QLogic 4000 SERIES - Manuals

IS0053301-00 D 1-1 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 QLA40xx HBA unless otherwise noted. ■ QLA4000 (single channel, full-height b...

1 – IntroductionFeatures 1-2 IS0053301-00 D Q 1.3 Features ■ Compliance with PCI Local Bus Specification revision 2.2 ■ Supports iSCSI standards with soft upgrades as the standard evolves ■ 32/64-bit, 33/66-MHz universal PCI ■ 1-Gbps, full-duplex Ethernet ■ Complete TCP/IP protocol off-load ■ iSCSI ...

IS0053301-00 D I-1 Part I Hardware This part of the SANblade 4000 User’s Guide describes the host bus adapters (HBAs) and how to install and configure them. See the section that corresponds to your HBA. NOTE: If you are installing the QLA40xx HBA in a Solaris SPARC system, install the Solaris SPARC ...

IS0053301-00 D 2-1 Section 2 QLA4000/4000C 2.1 QLA40 xx HBA Components Figures 2-1 and 2-2 identify the QLA40 xx HBA components referenced throughout this section. Each QLA40 xx HBA has a unique serial number; its location on the HBA is noted in the figure. Take a minute to write down the serial num...

2 – QLA4000/4000CQLA40xx HBA Components 2-2 IS0053301-00 D Q Figure 2-2. QLA4000C HBA Layout 2.1.1 LEDs Figure 2-3 identifies and describes the activity of QLA40 xx HBA LEDs. Figure 2-3. QLA40xx HBA LED Activity LED1 SERIAL NUMBER J1 GREEN LEDAMBER LED ■ Amber LED (LNK): ❑ ON = link established ❑ OF...

2 – QLA4000/4000C Installation in the Computer IS0053301-00 D 2-3 Q 2.2 Installation in the Computer Before you install the QLA40 xx HBA in your computer, you need the following: ■ A screwdriver (usually a Phillips #1) ■ An optical mutimode cable with an LC-style duplex connector for the QLA4000 HBA...

2 – QLA4000/4000CSpecifications 2-4 IS0053301-00 D Q ■ PCI connectors vary among system HBA manufacturers. The QLA40 xx 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 ...

2 – QLA4000/4000C Agency Certification IS0053301-00 D 2-5 Q 2.4 Label The transceiver on the QLA4000 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. 2.5 Agency Certification The fo...

2 – QLA4000/4000CAgency Certification 2-6 IS0053301-00 D Q ❑ EN55022:1998/CISPR22:1997 Class B ❑ Radiated EmissionClass B ❑ Conducted EmissionClass B ❑ EN55024:1998 ❑ Immunity Standards ❑ EN61000-4-2 :1995 ESD ❑ EN61000-4-3 :1995 RF Electro Magnetic Field ❑ EN61000-4-4 :1995 Fast Transient/Burst ❑ E...

IS0053301-00 D II-1 Part II Software This part of the SANblade 4000 Series 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: Before you install the software drivers, you need to locate...

IS0053301-00 D 3-1 Section 3 Windows 2000 Driver Installation (QL4000.SYS) 3.1 Supported Features The Windows 2000 driver (QL4000.sys) supports the iSCSI features provided by the QLogic QLA40 xx iSCSI PCI HBA. 3.2 Driver Files The following files are provided for installation of the Windows 2000 dri...

3 – Windows 2000 Driver InstallationInstalling the Driver 3-2 IS0053301-00 D Q 3.4 Installing the Driver This section is divided into the following three sections: ■ Initial OS Installation with the QLA40 xx HBA as an Add-on Device ■ Adding the QLA40 xx HBA to the Existing OS ■ Updating the Existing...

3 – Windows 2000 Driver Installation Installing the Driver IS0053301-00 D 3-3 Q 3.4.2 Adding the QLA40 xx HBA to the Existing OS Perform the following steps to add the QL4000.SYS driver to an existing Windows 2000 system: 1. Install the QLA40 xx HBA in the appropriate slot on your computer (see sect...

3 – Windows 2000 Driver InstallationRemoving the Driver 3-4 IS0053301-00 D Q 3.4.3 Updating the Existing Driver Perform the following steps if the QL4000.SYS driver is already installed and you want to install an updated version of the driver: 1. To start the Device Manager , click Start , point to ...

3 – Windows 2000 Driver Installation System Registry Parameters IS0053301-00 D 3-5 Q NOTE: You do not have to use the Device Manager or the Hardware Wizard to uninstall the QLA40 xx HBA. After you have removed the QLA40x x HBA and restarted your computer, Windows 2000 recognizes that it has been rem...

3 – Windows 2000 Driver InstallationSystem Registry Parameters 3-6 IS0053301-00 D Q 3.6.2 NumberofRequests Windows 2000 supports the NumberOfRequests registry parameter to specify the maximum number of outstanding requests per HBA. When the QLogic driver is installed, the registry is automatically u...

IS0053301-00 D 4-1 Section 4 Windows NT Driver Installation (QL4000.SYS) 4.1 Supported Features The Windows NT driver (QL4000.sys) supports the iSCSI features provided by the QLogic QLA40 xx iSCSI PCI HBA. This driver works with the Windows NT (x86) release with SP6. Earlier versions of Windows NT a...

4 – Windows NT Driver InstallationInstalling the Driver 4-2 IS0053301-00 D Q 4.4 Installing the Driver This section is divided into the following three sections: ■ Initial OS Installation with the QLA40 xx HBA as an Add-on Device ■ Adding the QLA4000.SYS Driver to the Existing OS ■ Updating the Exis...

4 – Windows NT Driver InstallationSystem Registry Parameters 4-4 IS0053301-00 D Q 4.6 System Registry Parameters The following system registry parameters are available with the QLA40 xx HBA: ■ MaximumSGList ■ NumberofRequests ■ LargeLuns 4.6.1 MaximumSGList Windows NT includes enhanced scatter/gathe...

4 – Windows NT Driver Installation Additional Notes IS0053301-00 D 4-5 Q installed, the registry is automatically updated with this parameter set to a value of 150 (96h). WARNING!! Do not increase this parameter above 150. Doing so can result in a system failure. 4.6.3 LargeLuns Windows NT with serv...

IS0053301-00 D 5-1 Section 5 Red Hat Linux Driver Installation 5.1 Introduction This section provides instructions for installing the Red Hat Linux driver on a Red Hat Linux 7.2, 7.3, or 8.0 operating system. Earlier or later versions of Red Hat Linux are not currently supported. The latest version ...

5 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Installing the Driver IS0053301-00 D 5-5 Q Perform the following steps for LILO: a. Add a section for newKernel in the /etc/lilo.conf file. For example: image=/boot/newKernel label=newKernel read-only root=/dev/sda b. To load newKernel by default, update the “de...

5 – Red Hat Linux Driver InstallationInstalling the Driver 5-6 IS0053301-00 D Q 5.3.2.1 Building a Uniprocessor (UP) Version of the Driver Perform the following steps to build a UP version of the qla4000 driver: 1. Extract the kernel-header and kernel-source RPM files from the first Red Hat CD-ROM. ...

5 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Installing the Driver IS0053301-00 D 5-7 Q 5.3.2.2 Building a Symmetric Multiprocessor (SMP) Version of the Driver Perform the following steps to build an SMP version of the qla4000 driver: 1. Extract the kernel-header and kernel-source RPM files from the first ...

5 – Red Hat Linux Driver InstallationInstalling the Driver 5-8 IS0053301-00 D Q After building an SMP version of the driver, you must load the driver by one of the following methods: ■ Manually (see section 5.3.2.3) ■ Through a RAMDISK image, which you must build (see section 5.3.2.4) 5.3.2.3 Loadin...

5 – Red Hat Linux Driver InstallationLimitations 5-10 IS0053301-00 D Q ■ If the SCSI Mid-Layer is not compiled as a module, the boot loader can be configured to scan for multiple LUNs each time the system boots. Perform the following steps for LILO: 1. Add the following line to each of the kernel im...

IS0053301-00 D 6-1 Section 6 Solaris Driver Installation (QLA4000) This section provides instructions for installing the Solaris SPARC driver in an already installed Solaris SPARC 8 operating system. The latest version of the Solaris SPARC driver package is available on the QLogic Web site ( www.qlo...

6 – Solaris Driver InstallationInstalling the Solaris SPARC Driver from the QLogic Web Site 6-2 IS0053301-00 D Q 7. You are prompted to select a driver package. For example: The following packages are available: 1 QLA4000-0 QLogic QLA4000 driver (sparc) Solaris 8, Rev=X.XX Select package(s) you wish...

6 – Solaris Driver Installation Target and LUN Support for Disk Devices IS0053301-00 D 6-3 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 QLA4000 driver as <QLA4000-0> ##...

6 – Solaris Driver InstallationTarget and LUN Support Tape Devices 6-4 IS0053301-00 D Q 4. Continuing sequentially, add additional code identifying target IDs up to 255. For example, add the following text to the sd.conf file: name="sd" class="scsi" target=7 lun=0 name="sd" c...

6 – Solaris Driver Installation Uninstalling the Solaris SPARC Driver IS0053301-00 D 6-5 Q 6.5 Uninstalling the Solaris SPARC Driver Perform the following steps to uninstall the Solaris SPARC driver: 1. Log in as root. 2. Type the following command, then press ENTER: pkgrm QLA4000-0 3. You are promp...

IS0053301-00 D III-1 Part III SANblade Control iX This part of the SANblade 4000 Series User’s Guide describes the SANblade Control iX GUI, a stand-alone application for configuring your QLA4000 HBA, referred to as HBA or adapter . Section 7 contains the following information: ■ An overview of SANbl...

IS0053301-00 D 7-1 Section 7 SANblade Control iX 7.1 Introduction The QLA40 xx HBA includes the SANblade Control iX GUI. The SANblade Control iX GUI interface runs on Windows NT, Windows 2000, Red Hat Linux, and Solaris SPARC operating systems. SANblade Control iX configures the QLA40 xx HBA that re...

7 – SANblade Control iXInstallation Procedure 7-2 IS0053301-00 D Q \ Figure 7-1. Installation Introduction Dialog Box 4. The Choose Install Folder dialog box displays (see figure 7-1) . Click Next to accept the default directory. Figure 7-2. Choose Install Folder Dialog Box 5. The Choose Shortcut Fo...

7 – SANblade Control iX Installation Procedure IS0053301-00 D 7-3 Q Figure 7-3. Choose Shortcut Folder Dialog Box 6. The Pre-installation Summary dialog box displays (see figure 7-4) . If the information is not correct, click Previous to back-track and make the appropriate changes. If the informatio...

7 – SANblade Control iXInstallation Procedure 7-4 IS0053301-00 D Q Figure 7-5. Install Complete Dialog Box 8. To run SANblade Control iX, click Start , select Programs , select the install group (the default is QLogic Corporation ), then click SANblade Control iX . If you selected Desktop in step 5 ...

7 – SANblade Control iX Getting Started IS0053301-00 D 7-5 Q 7.3 Uninstalling SANblade Control iX To uninstall SANblade Control iX from Windows NT or Windows 2000, see section 7.3.1 . To uninstall SANblade Control iX from Red Hat Linux or Solaris SPARC, see section 7.3.2 . 7.3.1 Windows NT/Windows 2...

7 – SANblade Control iXMain Window and Window Navigation 7-6 IS0053301-00 D Q 7.5 Main Window and Window Navigation This section provides an overview of SANblade Control iX, including how to navigate through the screens and tabbed pages. The purpose of each screen is described. See sections 7.6 thro...

7 – SANblade Control iX Main Window and Window Navigation IS0053301-00 D 7-7 Q The main window consists of the following sections: ■ Menu bar ■ HBA tree ■ Tabbed pages Menu bar The menu bar has three options: ■ File ❑ Exit . Select this option to exit SANblade Control iX. ■ View ❑ Refresh. Select th...

7 – SANblade Control iXMain Window and Window Navigation 7-8 IS0053301-00 D Q To view target information, click the target in the HBA tree. The target Information tabbed page displays (see figure 7-7) . Figure 7-7. Target Information Tabbed Page Clicking the button attached to a target further expan...

7 – SANblade Control iX Main Window and Window Navigation IS0053301-00 D 7-9 Q Figure 7-8. LUN List Tabbed Page 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 iX starts, the Host Information tabbe...

7 – SANblade Control iXMain Window and Window Navigation 7-10 IS0053301-00 D Q 7.5.1 Host Tabbed Page When SANblade Control iX starts, the first screen is the main window, which defaults to the Host Information tabbed page (see figure 7-9) . Figure 7-9. Host Information Tabbed Page The Host Informat...

7 – SANblade Control iX Main Window and Window Navigation IS0053301-00 D 7-11 Q 7.5.2 HBA Tabbed Pages Use the HBA Options tabbed page first to set basic QLA40 xx HBA information, such as IP address, iSCSI alias, etc. From the Select Option drop down box, you can view and configure the following par...

7 – SANblade Control iX Main Window and Window Navigation IS0053301-00 D 7-13 Q 7.5.3 Target Settings Tabbed Page Target Settings is the primary tabbed page for interactive use. Use this page to select iSCSI targets (see figure 7-12) . Figure 7-12. Target Settings Tabbed Page

7 – SANblade Control iXMain Window and Window Navigation 7-14 IS0053301-00 D Q 7.5.4 Target Information Tabbed Page The Target Information tabbed page provides information about iSCSI targets (you cannot configure iSCSI targets on this page) (see figure 7-13) . Figure 7-13. Target Information Tabbed...

7 – SANblade Control iX Configuring the QLA40xx HBA IS0053301-00 D 7-15 Q 7.5.5 HBA Information Tabbed Page The HBA Information tabbed page is for information only. It provides code versions, etc. (see figure 7-14) . Figure 7-14. HBA Information Tabbed Page The Statistics tabbed page is reserved for...

7 – SANblade Control iX Changing the Firmware Configuration Parameters IS0053301-00 D 7-17 Q 7.7 Changing the Firmware Configuration Parameters Perform the following steps to edit the firmware configuration parameters: 1. Click the desired adapter in the HBA tree. By default, the HBA Options tabbed ...

7 – SANblade Control iXChanging the Firmware Configuration Parameters 7-18 IS0053301-00 D Q 5. Select and change the desired parameters, explained in the following paragraphs. To view the full name of the parameter, point the mouse to the parameter column. When you are done changing the parameters, ...

7 – SANblade Control iX Changing the Firmware Configuration Parameters IS0053301-00 D 7-19 Q ❑ Verbose Autoconnect Debug. When this check box is selected, the QLA40 xx firmware generates a console trace of all PDUs sent and received by the QLA40 xx before an Initialize Firmware command (0060h) is re...

7 – SANblade Control iX Configuring Targets IS0053301-00 D 7-21 Q 7.8.2 Configuring Using Discovery Use the discovery mechanism to configure a target that supports and responds to the SendTargets command by following these steps: 1. Start SANblade Control iX, select your host and HBA, then click the...

7 – SANblade Control iXConfiguring Targets 7-22 IS0053301-00 D Q 5. Restart the host PC for the operating system to recognize the new targets. CAUTION! The iSCSI port number defaults to 3260. Do not change this number unless required by the configured target. 7.8.3 Changing the Target Configuration ...

7 – SANblade Control iX Firmware Upgrade IS0053301-00 D 7-23 Q Command PDUs. These PDUs are not related to an IOCB; therefore, they have no inherent timeout value. In this case, the firmware uses the value specified in this column as the timeout interval for the Login Command and Text Command PDUs. ...

7 – SANblade Control iXFirmware Upgrade 7-24 IS0053301-00 D Q Figure 7-20. Update Firmware Dialog Boxes 10. The file name displays in the Download Firmware dialog box. Click Save . 11. Follow the instructions to reset the QLA40 xx HBA. 12. Restart the host PC for the operating system to recognize th...