QLogic 8100 SERIES - Manuals

FE0254601-00 A v User’s Guide Converged Network Adapter 8100 Series Adapters Removing the Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30 Verifying Driver Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31 Fi...

vi FE0254601-00 A User’s Guide Converged Network Adapter8100 Series Adapters Upgrading the Boot Code (Firmware) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24 Upgrading the Boot Code Using the QConvergeConsole GUI . . 4-24 Using QLogic BIOS and UEFI Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

viii FE0254601-00 A User’s Guide Converged Network Adapter8100 Series Adapters 7 Configuring FCoE in a Windows Environment Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 Driver Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

FE0254601-00 A xi User’s Guide Converged Network Adapter 8100 Series Adapters List of Figures Figure Page i Illustration of Sample Motherboard and Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxviii 1-1 Encapsulated Fibre Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

xvi FE0254601-00 A User’s Guide Converged Network Adapter8100 Series Adapters 9-5 Selectable Boot Setting Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6 9-6 Select Fibre Channel Device Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

FE0254601-00 A xix Preface This guide provides detailed instructions on the installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of QLogic 8100 Series Converged Network Adapter for Windows ® , Linux ® , and VMware ® . It also provides details on the use of QLogic adapter features to enhance the value of...

PrefaceIntended Audience xx FE0254601-00 A  Section 7 describes the characteristics, configurations, and features of the QLogic 8100 Series Converged Network Adapter FCoE function for Windows.  Section 8 describes the characteristics, configurations, and features of the QLogic 8100 Series Converge...

Preface License Agreements FE0254601-00 A xxi  Text in blue font indicates a hyperlink (jump) to a figure, table, or section in this guide, and links to Web sites are shown in underlined blue . For example:  Table 9-2 lists problems related to the user interface and remote agent.  See “Installati...

PrefaceTechnical Support xxii FE0254601-00 A Technical Support Customers should contact their authorized maintenance provider for technical support of their QLogic products. QLogic-direct customers may contact QLogic Technical Support; others will be redirected to their authorized maintenance provid...

Preface Legal Notices FE0254601-00 A xxiii Knowledge Database The QLogic knowledge database is an extensive collection of QLogic product information that you can search for specific solutions. We are constantly adding to the collection of information in our database to provide answers to your most u...

PrefaceLegal Notices xxiv FE0254601-00 A EMI and EMC Requirements FCC Part 15 compliance: Class A (QLE8 xxx ) FCC compliance information statement: This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interfer...

Preface Legal Notices FE0254601-00 A xxv MIC: Class A (QLE81 xx ) Korea MIC Class Korean KCC : KN22 KN24(08.05.19) Class A (QLE81 xx) Korea Class A Certified Product Name/Model Fibre Channel Adapter Certification holder—QLogic CorporationManufactured date—Refer to date code listed on productManufact...

FE0254601-00 A xxvii Quick Start Installation Instructions This Quick Start section describes how to install and configure your new QLogic Converged Network Adapter in four simple steps:  Step 1. Verify the Package Contents .  Step 2. Install the Adapter Hardware .  Step 3. Install the Adapter Dr...

Quick StartStep 3. Install the Adapter Drivers xxviii FE0254601-00 A 4. Pull out the slot cover (if any) by removing the screw or releasing the lever. 5. Install the low-profile bracket (if required). 6. Grasp the adapter by the top edge and seat it firmly into the appropriate slot (see the illustra...

Quick Start Step 4. Install QConvergeConsole Management Tools FE0254601-00 A xxix 4. On the download page under Drivers , select the appropriate driver and download it to your system. 5. Follow the instructions provided in the driver read me file for installing the downloaded driver. Step 4. Install...

FE0254601-00 A 1-1 1 Product Overview  What is a Converged Network Adapter?  What is Enhanced Ethernet?  What is Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)?  QLogic Converged Network Adapter  Hardware Components  Software Components  Adapter Specifications What is a Converged Network Adapter? A Conve...

1–Product OverviewWhat is Enhanced Ethernet? 1-2 FE0254601-00 A What is Enhanced Ethernet? Standard Ethernet is a best-effort network that may drop packets or deliver packets out of order when the network is busy or congested, resulting in retransmissions and time-outs. The SCSI payload carried by t...

1–Product Overview QLogic Converged Network Adapter FE0254601-00 A 1-3 Because the transmitting Fibre Channel frames require a lossless transport, an Ethernet network that transports FCoE frames must also provide the same lossless characteristics. Priority flow control (PFC) provides these lossless ...

1–Product OverviewFCoE Network Deployment 1-4 FE0254601-00 A Table 1-2 describes the QLogic 8100 series Converged Network Adapters for standard servers. FCoE Network Deployment The FCoE network consists of several hardware components in addition to the Converged Network Adapters. FCoE switches (conv...

1–Product Overview Hardware Components FE0254601-00 A 1-5 In Figure 1-3 , the FCoE adapter communicates to existing native Fibre Channel storage because of the translation capability of the switch. Figure 1-3. FCoE Deployment Hardware Components A typical 8100 Series Adapter has the following major ...

1–Product OverviewHardware Components 1-6 FE0254601-00 A Figure 1-4 shows the hardware components of a QLogic 8100 Series Adapter. Table 1-3 describes the 8100 Series Adapter components. Figure 1-4. 8100 Series Adapter Components Table 1-3. 8100 Series Adapter Components Hardware Component Function ...

1–Product Overview Hardware Components FE0254601-00 A 1-7 Software Components This section describes the following QLogic Converged Network Adapter software components ( Figure 1-5 ):  Boot Code  Operating System Driver  Firmware  Management Tools and Utilities Transceivers Each transceiver is a...

1–Product OverviewHardware Components 1-8 FE0254601-00 A Figure 1-5. Driver Model Boot Code Boot code resides in the Flash memory on the adapter. The primary function of the boot code is to communicate with an external boot device before the operating system takes control when booting from a storage...

1–Product Overview Hardware Components FE0254601-00 A 1-9 Firmware The firmware module performs most of the FCoE and Ethernet protocol-related functions, thus freeing the system CPU and memory resources from protocol processing. This efficiency saves runtime system resources, such as CPU and memory....

1–Product OverviewHardware Components 1-10 FE0254601-00 A Table 1-4. Software and Firmware Components Component (QLogic Operating System Supported a Comments Windows FCoE DriverWindows NIC DriverWindows Teaming Driver Windows Install the teaming driver only if the teaming function is required.NIC ma...

1–Product OverviewAdapter Specifications 1-12 FE0254601-00 A Adapter Specifications The QLogic 8100 Series Adapters provide high-performance server connectivity to SAN and LAN networks. Table 1-5 lists the adapter physical and electrical specifications. NOTE: Some features may not be available for a...

FE0254601-00 A 2-1 2 Management Tools Overview QLogic provides the following tools with which to manage the QLogic 8100 Series Converged Network Adapter:  QConvergeConsole Web Management GUI  QConvergeConsole Management Agents (qlremote/netqlremote)  QConvergeConsole CLI  Offline Utilities QConv...

2–Management ToolsQConvergeConsole Management Agents (qlremote/netqlremote) 2-2 FE0254601-00 A  Configuration management – QConvergeConsole allows you to configure local and remote systems. With QConvergeConsole you can configure QLogic adapters and connected devices. It also lets you update adapte...

2–Management Tools QConvergeConsole CLI FE0254601-00 A 2-3 QConvergeConsole CLI The QConvergeConsole CLI is a unified CLI that manages Ethernet and Fibre Channel functions on QLogic adapters. The QConvergeConsole CLI non-interactive mode starts, performs the functions defined by the list of paramete...

FE0254601-00 A 3-1 3 Installation in a Windows Environment Overview This section describes how to install a QLogic Converged Network Adapter, including system requirements, hardware installation, driver installation, and software installation. System Requirements Operating Systems Requirements The Q...

3–Installation in a Windows EnvironmentDownloading QLogic Drivers 3-2 FE0254601-00 A  The server motherboard must have a PCIe slot of at least x8 physical length. Both PCIe Gen 1 and Gen 2 slots are supported. QLogic 8100 Series Adapters operate on all eight lanes on a PCIe Gen 1 x8 slot, and autom...

3–Installation in a Windows Environment Downloading QLogic Drivers FE0254601-00 A 3-3 4. In the selection list, click Converged Network Adapters in the first column. 5. In the selection list, click on the adapter model number in the second column. 6. In the third column, click the version of the Mic...

3–Installation in a Windows EnvironmentInstalling Hardware 3-4 FE0254601-00 A 8. Under Drivers, click the download link for the QLogic drivers. To enable all adapter capabilities, download both the FCoE (STOR Miniport) and NIC (NDIS Miniport) drivers ( Figure 3-2 ). Figure 3-2. Download Drivers for ...

3–Installation in a Windows Environment Installing Hardware FE0254601-00 A 3-5 Install the Adapter To install the adapter: 1. Record the adapter model number, which can be found on the bar code label on the board. 2. Determine whether the server requires a full-height or a half-height adapter bracke...

3–Installation in a Windows EnvironmentInstalling Hardware 3-6 FE0254601-00 A  For QLE815 x Series Adapters, see the list of approved copper cables at http://www.qlogic.com/Resources/Pages/Resources.aspx under Cable Support. 10. Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to a supported switch. 11....

3–Installation in a Windows Environment Installing Software FE0254601-00 A 3-7  If the QLogic BIOS banner does not appear, confirm that the adapter is seated properly. If necessary, install the adapter in another available PCIe x8 slot. If the BIOS banner still does not appear, verify that the adap...

3–Installation in a Windows EnvironmentInstalling Software 3-8 FE0254601-00 A Creating the Driver Disk or Extracting the Driver File into a Folder For a boot-from-SAN installation, insert the disk, CD, or other media, and unzip the driver package file. Enter a temporary directory on the correspondin...

3–Installation in a Windows EnvironmentInstalling Software 3-10 FE0254601-00 A 5. In the Property drop-down list, select Device Instance Id (Windows Server 2003) or Hardware Ids (Windows 2008). Figure 3-6 shows sample vendor IDs and device IDs for QLogic 8100 NIC adapter (Windows 2003) and QLogic 81...

3–Installation in a Windows Environment Installing Software FE0254601-00 A 3-11 4. In the Computer Management window, select Device Manager in the left pane. 5. Scroll down the list of hardware types in the right pane. If you are installing the QLogic adapter drivers for the first time on this serve...

3–Installation in a Windows Environment Installing Software FE0254601-00 A 3-13 7. The Hardware Update Wizard starts. Select No, not this time , and then click Next ( Figure 3-11 ). Figure 3-11. Starting the Hardware Update Wizard 8. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) , and t...

3–Installation in a Windows EnvironmentInstalling Software 3-14 FE0254601-00 A 12. Confirm that the QLogic 10Gb network adapter is shown in the list of network adapters ( Figure 3-12 ), and then click Next . Figure 3-12. Confirming the Ethernet Adapter 13. The Microsoft Windows Hardware Update Wizar...

3–Installation in a Windows Environment Installing Software FE0254601-00 A 3-15 Adapter. For information about identifying QLogic devices in the Other Devices section, refer to “Identifying Unnamed Devices” on page 3-8 . Figure 3-13. QLogic 8100 Series Adapter Device Entries b. To install the driver...

3–Installation in a Windows EnvironmentInstalling Software 3-16 FE0254601-00 A b. To upgrade the driver, right click QLogic FCoE Adapter , and then click Update Driver ( Figure 3-16 ). Figure 3-16. Updating an FCoE Driver 7. The Hardware Update Wizard starts. Select No, not this time , and then clic...

3–Installation in a Windows Environment Installing Software FE0254601-00 A 3-17 13. The Microsoft Windows Hardware Update Wizard proceeds to install the STOR Miniport driver for the QLogic adapter FCoE function. 14. When the installation is complete, click Finish to close the Hardware Update Wizard....

3–Installation in a Windows EnvironmentInstalling Software 3-18 FE0254601-00 A b. To install the driver, right click Ethernet Controller , and then click Update Driver Software ( Figure 3-19 ). Figure 3-19. Installing an NIC Driver — Windows 2008 6. If you are updating QLogic adapter drivers: a. Cli...

3–Installation in a Windows Environment Installing Software FE0254601-00 A 3-19 7. The Update Driver Software Wizard starts. Click Browse my computer for driver software ( Figure 3-22 ). Figure 3-22. Starting the Update Driver Software Wizard 8. In the Update Driver Software–Ethernet Controller dial...

3–Installation in a Windows EnvironmentInstalling Software 3-20 FE0254601-00 A 10. When the installation is complete, the message Windows has successfully installed/updated your driver software appears. Click Close to exit. Installing the FCoE Driver for Windows Server 2008 This procedure describes ...

3–Installation in a Windows Environment Installing Software FE0254601-00 A 3-21 b. To install the driver, right click Fibre Channel Controller , and then click Update Driver Software... ( Figure 3-25 ). Figure 3-25. Installing an FCoE Driver for Windows 2008 6. If you are updating QLogic adapter dri...

3–Installation in a Windows EnvironmentInstalling Software 3-22 FE0254601-00 A 7. The Update Driver Software Wizard starts. Click Browse my computer for driver software ( Figure 3-28 ). Figure 3-28. Starting the Update Driver Software Wizard 8. In the Update Driver Software–Ethernet Controller dialo...

3–Installation in a Windows Environment Installing Software FE0254601-00 A 3-23 10. When the installation is complete, the message Windows has successfully installed/updated your driver software appears. Click Close to exit. 11. If a reboot is required to complete the driver installation or update, ...

3–Installation in a Windows EnvironmentInstalling Software 3-24 FE0254601-00 A 6. In the third column, click the version of the Microsoft Windows operating system that is installed on the server. For example, in Figure 3-31 , Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) is selected for a QLE8152 adapter. Figure ...

3–Installation in a Windows Environment Installing Software FE0254601-00 A 3-25 10. Run the Windows SuperInstaller: a. Extract the setup.exe from the .ZIP file to a temporary location on your system drive. b. Use Windows Explorer to navigate to the temporary location. c. In Windows Explorer, double-...

3–Installation in a Windows EnvironmentInstalling Software 3-26 FE0254601-00 A Figure 3-34. Insert Driver Disk 6. Windows displays a list of drivers found on the disk ( Figure 3-35 ). Select QLogic FCoE Adapter , and then press ENTER. Figure 3-35. Select QLogic FCoE Adapter NOTE: Windows Server 2003...

3–Installation in a Windows Environment Installing Software FE0254601-00 A 3-27 7. Windows presents a list of mass storage device drivers to load in addition to the standard drivers that have already been installed ( Figure 3-36 ). If required, specify other devices, or press ENTER to continue with ...

3–Installation in a Windows EnvironmentInstalling Software 3-28 FE0254601-00 A 3. When prompted to indicate the type of installation ( Figure 3-37 ), click Custom (advanced) . Figure 3-37. Windows Installation Type 4. When prompted to indicate where to install Windows ( Figure 3-38 ), click Load Dri...

3–Installation in a Windows Environment Installing Software FE0254601-00 A 3-29 5. When prompted to select the driver to be installed ( Figure 3-39 ), insert the QLogic driver disk (3.5-inch disk, USB memory stick, CD/DVD-ROM), click Browse , and then select the drive containing the QLogic driver di...

3–Installation in a Windows EnvironmentRemoving the Driver 3-30 FE0254601-00 A 7. Windows loads the QLogic FCoE driver, and displays all LUNs that were presented to the QLogic adapter for a boot-from-SAN installation. If LUNs are found, Windows prompts you to select the disk/LUN on the SAN on which ...

3–Installation in a Windows Environment Verifying Driver Installation FE0254601-00 A 3-31 Verifying Driver Installation Verify every adapter installation to guarantee that the adapter drivers have been installed successfully and are operational. To verify the driver installation: 1. Verify that the ...

3–Installation in a Windows EnvironmentVerifying Driver Installation 3-32 FE0254601-00 A c. In Device Manager, under Network Adapters (for NIC Drivers) and Storage Controllers (for FCoE Drivers), right click on a QLogic-labeled entry, and then click Properties ( Figure 3-43 ). Figure 3-43. Network A...

3–Installation in a Windows Environment Firmware Upgrades FE0254601-00 A 3-33 Firmware Upgrades QLogic 8100 Series Converged Network Adapters ship with the latest firmware version. QLogic periodically releases new firmware versions, which can be downloaded from the QLogic Web site as part of a multi...

3–Installation in a Windows EnvironmentFirmware Upgrades 3-34 FE0254601-00 A 8. Under Boot Code, click the download link for the multi-boot image ( Figure 3-46 ). The multi-boot image contains firmware, BIOS and UEFI drivers, and the FlasUTIL and EFIUTIL utilities. Make a note of the FCoE firmware v...

3–Installation in a Windows Environment Firmware Upgrades FE0254601-00 A 3-35 1. In the QConvergeConsole web management GUI, in the left pane, expand the host to view the connected adapters. 2. Select the port QLogic 8100 Series Adapter for which to determine the installed firmware version. The HBA ...

3–Installation in a Windows EnvironmentFirmware Upgrades 3-36 FE0254601-00 A 3. Expand the physical Port 1, select the FCoE port, and then select the VPD tab ( Figure 3-48 ) in the right pane. The Flash Image Version appears at the bottom of the Port Vital Product Data (VPD) list. Figure 3-48. Displ...

3–Installation in a Windows Environment Firmware Upgrades FE0254601-00 A 3-37 3. Under Flash, click Update Entire Image ( Figure 3-52 ). Figure 3-49. QConvergeConsole—Update Entire Image 4. Click the Choose File button. The Open dialog box appears. 5. Navigate to and click on the file from which to ...

3–Installation in a Windows EnvironmentInstalling Management Tools 3-38 FE0254601-00 A Updating Firmware Using QLogic BIOS and UEFI Utilities You can update firmware without a first installing an operating system on the server. Such firmware upgrades are considered offline upgrades. To update firmwa...

3–Installation in a Windows Environment Installing Management Tools FE0254601-00 A 3-39  Offline utilities provide adapter maintenance functions for special circumstances. Section 9 describes the offline utilities and their functions. The Windows operating system tool is the Windows Device Manager/...

3–Installation in a Windows EnvironmentInstalling Management Tools 3-40 FE0254601-00 A Installing and Launching the QConvergeConsole The QConvergeConsole Installer for Windows is a self-extracting utility that installs the QConvergeConsole and related files. After you install the application on the ...

3–Installation in a Windows Environment Installing Management Tools FE0254601-00 A 3-41 2. Click Next . If the Apache Tomcat server is not installed, a message prompts whether you want to install Tomcat on your system ( Figure 3-52 ). Figure 3-52. Install the QConvergeConsole: Install Tomcat on Your...

3–Installation in a Windows EnvironmentInstalling Management Tools 3-42 FE0254601-00 A During the installation, the installer notifies you of the installation status ( Figure 3-54 ). Figure 3-54. Install the QConvergeConsole: Installation Status A message prompts you to confirm that you want to enab...

3–Installation in a Windows Environment Installing Management Tools FE0254601-00 A 3-43 The Install Complete dialog box ( Figure 3-56 ) opens. Figure 3-56. Install the QConvergeConsole: Install Complete Notification 6. Click Done to exit the installer. You have installed the QConvergeConsole on your...

3–Installation in a Windows EnvironmentInstalling Management Tools 3-44 FE0254601-00 A Figure 3-57. QConvergeConsole Main Window on the Server Where QConvergeConsole Resides To open QConvergeConsole from a remote computer: Enter the IP address of the QConvergeConsole server, followed by the access p...

3–Installation in a Windows Environment Installing Management Tools FE0254601-00 A 3-45 Figure 3-58. Entering QConvergeConsole Web Address (Example) The initial main menu of the QConvergeConsole opens, as shown in Figure 3-59 . Figure 3-59. QConvergeConsole Main Window from a Remote Computer —Unpopu...

3–Installation in a Windows EnvironmentInstalling Management Tools 3-46 FE0254601-00 A Installing and Launching the QConvergeConsole CLI You can install the QConvergeConsole CLI from the command prompt using the Microsoft ® Windows Installer (MSI). Use one of the following methods:  Standard Window...

3–Installation in a Windows Environment Installing Management Tools FE0254601-00 A 3-47 Overwrite Previous Windows Installations Type the following for an installation that overwrites any previous installations without asking for confirmation. Type: QCCCLI.msi /i forceinstall=true Starting the QConv...

FE0254601-00 A 4-1 4 Installation in a Linux Environment Overview This section describes how to install a QLogic 8100 Series Adapter in a Linux server, including system requirements, hardware installation, driver installation, and software installation. System Requirements Operating System Requireme...

4–Installation in a Linux EnvironmentInstalling Hardware 4-2 FE0254601-00 A  The server motherboard must have a PCIe slot of at least x8 physical length. Both PCIe Gen 1 and Gen 2 slots are supported. QLogic adapters operate on all eight lanes on a PCIe Gen 1 x8 slot, and automatically train down t...

4–Installation in a Linux EnvironmentInstalling Software 4-6 FE0254601-00 A Installing Software The FCoE driver (STOR Miniport) and NIC driver (NDIS Miniport) provide the adapter’s Fibre Channel and Ethernet capabilities, respectively. The adapter driver installation process depends on the Linux ope...

4–Installation in a Linux Environment Installing Software FE0254601-00 A 4-7 6. In the third column, click the version of the Linux operating system that is installed on the server, and then click Go . For example, in Figure 4-3 , Linux Red Hat (64-bit) is selected for a QLE8152 adapter. Figure 4-3....

4–Installation in a Linux Environment Installing Software FE0254601-00 A 4-11 Installing the FCoE Driver for RHEL 5.3 Boot-from-SAN The RHEL 5.3 operating system does not include the QLogic 8100 Series Adapter drivers. Therefore, to boot from SAN, you must load the adapter drivers during the operati...

4–Installation in a Linux Environment Installing Software FE0254601-00 A 4-13 14. Configure the server to boot from the optical drive, and power up the server. The system boots from the CD and stops at the boot: prompt ( Figure 4-9 ). Figure 4-9. RHEL 5.3 Boot Screen 15. At the boot: prompt, press t...

4–Installation in a Linux EnvironmentInstalling Software 4-14 FE0254601-00 A 17. The Driver Disk message box prompts you for a driver disk: click YES , and then press ENTER. 18. From the Driver Disk Source window, select the driver source:  If the driver disk is a 3.5-inch floppy disk, select fd0 ,...

4–Installation in a Linux Environment Installing Software FE0254601-00 A 4-15 6. In the third column, select the version of the Linux Operating System that is installed on the server, and then click Go ( Figure 4-11 ). For example, in Figure 4-11 , Linux Red Hat (64-bit) is selected for a QLE8152 ad...

4–Installation in a Linux Environment Installing Software FE0254601-00 A 4-17 15. In the directory that contains the source driver file, qlge_ x.x.x.xx-ddmmyy_xx_x.x.xx .tgz , type the following commands to expand the compressed file: # tar -xzvf qlge_ x . x . x . xx - ddmmyy _ xx _ x . x . xx .tgz ...

4–Installation in a Linux Environment Verifying the Driver Installation FE0254601-00 A 4-19 Verifying the Driver Installation Verify every adapter to guarantee that the FCoE and networking adapter drivers have been installed successfully and operational. To verify the driver installation: 1. Use the...

4–Installation in a Linux EnvironmentRemoving Drivers 4-20 FE0254601-00 A  The following example displays the FCoE driver information: # modinfo -F version qla2xxx 8.03.01.06.05.06-k  The following example displays the networking driver information: # modinfo –F version qlgc 1.00.00.23 3. Observe ...

4–Installation in a Linux Environment Firmware Upgrades FE0254601-00 A 4-21 Firmware Upgrades QLogic 8100 Series Converged Network adapters ship with the latest available firmware version. QLogic periodically releases new firmware versions, which can be downloaded from the QLogic Web site as part of...

4–Installation in a Linux EnvironmentFirmware Upgrades 4-22 FE0254601-00 A 7. Under Boot Code, click the download link for the multi-boot image ( Figure 4-15 ). The multi-boot image contains firmware, BIOS and UEFI drivers, and the FlasUTIL and EFIUTIL utilities. Make note of the FCoE firmware versi...

4–Installation in a Linux Environment Firmware Upgrades FE0254601-00 A 4-23 Figure 4-16. Displaying the Adapter Firmware Version 3. Expand the Port node and select the FCoE port. NOTE: Ignore the driver firmware version listed under Information; it is not related to the installed adapter firmware ve...

4–Installation in a Linux EnvironmentFirmware Upgrades 4-24 FE0254601-00 A 4. In the right pane, click the FCoE tab ( Figure 4-17 ). The MPI firmware version is listed under the Information section. Figure 4-17. Displaying the Adapter MPI Firmware Version Displaying the Firmware Version Using sysfs ...

4–Installation in a Linux Environment Firmware Upgrades FE0254601-00 A 4-25 3. Under Flash, click Update Entire Image ( Figure 4-18 ). Figure 4-18. QConvergeConsole—Update Entire Image 4. In the Open pop-up window, browse to the temporary folder that contains the extracted multi-boot image, and then...

4–Installation in a Linux EnvironmentManagement Tool Installation 4-26 FE0254601-00 A Using QLogic BIOS and UEFI Utilities You can update firmware without a first installing an operating system on the server. Such firmware upgrades are considered offline upgrades. To update firmware on BIOS servers:...

4–Installation in a Linux Environment Management Tool Installation FE0254601-00 A 4-27  Linux Network Interface Configuration Tools — A set of tools, including ifconfig and neat, that configure parameters such as IP address and network interface status. For more information about these tools, refer...

4–Installation in a Linux EnvironmentManagement Tool Installation 4-28 FE0254601-00 A Installing and Launching QConvergeConsole To install and launch the QConvergeConsole: QConvergeConsole can be installed on a Linux host by running a Virtual Network Computing (VNC ® ) program on a Windows host to r...

4–Installation in a Linux Environment Management Tool Installation FE0254601-00 A 4-29 4. Click Run in Terminal . The installer extracts the files and installs QConvergeConsole in the directory /opt/QConvergeConsole_Installer ( Figure 4-23 ). Figure 4-23. Install the QConvergeConsole: Installer Extr...

4–Installation in a Linux Environment Management Tool Installation FE0254601-00 A 4-31 During the installation, the installer notifies you of the installation status ( Figure 4-26 ). Figure 4-26. Install the QConvergeConsole: Installation Status

4–Installation in a Linux Environment Management Tool Installation FE0254601-00 A 4-33 Figure 4-28. QConvergeConsole Main Window on the Server Where QConvergeConsole Resides To open QConvergeConsole from a remote computer: Enter the IP address of the QConvergeConsole server, followed by the access p...

4–Installation in a Linux EnvironmentManagement Tool Installation 4-34 FE0254601-00 A Figure 4-29. Entering QConvergeConsole Web Address (Example) The initial main menu of the QConvergeConsole opens, as shown in Figure 4-30 . Figure 4-30. QConvergeConsole Main Window from a Remote Computer —Unpopula...

4–Installation in a Linux Environment Management Tool Installation FE0254601-00 A 4-35 Installing and Launching the QLogic Linux Tools The QLogic Linux utilities manage the adapter FCoE function. The QLogic Linux tools package ( Linux-Tools- yyyymmdd-x .tgz ) is a compressed file that contains the u...

FE0254601-00 A 5-1 5 Installation in a VMware Environment Overview This section describes how to install a QLogic 8100 Series Adapter in VMware ® ESX/ESXi environments including, hardware installation, driver installation, and software installation. Installing Hardware To install the adapter: 1. Rec...

5–Installation in a VMware Environment Installing the FCoE and Networking Drivers FE0254601-00 A 5-3 Figure 5-1. Adapter Hardware 12. Verify the LEDs on the adapter to ensure proper operation. For information about LED indications, refer to Appendix A . Installing the FCoE and Networking Drivers The...

5–Installation in a VMware EnvironmentInstalling the FCoE and Networking Drivers 5-4 FE0254601-00 A 5. Select VMware ESX/ESXi in the third column of the selection list, and then click Go ( Figure 5-2 ). Figure 5-2. Select Adapter Software for VMware by Operating System 6. In the Drivers table, click...

5–Installation in a VMware Environment Installing the FCoE and Networking Drivers FE0254601-00 A 5-5 8. On the ESX host server, in maintenance mode, select the Summary tab ( Figure 5-4 ). Figure 5-4. Selecting the Summary Tab 9. Right-click the storage icon, and then select Browse Datastore ( Figure...

5–Installation in a VMware EnvironmentInstalling the FCoE and Networking Drivers 5-6 FE0254601-00 A 10. In the Datastore Browser, create a temporary folder in which to store the driver ISO files ( Figure 5-6 ). Figure 5-6. Creating a Temporary Folder in Which to Store the Driver ISO Files 11. Click ...

5–Installation in a VMware EnvironmentInstalling the FCoE and Networking Drivers 5-8 FE0254601-00 A 24. Unmount the first ISO file from the ESX host server by issuing the following command: # umount /mnt/cdrom 25. Reboot the ESX host server to complete the driver installation and exit maintenance mo...

5–Installation in a VMware Environment Installing the FCoE and Networking Drivers FE0254601-00 A 5-9 The example in Figure 5-10 shows the details for FCoE adapter 3, including the current state, the firmware version, the driver version, and the boot code version. Figure 5-10. Displaying FCoE Adapter...

5–Installation in a VMware EnvironmentInstalling the FCoE and Networking Drivers 5-10 FE0254601-00 A Figure 5-11. Displaying Networking Adapter Driver Details

5–Installation in a VMware Environment Identifying QLogic Adapters Using vSphere Client FE0254601-00 A 5-11 6. Display adapter networking driver and firmware versions for QLogic vmnic interfaces by issuing the following command: # ethtool –i vmnic [N] In this command, [N] is the adapter number that ...

5–Installation in a VMware EnvironmentConfiguring NIC Using the vSphere Client 5-12 FE0254601-00 A Figure 5-13. Displaying Storage Adapters Using the vSphere Client 4. In the Hardware pane, select Network Adapters to display all network adapters, as shown in Figure 5-14 . Figure 5-14. Displaying Net...

5–Installation in a VMware Environment Configuring NIC Using the vSphere Client FE0254601-00 A 5-13 3. Open the vSphere client, and then click the Configuration tab. 4. In the Hardware pane, select Networking , as shown in Figure 5-15 . Figure 5-15. Configuring Networking Adapters 5. Select Add Netw...

5–Installation in a VMware EnvironmentConfiguring NIC Using the vSphere Client 5-14 FE0254601-00 A 7. Click the vmnic associated with the QLogic adapter to be connected to the new virtual switch, and then click Next . Figure 5-17. Selecting the Virtual Switch 8. Modify the network label and VLAN ID ...

5–Installation in a VMware Environment Configuring the Driver Parameters FE0254601-00 A 5-15 Figure 5-18. Modifying the Network Label and the VLAN ID 9. Click Finish to complete the addition of the networking interface. Configuring the Driver Parameters Use the esxcfg-module command to configure the...

5–Installation in a VMware EnvironmentConfiguring the Driver Parameters 5-16 FE0254601-00 A 4. Reboot the server to place the parameter changes into effect. # reboot Table 5-1 describes the configurable QLogic driver parameters. Table 5-1. esxcfg-module Configurable Driver Parameters Driver Paramete...

5–Installation in a VMware EnvironmentConfiguring a Hard Drive in a Virtual Machine 5-18 FE0254601-00 A Configuring a Hard Drive in a Virtual Machine To configure a hard drive in a virtual machine: 1. Open vSphere and exit maintenance mode on the vSphere client ( Figure 5-19 ). Figure 5-19. Exiting ...

5–Installation in a VMware Environment Configuring a Hard Drive in a Virtual Machine FE0254601-00 A 5-19 6. Click Add in the Virtual Machine Properties window to add a device to the virtual machine ( Figure 5-21 ). Figure 5-21. Virtual Machine Properties Window

5–Installation in a VMware EnvironmentConfiguring a Hard Drive in a Virtual Machine 5-20 FE0254601-00 A 7. Select a device. In this example, select Hard Drive to add a storage device to the virtual machine, and then click Next ( Figure 5-22 ). Figure 5-22. Add Hardware — Device Type 8. Select the ty...

5–Installation in a VMware Environment Configuring a Hard Drive in a Virtual Machine FE0254601-00 A 5-21 9. Select a target LUN. In this example, accept the selected LUN, and then click Next ( Figure 5-24 ). Figure 5-24. Add Hardware — Select Target LUN 10. Select a datastore. In this example, accep...

5–Installation in a VMware EnvironmentConfiguring a Hard Drive in a Virtual Machine 5-22 FE0254601-00 A 11. Select a compatibility mode. In this example, accept the default, Physical , and then click Next ( Figure 5-26 ). Figure 5-26. Add Hardware — Compatibility Mode 12. Select advanced options. In...

5–Installation in a VMware Environment Configuring a Hard Drive in a Virtual Machine FE0254601-00 A 5-23 13. Review the disk settings, and then click Finish to complete the configuration ( Figure 5-28 ). Figure 5-28. Add Hardware — Ready to Complete 14. Observe the New Hard Disk (adding) entry in th...

5–Installation in a VMware EnvironmentConfiguring a Network Adapter in a Virtual Machine 5-24 FE0254601-00 A Configuring a Network Adapter in a Virtual Machine To configure a network adapter in a virtual machine: 1. Open vSphere and exit maintenance mode on the vSphere client ( Figure 5-30 ). Figure...

5–Installation in a VMware Environment Configuring a Network Adapter in a Virtual Machine FE0254601-00 A 5-25 6. Click Add in the Virtual Machine Properties window to add a device to the virtual machine ( Figure 5-21 ). Figure 5-32. Virtual Machine Properties Window

5–Installation in a VMware EnvironmentConfiguring a Network Adapter in a Virtual Machine 5-26 FE0254601-00 A 7. Select the Ethernet adapter device, and then click Next ( Figure 5-33 ). Figure 5-33. Add Hardware — Select Adapter 8. Select the adapter type and network connection. For information about...

5–Installation in a VMware Environment Configuring a Network Adapter in a Virtual Machine FE0254601-00 A 5-27 9. Review the adapter settings, and then click Finish to complete the adapter configuration ( Figure 5-35 ). Figure 5-35. Add Hardware — Ready to Complete 10. Observe the New NIC (adding) en...

5–Installation in a VMware EnvironmentDeploying NPIV for VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 5-28 FE0254601-00 A Deploying NPIV for VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 QLogic Fibre Channel and Converged Network Adapters support N_Port ID virtualization (NPIV) for Fibre Channel and FCoE SANs. NPIV enables each virtual machine to ha...

5–Installation in a VMware Environment Deploying NPIV for VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 FE0254601-00 A 5-29 Assigning WWNs to Virtual Machines You can assign a WWN to a new virtual machine with an RDM disk when you create the virtual machine, or to an existing virtual machine that has been powered off. To cre...

5–Installation in a VMware EnvironmentDeploying NPIV for VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 5-30 FE0254601-00 A 5. Proceed through the configuration procedure (Name and Location, Datastore, Virtual Machine Version, Guest Operating System, CPUs, Memory, Network, SCSI Controller) as you would for any non-NPIV virtua...

5–Installation in a VMware Environment Deploying NPIV for VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 FE0254601-00 A 5-31 7. Select the LUN to attach to the VM, and then click Next ( Figure 5-40 ). Figure 5-40. Create New Virtual Machine — Select Target LUN 8. Select the datastore on which to store the LUN mapping. In this...

5–Installation in a VMware EnvironmentDeploying NPIV for VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 5-32 FE0254601-00 A 9. Select the compatibility mode. In this example, click Virtual , and then click Next ( Figure 5-42 ). Figure 5-42. Create New Virtual Machine — Compatibility Mode 10. Select advanced options. In this e...

5–Installation in a VMware Environment Deploying NPIV for VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 FE0254601-00 A 5-33 12. Select the Options tab in the Virtual Machine Properties window. 13. Select Fibre Channel NPIV in the left pane, click Generate new WWNs, and then click Finish ( Figure 5-44 ). Figure 5-44. Virtual ...

FE0254601-00 A 6-1 6 Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Overview QLogic 8100 series Converged Network Adapter provides both NIC and FCoE server connectivity to hosts. This section describes the NIC parameters, management tools and configuration options for the QLogic 8100...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Windows Environment FE0254601-00 A 6-3 Figure 6-2. Adapters Properties Dialog Box Managing the NIC Function with the QConvergeConsole CLI The QConvergeConsole CLI configures the teaming and VLANs for the NIC fu...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Windows Environment FE0254601-00 A 6-5 Table 6-1. NIC Driver Parameters for Windows Parameter Name Function Default Value Range Method to Configure CheckSumOf-floadSupport Bucket to enable, disable all IP, TCP,...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Windows Environment FE0254601-00 A 6-9 Offload Support The QLogic 8100 Series Adapter offloads the processing of several common protocols onto its hardware; this saves host CPU cycles, increases performance, an...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network AdapterConfiguring the NIC in a Windows Environment 6-10 FE0254601-00 A about the CheckSumOffload parameter, refer to Table 6-1 Do not turn off checksum offload unless you are debugging a checksum computation problem. TCP checksum offloading s...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Windows Environment FE0254601-00 A 6-11 Network applications that have a large number of short-lived connections, such as Web servers and data base servers, typically benefit from RSS. The RSS feature must be e...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network AdapterConfiguring the NIC in a Windows Environment 6-12 FE0254601-00 A 4. Search for a DWORD named EnableRSS.  If none exists, RSS is enabled, and no action is required.  If a DWORD named EnableRSS exists, double-click EnableRSS , type 1 , ...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Windows Environment FE0254601-00 A 6-13 Disabling RSS in the Microsoft Windows Networking Stack RSS can be disabled on the QLogic adapter on a per port basis by accessing the Windows property pages for the QLog...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network AdapterConfiguring the NIC in a Windows Environment 6-14 FE0254601-00 A Disabling RSS per Port Using the Windows Advanced Property Pages To disable RSS per port using the Windows Advanced Property pages ( Figure 6-9 ): 1. Select ReceiveSideSca...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Windows Environment FE0254601-00 A 6-15 HDS is disabled on QLogic 8100 Series Adapters by default and can be enabled using the Windows Advanced Property Pages for the QLogic 10Gb PCI Ethernet adapter port throu...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Windows Environment FE0254601-00 A 6-17 Creating and Configuring a Team Two or more QLogic adapter ports must be available in a server to configure teaming; all members of the team must be QLogic adapter ports....

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network AdapterConfiguring the NIC in a Windows Environment 6-18 FE0254601-00 A 6. The current VLAN/teaming driver version and the version to be installed are displayed. If this is correct, type Yes to proceed with the installation ( Figure 6-12 ). Fi...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Windows Environment FE0254601-00 A 6-19 Figure 6-13. Creating a Team 10. After successfully creating a team, a new logical interface appears in the Microsoft Windows Network Connections window as shown in Figur...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network AdapterConfiguring the NIC in a Windows Environment 6-20 FE0254601-00 A 11. Configure of the team by assigning a dynamic or static IP address to the QLogic VT-IM Miniport Driver logical interface. The windows command, ipconfig /all , lists the...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Windows Environment FE0254601-00 A 6-21 After a team has been deleted, the corresponding QLogic VT-IM Miniport Driver logical interface is removed from the Microsoft Windows Network Connections window. Enter th...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network AdapterConfiguring the NIC in a Windows Environment 6-22 FE0254601-00 A 4. In the Host Level Info & Operations menu, type 2 and press ENTER to select Install/Update VLAN/Teaming Driver, All Adapters ( Figure 6-16 ). Figure 6-16. Host Level...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Windows Environment FE0254601-00 A 6-23 8. In the main Interactive Menu, type 4 and press ENTER to select Configure VLANs Menu . 9. In the Configure VLANs menu, type 3 , and then press ENTER to select Add VLAN ...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network AdapterConfiguring the NIC in a Windows Environment 6-24 FE0254601-00 A 12. After successfully assigning a VLAN ID to the team or interface, a new logical interface appears in the Microsoft Windows Network Connections window as shown in Figure...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Windows Environment FE0254601-00 A 6-25 d. After successfully removing the VLAN ID assignment, press ENTER to return to the previous menu. Figure 6-20. Removing VLAN ID Assignments After a VLAN ID assignment ha...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Windows Environment FE0254601-00 A 6-27 3. Set up client servers BIOS boot order. Select 8100 Series NIC as the first boot device in the Boot order/Boot Device priority ( Figure 6-21 ). The two QLogic UNDI v1.1...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Linux Environment FE0254601-00 A 6-29 Configuring the NIC in a Linux Environment Configuring the QLogic 8100 Series Adapter NIC function in RHEL 5 environments can be accomplished using the following built-in u...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Linux Environment FE0254601-00 A 6-31 Modifying NIC Driver Parameters (Linux) The driver parameters described in Table 6-2 can be modified using various methods. Some of these parameters require a server reboot...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Linux Environment FE0254601-00 A 6-33 2. Add the options line for the appropriate driver setting ( Figure 6-23 ), save the file, and then exit the editor. options qlge qlge_irq_type =1 qlge_mpi_coredump=0 Figur...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network AdapterConfiguring the NIC in a Linux Environment 6-34 FE0254601-00 A Using sysfs The sysfs virtual file system, provided by Linux 2.6 kernels, is available in RHEL 5. It exports information about supported devices and drivers from the kernel ...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Linux Environment FE0254601-00 A 6-35 3. Verify that the values for the parameter have changed. The output of the following command should be 1 if the command in Step 2 was successful. For example: # cat /sys/m...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network AdapterConfiguring the NIC in a Linux Environment 6-36 FE0254601-00 A Making Persistent Changes Using ethtool To make changes that are persistent across reboots, choose one of the following:  Edit the file /etc/sysconfig/networking-scripts/if...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Linux Environment FE0254601-00 A 6-37 Using ifconfig Use the Linux network interface configuration command ifconfig to modify the driver parameters that are listed in Table 6-2 that can be modified with ifconfi...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network AdapterConfiguring the NIC in a Linux Environment 6-38 FE0254601-00 A Figure 6-28. Verify NIC Driver qlge Figure 6-28 shows the PCI device IDs 85:00.0 and 85:00.1 are listed under the qlge section in sysfs. 3. List the contents of the soft lin...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Linux Environment FE0254601-00 A 6-39 Figure 6-29 shows that the QLogic 8100 Series Adapter NIC function at PCI device ID 85:00.0 maps to eth0. QLogic driver parameters can now be displayed and configured throu...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network AdapterConfiguring the NIC in a Linux Environment 6-40 FE0254601-00 A Figure 6-30 shows the sample output for the eth0 interface, associating the driver with the interface and the location of the adapter hardware on the PCI bus. Figure 6-30. e...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Linux Environment FE0254601-00 A 6-41 Switch Independent Bonding Switch independent teaming is implemented entirely at the adapter-host level. The Ethernet switch that is connected to the adapter is unaware of ...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network AdapterConfiguring the NIC in a Linux Environment 6-42 FE0254601-00 A Ethernet Channel Bonding Driver The Linux bonding driver combines multiple network interfaces into a single logical bonded interface. The driver supports bonding modes such ...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Linux Environment FE0254601-00 A 6-45 Loading the Bonding Driver In most RHEL 5 environments, the bonding driver is not loaded by default. Unless the bonding driver is loaded, bond interfaces using the QLogic a...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network AdapterConfiguring the NIC in a Linux Environment 6-46 FE0254601-00 A If the command produces no output, the bonding driver is already loaded. If the output is similar to Figure 6-32 , the bonding driver has been successfully loaded. Figure 6-...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Linux Environment FE0254601-00 A 6-47 2. Load the Linux bonding driver module and specify parameters to be changed. One or more parameters can be specified separated by a space. The following command sets MII l...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network AdapterConfiguring the NIC in a Linux Environment 6-48 FE0254601-00 A d. Reboot the server for the new RAMDISK image to take affect by issuing the following command: # shutdown -r now 4. After a successful reboot, verify that the parameter val...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Linux Environment FE0254601-00 A 6-49 In this command:  bond0 is the bonding interface created by the ifconfig command in Step 1 .  eth0 and eth1 are the QLogic adapter network interfaces form a part of this ...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network AdapterConfiguring the NIC in a Linux Environment 6-50 FE0254601-00 A a. Open the file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethx . For example: # vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 b. Append the following commands to the file to modi...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Linux Environment FE0254601-00 A 6-51 2. Enter the ifconfig command, and examine the output. Figure 6-34 shows that the bond0 interface status and IP address information. The MAC addresses for the two bonded po...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network AdapterConfiguring the NIC in a Linux Environment 6-52 FE0254601-00 A VLAN Configuration A virtual LAN (VLAN) is a logical grouping of network hosts connected to a switch to achieve a logical segmentation of a physical network. By default, all...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Linux Environment FE0254601-00 A 6-53 Loading the VLAN 802.1q Kernel Module In most RHEL 5 environments, the VLAN 802.1q kernel module is loaded by default. VLAN interfaces cannot be created over the QLogic ada...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network AdapterConfiguring the NIC in a Linux Environment 6-54 FE0254601-00 A This section describes nonpersistent and persistent configuration of VLAN interfaces over the NIC function using VLAN 802.1q Kernel Module and user space utilities. Nonpersi...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Linux Environment FE0254601-00 A 6-55 b. Open the VLAN interface network configuration script with an editor, and make the following changes:  Replace the string DEVICE=eth0 with DEVICE=eth0.5 .  Append the s...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network AdapterConfiguring the NIC in a Linux Environment 6-56 FE0254601-00 A 2. Enter the ifconfig command, and then examine the output. For example: # ifconfig eth0.5 This command shows the eth0.5 VLAN interface status, statistics, and IP address. D...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Linux Environment FE0254601-00 A 6-57 Wake On LAN Wake on LAN is not supported for QLogic 8100 Series Adapters. PXE Boot PXE boot code is a part of the QLogic 8100 Series Adapter multi-boot image that enables a...

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Linux Environment FE0254601-00 A 6-59 7. The PXE boot code downloads the executable boot file using TFTP and executes the boot file. Prerequisites for PXE Boot PXE boot requires the following:  A client server...

FE0254601-00 A 7-1 7 Configuring FCoE in a Windows Environment Overview The QLogic 8100 Series Converged Network Adapter is dual-function adapter comprising FCoE and NIC functions. This section describes the characteristics, configurations, and features of the FCoE function. Driver Parameters Table ...

7–Configuring FCoE in a Windows Environment N_Port ID Virtualization FE0254601-00 A 7-5 Interrupt Delay Timer (IDT) The Interrupt Delay Timer parameter is available if the Operation Mode (ZIO) parameter is enabled. The Interrupt Delay Timer parameter specifies the time period (in 100-microsecond inc...

7–Configuring FCoE in a Windows EnvironmentN_Port ID Virtualization 7-6 FE0254601-00 A NPIV allows a single physical Fibre Channel adapter port to function as multiple logical ports, each with its own WWPN, as shown in Figure 7-1 . Figure 7-1. N_Port ID Virtualization QLogic CNA NPIV Solution To com...

7–Configuring FCoE in a Windows Environment N_Port ID Virtualization FE0254601-00 A 7-7  QLogic 8100 Series Adapter driver — QLogic STOR Miniport Driver 9.1.8.17 or later.  QLogic QConvergeConsole GUI , version 1.0.28, or later; or QConvergeConsole CLI Build, version 1.0.0, build 46, or later.  A...

7–Configuring FCoE in a Windows EnvironmentN_Port ID Virtualization 7-8 FE0254601-00 A Figure 7-2. Select Port to Create a Virtual Port 4. In the Number of vPort to create box, select the number of virtual ports you want to create, then click Update . The Generated WWNs window displays unique WWNs f...

7–Configuring FCoE in a Windows Environment N_Port ID Virtualization FE0254601-00 A 7-9 7. Select Refresh from the Host drop-down menu and click OK when prompted to refresh the host. Verifying the Virtual Ports Use QConvergeConsole GUI to verify that the vPort has been created: 1. Verify that the vP...

7–Configuring FCoE in a Windows EnvironmentN_Port ID Virtualization 7-10 FE0254601-00 A 2. Inspect the switch Fibre Channel database to verify that the vPort has logged into the connected NPIV-enabled FCoE switch. Refer to the corresponding switch documentation for details. 3. If possible, verify th...

7–Configuring FCoE in a Windows Environment N_Port ID Virtualization FE0254601-00 A 7-11 Figure 7-4. Select Virtual Ports to Delete 5. Click the Delete button, located at the bottom of the screen. A dialog box prompts you for a password. 6. Type the administrative password, and then click OK . A dia...

7–Configuring FCoE in a Windows EnvironmentN_Port ID Virtualization 7-12 FE0254601-00 A 3. Verify that none of the LUNs presented to the vPort through the zoned storage array ports are visible to the Microsoft Windows operating system. Check for the absence of these LUNs as disks by navigating to th...

7–Configuring FCoE in a Windows Environment N_Port ID Virtualization FE0254601-00 A 7-13 Implementing Adapter-Based Quality of Service The QLogic 8100 Series Adapter solution provides for standards-based quality of service (QoS), ensuring high-quality performance for applications that require prefer...

7–Configuring FCoE in a Windows EnvironmentN_Port ID Virtualization 7-14 FE0254601-00 A To modify QoS levels, the configuration must meet the following hardware and software requirements:  Server operating system: Microsoft Windows 2008  Server support for message signaled interrupts–extended (MSI...

7–Configuring FCoE in a Windows Environment Boot from SAN FE0254601-00 A 7-15 Boot from SAN For legacy servers, the most common boot method was to boot from a direct-attached disk. When booting from a direct-attached disk, the server BIOS/UEFI locates the SCSI/IDE adapter BIOS, which contains instru...

7–Configuring FCoE in a Windows EnvironmentBoot from SAN 7-16 FE0254601-00 A  If failover capabilities are required during boot-from-SAN, multiple QLogic 8100 Series Adapters are required to create redundant paths to the boot device. Consult the server manufacturer’s documentation to determine the ...

7–Configuring FCoE in a Windows Environment Boot from SAN FE0254601-00 A 7-17 Confirm the following:  The adapter port has exclusive access to this LUN.  The LUN host type matches the operating system that is to be installed on this LUN. Each server must have its own dedicated boot LUN. Two server...

7–Configuring FCoE in a Windows EnvironmentBoot from SAN 7-18 FE0254601-00 A Single-Path Configuration A single-path configuration is the simplest configuration for boot-from-SAN for QLogic 8100 Series Adapters. The single-path configuration consists of a single adapter port connected to a converged...

7–Configuring FCoE in a Windows Environment Boot from SAN FE0254601-00 A 7-19 Multipath Topology Multipath topology provides fault tolerance through redundant SAN components: two adapter ports, two converged networking switches, and access to the boot LUNs through two independent storage array contr...

7–Configuring FCoE in a Windows EnvironmentBoot from SAN 7-20 FE0254601-00 A Configuring an Adapter to Boot-from-SAN This section describes how to configure a QLogic 8100 Series Adapter to boot the Microsoft Windows operating system from the SAN. 1. Install the QLogic 8100 Series Adapter, and update...

7–Configuring FCoE in a Windows Environment Boot from SAN FE0254601-00 A 7-21 i. Press ESC to return to the Configuration Settings menu. Select Selectable Boot Settings, and then press Enter. j. Enable the Selectable Boot option in the Selectable Boot Settings menu. Move the cursor to the Selectable...

7–Configuring FCoE in a Windows EnvironmentBoot from SAN 7-22 FE0254601-00 A 5. Configure the UEFI server (Windows Server 2008 only). To configure a BIOS server, refer to Step 4 . The boot-from-SAN configuration process for UEFI servers depends on the server make and model. The following instruction...

7–Configuring FCoE in a Windows Environment Boot from SAN FE0254601-00 A 7-23 i. Select Show Translation, under Information, from the Driver Configuration Main Menu ( Figure 7-9 ). This option displays the target and LUN information. Figure 7-9. Driver Configuration Main Menu j. Confirm that the LUN...

7–Configuring FCoE in a Windows EnvironmentBoot from SAN 7-24 FE0254601-00 A n. Enable both Selective Login and Selective LUN Logins ( Figure 7-10 ). Enabling Selective Logins restricts the discovery of targets [WWPNs] to what is specified in the database as a boot device. Enabling Selective LUN Log...

7–Configuring FCoE in a Windows Environment Boot from SAN FE0254601-00 A 7-25 7. To configure a multipath/load-balanced boot-from-SAN configuration: a. Connect the second adapter port, as shown in Figure 7-7 . b. Modify the storage array configuration to present the primary and alternate boot LUNs t...

FE0254601-00 A 8-1 8 Configuring FCoE in a Linux Environment Overview The QLogic 8100 Series Converged Network Adapter is dual-function adapter comprising FCoE and NIC functions. This section describes the characteristics, configurations and features of the QLogic 8100 Series Adapter FCoE function f...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux EnvironmentConfiguring Driver Parameters Using modprobe 8-6 FE0254601-00 A Configuring Driver Parameters Using modprobe The modprobe Linux utility intelligently adds or removes a module from the Linux kernel, and is available with RHEL 5. Adapter driver parameter modifi...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux Environment Configuring Driver Parameters Using modprobe FE0254601-00 A 8-7 2. Load the QLogic FCoE driver module, and specify one or more parameters separated by a space. The following example enables MSI-X and Extended Error Logging: # modprobe –v qla2xxx ql2xenablems...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux EnvironmentConfiguring Driver Parameters Using sysfs 8-8 FE0254601-00 A 3. Save and exit the file etc/modprobe.conf . 4. Create a new RAMDISK ( initrd image): a. Change to the directory that contains the RAMDISK images by issuing the following command: # cd /boot b. Cre...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux Environment Configuring FCoE Parameters Using QLogic Utilities FE0254601-00 A 8-9 To modify FCoE driver parameters using sysfs : 1. Change to the sysfs location where the driver parameter resides by issuing the following command: # cd /sys/module/qla2xxx/parameters 2. M...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux EnvironmentConfiguring FCoE Parameters Using QLogic Utilities 8-10 FE0254601-00 A Configuring FCoE Driver Parameters Using QConvergeConsole For information about installing and launching the QConvergeConsole GUI, refer to “Management Tool Installation” on page 4-26 . Yo...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux Environment Configuring FCoE Parameters Using QLogic Utilities FE0254601-00 A 8-11 To configure a parameter from the list of HBA parameters: 1. Expand the port number in the system tree (left pane) of the QConvergeConsole browser window . 2. Click the FCoE port node. 3....

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux EnvironmentConfiguring FCoE Parameters Using QLogic Utilities 8-12 FE0254601-00 A To configure a parameter from the list of advanced HBA parameters: 1. Expand the port number in the system tree (left pane) of the QConvergeConsole browser window . 2. Click the FCoE port ...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux Environment Configuring FCoE Parameters Using QLogic Utilities FE0254601-00 A 8-13 To configure FCoE configuration settings using Fast! UTIL: 1. Select the Select Host Adapter option. 2. Select Configuration Settings . 3. Select Adapter Settings , as shown in Figure 8-4...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux EnvironmentConfiguring FCoE Parameters Using QLogic Utilities 8-14 FE0254601-00 A Figure 8-5. Fast!UTIL Advanced Adapter Settings Displaying FCoE Driver Parameters Using sysfs Table 8-6 lists the FCoE driver parameters and sysfs locations by which you can display parame...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux Environment Configuring FCoE Parameters Using QLogic Utilities FE0254601-00 A 8-15 Table 8-6. sysfs FCoE Driver Parameters and File Locations Sysfs Location Parameters Description /sys/mod-ule/qla2xxx/parame-ters ql2xallocfwdumpql2xdevdiscgoldfwql2xenablemsixql2xetsenab...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux Environment Configuring FCoE Parameters Using QLogic Utilities FE0254601-00 A 8-19 Identifying the SCSI Host ID To identify the SCSI host ID: 1. List the PCIe bus and search for the QLogic devices. For example: # lspci | grep “QLogic Corp” 2. Locate the QLogic 8100 Seri...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux EnvironmentConfiguring FCoE Parameters Using QLogic Utilities 8-20 FE0254601-00 A Figure 8-6. Locating QLogic 8100 Adapter PCI Devices Figure 8-6 shows PCI bus device IDs 85:00.2 and 85:00.3 for the two FCoE adapter ports. 3. Search the qla2xxx driver to verify that the...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux Environment Online Storage Configuration and Reconfiguration FE0254601-00 A 8-21 Figure 8-8. Identifying the SCSI Host ID Figure 8-8 shows that the QLogic 8100 Series Adapter FCoE function at PCI device ID 85:00.2 maps to host6. QLogic driver parameters can now be confi...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux EnvironmentAdapter FCoE Performance Tuning 8-22 FE0254601-00 A Adapter FCoE Performance Tuning The following FCoE driver parameters affect adapter performance:  Operation Mode  Interrupt Delay Timer  Execution Throttle  Frame Size (Fibre Channel)  Queue Depth The d...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux Environment N_Port ID Virtualization FE0254601-00 A 8-23 Queue Depth (qla2xmaxqdepth) The Queue Depth parameter specifies the maximum number of SCSI command buffers that an adapter port can allocate. This parameter determines the maximum number of outstanding commands t...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux Environment N_Port ID Virtualization FE0254601-00 A 8-25  A QLogic 8100 Series Adapter FCoE driver — qla2xxx, latest version.  QLogic 8100 Series Adapter FCoE firmware — the FCoE firmware is bundled with the multi boot image. Use the latest version. Creating Virtual P...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux EnvironmentN_Port ID Virtualization 8-26 FE0254601-00 A 4. To benefit from I/O segregation and NPIV monitoring after creating a virtual port, configure zoning on the FCoE switch, and configure selective LUN presentation on the Fibre Channel or FCoE target array. For inf...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux Environment N_Port ID Virtualization FE0254601-00 A 8-27 Figure 8-10. Displaying All Virtual Ports for Physical Port host4 To verify the state of the virtual port, issue the following command, where X is the physical port SCSI host ID: # cat /sys/class/scsi_host/host X ...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux EnvironmentN_Port ID Virtualization 8-28 FE0254601-00 A To disable a virtual port, issue the following command, where X is the port SCSI host ID: # echo 1 > /sys/class/scsi_host/hostX/vport_disable To verify that the virtual adapter port has been deleted:  Confirm t...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux Environment Boot-from-SAN FE0254601-00 A 8-29 Figure 8-11. Comparing NPIV Physical and Virtual Ports Boot-from-SAN For legacy servers, the most common boot method was to boot from a direct-attached disk. When booting from direct-attached disk, the server BIOS/UEFI locat...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux Environment Boot-from-SAN FE0254601-00 A 8-31  Set the boot order in the system BIOS configuration menu: first, the optical drive, then the disk, and then the SAN-boot device. Placing the optical drive at the top of the boot order enables the server to boot from an RHE...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux EnvironmentBoot-from-SAN 8-32 FE0254601-00 A Storage Array Requirements Some storage arrays cannot support boot-from-SAN for specific environments. Consult the storage array documentation to confirm that the array and the firmware support boot-from-SAN. Consider the sto...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux Environment Boot-from-SAN FE0254601-00 A 8-35 Configuring an Adapter to Boot-from-SAN This section describes how to configure a QLogic 8100 Series Adapter to boot the RHEL 5 operating system from the SAN. 1. Install the QLogic 8100 Series Adapter, and update the firmwar...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux EnvironmentBoot-from-SAN 8-36 FE0254601-00 A h. Press ESC to return to the Configuration Settings menu. Select Selectable Boot Settings , and then press ENTER. i. Enable the Selectable Boot option in the Selectable Boot Settings menu. Move the cursor to the Selectable B...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux Environment Boot-from-SAN FE0254601-00 A 8-37 5. Configure the UEFI server. To configure a BIOS server, refer to Step 4 . The boot-from-SAN configuration process for UEFI servers depends on the server make and model. The following instructions configure the adapter for ...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux EnvironmentBoot-from-SAN 8-38 FE0254601-00 A i. Select Show Translation , under Information, from the Driver Configuration Main Menu ( Figure 8-15 ). This option displays the target and LUN information. Figure 8-15. Driver Configuration Main Menu j. Confirm that the LUN...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux EnvironmentBoot-from-SAN 8-40 FE0254601-00 A 9. Set the SAN boot device (QLogic adapter for BIOS; fibre disk for UEFI) at the top of the boot order. 10. To configure a multipath/load-balanced boot-from-SAN configuration: a. Connect the second adapter port, as shown in F...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux Environment Using the QLogic Linux Utilities FE0254601-00 A 8-41 2. On the Advanced Boot Loader Configuration screen, select Change Drive Order . Figure 8-18. Select Advanced Boot Loader Options RHEL 5 Install step2 3. In the Edit Drive Order window, move the entry for ...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux EnvironmentUsing the QLogic Linux Utilities 8-42 FE0254601-00 A Dynamic TGT-LUN Discovery Utility The Dynamic TGT-LUN Discovery utility is a combination command line/menu interface that performs the following tasks:  Rescans all the QLogic adapters for new LUNs, using ...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux Environment Using the QLogic Linux Utilities FE0254601-00 A 8-43 Using the Utility This utility has a command line interface and a menu interface. Command Line Interface To start the Dynamic TGT-LUN Discovery command line interface, issue the following command followed ...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux EnvironmentUsing the QLogic Linux Utilities 8-44 FE0254601-00 A Menu Interface To open the menu interface, and display the main menu ( Figure 8-19 ), issue the following command: # ./ql-dynamic-tgt-lun-disc.sh -–interactive Figure 8-19. Dynamic TGT-LUN Discovery Utility...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux Environment Using the QLogic Linux Utilities FE0254601-00 A 8-45 Table 8-13 describes the main menu options. Table 8-13. Dynamic TGT-LUN Main Menu Option Description ALL HOSTS SCAN Scan all QLogic adapters in the system, and report new LUNs that are found. ALL HOST SCAN...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux EnvironmentUsing the QLogic Linux Utilities 8-46 FE0254601-00 A HBA Collect Utility The HBA Collect utility creates a compressed file containing debugging and configuration options from the RHEL 5 host. Run this utility when requested by QLogic Technical Support. The HB...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux Environment Using the QLogic Linux Utilities FE0254601-00 A 8-47 Package Contents Table 8-15 describes the files in the HBA Collect utility package. Using the Utility To create a compressed file containing debugging and configuration options, issue the following command...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux EnvironmentUsing the QLogic Linux Utilities 8-48 FE0254601-00 A FC HBA Snapshot Utility The FC HBA Snapshot utility displays information about connected QLogic adapters, including the following:  WWPN  Port ID  All QLogic adapters in the system  LUNs  Parameters or...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux Environment Using the QLogic Linux Utilities FE0254601-00 A 8-49 Table 8-17 describes the FC HBA Snapshot utility command line options. Table 8-18 shows a set of tasks that provide information about the QLogic Converged Network Adapter and the FC HBA Snapshot utility co...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux EnvironmentUsing the QLogic Linux Utilities 8-50 FE0254601-00 A FC HBA Change LUN State Utility This utility is a combination command line/menu interface that changes the state (online/offline) of LUNs connected to a QLogic adapter, without rebooting the server. For exa...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux Environment Using the QLogic Linux Utilities FE0254601-00 A 8-51 Command Line Interface To use the command line interface, type one of the following commands: # ./ql-lun-state-online.sh < host number list > or # ./ql-lun-state-online.sh --all where host number lis...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux EnvironmentUsing the QLogic Linux Utilities 8-52 FE0254601-00 A Menu Interface To open the menu interface, issue the following command: # ./ql-lun-state-online.sh –interactive  If no offline LUNs are found, the menu interface does not start, the utility informs you tha...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux Environment Using the QLogic Linux Utilities FE0254601-00 A 8-53 The Set Device Command Timeout utility can set the timeout value for target devices on a selected host, or it can set a common value for all devices on all hosts. This utility sets a timeout value for each...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux EnvironmentUsing the QLogic Linux Utilities 8-54 FE0254601-00 A Table 8-23 describes the Set Device Command Timeout utility command options. Table 8-23. Set Device Command Timeout Utility Command Options Option (Abbreviation) Description <HOST #> QLogic adapter po...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux Environment Using the QLogic Linux Utilities FE0254601-00 A 8-55 Table 8-24 lists a set of tasks and the commands that perform them for a target device with the following sysfs path: /sys/class/scsi_host/host 4 /device/rport-4: 0 -1 In this path, host=4 and target=0. Ta...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux EnvironmentUsing the QLogic Linux Utilities 8-56 FE0254601-00 A Menu Interface To open the Set Device Command Timeout utility menu interface, issue the following command to display the menu shown in Figure 8-22 : # ./ql-set-cmd-timeout.sh –interactive Figure 8-22. Set D...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux Environment Using the QLogic Linux Utilities FE0254601-00 A 8-57 Figure 8-23 shows an example of the Select Target for HostX menu. The actual menu varies depending on the number of targets that are visible through the QLogic adapter port. Figure 8-23. Select Target for ...

8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux EnvironmentUsing the QLogic Linux Utilities 8-58 FE0254601-00 A Table 8-27 describes the Modify/Display Timeout menu options. Table 8-27. Modify/Display Timeout Menu Options Option Description MODIFY TIMEOUT Specify the timeout value, in seconds, for the selected tar-ge...

FE0254601-00 A 9-1 9 Offline Utilities Overview QLogic provides offline adapter configuration and Flash programming utilities with the adapter multi-boot code for advanced users. The following utilities are available for adapters installed in both BIOS and UEFI servers:  Fast!UTIL  EFICFG  FlasUT...

9–Offline UtilitiesFast!UTIL 9-2 FE0254601-00 A The QLogic Flash programming utility is a DOS utility with command line options. Fast!UTIL The Fast! UTIL utility is for offline QLogic 8100 Series Adapters that are installed on BIOS servers. Fast! UTIL performs the following tasks:  Configures gener...

9–Offline Utilities Fast!UTIL FE0254601-00 A 9-3 After a few seconds, the system confirms that Fast! UTIL initialization is in progress. If more than one adapter is installed on the server, Fast! UTIL prompts you to select an adapter to configure ( Figure 9-2 ). Figure 9-2. Selecting an Adapter Afte...

9–Offline Utilities Fast!UTIL FE0254601-00 A 9-5 Table 9-1 describes the parameters in the Adapter Settings window. Table 9-1. Adapter Setting Parameters Parameter Description BIOS Address I/O address where the QLogic BIOS code is stored when you start the Fast! UTIL utility or when the BIOS code is...

9–Offline UtilitiesFast!UTIL 9-6 FE0254601-00 A Selectable Boot Settings The Selectable Boot Setting option opens the Selectable Boot Settings window ( Figure 9-5 ), from which you can select one or more remote Fibre Channel drives to serve as a boot device. To preserve boot device specifications th...

9–Offline Utilities Fast!UTIL FE0254601-00 A 9-7 Selecting the Boot Port Name, Lun parameter opens the Select Fibre Channel Device window ( Figure 9-6 ). You can select any of the Fibre Channel devices listed. Figure 9-6. Select Fibre Channel Device Window Table 9-2. Selectable Boot Settings Window ...

9–Offline UtilitiesFast!UTIL 9-8 FE0254601-00 A Restore Default Settings The Restore Default Settings option restores the default adapter and NVRAM settings. The NVRAM settings are the adapter settings that were saved the last time NVRAM was updated using the QLogic FlasUTIL utility (option u). If N...

9–Offline Utilities Fast!UTIL FE0254601-00 A 9-9 Table 9-3. Advanced Settings Window Parameters Parameter Description Execution Throttle The maximum number of commands that can run on one port. When the number of commands executing on a port reaches the execution throttle value, no new commands can ...

9–Offline UtilitiesFast!UTIL 9-10 FE0254601-00 A Scan Fibre Channel Devices The Scan Fibre Channel Devices option displays information for all devices on the Fibre Channel loop. This information is useful when configuring the adapter and attached devices and includes the loop ID, vendor name, produc...

9–Offline Utilities Fast!UTIL FE0254601-00 A 9-11 Fibre Disk Utility The Fibre Disk Utility option opens the Disk Utility Options window ( Figure 9-8 ). This window displays information for all devices on the Fibre Channel loop and provides options to perform disk maintenance functions. The disk mai...

9–Offline UtilitiesEFICFG 9-12 FE0254601-00 A Exit Fast!UTIL The Exit Fast!UTIL option closes the Fast! UTIL utility. When prompted, choose to save the changes and restart the server to put configuration changes into effect. EFICFG The QLogic EFI Driver Configuration protocol displays and modifies c...

9–Offline Utilities FlasUTIL FE0254601-00 A 9-13 The Driver Configuration Main Menu will be displayed. Do not redirect the output of the Driver Configuration protocol. Redirecting console output may cause failures. For a more detailed description of the EFI commands used in this procedure, refer to ...

9–Offline UtilitiesFlasUTIL 9-14 FE0254601-00 A 4. Boot the server with the QLogic 8100 Series Adapter using the disk or USB removable drive. 5. Change to the directory containing the multi-boot image on the disk or USB removable drive. Using FlasUTIL The FlasUTIL utility has a command line interfac...

9–Offline Utilities FlasUTIL FE0254601-00 A 9-15 After updating the multi-boot image using FlasUTIL, issue the vpd /a /u command from the multi-boot image directory on the disk or USB removable drive. This command updates the version information for the newly installed multi-boot image. Installing t...

9–Offline UtilitiesEFIUTIL 9-16 FE0254601-00 A The script updates the multi-boot images for all the QLogic adapters with corresponding multi-boot image versions, as shown in Figure 9-9 . Figure 9-9. FlasUTIL FW Upgrade In Progress 4. When the installation is complete, reboot the system. EFIUTIL The ...

9–Offline Utilities EFIUTIL FE0254601-00 A 9-17 The utility can run in batch mode or in interactive mode (CLI mode). The mode of operation is determined by the number command line parameters used to start efiutil. If no parameters are used, EFIUTIL starts in CLI mode as follows:  To start the EFIUT...

FE0254601-00 A A-1 A Adapter Port LEDs Figure A-1 shows the QLogic 8100 Series Adapter Storage Traffic and Link/Ethernet Traffic port LEDs. Each port has its own LEDs.  The Storage Traffic LED indicates the state of data traffic exchanged with the SAN.  The Link/Ethernet Traffic LED indicates the ...

A–Adapter Port LEDs A-2 FE0254601-00 A Table A-1. Configuration Options for Virtual Ports Link/Ethernet Traffic LED Storage Traffic LED Hardware State Off Off Power off Slow flashing, unison Slow flashing, unison Power on, no link On On Power on, link established, no activity Flashing On Power on, l...

B–Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch ConfigurationEnable FCoE on the Switch B-2 FE0254601-00 A Enable FCoE on the Switch To enable the FCoE function on the switch: 1. Determine whether the FCoE function is enabled on the switch by issuing the show feature command. In the following example, the FCoE func...

B–Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Configuration Create and Configure the VLAN FE0254601-00 A B-3 3. Save the current configuration to the switch nonvolatile memory, and then exit configuration mode by issuing the following commands: (config)# copy running-config startup-config (config)# exit 4. Reboo...

B–Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch ConfigurationCreate and Configure a Virtual Fibre Channel Interface B-4 FE0254601-00 A 2. Enable LLDP on the Ethernet interface by issuing the following commands: (config-if)# lldp transmit (config-if)# lldp receive 3. Set the PFC mode for the interface by issuing th...

B–Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Configuration Verify that the Adapter Is Logged into the Switch FE0254601-00 A B-5 Verify that the Adapter Is Logged into the Switch To verify that the switch has been properly configured and that the adapter has logged into the switch: 1. List the devices that have ...

C–Brocade CEE/FCoE Switch/Blade ConfigurationEnable the Ethernet Switch Service C-2 FE0254601-00 A Enable the Ethernet Switch Service If you have a Brocade 8000 Series FCoE switch, the Ethernet switch service is enabled by default — proceed to “Create and Configure FCoE VLAN” on page C-3 . To enable...

C–Brocade CEE/FCoE Switch/Blade Configuration Create and Configure FCoE VLAN FE0254601-00 A C-3 Create and Configure FCoE VLAN To create and configure the FCoE VLAN: 1. Enter the CEE management shell, and move to the global configuration mode by issuing the following commands: admin> cmsh # confi...

C–Brocade CEE/FCoE Switch/Blade ConfigurationCreate and Configure CEE-MAP C-4 FE0254601-00 A 6. Create VLAN rules by issuing the following commands: swd77(config)# vlan classifier rule 1 proto fcoe encap ethv2 swd77(config)# vlan classifier rule 2 proto fip encap ethv2 7. Create a VLAN classifier gr...

C–Brocade CEE/FCoE Switch/Blade Configuration Configure LLDP/DCBX for FCoE FE0254601-00 A C-5 6. Verify the CEE-MAP configuration by issuing the following command: (config)# do show cee maps CEE Map demo Precedence 1 Priority Group Table 1: Weight 50, PFC Enabled, TrafficClass 3, BW% 40 2: Weight 50...

C–Brocade CEE/FCoE Switch/Blade ConfigurationConfigure CEE Port C-6 FE0254601-00 A 4. Verify the LLDP/DCBX configuration ( Transmit TLVs ) by issuing the following command: (config)# do show lldp LLDP Global Information system-name: swd77 system-description: Fibre Channel Switch. description: State:...

C–Brocade CEE/FCoE Switch/Blade Configuration Verify that the Adapter is Logged into the Switch FE0254601-00 A C-7 Verify that the Adapter is Logged into the Switch To verify that the switch has been properly configured and that the adapter has logged into the switch: 1. List the devices that have l...