Page 3 - contents
3 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide contents Contents About this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 5 - Figures
Contents 5 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide B Electrostatic Discharge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Grounding Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 7 - about this
7 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide about this guide About this Guide About this Guide This installation guide provides information to help you: ■ Install, configure, and use the diagnostic utilities for the AB232A PCI-X host bus adapter for 64-bit Windows systems. ■ Contact technical...
Page 8 - Overview; Intended Audience; Related Documentation
About this Guide 8 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide Overview This section covers the following topics: ■ Intended Audience ■ Related Documentation Intended Audience This book is intended for use by system administrators who are experienced with the following: ■ Windows Server 2003 En...
Page 9 - Conventions; Document Conventions; Text Symbols
About this Guide AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide 9 Conventions Conventions consist of the following: ■ Document Conventions ■ Text Symbols ■ Equipment Symbols Document Conventions The document conventions included in Table 1 apply in most cases. Text Symbols The following symbols ma...
Page 10 - Equipment Symbols
About this Guide 10 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide Caution: Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or data. Note: Text set off in this manner presents commentary, sidelights, or interesting points of information. ...
Page 11 - Getting Help; HP Technical Support
About this Guide AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide 11 Power supplies or systems marked with these symbols indicate the presence of multiple sources of power. WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury from electrical shock, remove all power cords to completely disconnect power fro...
Page 12 - HP Storage Website; HP Authorized Reseller
About this Guide 12 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide HP Storage Website The HP website has the latest information on this product, as well as the latest drivers. Access storage at http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure.html . From this website, select the appropriate pro...
Page 13 - Adapter Features
13 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide 1 Adapter Features This introduction to the AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter (HBA) includes: ■ Product Description , page 14 ■ Performance Specifications , page 16
Page 16 - Performance Specifications
Adapter Features 16 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide Performance Specifications The AB232A HBA offers a highly integrated 2 Gbps Fibre Channel HBA for use in Itanium servers based on the latest PCI-X expansion bus. The features of the AB232A HBA provides the flexibility and broad int...
Page 17 - Installation
17 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide 2 Installation This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for installing the AB232A HBA, including: ■ Hardware Requirements ■ Recording Reference Numbers ■ Installing the HBA into a Computer ■ Verifying the Installation ■ Configuration Guideli...
Page 19 - Recording Reference Numbers
Installation 19 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide Recording Reference Numbers Each HBA ships with a unique address identifier that is stored in flash memory. Fibre Channel industry standards issue two unique identifiers: WorldWide Port Name (WWPN) and Node Name (NN), each of which is ...
Page 20 - Installing the HBA into a Computer
Installation 20 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide Installing the HBA into a Computer Use the following procedure for installing the HBA into a computer. Caution: Be sure to observe the ESD precautions described on page 59 for this procedure. 1. Make sure the computer is powered off. 2...
Page 22 - Verifying the Installation
Installation 22 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide Verifying the Installation To verify the HBA is properly installed and is operating: 1. Turn on the computer. 2. At power up, observe the POST LED indicators on the HBA. The position of the POST LED indicators is defined in page 15 on ...
Page 23 - Configuration Guidelines
Installation 23 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide Configuration Guidelines The software for loading the driver also contains the default registry parameter settings that are loaded as part of the driver installation. Consult the following sources for any restriction and for informatio...
Page 25 - Installing the SCSI Miniport
25 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide 3 Installing the SCSI Miniport Driver This chapter contains step-by-step instructions for installing the SCSI Miniport driver. System managers must be familiar with the Windows Server 2003 operating system under which the PCI-X-to-Fibre Channel HBA...
Page 26 - Device Driver Installation; System Requirements
Installing the SCSI Miniport Driver 26 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide Device Driver Installation This section describes the instructions for installing the Windows SCSI Miniport driver. System Requirements Ensure that your system meets these minimum requirements: ■ Installed HBA ■ ...
Page 27 - Installing the LightPulse Utility
Installing the SCSI Miniport Driver 27 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide Installing the LightPulse Utility The LightPulse Utility, LpUtilNt (described in Diagnostic and Configuration Utilities , on page 37) does not automatically load. HP recommends that after loading the HBA driver, ...
Page 29 - Troubleshooting
29 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide 4 Troubleshooting The Power-On Self Test (POST) and the Windows Event Viewer are utilities you can use for troubleshooting the HBA. This chapter explains the use of these utilities in the event of an HBA problem.
Page 30 - POST Conditions and Results
Troubleshooting 30 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide POST Conditions and Results Table 4 lists the HBA LED states with descriptions of each.The position of the POST LED indicators is defined in Figure 1 on page 15, and Table 3 on page 22 of this guide. If the LEDs indicate a failure d...
Page 31 - Using The Event Viewer; Double-click or choose the Administrative Tools program group.
Troubleshooting 31 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide Using The Event Viewer The Windows SCSI driver verifies the condition of the HBA POST. If there is a failure or a suspected failure, an error log entry is issued to the Windows Event log. Following is the procedure for viewing the e...
Page 32 - Windows Miniport Event Log Codes
Troubleshooting 32 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide Windows Miniport Event Log Codes The Windows Miniport driver logs events and errors in the Windows Event log. Serious errors are always logged. Informational events are only logged if the registry parameter LogError=1 is used. All M...
Page 38 - Using LightPulse Utility; View HBA Parameters
Diagnostic and Configuration Utilities 38 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide Using LightPulse Utility The LightPulse Utility (LpUtilNt) is an HBA utility that lets you: ■ View HBA parameters ■ Modify driver parameters in the Windows registry The Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) se...
Page 39 - Expand the category list and choose Firmware Maintenance.; Expand the category list and choose Adapter Revision Levels.
Diagnostic and Configuration Utilities 39 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide ■ Configuration Data—View information about the data in each of the configuration regions in the flash ROM of the selected HBA. ■ Drive Parameters—View information about device driver parameters that are maint...
Page 40 - Modify Diagnostic Driver Parameters in the Windows Registry; Expand the category list and choose Driver Parameters.
Diagnostic and Configuration Utilities 40 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide Modify Diagnostic Driver Parameters in the Windows Registry This screen provides information about device driver parameters that are maintained in the Windows registry and allows you to modify those values. Ca...
Page 44 - Set Up Persistent Binding
Diagnostic and Configuration Utilities 44 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide Table 9 lists the Arbitrated Loop Physical Addresses (AL-PA) you can set. Set Up Persistent Binding The persistent binding feature allows you to control the devices that are to be presented to the system. The ...
Page 45 - Prerequisites
Diagnostic and Configuration Utilities 45 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide Persistent binding permanently maps a device to the following: ■ Binding type World Wide Port Name (WWPN), World Wide Node Name (WWNN), or a Destination Identifier (D_ID) ■ SCSI bus ■ SCSI ID Prerequisites ■ I...
Page 46 - Global Automap and Unmasking Overview
Diagnostic and Configuration Utilities 46 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide Global Automap and Unmasking Overview Global Automap All Targets defaults to enabled, to allow the driver to detect all Fibre Channel devices attached to the HBAs. If Global Automap All Targets is disabled, th...
Page 47 - Mapping and Masking LUNs; Expand the category list and choose Persistent Binding.; Test Host Bus Adapters; Choose 0=No if you do not have an external loopback connector.
Diagnostic and Configuration Utilities 47 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide Mapping and Masking LUNs From the LightPulse Utility Main menu screen: 1. Choose the desired HBA. 2. Expand the category list and choose Persistent Binding. 3. Click on a target. The Lunmap button becomes acti...
Page 48 - Modify Test Options; Restart Host Bus Adapters
Diagnostic and Configuration Utilities 48 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide Note: Testing the HBA while it is connected to an arbitrated loop is not recommended. Modify Test Options Use this option to specify the number of passes on one or more of these tests: PCI loopback, internal l...
Page 49 - Show Host Bus Adapter Info
Diagnostic and Configuration Utilities 49 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide Show Host Bus Adapter Info Choose this option to display HBA data in these areas: ■ BIU PCI Configuration Parameters ■ HBA Info and Status ■ Adapter Revisions ■ Display Configuration Data ■ Service Parameters ...
Page 51 - Regulatory Compliance
51 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide A Regulatory Compliance Notices This appendix covers the following topics: ■ Federal Communications Commission Notice , page 52 ■ Canadian Notice (Avis Canadien) , page 54 ■ European Union Notice , page 55 ■ Japanese Notice , page 56 ■ Laser Safety...
Page 52 - Federal Communications Commission Notice; Class A Equipment
Regulatory Compliance Notices 52 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide Federal Communications Commission Notice Part 15 of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Rules and Regulations has established Radio Frequency (RF) emission limits to provide an interference-free radio frequency...
Page 53 - Network and Serial Cables
Regulatory Compliance Notices 53 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference, in which case users will be required to correct the interference at their own expense. The end user of this product should be a...
Page 55 - European Union Notice
Regulatory Compliance Notices 55 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide European Union Notice Products with the CE Marking comply with both the EMC Directive (89/336/EEC) and the Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC) issued by the Commission of the European Community. Compliance with these dir...
Page 56 - Japanese Notice
Regulatory Compliance Notices 56 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide Japanese Notice
Page 57 - German Noise Declaration
Regulatory Compliance Notices 57 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide Harmonics Conformance (Japan) German Noise Declaration Schalldruckpegel Lp = 70.3 dB(A)Am Arbeitsplatz (operator position)Normaler Betrieb (normal operation)Nach ISO 7779:1988 / EN 27779:1991 (Typprüfung)
Page 58 - Laser Safety; Certification and Classification Information
Regulatory Compliance Notices 58 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide Laser Safety WARNING: To reduce the risk of exposure to hazardous radiation: • Do not try to open the laser device enclosure. There are no user-serviceable components inside. • Do not operate controls, make adjustments...
Page 59 - Electrostatic Discharge
59 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide B Electrostatic Discharge To prevent damaging the system, you must take precautions when setting up the system or when handling parts. A discharge of static electricity from a finger or other conductor may damage system adapters or other static-sen...
Page 60 - Grounding Methods
Electrostatic Discharge 60 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide Grounding Methods There are several methods for grounding. Use one or more of the following methods when handling or installing electrostatic-sensitive parts: ■ Use a wrist strap connected by a ground cord to a grounded work...
Page 61 - index
61 AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Installation Guide index Index Index A AB232A host bus adapter see HBAs Arbitrated Loop Physical Addresses (AL_PA), table of 44 audience 8 authorized reseller, HP 12 C cables, FCC compliance statement 53 Canadian Notice (Avis Canadien) Regulatory Compliance notices 5...
