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FC2354601-00 A Page iii Table of Contents Section 1 Introduction 1.1 How to Use this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.2 General Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.3 What is Fibre Channel? . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
SANblade 2300 Series User’s Guide2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters Page iv FC2354601-00 A 2.7 Agency Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20 2.7.1 EMI and EMC Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20 2.7.2 Product Safety Require...
SANblade 2300 Series User’s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters FC2354601-00 A Page vii 9.4.2.3 Loading and Unloading the qla2x00 Driver Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10 9.4.2.4 Building a Ramdisk Image to Load the qla2300 Driver . ....
FC2354601-00 A 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 QLA23xx HBA unless otherwise noted. These HBAs are all low-profile, 64-bit P...
1 – IntroductionFeatures 1-2 FC2354601-00 A With its increased connectivity and performance, Fibre Channel is the I/O technology preferred and used by system designers. 1.4 Features ■ Compliance with PCI Local Bus Specification revision 2.2 ■ Compliance with PCI-X Addendum (revision 1.0) to the PCI ...
FC2354601-00 A I-1 Part I Hardware This part of the SANblade 2300 User’s Guide describes the host bus adapters (HBAs) and how to install and configure them. See the section that corresponds to your HBA. Section 4 contains troubleshooting information. HBA Section QLA2340/2340L 2 QLA2342/2342L 3
FC2354601-00 A 2-1 Section 2 QLA2340/2340L 2.1 QLA2340/2340L HBA Components Figure 2-1 identifies the QLA2340/2340L HBA components referenced throughout this section. Each QLA2340/2340L HBA has a unique serial number; its location on the HBA is noted in figure 2-1 . Take a minute to write down the s...
2 – QLA2340/2340LInstallation in the Computer 2-2 FC2354601-00 A 2.1.1 LEDs Figure 2-2 identifies and describes the activity of the QLA2340/2340L HBA LEDs. Figure 2-2. QLA2340/2340L HBA LED Activity 2.1.2 Jumpers The jumpers on the QLA2340/2340L HBAs set the default state of the laser and are set at...
2 – QLA2340/2340L Installation in the Computer FC2354601-00 A 2-3 Perform the following steps to install the QLA2340/2340L HBA in your PC: 1. Check the motherboard and make any configuration changes necessary to accommodate the QLA2340/2340L HBA. The QLA2340/2340L HBA is self-configuring; however, s...
2 – QLA2340/2340LInstallation in the Computer 2-4 FC2354601-00 A 8. Connect the appropriate cable from the devices to the corresponding connector. 9. Carefully reinstall the computer cover. Insert and tighten the computer cover screws. 10. Power up all external FC devices, then power up the PC and o...
2 – QLA2340/2340L Fast!UTIL FC2354601-00 A 2-5 If you have a selectable boot BIOS and want to boot to an FC hard disk, set the motherboard BIOS parameters to None or Not Installed. The ROM BIOS on the QLA2340/2340L HBA automatically configures the FC peripherals. Some new system BIOSs support select...
2 – QLA2340/2340LFast!UTIL 2-6 FC2354601-00 A 2.3.2.1 Host Adapter Settings From the Configuration Settings menu in Fast!UTIL, select Host Adapter Settings. The default settings for the QLA2340/2340L HBA are listed in table 2-1 and described in the following paragraphs. ■ Host Adapter BIOS. When thi...
2 – QLA2340/2340L Fast!UTIL FC2354601-00 A 2-7 Some new system BIOSs support selectable boot, which supersedes the Fast!UTIL selectable boot setting. To boot from an FC hard disk attached to the QLA2340/2340L HBA, select the QLA2340/2340L HBA FC hard disk on the system BIOS. NOTE: This option applie...
2 – QLA2340/2340L Fast!UTIL FC2354601-00 A 2-9 NOTE: The driver being loaded must support this setting. If the driver does not support this setting, the result is the same as Disabled regardless of the setting. Leaving this option enabled guaranties a certified combination of software driver and RIS...
2 – QLA2340/2340LFast!UTIL 2-10 FC2354601-00 A ■ Extended Control Block. This setting enables all other extended firmware settings. The default is Enabled. ■ RIO Operation Mode. This setting specifies the reduced interrupt operation (RIO) modes, if supported by the software driver. RIO modes allow p...
2 – QLA2340/2340LFCode 2-12 FC2354601-00 A 2.4 FCode This section provides instructions for installing FCode on a QLA2340/2340L HBA installed in a Solaris SPARC system. A QLA2340/2340L HBA with FCode loaded in its flash ROM provides boot capability to its attached devices. The following files are in...
2 – QLA2340/2340L FCode FC2354601-00 A 2-13 2.4.2 Setting the QLA2340/2340L HBA Connection Mode Perform the following steps to view the current QLA2340/2340L HBA connection mode and change it if necessary. NOTE: Due to possible equipment incompatibility, QLogic does not recommend selecting connectio...
2 – QLA2340/2340LFCode 2-14 FC2354601-00 A 2.4.3 Setting the QLA2340/2340L HBA Loop ID When the QLA2340/2340L HBA is currently operating in loop mode (through connection mode 0 or connection mode 2), perform the following steps to view its loop ID and change it if necessary: 1. Select the QLA2340/23...
2 – QLA2340/2340L FCode FC2354601-00 A 2-15 Use the set-data-rate command to change the current QLA2340/2340L Fibre Channel data rate. For example: ok 1 set-data-rate Calculating NVRAM checksum, please wait... Current HBA data rate: Two Gigabit rate Table 2-6 lists the values to enter and their corr...
2 – QLA2340/2340LFCode 2-16 FC2354601-00 A The following displays: Calculating NVRAM checksum, please wait.... doneBoot device login successfulBoot WWN - 20000020 37009eeb WWPN - 22000020 37009eeb Id - 82 Lun - 0 ok 6. To boot the QLA2340/2340L HBA, type the complete boot path, including the loop ID...
2 – QLA2340/2340L FCode FC2354601-00 A 2-17 If there were not at least 1.7 GB free on this disk, you would need to create a partition on the new bootable disk large enough to hold the largest temporary saveset files plus the largest used space on a partition. In this example, it would be a 3.2 GB (1...
2 – QLA2340/2340LFCode 2-18 FC2354601-00 A 6. Use the ufsdump utility to copy the root partition to the new book disk. For example: ufsdump 0f - / | ufsrestore rf - 7. Use the rm command to delete the restoresymtable file: rm restoresymtable 8. Install the boot block on the new boot disk. For exampl...
2 – QLA2340/2340L Specifications FC2354601-00 A 2-19 14. Create an alias entry for the new boot device (optional). For example: ok nvalias fibredisk /pci@1f,0/pci@1/QLGC,qla@4/sd@82,0 15. Set default boot device to be the new boot device (optional). For example: ok setenv boot-disk fibredisk 2.5 Spe...
2 – QLA2340/2340LLabel 2-20 FC2354601-00 A 2.6 Label The transceiver on the QLA2340/2340L 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. 2.7 Agency Certification The following sec...
2 – QLA2340/2340L Agency Certification FC2354601-00 A 2-21 ■ CE Mark 89/336/EEC EMC Directive ❑ EN55022:1998/CISPR22:1997 Class B ❑ Radiated Emission Class B ❑ Conducted Emission Class B ❑ EN55024:1998 ❑ Immunity Standards ❑ EN61000-4-2 :1995 ESD ❑ EN61000-4-3 :1995 RF Electro Magnetic Field ❑ EN610...
3 – QLA2342/2342LInstallation in the Computer 3-2 FC2354601-00 A 3.1.1 LEDs Figure 3-2 identifies and describes the activity of the QLA2342/2342L HBA LEDs. Figure 3-2. QLA2342/2342L HBA LED Activity 3.1.2 Jumpers The jumpers on the QLA2342/2342L HBAs set the default state of the laser and are set at...
3 – QLA2342/2342L Fast!UTIL FC2354601-00 A 3-5 If you have a selectable boot BIOS and want to boot to an FC hard disk, set the motherboard BIOS parameters to None or Not Installed. The ROM BIOS on the QLA2342/2342L HBA automatically configures the FC peripherals. Some new system BIOSs support select...
3 – QLA2342/2342L FCode FC2354601-00 A 3-15 Use the set-data-rate command to change the current QLA2342/2342L Fibre Channel data rate. For example: ok 1 set-data-rate Calculating NVRAM checksum, please wait... Current HBA data rate: Two Gigabit rate Table 3-6 lists the values to enter and their corr...
FC5051101-00 A 4-1 Section 4 Troubleshooting 4.1 Problems After Installation There are three basic types of installation problems that can cause your QLA23xx HBA to function incorrectly: hardware problems, system configuration problems, and Fibre Channel problems. The following section provides item...
4 – TroubleshootingFibre Channel Problem Checklist 4-2 FC5051101-00 A 4.4 Fibre Channel Problem Checklist ■ Were all of the FC devices powered up before you powered up the PC? ■ Check that all cables are properly connected. ■ Have you configured your RAID controller using the utilities provided by t...
FC2354601-00 A II-1 Part II Software This part of the SANblade 2300 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 and do...
FC2354601-00 A 5-1 Section 5 Windows NT Driver Installation (QL2300.SYS) 5.1 Introduction This section provides instructions for installing the Windows NT driver under the following operating system conditions: ■ Initial installation of the Windows NT 4.0 operating system and the Windows NT driver ■...
5 – Windows NT Driver InstallationWindows NT Installation 5-2 FC2354601-00 A 5.3.1 Initial Installation of Windows NT and the Windows NT Driver Perform the following steps to install Windows NT 4.0 on a Fibre Channel hard disk attached to a QLA23xx HBA: 1. Insert the Windows NT setup disk or CD-ROM ...
5 – Windows NT Driver Installation QLDIRECT FC2354601-00 A 5-3 5.3.3 Updating the Windows NT Driver Perform the following steps if a Windows NT driver is already installed on a Fibre Channel hard disk attached to a QLA23xx HBA and you want to install an updated version of the driver. NOTE: This proc...
5 – Windows NT Driver InstallationQLDIRECT 5-4 FC2354601-00 A 5.4.1 QLDIRECT Driver Files Qldirect.sys requires the Ql2300.sys enhanced miniport driver version 7.00.00 or above. The latest version of the QLDIRECT driver and Ql2300.sys enhanced miniport driver for Windows NT are available on the QLog...
5 – Windows NT Driver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation FC2354601-00 A 5-5 3. Insert the disk that contains the QLDIRECT driver in an appropriate drive. 4. Execute the Setup.exe installation program on the disk and follow the instructions on the screen. 5. Remove the disk that c...
5 – Windows NT Driver InstallationQL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation 5-6 FC2354601-00 A 7. In the Select OEM Option dialog box, select the QLogic QL2X00IP Network Driver, then click OK. 8. In the QLogic IP Configuration Utility dialog box, change the IP driver configuration parameters as appr...
5 – Windows NT Driver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation FC2354601-00 A 5-7 6. Remove the disk that contains the QLogic driver. 7. Restart your system to load the updated driver. 5.5.3 QL2x00IP NDIS Driver and IP Address Configuration You must configure the IP address and modify ...
5 – Windows NT Driver InstallationQL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation 5-8 FC2354601-00 A ■ Header Split Size. This parameter accounts for packets with split headers and data. The parameter value specifies the number of bytes at the beginning of an incoming packet that must be isolated in the f...
5 – Windows NT Driver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation FC2354601-00 A 5-9 5. Click Close. 6. Click Yes to restart the computer. 5.5.4 Removing the QL2x00IP NDIS Driver If you need to remove the QLA2x00IP NDIS driver, perform the following steps: 1. Click the Start button, point...
FC2354601-00 A 6-1 Section 6 Windows 2000 Driver Installation (QL2300.SYS) 6.1 Introduction This section provides instructions for installing the Windows 2000 driver under the following operating system conditions: ■ Initial installation of the Windows 2000 operating system and the Windows 2000 driv...
6 – Windows 2000 Driver InstallationWindows 2000 Installation 6-2 FC2354601-00 A 6.3.1 Initial Installation of Windows 2000 and the Windows 2000 Driver Perform the following steps to install Windows 2000 on a Fibre Channel hard disk attached to the QLA23xx HBA: 1. Insert the Windows 2000 setup disk ...
6 – Windows 2000 Driver Installation Windows 2000 Installation FC2354601-00 A 6-3 9. Click Finish. 10. Remove the disk that contains the QLogic driver from the drive, then click Yes to restart the system. 6.3.3 Updating the Windows 2000 Driver Perform the following steps if a Windows 2000 driver is ...
6 – Windows 2000 Driver InstallationQL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation 6-6 FC2354601-00 A 6.5.1 Initial Installation of the QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Perform the following steps to install the QL2x00IP NDIS network driver: 1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, then click Control Pa...
6 – Windows 2000 Driver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation FC2354601-00 A 6-7 3. Make a backup copy of the old driver. You can copy the file into the same directory with a .SAV extension indicating that it is the saved file. For example: copy Ql2x00ip.sys Ql2x00ip.sav 4. Insert t...
6 – Windows 2000 Driver InstallationQL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation 6-8 FC2354601-00 A ■ Buffer Size. This parameter specifies the size of each receive buffer. The buffer size multiplied by the number of buffers must be greater than or equal to the MTU size. Incoming packets cannot be brok...
6 – Windows 2000 Driver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation FC2354601-00 A 6-9 8. In the QLogic QLA2X00 PCI Adapter #n Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab. 9. The Property list displays the configuration parameters. Click the parameter that you want to modify. The values...
FC2354601-00 A 7-1 Section 7 Windows XP Driver Installation (QL2300.SYS) 7.1 Introduction This section provides instructions for installing the Windows XP driver under the following operating system conditions: ■ Initial installation of Windows XP with the QLA23xx HBA as the boot device ■ Initial in...
7 – Windows XP Driver InstallationInstalling the Windows XP Driver 7-2 FC2354601-00 A 7.3.1 Installing Windows XP with the QLA23xx HBA as the Boot Device Follow these steps to initially install Windows XP and the QL2300.SYS driver on the boot disk attached to the QLA23xx HBA: 1. Start the Windows XP...
7 – Windows XP Driver Installation Installing the Windows XP Driver FC2354601-00 A 7-3 4. Insert the QLogic disk created in section 7.2 into drive A. Press ENTER. 5. The following message displays: The software you are installing for this hardware: QLogic QLA23xx PCI Fibre Channel Adapter has not pa...
7 – Windows XP Driver InstallationInstalling the Windows XP Driver 7-4 FC2354601-00 A 8. In the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard/Completing the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard dialog box, click Finish. 9. The following message displays: Your hardware settings have changed. You must restart your computer fo...
7 – Windows XP Driver Installation System Registry Parameters FC2354601-00 A 7-5 Follow these steps to complete the driver installation: 1. When the Digital Signature Not Found dialog box displays, click Yes. 2. When the Insert Disk message displays, insert the QLogic disk created in section 7.2 int...
7 – Windows XP Driver Installation System Registry Parameters FC2354601-00 A 7-7 4. If the string FCTape= does not display, add the following text to the end of the string: ;FCTape=1 5. If the string FCTape=0 displays, change the value from 0 to 1. 6. Click OK. 7. Exit the REGEDT32 program, then res...
FC2354601-00 A 8-1 Section 8 NetWare Driver Installation (QL2300.HAM) 8.1 Introduction This section provides instructions for installing the NetWare driver in an already installed Novell NetWare 4.2, 5.x, or 6.x system. NOTE: References to Novell NetWare 5.x and 6.x refer to versions that are curren...
8 – NetWare Driver InstallationInstalling the NetWare Driver 8-2 FC2354601-00 A 8.3 Installing the NetWare Driver NOTE: The QL2300.HAM driver may not be compatible with NetWare versions earlier than 4.2. Perform the following steps to install the NetWare driver in a previously installed NetWare 4.2,...
FC2354601-00 A 9-1 Section 9 Red Hat Linux Driver Installation 9.1 Introduction This section provides instructions for installing the qla2300 Linux driver under the following operating system conditions: ■ Initial installation of the Red Hat Linux 6.2 operating system and the qla2x00 (v4.x) driver ■...
9 – Red Hat Linux Driver InstallationCreating the Driver Floppy Disk 9-2 FC2354601-00 A 5. Insert a blank floppy disk. 6. Run the self-extracting file you downloaded. At the Unzip To Folder prompt, specify A:\ . Verify that the floppy disk contains the following files: ■ modules.cgz ■ modules.dep ■ ...
FC2354601-00 A 9-3 9 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Install or Update the Driver (Installed Operating System) 9.3 Install a New Operating System and Driver (Red Hat Linux 6.2) NOTE: To install the qla2x00 driver, the following requirements must be met: ■ For Red Hat Linux 6.2, you must have cre...
9 – Red Hat Linux Driver InstallationInstall or Update the Driver (Installed OperatingSystem) 9-4 FC2354601-00 A loading the new driver automatically ( see sections 9.4.2.1 and 9.4.2.2 ) or manually (see section 9.4.2) . To load the qla2300 (v5.x) driver, see sections sections 9.4.2.2 and 9.4.2.3 . ...
FC2354601-00 A 9-5 9 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Install or Update the Driver (Installed Operating System) 9.4.2 Loading the Driver The qla2x00 or qla2300 driver must be loaded before the system can access the devices attached to the QLA23xx HBA. To build a custom kernel to automatically loa...
FC2354601-00 A 9-9 9 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Install or Update the Driver (Installed Operating System) 9.4.2.2 Building a Ramdisk Image to Load the Driver Automatically You can load the qla2x00 driver at boot time using a ramdisk image. For more information, refer to the Red Hat installa...
9 – Red Hat Linux Driver InstallationInstall or Update the Driver (Installed OperatingSystem) 9-10 FC2354601-00 A 5. Type the following command to load the new lilo file: # lilo 6. Restart the system. The qla2x00 driver loads automatically. 9.4.2.3 Loading and Unloading the qla2x00 Driver Manually B...
FC2354601-00 A 9-11 9 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Install or Update the Driver (Installed Operating System) Linux 6.2 and 7.0), or to /lib/modules/<kernel release version>/drivers/scsi (Red Hat Linux 7.1 and 7.2). 3. Add the dependency for the qla2300 driver and build the ramdisk image...
9 – Red Hat Linux Driver InstallationBuilding a Driver from the Sources 9-12 FC2354601-00 A To load the qla2300 driver, do one of the following: ■ For Red Hat Linux 6.2 and 7.0, copy qla2300.o to /lib/modules/<kernel release version>/scsi directory. For Red Hat Linux 7.1 and 7.2, copy qla2300....
9 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Building a Driver from the Sources FC2354601-00 A 9-13 3. Build the qla2x00 driver from the sources. For Red Hat Linux 6.2 and 7.0, type: # make For Red Hat Linux 7.1 and 7.2, type: # make OSVER=linux-2.4 4. Build the qla2300 driver from the sources. For Red Hat...
9 – Red Hat Linux Driver InstallationBuilding a Driver from the Sources 9-14 FC2354601-00 A a. From the Main Menu, select Processor type and features and press ENTER. b. From the Processor Type and Features Menu, select Symmetric multiprocessor and press the SPACEBAR. c. To exit the Main Menu, selec...
FC2354601-00 A 10-1 Section 10 Solaris SPARC Driver Installation (QLA2300) 10.1 Introduction This section provides instructions for installing the Solaris SPARC driver in an already installed Solaris SPARC operating system. The latest version of the Solaris SPARC driver package is available on the Q...
10 – Solaris SPARC Driver InstallationInstalling the Solaris SPARC Driver from the QLogicWeb Site 10-2 FC2354601-00 A 9. At the command prompt, type: pkgadd -d ./qla2300 10. Continue with step 7 in section 10.3 . 10.3 Installing the Solaris SPARC Driver from the QLogic Web Site Perform the following...
FC2354601-00 A 10-3 10 – Solaris SPARC Driver Installation Installing the Solaris SPARC Driver from the QLogic Web Site 9. You are prompted to select the directory where the driver will be installed. For example: Processing package instance <QLA2300-3> from</qla2300> QLogic QLA2300 drive...
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