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SANsurfer FC HBA Manager

QLogic Corporation

Table of Contents

Package Contents

2 Requirements

2.1 Hardware Requirements

2.2 Software Requirements

3 OS Support

4 Supported Features

5 Using SANsurfer FC HBA Manager

5.1 Installing SANsurfer FC HBA Manager

5.2 Starting SANsurfer FC HBA Manager

5.3 Removing SANsurfer FC HBA Manager

6 Additional Notes

6.1 General (Applies to All Operating Systems)

6.2 Windows

6.3 Linux

6.4 Solaris

6.5 NetWare

6.6 Mac OS X

6.7 VMware ESX

7 Known Issues and Workarounds

8 Contacting Support

1 Package Contents

SANsurfer FC HBA Manager installation packages are available for the following supported

OS platforms:

File Name Description

standalone_sansurfer5.0.1bnn_windows_install.exe

All supported Windows platforms

standalone_sansurfer5.0.1bnn_solaris_install.bin.gz

Solaris SPARC

standalone_sansurfer5.0.1bnn_solaris_install_x86.bin.gz

Solaris x86

standalone_sansurfer5.0.1bnn_linux_install.bin.gz

Linux and VMware ESX (Intel x86,

Intel 64, and AMD64 platforms)

standalone_sansurfer5.0.1bnn_linux_install_ia64.bin.gz

Linux (Intel IA64 platforms)

Summary of content (13 pages)

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SANsurfer FC HBA Manager QLogic Corporation All rights reserved Table of Contents 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Package Contents Requirements 2.1 Hardware Requirements 2.2 Software Requirements OS Support Supported Features Using SANsurfer FC HBA Manager 5.1 Installing SANsurfer FC HBA Manager 5.2 Starting SANsurfer FC HBA Manager 5.3 Removing SANsurfer FC HBA Manager Additional Notes 6.1 General (Applies to All Operating Systems) 6.2 Windows 6.3 Linux 6.4 Solaris 6.5 NetWare 6.6 Mac OS X 6.
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NOTE: The nn in the preceding file names represents the build number of the current software release. 2 Requirements This section defines the minimum hardware and software requirements. 2.
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♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ TCP/IP protocol for Windows 2000, Windows 2003, or Windows 2008 remote management TCP/IP protocol for NetWare remote management JDK 1.5.0 on all platforms, except Linux PPC-64, Linux IA64, and Solaris SPARC Administrative privileges to perform management functions Internet Explorer (5.0 or later), or Netscape Communicator (5.
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SPx AMD64 Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SPx 32-bit, 64-bit Intel x86, Intel IA64, Intel 64, AMD64 Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 SPx 32-bit, 64-bit Intel x86, Intel x86, AMD64 VMware Operating Systems OS Name OS Type Hardware Platform VMware ESX/ESXi 4.1 64-bit Intel x86, Intel 64, AMD64 VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0.x 64-bit Intel x86, Intel 64, AMD64 VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5.
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window. The installer appears to hang; however, it is waiting for an action to be taken on the hidden window. To install SANsurfer FC HBA Manager: 1. Go to the QLogic Driver Downloads/Documentation Web page located here: http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com/ 2. Click QLogic Products. 3. On the QLogic Products: Adapters selection box, follow these steps: a. In the first column, click the adapter type; Fibre Channel Adapters or Converged Network Adapters. b.
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NOTES: ♦ While uninstalling SANsurfer FC HBA Manager from a NetWare server, the server's prompt displays the following message: Cannot stat sys:etc/rpcnet.cfg You can ignore this message because it does not affect NetWare server operation. ♦ The uninstall process does not remove specific files and directories. You must manually delete these files. 6 Additional Notes The following sections provide additional information according to operating system: ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.
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♦ NetWare: Windows System's NetWare client :widows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts ♦ VMware: /etc/hosts 6.1.2 Enabling Failover During Installation During SANsurfer installation, the system prompts you whether to enable failover. Enabling failover notifies the SANsurfer utility how you want to create and validate the saved configurations. Selecting enable failover does not cause the platform-specific failover driver to load automatically.
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NOTE: For Windows drivers version 8.2.0.10 and later, you must set the ConfigRequired parameter to 1 to prevent the OS from seeing unconfigured entries. 6.3 Linux 6.3.1 Running SANsurfer FC HBA Manager and Connecting to a Remote Red Hat Linux Machine When running SANsurfer FC HBA Manager and connecting to a remote Red Hat Linux machine, you must modify the /etc/hosts files on the two machines to allow asynchronous notifications from the agent to SANsurfer FC HBA Manager to operate properly.
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java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /tmp/install.dir.4191/Linux/resource/jre/lib/i386/xawt/libmawt.so: libXext.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory 6.3.6 SANsurfer FC HBA Manager Installer on Red Hat 5 To run the SANsurfer installer on a Red Hat 5 Linux machine when using the default installation, you must install the following rpms: compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61..rpm libXp-1.0.0-8..rpm NOTES: ♦ ♦ On x86_64 machines, load 32-bit libs.
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When the qla_mp_config_required flag is set to 0, the driver reports both persistentlybound and new targets to the OS. This is equivalent to persistent plus new. NOTE: After saving the qla_mp_config_required parameter to the configuration file, the driver ignores the old English-style persistent binding entries. For example: hba<#>-SCSI-target-id-<#>-fibre-channel -port-name=""; 6.5 NetWare 6.5.1 Operating SANsurfer FC HBA Manager on NetWare 5.x and 6.
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Known Issue Administrator Account Password: The administrator/admin enabled account password must not be blank when changing the SANsurfer FC HBA Manager utility password. Workaround This is a Windows security restriction. Running SANsurfer FC HBA Manager on an None. For your information only. Itanium IA64 System: When running SANsurfer FC HBA Manager on an Itanium I system, the utility performance is hindered due to a Java compatibility issue. This issue is not seen with Itanium II systems.
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Known Issue Information Left After Deleting Persistent Configuration (2.4 Kernel OS only): Deleting the persistent configuration does not remove the Workaround You must manually edit this file to fully delete all persistent data. options qla2x00 ConfigRequired=1 ql2xuseextopts=1 string from the /etc/modules.conf file. Using the Hot Swap and Plug Features: The hot swap feature does not work on QLogic Fibre Channel Adapters. Stop the qlremote agent.
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8 Contacting Support Please feel free to contact your QLogic approved reseller or QLogic Technical Support at any phase of integration for assistance. QLogic Technical Support can be reached by the following methods: Web: http://support.qlogic.com E-mail: support@qlogic.com Go to Top © Copyright 2010. All rights reserved worldwide. QLogic, the QLogic logo, and the Powered by QLogic logo are registered trademarks of QLogic Corporation.