Installation guide

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EMC Host Connectivity with QLogic Fibre Channel HBAs and CNAs in the Windows Environment
Contents
Updating the adapter driver in a Windows 2000, 2003,
or Windows 2008 hosts ........................................................... 162
Upgrading to Windows 2003 from Windows 2000............. 165
Editing the Windows time-out value.................................... 166
QLogic advanced utilities.............................................................. 167
Updating QLogic firmware/BIOS and applying
NVRAM settings...................................................................... 167
Updating the flash BIOS using SANsurfer FC HBA
Manager..................................................................................... 168
Procedure for replacing a QLogic adapter in Stratus
ftServers without rebooting........................................................... 171
EMC VNX series or CLARiiON storage systems................ 171
EMC Symmetrix arrays with device masking enabled...... 172
Special instructions for the EMC CLARiiON CX200 series...... 174
Set the adapter FC-AL loop ID............................................... 174
Direct-connect dual-host clustering configurations............ 176
QLogic NPIV solution.................................................................... 178
QLogic FC adapter NPIV solution ........................................ 178
Chapter 3 Troubleshooting
Operating system/driver capabilities and limitations.............. 182
LUNs.......................................................................................... 182
Volume sizes............................................................................. 182
Extended error logging by QLogic drivers.................................. 184
Understanding persistent binding................................................ 185
Understanding queue depth ......................................................... 188
Known issues................................................................................... 190
Problems and solutions.................................................................. 191
Problem 1................................................................................... 191
Problem 2................................................................................... 191
Problem 3................................................................................... 191
Problem 4................................................................................... 192
Problem 5................................................................................... 192
Problem 6................................................................................... 192
Problem 7................................................................................... 193
Problem 8................................................................................... 193
Problem 9 .................................................................................. 193
Event codes from the QLogic STORPort driver.......................... 194
Appendix A Third-Party Software
QLogic SANsurfer SANblade Manager ...................................... 196