User`s guide

5 – QLA2344

FCode

5-4 FC2354601-00 E

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.

If the information displayed is not correct and you have checked the QLA2344 HBA’s

configuration, see section 7 for troubleshooting information.

5.2.1

Installation Help

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

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

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

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

the boot device. The QLA2344 HBA BIOS must be enabled if the boot device is

connected to the QLA2344 HBA.

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

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

QLA2344 HBA automatically configures the FC peripherals.

Some new system BIOSs support selectable boot, which supersedes the QLA2344

HBA BIOS selectable boot setting. Select the QLA2344 HBA FC hard disk in the

system BIOS to boot from an FC hard disk attached to the QLA2344 HBA.

5.3

FCode

This section provides instructions for installing FCode on a QLA2344 HBA installed

in a Solaris SPARC system. A QLA2344 HBA with FCode loaded in its flash ROM

provides boot capability to its attached devices.

The following files are included. Be sure to review the Readme.txt file for both new

and changed information.

n ifp2312.prom—FCode code binary file

n readme.txt—FCode readme file

n qla2x00flash—Solaris flash utility

n readme—readme for qla2x00flash

The procedure for installing FCode flash is summarized in the following steps and

explained in detail in the following sections.

1. Flash the QLA2344 HBA with FCode (see section 5.3.1).

2. Set the QLA2344 HBA connection mode (see section 5.3.2).

3. Set the QLA2344 HBA loop ID (see section 5.3.3).