the QLA2340/2340L HBA is currently operating in loop mode (through connection mode 0 or connection mode 2), perform the following steps to view its loop ID and change it if necessary: 1. Select the QLA2340/2340L HBA attached to the Fibre Channel device from which you want to boot. For example, type the following at the ok prompt: ok " /pci@1f,0/pci@1/QLGC,qla@4" select-dev 2.
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Q 3 – QLA2340/2340L FCode Table 3-1 lists the values to enter and their corresponding data rates. QLogic recommends the Auto-negotiated rate (2), which works for most devices. Table 3-1. Fibre Channel Data Rates Value Data Rate 0 One gigabit 1 Two gigabits 2 Auto-negotiated rate 3.3.5 Selecting the Boot Device Perform the following steps to select a Fibre Channel device that is attached to the QLA2340/2340L HBA as the boot device: 1.
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Q 3 – QLA2340/2340L FCode 6. To boot the QLA2340/2340L HBA, type the complete boot path, including the loop ID and LUN. The loop ID and LUN must match those entered in step 5. For example: ok boot /pci@1f,0/pci@1/QLGC,qla@4/sd@82,0 NOTE: Enter the reset command before attempting to boot if the boot was interrupted or any of the QLogic FCode commands were executed. 3.3.
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Q 3 – QLA2340/2340L FCode temporary saveset files. If you are not familiar with the format command, refer to the Solaris documentation. WARNING!! Misusing the format command can destroy the data on your current disk drives. a. At the root prompt, type format. b. A list of available hard disks displays. Specify the disk. c. At the format prompt, type partition. d. At the partition prompt, type print. The partition table displays, as in the following example.
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Q 3 – QLA2340/2340L Specifications 8. Install the boot block on the new boot disk. For example: installboot /usr/platform/`uname -i` /lib/fs/ufs/bootblk /dev/rdsk/c3t130d0s0 9. Edit the new vfstab file to properly mount the new partitions during boot. In this case, each reference to c0t0d0s0 is changed to c3t130d0s0. For example: vi /mnt/etc/vfstab 10. Shut down the system. Type the following: /sbin/init 0 11. Boot from the newly created boot disk.
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Q 3 – QLA2340/2340L Specifications Table 3-3. QLA2340/2340L HBA Specifications Type 3-12 Specification Host bus Conforms to PCI Local Bus Specification, revision 2.2 and the PCI-X Addendum, revision 1.0 PCI/PCI-X signaling environment 3.3 V and 5.
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Q 3 – QLA2340/2340L Agency Certification 3.5 Label The transceiver on the QLA2340/2340L HBA is a Class I laser product. It complies with IEC 825-1 and FDA 21 CFR 1040.10 and 1040.11. The transceiver must be operated under recommended operating conditions. CLASS I LASER PRODUCT 3.
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Q 3 – QLA2340/2340L Agency Certification n VCCI, Class B certified n CNS 13438 Class B certified n AS/NZS 3548 Class B n Korea MIC certified 3.6.2 Product Safety Requirements n UL, cUL q q q n UL60950 CSA C22.2 No.
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Section 4 QLA2342/2342L 4.1 QLA2342/2342L HBA Components Figure 4-1 identifies the QLA2342/2342L HBA components referenced throughout this section. LED1 Each QLA2342/2342L HBA has a unique serial number; its location on the HBA is noted in figure 4-1. Take a minute to write down the serial number of the QLA2342/2342L HBA. 1 J3 3 J1 ISP CHIP LED2 J2 1 J4 3 NOTE: The serial number is on the other side of the HBA. The QLA2342 has a full-height bracket (as shown in this figure).
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Q 4 – QLA2342/2342L Installation in the Computer 4.1.1 LEDs Figure 4-2 identifies and describes the activity of the QLA2342/2342L HBA LEDs. AMBER LED GREEN LED J1 CONNECTOR LEDs J1 CONNECTOR J2 CONNECTOR J2 CONNECTOR LEDs GREEN LED AMBER LED Green LED Amber LED On On Power On Off Online Off On Signal acquired Off Activity Flashing Loss of synchronization Flashing Flashing Firmware error Figure 4-2. QLA2342/2342L HBA LED Activity 4.1.
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Q 4 – QLA2342/2342L Installation in the Computer Perform the following steps to install the QLA2342/2342L HBA in your PC: 1. Check the motherboard and make any configuration changes necessary to accommodate the QLA2342/2342L HBA. The QLA2342/2342L HBA is self-configuring; however, some motherboards require manual configuration. For example, some systems have a PCI Device Configuration menu in the motherboard setup BIOS where you must enable HBAs, bus master slots, and IRQ levels.
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Q 4 – QLA2342/2342L Installation in the Computer 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 is disabled by default. Consequently, the devices attached to the QLA2342/2342L HBA are not identified. For example: QLogic Corporation QLA23xx PCI Fibre Channel ROM BIOS Version x.xx Copyright (C) QLogic Corporation 2000 All rights reserved. www.qlogic.
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Q 4 – QLA2342/2342L FCode 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 QLA2342/2342L HBA automatically configures the FC peripherals. Some new system BIOSs support selectable boot, which supersedes the QLA2342/2342L HBA BIOS selectable boot setting. Select the QLA2342/2342L HBA FC hard disk in the system BIOS to boot from an FC hard disk attached to the QLA2342/2342L HBA. 4.
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Q 4 – QLA2342/2342L FCode WARNING!! Be careful when changing flash contents; incorrect data may render the QLA2342/2342L HBA unusable to the point that the operating system may not function. The following instructions flash the FCode using the command line. You can perform the same function through SANblade Control FX for Solaris (see section 15.6.4.2). Perform the following steps to run the flash utility: 1. Copy the qla2x00flash file and the ifp2312.prom file to the desired directory. 2.
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Q 4 – QLA2342/2342L FCode The new connection mode displays. For example: Calculating NVRAM checksum, please wait... Current HBA connection mode: 0 - Loop Only Possible connection mode choices: 0 - Loop Only 1 - Point-to-point only 2 - Loop preferred, otherwise point-to-point 4.3.
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Q 4 – QLA2342/2342L FCode Use the set-data-rate command to change the current QLA2342/2342L Fibre Channel data rate. For example: ok 1 set-data-rate Calculating NVRAM checksum, please wait... Current HBA data rate: Two Gigabit rate Table 4-1 lists the values to enter and their corresponding data rates. QLogic recommends the Auto-negotiated rate (2), which works for most devices. Table 4-1. Fibre Channel Data Rates Value Data Rate 0 One gigabit 1 Two gigabits 2 Auto-negotiated rate 4.3.
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Q 4 – QLA2342/2342L FCode The following displays: Calculating NVRAM checksum, please wait.... done Boot device login successful Boot WWN - 20000020 37009eeb WWPN - 22000020 37009eeb Id - 82 Lun - 0 ok 6. To boot the QLA2342/2342L HBA, type the complete boot path, including the loop ID and LUN. The loop ID and LUN must match those entered in step 5.
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Q 4 – QLA2342/2342L FCode If there were not at least 1.7 GB free on this disk, you would need to create a partition on the new bootable disk large enough to hold the largest temporary saveset files plus the largest used space on a partition. In this example, it would be a 3.2 GB (1.6 GB+1.6 GB) partition. 2. Use the format command to create, label, and format partitions on the new bootable disk. These partitions must be able to contain the contents of your temporary saveset files.
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Q 4 – QLA2342/2342L FCode 6. Use the ufsdump utility to copy the root partition to the new book disk. For example: ufsdump 0f - / | ufsrestore rf - 7. Use the rm command to delete the restoresymtable file: rm restoresymtable 8. Install the boot block on the new boot disk. For example: installboot /usr/platform/`uname -i` /lib/fs/ufs/bootblk /dev/rdsk/c3t130d0s0 9. Edit the new vfstab file to properly mount the new partitions during boot.
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Q 4 – QLA2342/2342L Specifications 4.4 Specifications Tables 4-2 and 4-3 define the QLA2342/2342L specifications. Table 4-2. QLA2342/2342L HBA Operating Environment Environment Minimum Maximum 0°C/32°F 55°C/131°F –20°C/–4°F 70°C/158°F Relative humidity (noncondensing) 10% 90% Storage humidity (noncondensing) 5% 95% Operating temperature Storage temperature Table 4-3. QLA2342/2342L HBA Specifications Type 4-12 Specification Host bus Conforms to PCI Local Bus Specification, revision 2.
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Q 4 – QLA2342/2342L Agency Certification Table 4-3. QLA2342/2342L HBA Specifications (Continued) Type Specification Connectors Two LC-style connectors for multimode fibre optic cabling using a small form factor optical transceiver module Form factor 16.93 cm×5.15 cm (6.7"×2.5") Operating power Less than 15 watts 4.5 Label The transceiver on the QLA2342/2342L HBA is a Class I laser product. It complies with IEC 825-1 and FDA 21 CFR 1040.10 and 1040.11.
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Q 4 – QLA2342/2342L Agency Certification q EN55024:1998 q q q q q q q q q q Immunity Standards EN61000-4-2 :1995 EN61000-4-3 :1995 EN61000-4-4 :1995 EN61000-4-5 :1995 EN61000-4-6 :1996 EN61000-4-8 : 1994 EN61000-4-11: 1994 EN61000-3-2:1995 EN61000-3-3:1994 n VCCI, Class B certified n CNS 13438 Class B certified n AS/NZS 3548 Class B n Korea MIC certified ESD RF Electro Magnetic Field Fast Transient/Burst Fast Surge Common/Differential RF Conducted Susceptibility Power Frequency Magnetic Filed V
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Section 5 QLA2344 5.1 QLA2344 HBA Components Figure 5-1 identifies the QLA2344 HBA components referenced throughout this section. Each QLA2344 HBA has a unique serial number; its location on the HBA is noted in figure 5-1. Take a minute to write down the serial number of the QLA2344 HBA. J5 Port 1 J6 Port 2 J1 Port 1 ISP CHIP J2 Port 2 J3 Port 3 ISP CHIP J4 Port 4 J7 Port 3 J8 Port 4 NOTE: The serial number is on the other side of the HBA. Figure 5-1. QLA2344 HBA Layout 5.1.
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Q 5 – QLA2344 Installation in the Computer 5.2 Installation in the Computer Before you install the QLA2344 HBA in your computer, you need the following: n n A screwdriver (usually a Phillips #1) Four optical mutimode cables with LC-style duplex connectors CAUTION! The QLA2344 HBA contains parts that can be damaged by ESD. Before handling the QLA2344 HBA, use standard methods to discharge static electricity. Keep the QLA2344 HBA in the antistatic bag until you are ready to install it.
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Q 5 – QLA2344 Installation in the Computer n PCI connectors vary among system HBA manufacturers. The QLA2344 HBA is a 64-bit PCI device that can function in a 32-bit PCI slot; the slot conforms to the PCI specification (the rear edge of the PCI slot is notched). If you try to install the QLA2344 HBA into a PCI slot that does not conform to the PCI specification, you may damage the QLA2344 HBA.
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Q 5 – QLA2344 FCode See section 14 for detailed instructions on how to customize the QLA2344 HBA and its attached devices using the Fast!UTIL BIOS utility. If you need FCode (Solaris SPARC systems), see section 5.3 for instructions on how to install or update the FCode on the QLA2344 HBA. See the appropriate section for detailed instructions on how to install the software drivers.
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Q 5 – QLA2344 FCode 4. Set the QLA2344 HBA data rate (see section 5.3.4). 5. Select the boot device (see section 5.3.5). 6. Build the bootable disk (see section 5.3.6). The QLA2344 has four channels. The code distinguishes between the channels as follows: n n n n qla@4 (first channel) qla@4,1 (second channel) qla@5 (third channel) qla@5,1 (fourth channel) Throughout the FCode sections, the examples use qla@4; substitute the appropriate code for each of the four channels. 5.3.
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Q 5 – QLA2344 FCode 5.3.2 Setting the QLA2344 HBA Connection Mode Perform the following steps to view the current QLA2344 HBA connection mode and change it if necessary. 1. Select the QLA2344 HBA attached to the Fibre Channel device from which you want to boot. For example, type the following at the ok prompt: ok " /pci@1f,0/pci@1/QLGC,qla@4" select-dev 2. To view the current connection mode, type the show-connection-mode command: ok show-connection-mode The connection mode and options display.
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Q 5 – QLA2344 FCode 5.3.3 Setting the QLA2344 HBA Loop ID When the QLA2344 HBA is currently operating in loop mode (through connection mode 0 or connection mode 2), perform the following steps to view its loop ID and change it if necessary: 1. Select the QLA2344 HBA attached to the Fibre Channel device from which you want to boot. For example, type the following at the ok prompt: ok " /pci@1f,0/pci@1/QLGC,qla@4" select-dev 2. To view the loop ID, type the show-adapter-loopid command.
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Q 5 – QLA2344 FCode Table 5-1 lists the values to enter and their corresponding data rates. QLogic recommends the Auto-negotiated rate (2), which works for most devices. Table 5-1. Fibre Channel Data Rates Value Data Rate 0 One gigabit 1 Two gigabits 2 Auto-negotiated rate 5.3.5 Selecting the Boot Device Perform the following steps to select a Fibre Channel device that is attached to the QLA2344 HBA as the boot device: 1.
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Q 5 – QLA2344 FCode 6. To boot the QLA2344 HBA, type the complete boot path, including the loop ID and LUN. The loop ID and LUN must match those entered in step 5. For example: ok boot /pci@1f,0/pci@1/QLGC,qla@4/sd@82,0 NOTE: Enter the reset command before attempting to boot if the boot was interrupted or any of the QLogic FCode commands were executed. 5.3.
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Q 5 – QLA2344 FCode temporary saveset files. If you are not familiar with the format command, refer to the Solaris documentation. WARNING!! Misusing the format command can destroy the data on your current disk drives. a. At the root prompt, type format. b. A list of available hard disks displays. Specify the disk. c. At the format prompt, type partition. d. At the partition prompt, type print. The partition table displays, as in the following example.
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Q 5 – QLA2344 FCode 7. Use the rm command to delete the restoresymtable file: rm restoresymtable 8. Install the boot block on the new boot disk. For example: installboot /usr/platform/`uname -i` /lib/fs/ufs/bootblk /dev/rdsk/c3t130d0s0 9. Edit the new vfstab file to properly mount the new partitions during boot. In this case, each reference to c0t0d0s0 is changed to c3t130d0s0. For example: vi /mnt/etc/vfstab 10. Shut down the system. Type the following: /sbin/init 0 11.
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Q 5 – QLA2344 Specifications 5.4 Specifications Tables 5-2 and 5-3 define the QLA2344 specifications. Table 5-2. QLA2344 HBA Operating Environment Environment Minimum Maximum 0°C/32°F 55°C/131°F -20°C/-4°F 70°C/158°F Relative humidity (noncondensing) 10% 90% Storage humidity (noncondensing) 5% 95% Operating temperature Storage temperature Table 5-3. QLA2344 HBA Specifications Type 5-12 Specification Host bus Conforms to PCI Local Bus Specification, revision 2.
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Q 5 – QLA2344 Agency Certification Table 5-3. QLA2344 HBA Specifications (Continued) Type Specification Connectors Four LC-style connectors for multimode fibre optic cabling using a small form factor optical transceiver module Form factor 17.78 cm×10.67 cm (7.0"×4.2") Operating power Less than 15 watts 5.5 Label The transceiver on the QLA2344 HBA is a Class I laser product. It complies with IEC 825-1 and FDA 21 CFR 1040.10 and 1040.11.
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Q 5 – QLA2344 Agency Certification q EN55024:1998 q q q q q q q q q q Immunity Standards EN61000-4-2 :1995 EN61000-4-3 :1995 EN61000-4-4 :1995 EN61000-4-5 :1995 EN61000-4-6 :1996 EN61000-4-8 : 1994 EN61000-4-11: 1994 EN61000-3-2:1995 EN61000-3-3:1994 n VCCI, Class B n CNS 13438 Class B n AS/NZS 3548 Class B ESD RF Electro Magnetic Field Fast Transient/Burst Fast Surge Common/Differential RF Conducted Susceptibility Power Frequency Magnetic Filed Voltage Dips and Interrupt Harmonic Current Emissio
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Section 6 QLA2350/2352 6.1 QLA2350/2352 HBA Components Figures 6-1 and 6-2 identify the QLA2350/2352 HBA components referenced throughout this section. LED1 Each QLA2350/23452 HBA has a unique serial number; its location on the HBA is noted in figures 6-1 and 6-2. Take a minute to write down the serial number of the QLA2350/2352 HBA. 1 J3 3 J1 ISP CHIP NOTE: The serial number is on the other side of the HBA. Figure 6-1.
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Q LED1 6 – QLA2350/2352 QLA2350/2352 HBA Components 1 J3 3 J1 ISP CHIP LED2 J2 1 J4 3 NOTE: The serial number is on the other side of the HBA. Figure 6-2. QLA2352 HBA Layout 6.1.1 LEDs Figures 6-3 and 6-4 identify and describe the activity of the QLA2350/2352 HBA LEDs.
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Q 6 – QLA2350/2352 Installation in the Computer AMBER LED GREEN LED J1 CONNECTOR LEDs J1 CONNECTOR J2 CONNECTOR J2 CONNECTOR LEDs GREEN LED AMBER LED Green LED Amber LED On On Power On Off Online Off On Signal acquired Off Activity Flashing Loss of synchronization Flashing Flashing Firmware error Figure 6-4. QLA2352 HBA LED Activity 6.1.
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Q 6 – QLA2350/2352 Installation in the Computer enable HBAs, bus master slots, and IRQ levels. If the motherboard supports triggering, use level triggering for the QLA2350/2352 HBA. See the documentation supplied with your computer, or contact your computer dealer to determine if your motherboard requires configuration. 2. Power down the peripherals, then the computer. 3. Remove the computer cover and save the screws. 4. Choose any PCI bus slot that supports bus mastering.
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Q 6 – QLA2350/2352 Installation in the Computer 10. Power up all external FC devices, then power up the PC and observe the monitor. The BIOS is disabled by default. Consequently, the devices attached to the QLA2350/2352 HBA are not identified. For example: QLogic Corporation QLA23xx PCI Fibre Channel ROM BIOS Version x.xx Copyright (C) QLogic Corporation 2000 All rights reserved. www.qlogic.
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Q 6 – QLA2350/2352 Specifications Some new system BIOSs support selectable boot, which supersedes the QLA2350/2352 HBA BIOS selectable boot setting. Select the QLA2350/2352 HBA FC hard disk in the system BIOS to boot from an FC hard disk attached to the QLA2350/2352 HBA. 6.3 Specifications Tables 6-1 and 6-2 define the QLA2350/2352 specifications. Table 6-1.
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Q 6 – QLA2350/2352 Agency Certification Table 6-2. QLA2350/2352 HBA Specifications (Continued) Type Specification Onboard DMA Five-channel DMA controller: two data, one command, one auto-DMA request, and one auto-DMA response Frame buffer FIFO Integrated 4-KB transmit and 6-KB receive frame buffer FIFO for each data channel Connectors LC-style connector that supports non-OFC, multimode fibre optic cabling using a small form factor optical transceiver module Form factor 16.93 cm×5.15 cm (6.7"×2.
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Q 6 – QLA2350/2352 Agency Certification n CE Mark 89/336/EEC EMC Directive q EN55022:1998/CISPR22:1997 Class B q Radiated Emission Conducted Emission q EN55024:1998 q Immunity Standards EN61000-4-2 :1995 EN61000-4-3 :1995 EN61000-4-4 :1995 EN61000-4-5 :1995 EN61000-4-6 :1996 EN61000-4-8 : 1994 EN61000-4-11: 1994 EN61000-3-2:1995 EN61000-3-3:1994 q q q q q q q q q q n VCCI, Class B certified n CNS 13438 Class B certified n AS/NZS 3548 Class B n Korea MIC certified Class B Class B ESD RF E
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Section 7 Troubleshooting 7.1 Problems After Installation There are three basic types of installation problems that can cause your QLA23xx HBA to function incorrectly: hardware problems, system configuration problems, and Fibre Channel problems. The following section provides itemized checklists to help you determine why your QLA23xx HBA is not functioning. 7.
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7 – Troubleshooting System Configuration Problem Checklist Q 7.3 System Configuration Problem Checklist All PCI-compliant and PCI-X-compliant systems automatically detect 32-bit or 64-bit HBAs and set the appropriate bus speed (for example, 33 MHz or 133 MHz). Check the motherboard for proper configuration (see the appropriate installation section for more information.
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Part II Software This part of the SANblade 2300 User’s Guide describes how to install the software drivers for the supported operating systems. See the section that corresponds to your computer’s operating system: Operating System Section Windows NT 4.0 8 Windows 2000 9 Windows XP 10 NetWare 4.2, 5.x, or 6.x 11 Red Hat Linux 6.2, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 12 Solaris SPARC v2.
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Section 8 Windows NT Driver Installation (QL2300.SYS) 8.1 Introduction This section provides instructions for installing the Windows NT driver under the following operating system conditions: n Initial installation of the Windows NT 4.0 operating system and the Windows NT driver (QLA23xx is connected to the boot device) n Installation of the Windows NT driver in an already installed Windows NT 4.0 operating system n Installing an updated Windows NT driver in an already installed Windows NT 4.
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Q 8 – Windows NT Driver Installation Windows NT Driver Installation 8.3.1 Initial Installation of Windows NT and the Windows NT Driver (QLA23xx HBA Connects to the Boot Device) Perform the following steps to install Windows NT 4.0 and the Windows NT driver with the QLA23xx HBA connected to the boot device: 1. Insert the Windows NT setup disk or CD-ROM (if booting from a bootable CD-ROM drive) in an appropriate drive. 2. Restart your system. 3.
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Q 8 – Windows NT Driver Installation System Registry Parameters 8.3.3 Updating the Windows NT Driver Perform the following steps if a Windows NT driver is already installed on a Fibre Channel hard disk attached to a QLA23xx HBA and you want to install an updated version of the driver. NOTE: This procedure does not modify the current registry parameters for the QLA2300.SYS Windows NT driver. 1. Open a DOS command prompt window. 2. Change the current directory to the Windows NT driver directory.
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8 – Windows NT Driver Installation System Registry Parameters Q To change this value, follow these steps: 1. Click Start, select Run, and open the REGEDT32 program. 2. Select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and follow the tree structure to the QL2300.SYS driver: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services Ql2300 Parameters Device 3. Double-click MaximumSGList:REG_DWORD:0x21. 4. Enter a value from 16 to 255 (10h to FFh). A value of 255 (FFh) enables the maximum 1-MB transfer size.
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Q 8 – Windows NT Driver Installation System Registry Parameters Follow these steps to disable OS support for more than eight LUNs: 1. Click Start, select Run, and open the REGEDT32 program. 2. Select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and follow the tree structure to the QL2300.SYS driver: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services Ql2300 Parameters Device 3. Double-click LargeLuns:REG_DWORD:0x01. 4. Change the data value from 1 to 0. 5. Exit the REGEDT32 program, then restart the system. 8.4.
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8 – Windows NT Driver Installation QLDIRECT Q 6. Click OK. 7. Exit the REGEDT32 program, then restart the system. 8.
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Q 8 – Windows NT Driver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation 8.5.2.2 Updating to QLDIRECT from QLFILTER The QLDIRECT driver replaces the QLogic QLFILTER driver. You must first uninstall the QLFILTER driver before installing the QLDIRECT driver. NOTE: Windows NT does not always remove driver files and registry keys when uninstalling a driver. You must manually remove the Qlfilter.sys file and associated registry key to ensure that Windows NT does not load the Qldirect.sys and Qlfilter.
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Q 8 – Windows NT Driver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation n n Release.txt—release notes for the QL2x00IP driver Readme.txt—readme file 8.6.1 Initial Installation of the QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Perform the following steps to install the QL2x00IP NDIS network driver: 1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, then click Control Panel. 2. Double-click the Network icon, click the Adapters tab, then click Add. 3.
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Q 8 – Windows NT Driver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation 8.6.2 Updating the QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Perform the following steps if a QL2x00IP NDIS network driver is already installed and you want to install an updated version of the driver: 1. Open a DOS command prompt window. 2. Change the current directory to the Windows NT driver directory. For example: cd \Winnt\System32\Drivers 3. Make a backup copy of the old driver. You can copy the file into the same directory with a .
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Q 8 – Windows NT Driver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation n MTU Size. This parameter specifies the maximum transfer or packet size that the host system sends or receives. All QLA23xx HBAs on the same network must have the same MTU size value. QLogic recommends a default value of 8192. n Buffer Count. This parameter specifies the number of receive buffers that the QL2x00IP driver allocates during initialization.
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Q 8 – Windows NT Driver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation 3. On the IP Address tab, select the QLA23xx HBA, then modify the IP address and subnet mask as appropriate. Each IP address must be unique and all QLA23xx HBAs on the loop must use the same subnet mask. For example: Adapter 1 IP address: Subnet mask: 10.0.0.1 255.255.0.0 Adapter 2 IP address: Subnet mask: 10.0.0.2 255.255.0.0 4. Click OK. The Network dialog box redisplays. 5. Click Close. 6.
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8 – Windows NT Driver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation Q Notes 8-12 FC2354601-00 E
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Section 9 Windows 2000 Driver Installation (QL2300.SYS) 9.
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Q 9 – Windows 2000 Driver Installation Windows 2000 Installation 9.3 Windows 2000 Installation Perform the installation instructions that correspond to your system: n To install Windows 2000 and the Windows 2000 driver with the QLA23xx HBA connected to the boot device, perform the installation procedures in section 9.3.1. n To install Windows 2000 and the Windows 2000 driver with the QLA23xx HBA connected to an add-on device, perform the installation procedures in section 9.3.2.
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Q 9 – Windows 2000 Driver Installation Windows 2000 Installation 9.3.2 Initial Installation of Windows 2000 and the Windows 2000 Driver (QLA23xx HBA Connects to an Add-on Device) Perform the following steps to install Windows 2000 and the Windows 2000 driver on a device that is not attached to the QLA23xx HBA: 1. Start Windows installation procedure using the Windows 2000 Setup disks or CD. 2. Windows detects the newly installed device, then displays the Found New Hardware with SCSI controller message.
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Q 9 – Windows 2000 Driver Installation Windows 2000 Installation 9.3.3 Installing the Windows 2000 Driver The QLA23xx HBAs are plug-and-play devices that are automatically detected by Windows 2000. Perform the following steps to add the Windows 2000 driver to a previously installed Windows 2000 system: 1. Install the QLA23xx HBA. 2. Power up the computer. 3. Windows 2000 detects the newly installed device, then displays the Found New Hardware with SCSI controller message.
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Q 9 – Windows 2000 Driver Installation Windows 2000 Installation Channel Adapter message displays. Perform the following steps to complete the driver installation: 1. When the Digital Signature Not Found dialog box displays, select Yes. 2. When the Insert Disk message displays, insert the driver disk created in section 9.2. Click OK. 3. Click Finish on the Found New Hardware Wizard/Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard screen. 4. The following message displays: Your hardware settings have changed.
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9 – Windows 2000 Driver Installation Removing the Windows 2000 Driver Q 8. When the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard/Select a Device Driver dialog box displays, click Next. 9. When the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard/Start Device Driver Installation dialog box displays, click Next. 10. When the Digital Signature Not found dialog box displays, select Yes. 11. When the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard/Completing the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard dialog box displays, click Finish. 12.
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Q 9 – Windows 2000 Driver Installation System Registry Parameters NOTE: OEMSETUP.INF automatically updates the registry to support 33 scatter/gather segments. This setting provides the best overall performance. To change this value, follow these steps: 1. Click Start, select Run, and open the REGEDT32 program. 2. Select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and follow the tree structure to the QL2300.SYS driver: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services Ql2300 Parameters Device 3.
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9 – Windows 2000 Driver Installation QLDIRECT Q Follow these steps to change the UseSameNN parameter: 1. Click Start, select Run, and open the REGEDT32 program. 2. Select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and follow the tree structure to the QL2300.SYS driver: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services Ql2300 Parameters Device 3. Double-click DriverParameters:REG_SZ:UseSameNN=1. 4. If the string UseSameNN= does not display, add the following text to the end of the string: ;UseSameNN=0 5.
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Q 9 – Windows 2000 Driver Installation QLDIRECT 9.6.2 QLDIRECT Installation If QLDIRECT is not installed on your system, perform the installation procedures in section 9.6.2.1. If the QLFILTER driver is installed on your system, perform the update procedures in section 9.6.2.2. 9.6.2.1 Initial Installation of QLDIRECT Perform the following steps to add the QLDIRECT driver to a previously installed Windows 2000 system: 1. If necessary, install the QLA2300 Windows 2000 enhanced miniport driver. 2.
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Q 9 – Windows 2000 Driver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation 9.7 QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation Your system must meet the following requirements for the QL2x00IP network driver interface specification (NDIS) network driver to function properly: n The QL2300 SCSI miniport driver must be installed. n Windows 2000 networking software must be installed.
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Q 9 – Windows 2000 Driver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation 11. Click OK. 12. In the Network Adapter list, click QLogic QLA2X00 PCI Adapter, then click Next. 13. In the Start Hardware Installation dialog box, click Next to install the driver. 14. If the Digital Signature Not Found dialog box displays, click Yes. 15. In the Add/Remove Hardware Wizard dialog box, click Finish to complete the driver installation. 16. Modify the IP address parameters and driver parameters. See section 9.
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Q 9 – Windows 2000 Driver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation The QL2x00IP NDIS driver provides drive configuration parameters. The drive configuration parameters are listed in table 9-1 and described in the following paragraphs. Table 9-1. Ql2x00ip.
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Q 9 – Windows 2000 Driver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation Perform the following steps to make QL2x00IP NDIS driver parameter and IP address modifications: 1. Click Start, point to Settings, point to Control Panel, and double-click the Network and Dial-Up Connections icon. 2. Right-click the Local Area Connection icon for the QLA23xx HBA, then click Properties.
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9 – Windows 2000 Driver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation Q 4. In the Choose a Hardware Task dialog box, click Uninstall/Unplug a device and click Next. 5. In the Choose a Removal Task dialog box, click Uninstall a device and click Next. 6. From the Device list, select QLogic QLA2x00 PCI Adapter. Click Next. 7. Click Yes, I want to uninstall this device. Click Next. 8. In the Add/Remove Hardware Wizard dialog box, click Finish to complete the removal of the driver.
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Section 10 Windows XP Driver Installation (QL2300.SYS) 10.
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Q 10 – Windows XP Driver Installation Installing the Windows XP Driver 10.3 Installing the Windows XP Driver Perform the installation instructions that correspond to your system: n To install Windows XP and the Windows XP driver with the QLA23xx HBA connected to the boot device, perform the installation procedures in section 10.3.1. n To install Windows XP and the Windows XP driver with the QLA23xx HBA connected to an add-on device, perform the installation procedures in section 10.3.2.
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Q 10 – Windows XP Driver Installation Installing the Windows XP Driver 10.3.2 Initial Installation of Windows XP and the Windows XP Driver (QLA23xx HBA Connects to an Add-on Device) Perform the following steps to install Windows XP and the Windows XP driver on a device that is not attached to the QLA23xx HBA: 1. Start the Windows installation procedure using the Windows XP Setup disks or CD. 2. Windows detects the newly installed device, then displays the Found New Hardware with SCSI controller message.
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Q 10 – Windows XP Driver Installation Installing the Windows XP Driver 10.3.3 Installing the Windows XP Driver The QLA23xx HBAs are plug-and-play devices that are automatically detected by Windows XP. Perform the following steps to add the Windows XP driver to a previously installed Windows XP system: 1. Connect the QLA23xx HBA to the appropriate slot on your computer. 2. Restart or power up your computer. 3.
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Q 10 – Windows XP Driver Installation Installing the Windows XP Driver If the Windows XP driver has already been installed and you are adding an additional QLA23xx HBA onto the system, Windows XP detects the device when the system reboots. The Found New Hardware with QLogic QLA2300 PCI Fibre Channel Adapter message displays. Perform the following steps to complete the driver installation: 1. When the Digital Signature Not Found dialog box displays, select Yes. 2.
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Q 10 – Windows XP Driver Installation Removing the Driver 7. Insert the driver disk created in section 10.2. Click Have Disk. 8. In the Copy manufacturer’s files from dialog box, type the following: A:\ Click OK. 9. When the Hardware Update Wizard/Select a Device Driver dialog box displays, click Next. 10. When the Hardware Installation dialog box displays, select Continue Anyway. 11. When the Hardware Update Wizard/Completing the Upgrade Device Drier Wizard dialog box displays, click Finish. 12.
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Q 10 – Windows XP Driver Installation System Registry Parameters 10.5.1 MaximumSGList Windows XP includes enhanced scatter/gather list support for doing large SCSI I/O transfers. Windows XP supports up to 256 scatter/gather segments of 4096 bytes each, allowing transfers up to 1048576 bytes. NOTE: OEMSETUP.INF automatically updates the registry to support 33 scatter/gather segments. This setting provides the best overall performance. To change this value, follow these steps: 1.
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10 – Windows XP Driver Installation System Registry Parameters Q If you want to have the world wide node name for each HBA to be based on its own NVRAM content, set the UseSameNN parameter to 0. Follow these steps to change the UseSameNN parameter: 1. Click Start, select Run, and open the REGEDT32 program. 2. Select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and follow the tree structure to the QL2300.SYS driver: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services Ql2300 Parameters Device 3.
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Section 11 NetWare Driver Installation (QL2300.HAM) 11.1 Introduction This section provides instructions for installing the NetWare driver. NOTE: References to Novell NetWare 5.x and 6.x refer to versions that are currently supported by Novell. Novell no longer supports version 4.2. If you are using this version, be sure to install support pack 9 (NW42SP9). 11.2 Creating the Driver Disk Follow these steps to create driver disk containing the files needed to install the NetWare driver: 1.
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11 – NetWare Driver Installation Installing the Driver Q 11.3 Installing the Driver NOTE: n Novell no longer supports version 4.2. If you are using this version, be sure to install support pack 9 (NW42SP9). n The driver HAM file resides on the default Netware DOS directory C:\NWSERVER; you can shortcut the driver installation process by copying the HAM file (and the DDI file) to that directory, then editing the script file STARTUP.
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Q 11 – NetWare Driver Installation Installing the Driver 4. Follow the standard NetWare instructions to begin the installation. When prompted, select the Custom install option. Do not select the Express option, which loads the QLogic HAM driver from the NetWare CD. 5. When the driver screen containing the Storage Adapters: label displays, select the field next to the label and press ENTER. 6. Press INSERT to add a driver. Press INSERT again to add an unlisted driver.
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11 – NetWare Driver Installation Installing the Driver Q 5. Select Select an additional driver. 6. Press INSERT to install an unlisted driver. (Do not press ENTER, which causes the installer to look for drivers on the NetWare CD.) 7. Insert the driver disk created in section 11.2 and press F3 to specify the path to the QLogic HAM driver: A:\NETWARE 8. Press ENTER to select the QLogic HAM driver and select Yes to copy the driver from the disk to the server directory. 11.3.
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Q 11 – NetWare Driver Installation Driver Parameters 11.4 Removing the Driver Follow these steps to remove the NetWare driver: 1. From the NetWare server prompt, load the appropriate NetWare program. For example: LOAD INSTALL (NetWare 4.x) LOAD NWCONFIG (NetWare 5.x, 6.x) 2. Select Driver options from the main menu. 3. Select Configure disk and storage device drivers. 4. Select Deselect a selected driver. 11.
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Q 11 – NetWare Driver Installation Driver Parameters Table 11-1. QL2300.HAM Driver Parameters (Continued) 11-6 Parameter Type Description /LUNS Instance This parameter tells NetWare to scan for all LUNs when this driver is loaded. Otherwise, NetWare scans only for LUN zero devices. The scanned LUN number range is 0 to (n –1), where n is specified by the /MAXLUNS=n option. /LUNS parameter example: LOAD QL2300.
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Q 11 – NetWare Driver Installation Driver Parameters Table 11-1. QL2300.HAM Driver Parameters (Continued) FC2354601-00 E Parameter Type Description /BACKOFF Global This parameter disables failback of I/O after a broken link or a broken port has been restored and made operational. /BACKOFF parameter example: LOAD QL2x00.HAM SLOT=3 /LUNS/BACKOFF /IGNCFG Global This parameter avoids reading the configuration file QL2x00.CFG, and allows all devices to be reported to NetWare. The QL2X00.
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Q 11 – NetWare Driver Installation Driver Parameters Table 11-1. QL2300.HAM Driver Parameters (Continued) 11-8 Parameter Type Description /INQUIRY Instance This parameter forces the use of SCSI Inquiry commands during the LUN scan regardless of the LUNs listed by the response to the SCSI Report LUNs command. The existence of a particular LUN is determined by the results of the SCSI Inquiry command to that LUN. /INQUIRY parameter example: LOAD QL2x00.
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Q 11 – NetWare Driver Installation Driver Parameters Table 11-1. QL2300.HAM Driver Parameters (Continued) Parameter Type Description /LUNZERO Instance This parameter reports LUN 0 to NetWare, even if there was no response to the SCSI Inquiry command (as long as the port was logged in). This parameter is used for RAID subsystems that do not report any LUNs on a port until the subsystem is configured for the first time. /LUNZERO parameter example: LOAD QL2x00.HAM SLOT=3 /ALLPATHS /LUNZERO 11.5.
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Q 11 – NetWare Driver Installation Driver Parameters Table 11-2. NVRAM Parameters (Continued) Setting Used by Driver Default Value; Do Not Change Extended Error Logging 4 Interrupt Delay Timer 4 NOTE: 11-10 4 RIO Operation Mode Enable BIOS Memory Map I/O Not Used by Driver (Change Has No Effect) 4 The timeout for loop/link/port down is set (in seconds) by the Port Down Retry Count parameter. For best results, set this parameter to 15 or 20.
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Section 12 Red Hat Linux Driver Installation 12.1 Introduction This section provides instructions for installing the Red Hat Linux driver on an already installed Red Hat Linux 7.1 and 7.2 (kernel 2.4.x) operating system. Earlier or later versions of Red Hat Linux are not currently supported. The latest version of the software drivers and documentation for Red Hat Linux are available on the QLogic Web site, www.qlogic.com. Be sure to review the README.qla2xxx and release.
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Q 12 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Installing the Driver 12.3.1 Building a Custom Kernel to Load the Driver Automatically The kernel automatically loads the qla2x00 driver at boot time if you include it in a custom kernel. This process is supported only on Red Hat 7.1 and 7.2. The kernel source tree is referenced as /usr/src/linux. Under the RedHat distribution, the directory path is /usr/src/linux-2.4.
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Q 12 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Installing the Driver Add the following lines below it: subdir-$(CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_QLA2XXX) += qla2xxx ifeq ($(CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_QLA2XXX_QLA2300),y) SUB_DIRS += qla2xxx MOD_IN_SUB_DIRS += qla2xxx else ifeq ($(CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_QLA2XXX_QLA2300),m) MOD_IN_SUB_DIRS += qla2xxx endif endif ifeq ($(CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_QLA2XXX_QLA2300),y) SUB_DIRS += qla2xxx MOD_IN_SUB_DIRS += qla2xxx else ifeq ($(CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_QLA2XXX_QLA2300),m) MOD_IN_SUB_DIRS += qla2xxx endif
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12 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Installing the Driver Q 4. Remove any reference to older QLogic FC drivers. To ensure that the older driver binary included in the original distribution does not interfere with the updated version, type the following to rename the old driver binary: # cd /usr/src/linux/drivers/addon/qla2300 # mv qla2200.o qla2200_rh.o # mv qla2300.o qla2300_rh.o # cd /lib/modules//drivers/addon/qla2300 # mv qla2200.o qla2200_rh.o # mv qla2300.o qla2300_rh.o 5.
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Q 12 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Installing the Driver After building a UP or SMP version of the driver, you must load the driver by one of the following methods: n n Manually (see section 12.3.2.3) Through a RAMDISK image, which you must build (see section 12.3.2.4). 12.3.2.1 Building a Uniprocessor (UP) Version of the Driver Perform the following steps to build a UP version of the qla2xxx driver: 1. Extract the kernel-header and kernel-source RPM files from the first Red Hat CD-ROM.
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Q 12 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Installing the Driver After building a UP version of the driver, you must load the driver by one of the following methods: n n Manually (see section 12.3.2.3) Through a RAMDISK image, which you must build (see section 12.3.2.4) 12.3.2.2 Building a Symmetric Multiprocessor (SMP) Version of the Driver Perform the following steps to build an SMP version of the qla2300 driver: 1. Extract the kernel-header and kernel-source RPM files from the first Red Hat CD-ROM.
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Q 12 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Installing the Driver 5. Create a new directly, /qla2x00. Using the driver disk created in section 12.2, copy the qla2xxxsrc-vx.yy-fo.tgz file to /qla2x00 and extract the files. For example: # # # # mkdir qla2x00 cd /qla2x00 mcopy a:*.tgz . (The period (.) at the end is required.) tar -xvzf *.tgz 6. Build the qla2300.o driver from the source code by typing: # make all SMP=1 OSVER=linux-2.
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Q 12 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Installing the Driver For Redhat distributions 7.2 with kernel 2.4.9-21 and above, type the following to rename the old driver binary included in the original distribution, ensuring that it will not interfere with the updated version: # cd /lib/modules//drivers/addon/qla2300 # mv qla2300.o qla2300_rh.o After renaming the older version of the drivers, you can load the new driver using modprobe after updating the modules dependency file. 12.3.2.
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Q 12 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation System Driver Parameter max_scsi_luns 4. Configure the boot loader with the new RAMDISK image. For LILO, perform the following steps: a. Add the following line to one of the kernel entry sections in the /etc/lilo.conf file to use the RAMDISK image: initrd=/boot/newinitrd-image.img b. Type the following command: #lilo c. Reboot the system. For GRUB, perform the following steps: a. Add the following line to one of the kernel entry sections in the /etc/grub.
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Q 12 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Driver Command Line Parameters For GRUB, perform the following steps: 1. Append the max_scsi_luns parameters to each of the kernel images listed in the /etc/grub.conf file. For example: kernel /vmlinux-2.4.7-10 ro root=/dev/hda2 max_scsi_luns=128 2. Reboot the system. 12.5 Driver Command Line Parameters The following command line options are available: n Verbose. This option provides detailed debug information. For example: # insmod qla2300.
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Section 13 Solaris SPARC Driver and SANblade Control FX Installation (QL2300) 13.1 Introduction This section provides instructions for installing the Solaris SPARC driver and SANblade Control FX GUI in an already installed Solaris SPARC operating system. The latest version of the Solaris SPARC driver package is available on the QLogic Web site (www.qlogic.com). The files in the driver package cannot be read nor installed from a DOS environment. Be sure to review the README.
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Q 13 – Solaris SPARC Driver and SANblade Control FX Installation Pre-installation Requirements for SANblade Control FX 13.3 Pre-installation Requirements for SANblade Control FX The following requirements must be met before you install SANblade Control FX: n The HBAs must be installed. n Note that SANblade Control FX configures HBAs on the local machine; it cannot configure HBAs on remote machines. n You need at least 12 MB on the local machine to install SANblade Control FX.
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13 – Solaris SPARC Driver and SANblade Control FX Installation Installing the Solaris SPARC Driver and SANblade Control FX from the QLogic Web Site Q 13.5 Installing the Solaris SPARC Driver and SANblade Control FX from the QLogic Web Site Perform the following steps to download the Solaris SPARC driver from the web to your hard disk, then install the driver on your system. NOTE: To install the QLA2300 driver, you must have superuser privileges. 1. Log on to the system as a superuser. 2.
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13 – Solaris SPARC Driver and SANblade Control FX Installation Installing the Solaris SPARC Driver and SANblade Control FX from the QLogic Web Site Q 8. Type the numbers associated with the Solaris SPARC version on your system. Separate the numbers by pressing the SPACEBAR. a. Type 1, 2, or 3 to install the driver package. b. If you are installing the SANblade Control FX GUI and do not have the appropriate SDM library installed, type 4 or 5. c. Type 6 or 7 to install the SANblade Control FX GUI.
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13 – Solaris SPARC Driver and SANblade Control FX Installation Installing the Solaris SPARC Driver and SANblade Control FX from the QLogic Web Site Q 12. Type y and press ENTER to continue the driver installation. The pkgadd program notifies you when the driver installation is complete. For example: Installing QLogic QLA2300 driver as ## Installing part 1 of 1. /kernel/drv/qla2300 /kernel/drv/qla2300.conf /kernel/drv/sparcv9/qla2300 [ verifying class ] ## Executing postinstall script.
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13 – Solaris SPARC Driver and SANblade Control FX Installation FCode Q 14. Type y and press ENTER to continue the driver installation. The pkgadd program notifies you when the SDM library installation is complete. For example: Installing QLogic SDM Library as ## Installing part 1 of 1. /tmp/hba.conf /usr/lib/libqlsdm.a /usr/lib/libqlsdm.so [ verifying class ] ## Executing postinstall script. Setting up QLSDM library... Installation of was successful. 15.
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Part III Applications This part of the SANblade 2300 User’s Guide describes the Fast!UTIL BIOS utility, which allows advanced users to customize the configuration of the QLA23xx HBA and the connected devices (see section 14). Also described in the part of the SANblade 2200 User’s Guide is the SANblade Control GUI, a stand-alone application for configuring your QLA23xx HBAs, referred to as HBAs or adapters.
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Q III – Applications n An overview of the SANblade Control FX Application (screens) n Instructions on using the SANblade Control FX Application to configure your HBAs. Sections 16 (Solaris) and 18 (Windows NT/Windows 2000) contain the following information: n How to start and exit the SANblade Control FX Wizard n Instructions on using the SANblade Control FX Wizard to do a standard configuration of the HBAs.
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Section 14 Fast!UTIL NOTE: The Fast!UTIL BIOS utility does not run on SunSPARC systems. Refer to the appropriate FCode section for information regarding adapter configuration settings and for installing FCode on a QLA23xx HBA in a SunSPARC system. 14.1 Introduction This appendix provides detailed configuration information for advanced users who want to customize the configuration of the QLA23xx HBA and the connected devices.
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Q 14 – Fast!UTIL Configuration Settings 14.2.1 Host Adapter Settings From the Configuration Settings menu in Fast!UTIL, select Host Adapter Settings. The default settings for the QLA23xx HBA are listed in table 14-1 and described in the following paragraphs. Table 14-1.
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Q 14 – Fast!UTIL Configuration Settings n Connection Options. This setting defines the type of connection (loop or point-to-point) or connection preference (see table 14-2). The default is 2. Table 14-2. Connection Options Option Type of Connection 0 Loop only 1 Point-to-point only 2 Loop preferred, otherwise point-to-point n Fibre Channel Tape Support. This setting enables FCP-2 recovery. The default is Enabled. n Data Rate. This setting determines the data rate.
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Q 14 – Fast!UTIL Configuration Settings Channel Device menu. The selected device displays in the Selectable Boot menu list. Repeat steps 3–5 for each of the other locations in the Selectable Boot menu where you want to add bootable devices. NOTE: QLogic recommends that when the HBA BIOS is enabled and the Selectable Boot option is enabled, you always select a device and put it in the Primary boot device location of the Selectable Boot menu list. Many new system BIOS’ support selectable boot.
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Q 14 – Fast!UTIL Configuration Settings Table 14-3. Advanced Adapter Settings (Continued) Setting Options Default Login Retry Count 0–255 8 Port Down Retry Count 0–255 30 Link Down Timeout 0–255 30 Extended Error Logging Enabled, Disabled RIO Operation Mode 0, 5, 6 0 Interrupt Delay Timer 0–255 0 Enable BIOS Memory Map I/O Yes, No Disabled No n Execution Throttle. This setting specifies the maximum number of commands executing on any one port.
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Q 14 – Fast!UTIL Scan Fibre Channel Devices n RIO Operation Mode. This setting specifies the reduced operation (RIO) modes, if supported by the software driver. RIO modes allow posting multiple command completions in a single interrupt (see table 14-4). The default is 0. Table 14-4. RIO Operation Modes Option Operation Mode 0 Interrupt for every I/O completion 5 Interrupt when interrupt delay timer expires 6 Interrupt when interrupt delay timer expires or no active I/O n Interrupt Delay Timer.
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Q 14 – Fast!UTIL Select Host Adapter 14.6 Select Host Adapter If you have multiple QLA23xx HBAs in your system, use this setting to select and then configure or view the settings of a specific QLA23xx HBA. You can also select a specific port on the QLA23xx HBA (if it has multiple ports).
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Section 15 SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris 15.1 Introduction The SANblade Control FX (Application and Wizard) GUI for Solaris allows you to configure HBAs and the target devices attached to them. SANblade Control FX works only on the local machine; it cannot configure HBAs and target devices on remote machines. At the time of publication, SANblade Control FX supports Solaris SPARC versions 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, and 2.9.
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15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Exiting SANblade Control FX Application Q 15.3 Exiting SANblade Control FX Application To exit the SANblade Control FX Application, on the SANblade Control FX Application main window File menu, select Exit. 15.4 Main Window and Window Navigation This section provides an overview of the SANblade Control FX Application GUI, including how to navigate through the screens and tabbed pages. The purpose of each screen is described. See sections 15.5 and 15.
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Q 15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Main Window and Window Navigation The menu bar has three options: n File q n Tools q n Exit. Select this option to exit the SANblade Control FX Application. Run Wizard. Select this option to run the SANblade Control FX Wizard. The SANblade Control FX Application is blocked from receiving any input when SANblade Control FX Wizard is executed.
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15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Main Window and Window Navigation Q 15.4.1 HBA Tabbed Pages When you click an adapter in the HBA tree on the main window, the HBA tabbed pages appear on the right side of the screen.
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Q 15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Main Window and Window Navigation 15.4.1.1 HBA Information Tabbed Page By default, the HBA Information tabbed page appears when an adapter is selected (see figure 15-2). Figure 15-2. HBA Information Tabbed Page This read-only page displays the current serial number and the version numbers for the current driver, firmware, and FCode. 15.4.1.2 HBA Options Tabbed Page The HBA Options tabbed page allows you to configure HBA parameters.
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Q 15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Main Window and Window Navigation Figure 15-3. HBA Options Tabbed Page (Host Parameters) Figure 15-4.
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15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Main Window and Window Navigation Q 15.4.1.3 Target Settings Tabbed Page The Target Settings tabbed page displays target device information and allows you to persistently bind target devices connected to the adapter selected in the HBA tree (see figure 15-6). For information on how to bind target devices, see section 15.6.2. Figure 15-6.
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Q 15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Main Window and Window Navigation 15.4.1.4 Boot Device Tabbed Page The Boot Device tabbed page is read-only. It displays information about the boot device (see figure 15-7). Figure 15-7.
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15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Main Window and Window Navigation Q 15.4.1.5 Diagnostics Tabbed Page The Diagnostics tabbed page allows you to run loopback tests (see figure 15-8) and read/write buffer tests (see figure 15-9). For more information, see section 15.6.3. Figure 15-8.
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Q 15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Main Window and Window Navigation Figure 15-9.
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15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Main Window and Window Navigation Q 15.4.1.6 Utilities Tabbed Page The Utilities tabbed page allows you to update the NVRAM (see figure 15-10) and FCode (see figure 15-11). For more information, see section 15.6.4. Figure 15-10.
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Q 15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Main Window and Window Navigation Figure 15-11. Utilities Tabbed Page (Update FCode) 15.4.2 Device Tabbed Pages When you click on a device in the HBA tree, the device Information and LUN List tabbed pages appear on the right side of the screen.
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15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Main Window and Window Navigation Q 15.4.2.1 Device Information Tabbed Page The device Information tabbed page is read-only (see figure 15-12). It displays information for the selected device in the HBA tree, including the vendor, product ID, product revision, world wide device node and port names, and the device port ID. Figure 15-12.
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Q 15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Main Window and Window Navigation 15.4.2.2 Device LUN List Tabbed Page The top of the device LUN List tabbed page contains information about the device to which the LUNs are attached (see figure 15-13). The bottom of the LUN List tabbed page contains a list of the LUNs attached to the selected device. The information on the LUN List tabbed page is read only. Figure 15-13.
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15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Displaying Host, HBAs, Devices, LUNs, and Boot Devices Q 15.4.3 LUN Information Tabbed Page Clicking on a LUN in the HBA tree displays the read-only LUN Information tabbed page (see figure 15-14).This information is the same as the LUN List tabbed page. Figure 15-14. LUN Information Tabbed Page 15.5 Displaying Host, HBAs, Devices, LUNs, and Boot Devices 15.5.
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Q 15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Displaying Host, HBAs, Devices, LUNs, and Boot Devices 15.5.2 Displaying HBA Information Click on an adapter model in the HBA tree on the left side of the screen to display the read-only HBA Information tabbed page (see figure 15-2). The page displays basic information about an HBA.
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Q 15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Configurating the HBA Another way to display LUN information is to click on a LUN in the HBA tree, which displays the LUN Information tabbed page (see figure 15-14). This page contains the same information as the LUN List tabbed page. 15.5.4 Displaying Boot Device Information Perform the following steps to display information about the boot device for this host: 1. In the main window, click an adapter in the HBA tree.
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Q 15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Configurating the HBA The top of the HBA Options tabbed page contains is read-only; it displays information about the selected adapter. Select one of the following options from the Select Parameter Section drop-down list: n n n Host Parameters Advanced Host Parameters Advanced Firmware Parameters These parameters are described in the following sections.
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Q 15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Configurating the HBA 15.6.1.1 Host Parameters The host parameters are illustrated in figure 15-15. Figure 15-15. HBA Options Tabbed Page (Host Parameters) This part of the HBA Options tabbed page allows you to configure the following host parameters: n Connection Options. This setting defines the type of connection (loop or point-to-point).
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Q 15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Configurating the HBA n Frame Size. This setting specifies the maximum frame length supported by the HBAs. Select one of the following frame sizes: q q q 512 1024 2048 The default size is 2048, which provides maximum performance for F-Port (point-to-point) connections. n Execution Throttle. This setting specifies the maximum number of commands executing on any one port.
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15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Configurating the HBA Q 15.6.1.2 Advanced Host Parameters This part of the HBA Options tabbed page allows you to set parameters that update or troubleshoot support issues (see figure 15-16). Figure 15-16. HBA Options Tabbed Page (Advanced Host Parameters) These parameters allow you to control how persistent binding is done for an HBA or target device, as described in the following paragraphs. n Persistent Plus New.
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Q 15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Configurating the HBA n Persistent Bind HBA. Select this check box to bind the selected HBA in the configuration file. The SANblade Control FX Application binds the HBA's OS instance number with the world wide node name and world wide port name of the HBA. By default, this check box is cleared. n Fast Error Reporting. This option enables/disables the OS’ control of the rate at which errors are returned.
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15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Configurating the HBA Q 15.6.1.3 Advanced Firmware Parameters This part of the HBA Options tabbed page contains firmware parameter settings that you can update to tune or troubleshoot a support issue (see figure 15-17). Figure 15-17. HBA Options Tabbed Page (Advanced Firmware Parameters) The advanced firmware parameters are described in the following paragraphs: 15-24 n Enable Adapter Hard Loop ID.
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Q 15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Configurating the HBA n Enable ACK0. This setting determines the type of ACK used. Select this check box to use sequence ACK. Clear this check box to use frame ACK. The default is disabled. NOTE: If you select Enable ACK0, you must also select Enable Class 2 Service. n Enable Read Transfer Ready. This option is reserved. By default, this check box is cleared. n Hard Loop ID.
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15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Configurating the HBA Q 15.6.2 Bind Devices Attached to the HBAs Bind target devices to the attached HBAs using the Target Settings tabbed page. To access the Target Settings tabbed page, perform the following steps: 1. Click an adapter in the HBA tree on the left side of the screen. The HBA tabbed pages are displayed on the right side of the screen. 2. Click the Target Settings tab (see figure 15-18). Figure 15-18.
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Q 15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Configurating the HBA The binding information for target devices is in the table in the bottom half of the page. Each row in the table corresponds to one port of a target device. The table has the following entries for each target device connected to the current HBA: n Bind. This column contains a check box which is selected or cleared. The check box is selected if the corresponding target device is already persistently bound in the configuration file.
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15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Configurating the HBA Q Control FX Application detects the target devices that are bound in the configuration file and selects the check boxes under the Bind column for all such bound targets. In the Target ID column, the target ID displayed is as read from the configuration file.
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Q 15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Configurating the HBA The loopback test is internal to the HBA. It is a tool to evaluate the Fibre Channel loop stability and error rate. The test transmits and receives (loopback) the specified data and checks for frame CRC, disparity, and length errors (see figure 15-19). Figure 15-19.
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Q 15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Configurating the HBA read/write is also compared. If errors occur, the test indicates a broken or unreliable link between the HBA and the device (see figure 15-20). Figure 15-20. Diagnostics Tabbed Page (Read/Write Buffer Test) To perform a loopback or a read-write buffer test, fill in the following options in the Diagnostics tabbed page: 15-30 n Data Pattern. This option sets the test pattern.
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Q 15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Configurating the HBA n Test Results. This section displays the results after the test is run. The first column shows whether the test passes or fails. The remaining columns display the error counters.
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Q 15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Configurating the HBA 15.6.4.1 Update the NVRAM When you click the Utilities tabbed page, the Update NVRAM option button is selected (see figure 15-21). Figure 15-21. Utilities Tabbed Page (Update NVRAM) Perform the following steps to update the NVRAM: 1. Click the Select Input File button to select the file from which to update. Make sure you select the correct file. It must end with a .dat extension and have 256 bytes of data.
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Q 15 – SANblade Control FX Application for Solaris Configurating the HBA 15.6.4.2 Update the FCode When you click the Utilities tabbed page, the Update NVRAM option button is selected (see figure 15-22). Figure 15-22. Utilities Tabbed Page (Update FCode) Perform the following steps to update the FCode: 1. Click the Update FCode button. 2. Click the Select Input File button to select the file from which to update. Make sure you select the correct file. It must end with a .prom extension.
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Section 16 SANblade Control FX Wizard for Solaris 16.1 Introduction The SANblade Control FX Wizard provides step-by-step procedures to configure a common set of HBA options for all the QLA22xx and 23xx HBAs installed on the local machine. Make sure you have installed the SANblade Control FX (see section 15.2) before running the SANblade Control FX Wizard. Throughout this section, HBA and adapter are used interchangeably. Some screens in the GUI use HBA, some use adapter.
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16 – SANblade Control FX Wizard for Solaris Screen Navigation Q 16.3 Screen Navigation When you launch the SANblade Control FX Wizard, the QLogic Configuration Wizard screen displays (see figure 16-1). Figure 16-1. QLogic Configuration Wizard Screen The following buttons are available on all screens: n n n Cancel. To end the configuration process at any time, click the Cancel button. Back. To go back through the previous screens, click the Back button. Help. For online help, click the Help button. 16.
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Q 16 – SANblade Control FX Wizard for Solaris Configuring HBAs in SANblade Control FX Wizard 16.4.2 Select an HBA to Configure If you click the Next button, the HBA Selection screen displays (see figure 16-2). Figure 16-2. HBA Selection Screen The following information is shown for each HBA: n Port name. Word wide port name of the HBA n Node name. Word wide node name of the HBA n Instance. The instance number of the HBA as assigned by the operating system (OS) n Configured.
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Q 16 – SANblade Control FX Wizard for Solaris Configuring HBAs in SANblade Control FX Wizard 16.4.3 Verify HBA and Driver Information After selecting an HBA, the HBA Information screen displays (see figure 16-3). Figure 16-3. HBA Information Screen The HBA Information screen displays the following information about the selected HBA: n n n n n n HBA type HBA instance number Node name Port name Driver version FCode version After verifying the HBA and driver information, press the Next button.
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Q 16 – SANblade Control FX Wizard for Solaris Configuring HBAs in SANblade Control FX Wizard 16.4.4 Update the HBA Connection Settings After verifying the HBA and driver information, the HBA Connection Settings screen displays (see figure 16-4). Figure 16-4. HBA Connection Settings Screen Define the type of connection you want to use when the system boots. The following options are available: n n n Loop only Point-to-point only Loop preferred, otherwise point-to-point (default) Select the data rate.
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16 – SANblade Control FX Wizard for Solaris Configuring HBAs in SANblade Control FX Wizard Q 16.4.5 Perform Target Binding After selecting the HBA connection settings, the Target Configuration screen displays (see figure 16-5). Figure 16-5. Target Configuration Screen This screen displays the HBA type, instance number, node name, and port name of the selected HBA. The screen allows you to configure the targets connected to the current HBA. The targets connected to the HBA are displayed in a table.
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Q 16 – SANblade Control FX Wizard for Solaris Configuring HBAs in SANblade Control FX Wizard n Target ID. This column displays the target ID of the device. If the target device is already bound in the configuration file, the target ID displayed is the ID by which it is bound in the configuration file. If the target device is not bound, the target ID displayed has been assigned to the target by the driver.
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16 – SANblade Control FX Wizard for Solaris Configuring HBAs in SANblade Control FX Wizard Q If you want to save a copy of the configuration information, click the Export Log to File button. You are prompted to select a file name and save the information. If you want to save this configuration, click the Save button. To make any changes, use the Back button to retrace your steps to the appropriate screen. 16.4.
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Q 16 – SANblade Control FX Wizard for Solaris Configuring HBAs in SANblade Control FX Wizard 16.4.8 Exit Wizard Mode If you selected the No radio button from the HBA Configuration Status screen and clicked the Next button, the Exit Wizard screen displays (see figure 16-8). Figure 16-8. Exit Wizard Screen Select one of the following options by clicking the option button, then click the Finish button: n Exit Wizard. This option exits SANblade Control FX.
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16 – SANblade Control FX Wizard for Solaris Configuring HBAs in SANblade Control FX Wizard Q Notes 16-10 FC2354601-00 E
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Section 17 SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 17.1 Introduction NOTE: If you have installed a QLA2350/2352 HBA and want to run VI, use the SANblade Control VIX Application for Windows 2000 (see section 19). The SANblade Control FX (Application and Wizard) GUI for Windows NT/Windows 2000 allows you to configure HBAs and the target devices attached to them. The SANblade Control FX GUI works only on the local machine; it cannot configure HBAs and target devices on remote machines.
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17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Getting Started Q Perform the following steps to install SANblade Control FX GUI on a Windows NT/Windows 2000 operating system: 1. Download the scfx122.exe file to your local machine, or use the scfx122.exe file in the SANsurfer Tool Kit. 2. Double-click scfx122.exe from Windows Explorer, or execute the file from the MS-DOS prompt. The installation wizard will launch. 3.
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Q 17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Main Window and Window Navigation When the SANblade Control FX Application starts, the first screen is the main window, which defaults to the host Information tabbed page (see figure 17-1). HBA Tree Menu Bar Tabbed Pages Figure 17-1. Host Information Tabbed Page (Main Window) The window consists of the following sections: n n n Menu bar HBA tree Tabbed pages The menu bar has three options: n File q n Host q FC2354601-00 E Exit.
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17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Main Window and Window Navigation n Tools q n Q Run Wizard. Select this option to run the SANblade Control FX Wizard. Help q Contents. Select this option to pull up a text browser that displays relevant information about the SANblade Control FX Application. q About. Select this option to see the current version of the SANblade Control FX Application. The HBA tree displays the hosts with their connected adapters, devices, and LUNs.
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Q 17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Main Window and Window Navigation 17.5.1 HBA Tabbed Pages When you click an adapter in the HBA tree on the main window, the HBA tabbed pages appear on the right side of the screen.
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17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Main Window and Window Navigation Q 17.5.1.1 HBA Information Tabbed Page By default, the HBA Information tabbed page appears when an adapter is selected (see figure 17-2). Figure 17-2.
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Q 17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Main Window and Window Navigation 17.5.1.2 HBA Options Tabbed Page The HBA Options tabbed page allows you to configure HBA parameters. By selecting from the Select Parameter Section drop down box, you can configure the following three sets of parameters, as shown in figures 17-3 through 17-5. n n n Host Parameters Advanced Host Parameters Advanced Firmware Parameters For detailed information about these parameters, see section 17.7.1.
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17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Main Window and Window Navigation Q 17.5.1.3 Target Settings Tabbed Page The Target Settings tabbed page displays target device information and enables you to persistently bind target devices connected to the adapter selected in the HBA tree (see figure 17-6). Figure 17-6.
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Q 17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Main Window and Window Navigation To view the target settings at the host level, click Host View (see figure 17-17). Figure 17-7. Target Settings Tabbed Page (Host View) For information on how to persistently bind target devices, see section 17.7.2.
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17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Main Window and Window Navigation Q 17.5.1.4 Diagnostics Tabbed Page The Diagnostics tabbed page allows you to run loopback tests (see figure 17-8) and read/write buffer tests (see figure 17-9). For more information, see section 17.7.3. Figure 17-8.
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17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Main Window and Window Navigation Q 17.5.1.5 Utilities Tabbed Page The Utilities tabbed page allows you to update the NVRAM (see figures 17-10 and 17-11) and BIOS (see figure 17-11). For more information, see section 17.7.4. Figure 17-10.
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Q 17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Main Window and Window Navigation Figure 17-11. Utilities Tabbed Page (Update NVRAM with Completion Status) 17.5.2 Device Tabbed Pages When you click on a device (target) in the HBA tree, the target Information and LUN List tabbed pages appear on the right side of the screen.
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17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Main Window and Window Navigation Q 17.5.2.1 Target Information Tabbed Page The target Information tabbed page is read-only (see figure 17-12). It displays information for the selected target in the HBA tree, including the vendor, product ID, product revision, target node name, target port name, and target port ID.
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Q 17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Main Window and Window Navigation 17.5.2.2 LUN List Tabbed Page The information on the LUN List tabbed page is read only (see figure 17-13).
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17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Displaying Host, HBAs, Devices, and LUNs Q 17.5.3 LUN Information Tabbed Page Clicking on a LUN in the HBA tree displays the read-only LUN Information tabbed page (see figure 17-14).This information is the same as the LUN List tabbed page. Figure 17-14. LUN Information Tabbed Page 17.6 Displaying Host, HBAs, Devices, and LUNs 17.6.
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Q 17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Configurating the HBA 17.6.2 Displaying HBA Information Click on an adapter model in the HBA tree on the left side of the screen to display the read-only HBA Information tabbed page (see figure 17-2). The page displays basic information about an HBA.
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Q 17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Configurating the HBA n n Perform loopback and read/write buffer tests (see section 17.7.3) Update the NVRAM and BIOS (see section 17.7.4) 17.7.1 Configure the HBAs Configure the HBAs using the HBA Options tabbed page. To access the HBA Options tabbed page, perform the following steps: 1. Click an adapter in the HBA tree on the left side of the screen. The HBA tabbed pages are displayed on the right side of the screen. 2.
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Q 17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Configurating the HBA 17.7.1.1 Host Parameters The host parameters are illustrated in figure 17-15. Figure 17-15. HBA Options Tabbed Page (Host Parameters) This part of the HBA Options tabbed page allows you to configure the following host parameters: n Connection Options. This setting defines the type of connection (loop or point to point).
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Q 17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Configurating the HBA n Frame Size. This setting specifies the maximum frame length supported by the HBAs. Select one of the following frame sizes: q q q 512 1024 2048 For the QLA22xx HBA, the default size is 1024. If you are using F-Port (point to point) connections, change this setting to 2048 for maximum performance. n Execution Throttle. This setting specifies the maximum number of commands executing on any one port.
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Q 17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Configurating the HBA 17.7.1.2 Advanced Host Parameters This part of the HBA Options tabbed page allows you to set parameters that update or troubleshoot support issues (see figure 17-16). Figure 17-16. HBA Options Tabbed Page (Advanced Host Parameters) These parameters allow you to control how persistent binding is done for an HBA or target device, as described in the following paragraphs. n Maximum LUNs per Target.
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17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Configurating the HBA n Q Extended Logging. When you select this check box, additional error and debug information is provided to the operating system. Events are logged into the Event Viewer. After configuring the Advanced Host Parameters, continue with another selection (Host Parameters or Advanced Firmware Parameters), or click one of the buttons at the bottom of the page to save the new configuration (see section 17.7.1). 17.7.1.
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Q 17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Configurating the HBA q q Multiple responses, 16-bit handles, delay host interrupt Multiple responses, 32-bit handles, delay host interrupt n Enable Adapter Hard Loop ID. Select this check box to force the HBA to attempt to use the ID specified in the Hard Loop ID option. By default, the Enable Adapter Hard Loop ID check box is cleared. n Enable LIP Full Login.
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17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Configurating the HBA Q 17.7.2 Bind Target Devices Attached to the HBAs Bind target devices to the attached HBAs using the Target Settings tabbed page. To access the Target Settings tabbed page, perform the following steps: 1. Click an adapter in the HBA tree on the left side of the screen. The HBA tabbed pages are displayed on the right side of the screen. 2. Click the Target Settings tab.
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Q 17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Configurating the HBA The binding information for target devices is displayed in a tabular format. Each row in the table corresponds to one port of a target device. The table has the following entries for each target device connected to the current HBA: n Enable. Select the check box in this column if you want the corresponding port to be visible to the operating system.
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Q 17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Configurating the HBA If a multiport target does not comply with the Specification for Platform-Independent Failover and Failback Integration (SPIFFI), the targets are split by default. However, you can still combine the ports as described in the previous paragraphs. For detailed description on port states, and SPIFFI-compliant and non-SPIFFI devices, please refer to the latest SPIFFI document.
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Q 17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Configurating the HBA Complete binding the target IDs by clicking one of the buttons at the bottom of the Target Settings tabbed page: n Save. The target configuration entries are saved in the registry in the order specified by the user through the order column. n Reset. This option reverts the targets back to the state when the SANblade Control FX Application was first launched. 17.7.
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Q 17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Configurating the HBA The read/write buffer test sends data through the SCSI Write Buffer command to a target device and reads the data back through the SCSI Read Buffer command and compares the data for errors. The link status of the device before and after the read/write is also compared. If errors occur, the test indicates a broken or unreliable link between the HBA and the device (see figure 17-21). Figure 17-21.
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Q 17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Configurating the HBA To perform a loopback or a read-write buffer test, fill in the following options in the Diagnostics tabbed page: n Data Pattern. This option sets the test pattern. You can select a predefined eight-byte data pattern, specify your own eight-byte custom pattern, or select Random Data Pattern.
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17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Configurating the HBA Q 17.7.4 Update the NVRAM and BIOS Update the NVRAM and BIOS using the Utilities tabbed page. To access the Utilities tabbed page, perform the following steps: 1. Click an adapter in the HBA tree on the left side of the screen. The HBA tabbed pages are displayed on the right side of the screen. 2. Click the Utilities tab. 17.7.4.
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Q 17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Configurating the HBA Perform the following steps to update the NVRAM: 1. Click Select Input File to select the file from which to update. Make sure you select the correct file. It must end with a .dat extension and have 256 bytes of data. You can get the file from the QLogic web site (www.qlogic.com) or service personnel.
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17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Configurating the HBA Q 17.7.4.2 Updating the BIOS When you click the Utilities tabbed page, the Update NVRAM radio button is selected (see figure 17-23). Figure 17-23. Utilities Tabbed Page (Update BIOS) Perform the following steps to update the BIOS: 1. Click the Update BIOS radio button. 2. Click Select Input File to select the file from which to update. Make sure you select the correct file. It must end with a .
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Q 17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Configurating the HBA The SANblade Control FX Application checks for the following conditions before updating the BIOS: n n The BIOS file must have a .bin extension. The BIOS file must have 131072 bytes of data. If one of these conditions is not met, the update process stops and a message is displayed that explains why the BIOS update was aborted.
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Section 18 SANblade Control FX Wizard for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 18.1 Introduction The SANblade Control FX Wizard provides step-by-step procedures to configure a common set of HBA options for all the QLA23xx HBAs installed on the local machine. Throughout this section, HBA and adapter are used interchangeably. Some screens in the GUI use HBA, some use adapter. Both refer to the QLA23xx HBAs. 18.
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18 – SANblade Control FX Wizard for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Screen Navigation Q 18.3 Screen Navigation When you launch the SANblade Control FX Wizard, the QLogic Configuration Wizard screen displays (see figure 18-1). Figure 18-1. QLogic Configuration Wizard Screen The following buttons are available on all screens: n n n Cancel. To end the configuration process at any time, click Cancel. Back. To go back through the previous screens, click Back. Help. For online help, click Help. 18.
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Q 18 – SANblade Control FX Wizard for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Configuring HBAs in SANblade Control FX Wizard 18.4.1 Review the Configuration Process When you launch SANblade Control FX in wizard mode, the QLogic Configuration Wizard screen displays (see figure 18-1). This screen displays the QLA23xx HBAs on the local system. This screen is for your information (you cannot select an HBA). To continue the configuration process, click Next. To end the configuration process, click Cancel. 18.4.
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18 – SANblade Control FX Wizard for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Configuring HBAs in SANblade Control FX Wizard Q From this screen, select the HBA you want to configure: n n Double-click the row containing the HBA. Or Click the row containing the HBA, then click Next. You can only configure one HBA at a time. If you have more than one HBA in the system, the QLogic Configuration Wizard will prompt you to configure additional HBAs once you have completed configuring the HBA selected in this screen. 18.4.
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Q 18 – SANblade Control FX Wizard for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Configuring HBAs in SANblade Control FX Wizard n n Firmware version Failover driver version (if failover driver QLdirect is installed) After verifying the HBA and driver information, press Next. 18.4.4 Update the HBA Connection Settings After verifying the HBA and driver information, the HBA Connection Settings screen displays (see figure 18-4). Figure 18-4.
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Q 18 – SANblade Control FX Wizard for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Configuring HBAs in SANblade Control FX Wizard Select the data rate. The following options are available: n 1 Gbps. The HBA runs at 1 Gbps. (This is the default setting.) n 2 Gbps. The HBA runs at 2 Gbps. n Auto negotiate. The system determines what rate it can accommodate and sets it accordingly. After making selecting the HBA connections settings, press Next. 18.4.
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Q 18 – SANblade Control FX Wizard for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Configuring HBAs in SANblade Control FX Wizard n The Enable column contains a check box denoting whether a target is configured in the operating system. By selecting or clearing this check box, you can select the port state (visible/hidden/unconfigured). n The Type column contains the target type (disk or tape). n The Node Name column contains world wide node name of the target.
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18 – SANblade Control FX Wizard for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Configuring HBAs in SANblade Control FX Wizard Q If you want to save this configuration, click Confirm. To make any changes, use the Back button to retrace your steps to the appropriate screen. If you want to save a copy of the configuration information, click Save Configuration to File. You are prompted to select a file name and save the information. 18.4.
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Q 18 – SANblade Control FX Wizard for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Configuring HBAs in SANblade Control FX Wizard If you do not want to configure another HBA, click the No radio button, then click Next (see section 18.4.8). If you have not configured all the HBAs, a warning message displays (see figure 18-8). Figure 18-8. HBA Configuration Warning Screen If you do not want to configure the remaining HBAs, click OK. The Finish screen displays (see section 18.4.8).
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18 – SANblade Control FX Wizard for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 Configuring HBAs in SANblade Control FX Wizard Q 18.4.8 Finish If you selected the No radio button from the HBA Configuration Status screen and clicked Next, the Finish screen displays (see figure 18-9). Figure 18-9. Exit Wizard Screen Select one of the following options by clicking the radio button, then click Finish: 18-10 n Exit Wizard. This option exits SANblade Control FX.
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Section 19 SANblade Control VIX Application for Windows 2000 19.1 Introduction The SANblade Control VIX Application allows you to enable virtual interface (VI) as well as configure the host and attached HBAs. To enable VI, you must have an HBA with attritional memory and a driver that supports VI. At the time of publication, only the Windows 2000 driver and the QLA2350/2352 HBA meet these criteria.
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Q 19 – SANblade Control VIX Application for Windows 2000 Installing SANblade Control VIX Perform the following steps to install the SANblade Control VIX Application: 1. Download SANblade Control VIX from the QLogic web site: a. Locate SANblade Control VIX on the QLogic web site (www.qlogic.com) and click Download. b. When prompted Would you like to open the file or save it to your computer?, click the Save button. Specify a temporary location on the hard drive and download the driver. 2.
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Q 19 – SANblade Control VIX Application for Windows 2000 Installing SANblade Control VIX 4. The Important Information dialog box displays (see figure 19-2). Read the information, then click Next. \ Figure 19-2. Important Information Dialog Box 5. The Select the desired VI components to install dialog box displays (see figure 19-3). \ Figure 19-3.
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Q 19 – SANblade Control VIX Application for Windows 2000 Installing SANblade Control VIX If you do not have the VI Kernel Agent Driver and User Mode DLL, select this check box. These components are essential for VI support. The VI SDK library and header file is optional; select this check box if you want to develop your own VI applications. When you have completed your selections, click Next. 6. The Choose Install Folder dialog box displays (see figure 19-4). Figure 19-4.
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Q 19 – SANblade Control VIX Application for Windows 2000 Installing SANblade Control VIX 7. The Pre-Installation Summary dialog box displays (see figure 19-5). If the information is not correct, click Previous to back-track and make the appropriate changes. If the information is correct, click Install. Figure 19-5. Pre-Installation Summary Dialog Box 8. The Installing SANblade Control VIX dialog box displays. Various screens inform you that the installation is progressing. Figure 19-6.
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19 – SANblade Control VIX Application for Windows 2000 Installing SANblade Control VIX Q 9. The Launch Application dialog box displays. If you want to start SANblade Control VIX now, select the Launch Application check box. Click Next to continue. Figure 19-7. Launch Application Dialog Box 10. The Install Complete dialog box displays (see figure 19-8). Click Done. Figure 19-8.
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Q 19 – SANblade Control VIX Application for Windows 2000 Main Window and Window Navigation If you selected the Launch Application check box in step 9, the SANblade Control VIX main window displays. The Install Complete dialog box is also displayed; it may be behind the main window. 11.
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19 – SANblade Control VIX Application for Windows 2000 Main Window and Window Navigation Q When the SANblade Control FX Application starts, the first screen is the main window, which defaults to the host Info tabbed page (see figure 19-9). HBA Tree Menu Bar Tabbed Pages Figure 19-9. Host Info Tabbed Page (Main Window) The window consists of the following sections: n n n Menu bar HBA tree Tabbed pages The menu bar has two options: n File q n Exit.
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Q 19 – SANblade Control VIX Application for Windows 2000 Main Window and Window Navigation number. For example, if a host contains a QLA2300 HBA that has an API instance of 1, it displays as “ql2300-1”. The right-hand side of the screen contains a series of tabbed pages, which change depending on what is selected in the HBA tree. When SANblade Control VIX starts, the host Info tabbed page displays.
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19 – SANblade Control VIX Application for Windows 2000 Main Window and Window Navigation Q 19.5.1.2 VI Tabbed Page The host VI tabbed page allows you to enable the host VI settings (see figure 19-11). To find out more about the host VI Settings, point the mouse over the parameter name (an example is shown in figure 19-11). See section 19.7 for information about changing the host VI parameters. Figure 19-11. VI Tabbed Page (Host) 19.5.
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Q 19 – SANblade Control VIX Application for Windows 2000 Main Window and Window Navigation n n World wide port name of HBA Port ID of HBA 19.5.2.1 HBA Information Tabbed Page By default, the HBA Info tabbed page appears when an adapter is selected (see figure 19-12). Figure 19-12.
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Q 19 – SANblade Control VIX Application for Windows 2000 Main Window and Window Navigation 19.5.2.2 Link Status Tabbed Page The Link Status tabbed page (see figure 19-13) allows you to view the link information for devices attached to an adapter connected to a host: The link status information displays: n Port Name. For the adapter, the world wide adapter port name displays. For each device, the world wide device port name displays. n Diagnostic information.
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Q 19 – SANblade Control VIX Application for Windows 2000 Main Window and Window Navigation 19.5.2.3 Settings Tabbed Page The Settings tabbed page displays parameters that are saved in NVRAM (see figure 19-14). These settings configure Fibre Channel devices and the QLA23xx adapter to which they are attached. For information on updating these settings, see section 19.8. Figure 19-14.
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19 – SANblade Control VIX Application for Windows 2000 Main Window and Window Navigation Q 19.5.2.4 VI Tabbed Page Use the VI tabbed page to enable VI support for the specified HBA (see figure 19-15). For more information, see section 19.6. Figure 19-15.
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Q 19 – SANblade Control VIX Application for Windows 2000 Main Window and Window Navigation 19.5.2.5 Diagnostics Tabbed Page The Diagnostics tabbed page allows you to pass data between HBA ports on the same system, and between ports on different systems (see figure 19-16). For more information, see section 19.9. Figure 19-16.
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Q 19 – SANblade Control VIX Application for Windows 2000 Enable VI and Assign IP Addresses 19.6 Enable VI and Assign IP Addresses After installing SANblade Control VIX, you first need to enable VI support and assign IP addresses to the HBAs. (If you do not assign IP addresses, your applications that use VI will not work properly (you will not be able to access remote or local machines using VI.)) Follow these steps: 1. Click an adapter in the HBA tree on the left side of the screen.
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Q 19 – SANblade Control VIX Application for Windows 2000 Enable VI and Assign IP Addresses Repeat these steps for each HBA in your system that requires VI support. Next, add the IP addresses to the host file by following these steps: 1. Click Edit Hosts. The vi hosts window displays (see figure 19-18). Figure 19-18. VI Hosts c. Enter all the IP addresses in this file. d. From the File menu, click Save. Enter a file name and location. 2. Click a host in the HBA tree on the left side of the screen.
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Q 19 – SANblade Control VIX Application for Windows 2000 Enable VI and Assign IP Addresses 3. Click the VI tab. The VI tabbed page displays (see figure 19-19). Figure 19-19. VI Tabbed Page (Host) a. Verify that the file listed next to Host File matches the file you saved in step 1. b. To change the file name, click the … box next to the file name to browse for the file you saved in step 1. c. Click Save. 4. On the VI host tabbed page, click Update. 5. Restart your PC for the settings to take effect.
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Q 19 – SANblade Control VIX Application for Windows 2000 Configuring the Host 19.7 Configuring the Host After enabling VI on the HBAs, make any necessary changes to the host VI settings. To change the host settings, follow these steps: 1. Click a host in the HBA tree on the left side of the screen. The host tabbed pages are displayed on the right side of the screen. 2. Click the VI tab. The VI tabbed page displays (see figure 19-20). Figure 19-20.
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Q 19 – SANblade Control VIX Application for Windows 2000 Configuring the Host Table 19-1. Host Settings (Continued) Setting Options Default Send Descriptor Quota 1–1024 8 Recv Descriptor Quota 0–1024 8 — \WINNT\system32\ drivers\etc\hosts Host File n Max Registered MBytes. This parameter specifies the total amount of memory (in MBytes) that can be registered per adapter. The default is 1024. n Max Registered Regions.
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Q 19 – SANblade Control VIX Application for Windows 2000 Configurating the NVRAM Parameters 19.8 Configurating the NVRAM Parameters This section describes how to use the SANblade Control VIX Application to configure the HBA’s NVRAM parameters. While changing the parameters is optional, QLogic recommends changing the connection option. Configure the parameters using the Settings tabbed page. To access the Settings tabbed page, perform the following steps: 1.
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Q 19 – SANblade Control VIX Application for Windows 2000 Performing Diagnostics Table 19-2. Extended Firmware Settings (Continued) Setting Connection Options Options 0—Loop Only 1—Point-to-Point Only 2—Loop Preferred, Otherwise Point-to-Point Interrupt Delay Timer 0–255 Data Rate 1 Gb/s 2 Gb/s Auto Default 0—Loop Only 0 2 Gb/s n Operation Mode. This setting specifies the reduced interrupt operation (RIO) modes, if supported by the software driver.
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Q 19 – SANblade Control VIX Application for Windows 2000 Performing Diagnostics To perform diagnostics, follow these steps on both SANblade Control VIX Applications: 1. Select an HBA in the HBA tree. 2. Click the Diagnostics tab. The Diagnostics tabbed page displays (see figure 19-22). Figure 19-22. Diagnostics Tabbed Page 3. In the Remote System box, type the name of the system port whose connection you want to test. To find the name, see the VI host file (see section 19.6). 4.
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19 – SANblade Control VIX Application for Windows 2000 Performing Diagnostics Q 8. The test results are displayed on the client and server (see figure 19-23). Figure 19-23.