QLogic 8100 SERIES - Manual

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – Document Revision History
  • Page 3 – Table of Contents; Preface; Agency Certification; Quick Start
  • Page 4 – Management Tools; Initial Windows Server 2003 Installation with the Converged
  • Page 5 – Installation in a Linux Environment; Displaying the Firmware Version Using the QConvergeConsole
  • Page 6 – Upgrading the Boot Code Using the QConvergeConsole GUI . .; Installation in a VMware Environment; Configuring VLAN Tagging Using the Adapter NIC Function . . .
  • Page 8 – Configuring FCoE in a Windows Environment
  • Page 11 – List of Figures; Figure; xxviii
  • Page 16 – List of Tables; Table
  • Page 19 – What’s in This Guide
  • Page 20 – Intended Audience
  • Page 21 – blue; License Agreements
  • Page 22 – Technical Support; Visit the QLogic support Web site listed in; Training; tab at the top, then click the; Contact Information
  • Page 23 – Knowledge Database; Legal Notices; Warranty; For warranty details, please check the QLogic Web site at; Laser Safety; FDA Notice; Class 1 Laser Product; Caution; —Class 1 laser radiation when open; Attention; —Radiation laser de classe 1; Varoitus; —Luokan 1 lasersäteilyä, kun laite on auki
  • Page 24 – EMI and EMC Requirements; FCC compliance; This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.; xxx; This Class A digital apparatus; VCCI; xxx; xxx
  • Page 25 – MIC Class; Korean KCC; Product Safety Compliance; UL, cUL product safety
  • Page 27 – Installation Instructions; Step 1. Verify the Package Contents; The QLogic adapter is shipped with the following items:; Step 2. Install the Adapter Hardware; Follow these steps to install the adapter hardware:
  • Page 28 – Figure i Illustration of Sample Motherboard and Slots; Step 3. Install the Adapter Drivers; QLogic Products
  • Page 29 – Step 4. Install QConvergeConsole Management; Additional Resources
  • Page 31 – Product Overview; What is a Converged Network Adapter?; Table 1-1. QLogic 8100 Series Converged Network Adapters; Product
  • Page 32 – What is Enhanced Ethernet?; ). Because protocol conversion tables and
  • Page 33 – QLogic Converged Network Adapter; ). The 8100 Series Adapter appears to the operating system as
  • Page 34 – describes the QLogic 8100 series Converged Network Adapters for; FCoE Network Deployment; shows that the; Table 1-2. 8100 Series Converged Network Adapters
  • Page 35 – Hardware Components
  • Page 36 – Figure 1-4. 8100 Series Adapter Components; Hardware
  • Page 37 – Software Components; Boot Code
  • Page 38 – Bundled with the operating system (inbox drivers)
  • Page 39 – Firmware; golden firmware; Management Tools and Utilities; SuperInstallers; Section 9
  • Page 40 – Table 1-4. Software and Firmware Components; Component
  • Page 42 – Adapter Specifications; lists the adapter physical and electrical; Table 1-5. Physical and Electrical Specification; Specification
  • Page 47 – Overview; QConvergeConsole Web Management GUI; The QConvergeConsole has the following features:
  • Page 48 – “Installing and Launching the QConvergeConsole”; QConvergeConsole Management Agents; The SuperInstaller utilities install the
  • Page 49 – QConvergeConsole CLI; QConvergeConsole CLI User’s Guide; Offline Utilities; UTIL — This utility is standard on all QLogic Converged Network
  • Page 51 – Operating Systems Requirements; Windows Server 2008 Server Core; Server and Switch Requirements; Converged
  • Page 52 – Cabling Requirements; “Adapter Specifications” on page 1-12; Other Requirements; Downloading QLogic Drivers; Section 7
  • Page 53 – In the selection list, click; Converged Network Adapters; in the first column.; is selected for a QLE8152 adapter.; Figure 3-1. Select an Adapter and a Windows Operating System; Click; Go
  • Page 54 – Figure 3-2. Download Drivers for Windows Servers; Read the QLogic license agreement, and then click; Agree; to save the driver file to your workstation.; Installing Hardware
  • Page 55 – Install the Adapter
  • Page 56 – Verify the Adapter Installation
  • Page 57 – The message; Installing Software
  • Page 58 – driver disk; Identifying Unnamed Devices
  • Page 60 – Figure 3-6. Sample QLogic Vendor IDs and Device IDs; Installing and Updating Drivers Using Device Manager; QConvergeConsole User’s Guide; Installing the NIC Driver for Windows Server 2003; “Installing Hardware” on page 3-4
  • Page 61 – Device Manager; “Identifying Unnamed Devices” on page 3-8; Figure 3-7. QLogic 8100 Series Adapter Device Entries; Ethernet Controller
  • Page 63 – Figure 3-11. Starting the Hardware Update Wizard; “Downloading QLogic Drivers” on
  • Page 64 – Figure 3-12. Confirming the Ethernet Adapter; Installing the FCoE Driver for Windows Server 2003
  • Page 65 – Figure 3-13. QLogic 8100 Series Adapter Device Entries; To install the driver, right click; Fibre Channel Controller; click; Update Driver; If you are updating QLogic adapter drivers:; SCSI and RAID Devices; shows typical entries for a; Figure 3-15. Typical QLogic 8100 Series Adapter Port Entry
  • Page 66 – “Downloading QLogic Drivers”
  • Page 67 – Installing the NIC Driver for Windows Server 2008
  • Page 68 – Figure 3-19. Installing an NIC Driver — Windows 2008; Network Adapters; Figure 3-21. Updating an NIC Driver for Windows 2008
  • Page 69 – The Update Driver Software Wizard starts. Click; Figure 3-22. Starting the Update Driver Software Wizard; Browse
  • Page 70 – Installing the FCoE Driver for Windows Server 2008
  • Page 71 – Figure 3-25. Installing an FCoE Driver for Windows 2008; Storage controllers; Figure 3-26. Typical QLogic 8100 Series Adapter Port Entry; QLogic FCoE Adapter; Figure 3-27. Updating an FCoE Driver for Windows 2008
  • Page 72 – Figure 3-28. Starting the Update Driver Software Wizard
  • Page 73 – Windows has; Close; Installing and Updating Drivers Using the Windows; Downloading the Windows SuperInstaller
  • Page 74 – Figure 3-31. Select an Adapter and a Windows Operating System; Figure 3-32. Download the Windows SuperInstaller; I Agree
  • Page 75 – Finish
  • Page 76 – Windows displays a list of drivers found on the disk (
  • Page 77 – “Boot from SAN” on page 7-15
  • Page 78 – Load Driver; Figure 3-38. Windows Installation Location
  • Page 79 – When prompted to select the driver to be installed (; , and then select the drive containing the QLogic driver disk.; Figure 3-40. Select the Driver to Be Installed
  • Page 80 – Figure 3-41. Select Disk/LUN on which to Install Windows 2008; Next; to continue with the standard Windows Server 2008 installation; Removing the Driver; To remove the driver from the Microsoft Windows server:
  • Page 81 – Verifying Driver Installation; shows a; Figure 3-42. Confirming Port Classification and Health; “Downloading QLogic Drivers” on page 3-2; My Computer; icon on the desktop or in the Start; Manage; Select
  • Page 82 – In Device Manager, under; Figure 3-43. Network Adapters and Storage Controllers; In the Properties dialog box, click the; Driver; tab and find the field; Figure 3-44. NIC and FCoE Adapter Driver Properties
  • Page 83 – Firmware Upgrades; boot code; Obtaining the QLogic Firmware/Boot Code; Figure 3-45. Select an Adapter and a Windows Operating System
  • Page 84 – Read the license agreement, and then click; image to a temporary location on your workstation.; Determining the Installed Firmware Version; Section 2
  • Page 85 – HBA Info; tabbed page identifies the; Figure 3-47. Displaying the Adapter Firmware Version
  • Page 86 – Expand the physical Port 1, select the FCoE port, and then select the; VPD; ) in the right pane. The Flash Image Version appears at the; Upgrading the Firmware/Boot Code; Using QConvergeConsole GUI or QConvergeConsole CLI; To update firmware using the QConvergeConsole:; Utilities
  • Page 87 – Figure 3-49. QConvergeConsole—Update Entire Image; “Determining the Installed
  • Page 88 – Updating Firmware Using QLogic BIOS and UEFI Utilities; Installing Management Tools
  • Page 89 – Obtaining QLogic Adapter Management Utilities
  • Page 90 – Installing and Launching the QConvergeConsole; To install the QConvergeConsole in a Windows environment; The InstallAnywhere
  • Page 91 – Yes; The Pre-Installation Summary dialog box (; Install
  • Page 92 – to enable the SSL feature.
  • Page 93 – Done
  • Page 94 – To open QConvergeConsole from a remote computer:
  • Page 95 – The initial main menu of the QConvergeConsole opens, as shown in; Figure 3-59. QConvergeConsole Main Window from a Remote Computer
  • Page 96 – Installing and Launching the QConvergeConsole CLI; Standard Windows Interactive (CLI) Installation; directory; Quiet or Unattended Windows Installation; msiexec; To obtain more information about MSI, visit the Microsoft Web site.
  • Page 97 – Overwrite Previous Windows Installations; without; Starting the QConvergeConsole CLI; Start
  • Page 99 – Operating System Requirements; Red Hat; select; Converged Networking
  • Page 100 – Section 8
  • Page 104 – Go to the QLogic Web site:; Adapters
  • Page 105 – Figure 4-3. Select an Adapter and a Linux Operating System; Under Drivers, click the download link; FC-FCoE Adapter Driver for RHEL; Figure 4-4. Download the FCoE Adapter Driver; When prompted, click; Save; to save the compressed driver file to a
  • Page 109 – Figure 4-7. Select an Adapter and Linux Operating System
  • Page 111 – The system boots from the CD and stops at the; linux dd; at the boot prompt
  • Page 112 – Installing the Networking Driver
  • Page 113 – Figure 4-11. Select an Adapter and a Linux Operating System; ddmmyy
  • Page 115 – makefile; Figure 4-13. Make Install Command Execution Log
  • Page 117 – Verifying the Driver Installation; modinfo
  • Page 118 – Removing Drivers
  • Page 119 – Figure 4-14. Select an Adapter and a Linux Operating System
  • Page 120 – When prompted, select; General Information
  • Page 121 – Figure 4-16. Displaying the Adapter Firmware Version; Expand the Port node and select the FCoE port.
  • Page 122 – In the right pane, click the; FCoE; version is listed under the Information section.; Figure 4-17. Displaying the Adapter MPI Firmware Version; Displaying the Firmware Version Using sysfs; To update boot code using the QConvergeConsole:
  • Page 123 – Update Entire Image; Figure 4-18. QConvergeConsole—Update Entire Image; Open; config; OK
  • Page 124 – Using QLogic BIOS and UEFI Utilities; Management Tool Installation
  • Page 125 – Obtaining the QLogic Adapter Management Tools; Figure 4-19. Download Linux Adapter Management Tools
  • Page 126 – Installing and Launching QConvergeConsole; To install and launch the QConvergeConsole:; To install the QConvergeConsole in a Linux environment:; Open the directory containing the installer; to Execute; To install the QConvergeConsole, double-click the file
  • Page 127 – Run in Terminal
  • Page 129 – Figure 4-26. Install the QConvergeConsole: Installation Status
  • Page 131 – Figure 4-28. QConvergeConsole Main Window on the Server Where
  • Page 132 – Figure 4-30. QConvergeConsole Main Window from a Remote Computer
  • Page 133 – Installing and Launching the QLogic Linux Tools; Utility File; Table 4-2. QLogic Linux Utility Directories and Commands; Directory
  • Page 135 – ESX/ESXi environments; To install the adapter:
  • Page 137 – Installing the FCoE and Networking Drivers
  • Page 138 – Figure 5-2. Select Adapter Software for VMware by Operating System; Networking driver for VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0; Inventory
  • Page 139 – On the ESX host server, in maintenance mode, select the; Summary; tab; Browse Datastore
  • Page 140 – Figure 5-7. Opening the Temporary Driver Folder; In the Upload Items window, select a driver, and then click; to upload
  • Page 142 – Figure 5-9. Verifying Adapter Driver Installation; Validating Driver and Firmware Versions; lspci
  • Page 143 – Figure 5-10. Displaying FCoE Adapter Driver Details; The example in
  • Page 144 – Figure 5-11. Displaying Networking Adapter Driver Details
  • Page 145 – vmnic; ifconfig –a display; Figure 5-12. Displaying Networking Driver and Firmware Versions; Identifying QLogic Adapters Using vSphere; Configuration
  • Page 146 – Configuring NIC Using the vSphere Client; To configure the NIC using the vSphere client:
  • Page 147 – Open the vSphere client, and then click the; In the Hardware pane, select; Networking; Figure 5-15. Configuring Networking Adapters; Virtual Machine
  • Page 148 – Figure 5-17. Selecting the Virtual Switch; Modify the network label and VLAN ID if needed, and then click
  • Page 149 – Figure 5-18. Modifying the Network Label and the VLAN ID; Configuring the Driver Parameters; options
  • Page 150 – Reboot the server to place the parameter changes into effect.; describes the configurable QLogic driver parameters.; Driver Parameter
  • Page 152 – Configuring a Hard Drive in a Virtual Machine; To configure a hard drive in a virtual machine:; Figure 5-20. Selecting the Virtual Machine; Click the; Getting Started; Edit virtual machine settings
  • Page 153 – Add; in the Virtual Machine Properties window to add a device to the; Figure 5-21. Virtual Machine Properties Window
  • Page 154 – Figure 5-23. Add Hardware — Select a Disk
  • Page 155 – Figure 5-24. Add Hardware — Select Target LUN; Store with Virtual; Figure 5-25. Add Hardware — Select Datastore
  • Page 156 – Select a compatibility mode. In this example, accept the default,; Physical; and then click; Figure 5-26. Add Hardware — Compatibility Mode; Figure 5-27. Add Hardware — Advanced Options
  • Page 157 – Review the disk settings, and then click; to complete the configuration; Figure 5-28. Add Hardware — Ready to Complete; window, and then click
  • Page 158 – To configure a network adapter in a virtual machine:; Figure 5-31. Selecting the Virtual Machine
  • Page 159 – Figure 5-32. Virtual Machine Properties Window
  • Page 160 – Select the Ethernet adapter device, and then click; Figure 5-33. Add Hardware — Select Adapter; Network Label; Figure 5-34. Add Hardware — Network Connection
  • Page 161 – Review the adapter settings, and then click; to complete the adapter; Figure 5-35. Add Hardware — Ready to Complete
  • Page 162 – Requirements for Using NPIV; The following are required to implement NPIV:
  • Page 163 – Assigning WWNs to Virtual Machines; Open the vSphere client, and then click; in the navigation bar.; In the Create New Virtual Machine window, click; Custom; Figure 5-38. Create New Virtual Machine — Configuration
  • Page 164 – Figure 5-39. Create New Virtual Machine — Select a Disk
  • Page 165 – Select the LUN to attach to the VM, and then click; Figure 5-40. Create New Virtual Machine — Select Target LUN; Store with Virtual Machine; Figure 5-41. Create New Virtual Machine — Select Datastore
  • Page 166 – Select the compatibility mode. In this example, click; Figure 5-42. Create New Virtual Machine — Compatibility Mode; Complete the creation process by clicking; Figure 5-43. Create New Virtual Machine — Ready to Complete
  • Page 167 – Figure 5-44. Virtual Machine Properties — Generate New WWNs
  • Page 169 – Managing the NIC Function with Windows Property pages
  • Page 171 – Figure 6-2. Adapters Properties Dialog Box; Managing the NIC Function with the QConvergeConsole CLI; Download and install the QLogic the QConvergeConsole CLI from
  • Page 173 – Table 6-1. NIC Driver Parameters for Windows
  • Page 177 – Offload Support
  • Page 178 – Receive Side Scaling; Figure 6-4. Receive Side Scaling Concepts; Cache locality
  • Page 179 – Enabling RSS in the Microsoft Networking Stack; Figure 6-5. Displaying RSS Status — Windows 2008; regedit
  • Page 180 – Enabling RSS Using the Windows Advanced Property Pages; Figure 6-7. Enabling RSS — Windows Advanced Properties
  • Page 181 – Disabling RSS in the Microsoft Windows Networking Stack
  • Page 182 – ReceiveSideScaling
  • Page 183 – HeaderDataSplit; under the Property box in the; set the value to; Enabled; to save the setting and enable or disable HDS.; NIC Teaming
  • Page 185 – Creating and Configuring a Team; Start QConvergeConsole CLI by clicking on its desktop icon.; Host Level Info and Operations; from; Figure 6-11. Host Level Info and Operations Menu; Do you want to use external source for
  • Page 186 – Select Team Type; All
  • Page 187 – Microsoft Windows Network Connections window as shown in; Figure 6-14. Logical Interface — QLogic VT-IM Miniport Driver; “VLAN Configuration” on page 6-52
  • Page 188 – Deleting a Team; Configure Team Menu
  • Page 189 – VLAN Tagging; Configuring VLAN Tagging Using the Adapter NIC Function; Host Level
  • Page 190 – Figure 6-17. Installing VLAN Teaming Driver
  • Page 191 – In the main Interactive Menu, type; Configure; In the Configure VLANs menu, type; Select ListIndex from the list
  • Page 192 – Figure 6-19. VLAN Local Area Connection Entry; Removing VLAN ID Assignment; Configure VLANs Menu
  • Page 193 – Figure 6-20. Removing VLAN ID Assignments; PXE Boot; Prerequisites for PXE Boot; PXE boot requires the following:
  • Page 195 – entries are dual-port QLogic 8100 Series; PXE Protocol Operation; The PXE protocol, illustrated in
  • Page 197 – Configuring the NIC in a Linux Environment; and create a; Table 6-2. NIC Driver Parameters for Linux
  • Page 199 – The driver parameters described in; Using modprobe; for information about available configuration methods for each
  • Page 201 – Add the options line for the appropriate driver setting (
  • Page 202 – Using sysfs; Table 6-3. Sysfs Locations and Parameters; Sysfs Location
  • Page 203 – or; Using ethtool; To make changes that
  • Page 204 – Making Persistent Changes Using ethtool; man udev
  • Page 205 – Using ifconfig; ifconfig; Identifying the QLogic 8100 Adapter Network ID
  • Page 206 – Figure 6-29. Device ID Soft Link Contents
  • Page 207 – shows that the QLogic 8100 Series Adapter NIC function at PCI
  • Page 208 – Figure 6-30. eth0 Interface Sample Output; Interrupt Support
  • Page 209 – Switch Independent Bonding; Ethernet channel bonding driver (bonding driver)
  • Page 210 – Ethernet Channel Bonding Driver; directory on; Bonding Driver Parameters; configuration file. If any of these; Table 6-4. Linux Bonding Driver Parameters
  • Page 213 – Loading the Bonding Driver; Figure 6-31. Verifying that the Bonding Driver Is Loaded; To load the bonding driver, enter one of the following commands:
  • Page 214 – Unloading the Bonding Driver; bonding; Changing Bonding Driver Parameters
  • Page 215 – Making Persistent Changes to the Bonding Driver (recommended); , add the QLogic FCoE driver parameters and values,
  • Page 216 – Bonding Configuration; “Loading the Bonding Driver” on page 6-45; Nonpersistent Bonding Configuration; Nonpersistent configuration changes (
  • Page 217 – Persistent Bonding Configuration; “Disabling a Bonding
  • Page 218 – Verify the Bonding Configuration; Figure 6-33. Examine the Bond0 Network Interface
  • Page 219 – Disabling a Bonding Network Interface; bond
  • Page 220 – VLAN Configuration; VLAN Prerequisites
  • Page 221 – Loading the VLAN 802.1q Kernel Module; Figure 6-35. Verifying that the VLAN 802.1q Kernel Module Is Loaded; To load the VLAN 802.1q kernel module, issue the following command:; Unloading the VLAN 802.1q Kernel Module; “Loading the VLAN 802.1q Kernel Module” on page 6-53; Configuring a VLAN
  • Page 222 – Nonpersistent VLAN Configuration; Persistent VLAN Configuration
  • Page 223 – Figure 6-36. Creating a Network Configuration File — VLAN Interface; Verify the VLAN configuration
  • Page 224 – Disabling a VLAN interface; To disable a VLAN interface, enter the following command:; is the VLAN interface; Creating a VLAN on a Bond Interface
  • Page 225 – Wake On LAN; Wake on LAN is not supported for QLogic 8100 Series Adapters.
  • Page 227 – Setting the Client Servers BIOS Boot Order; To set the client servers BIOS boot order:
  • Page 229 – UTIL configuration
  • Page 233 – N_Port ID Virtualization; Values
  • Page 234 – QLogic CNA NPIV Solution; NPIV Deployment Requirements; “System Requirements”
  • Page 235 – Creating Virtual Ports; QConvergeConsole CLI User Guide
  • Page 236 – Figure 7-2. Select Port to Create a Virtual Port; Number of vPort to create
  • Page 237 – Refresh; from the; Host; drop-down menu and click; when; Verifying the Virtual Ports; Figure 7-3. Verifying Additional Virtual Ports
  • Page 238 – Deleting Virtual Ports; CLI User’s Guide
  • Page 239 – Figure 7-4. Select Virtual Ports to Delete; Delete; Verifying Deletion of Virtual Ports
  • Page 240 – Virtual Port Features and Limitations; Settings; QLogic Fibre Channel HBA and VM Migration
  • Page 241 – Implementing Adapter-Based Quality of Service
  • Page 242 – Setting QoS by Bandwidth
  • Page 243 – Boot from SAN; local boot; Host/Server Requirements; “PXE Boot” on page 6-25
  • Page 244 – Converged Network Adapter Requirements; QLogic 8100 Series Adapter with current firmware.; FCoE Switch Requirements
  • Page 245 – Confirm the following:
  • Page 246 – Single-Path Configuration
  • Page 247 – Multipath Topology; shows the
  • Page 248 – EFI Shell
  • Page 249 – Figure 7-8. Selectable Boot Settings Menu; Step b
  • Page 250 – Under the heading DRIVER NAME, find the driver with name
  • Page 251 – Figure 7-9. Driver Configuration Main Menu; Confirm that the LUN you created in
  • Page 252 – “Installing Software” on page 3-7
  • Page 253 – Connect the second adapter port, as shown in
  • Page 255 – or the; Table 8-1. FCoE Driver Parameters for Linux
  • Page 260 – Configuring Driver Parameters Using modprobe; The; Making Nonpersistent Changes Using modprobe; modprobe
  • Page 261 – Verify the parameter changes by issuing the following commands:; Making Persistent Changes Using modprobe; Open the file
  • Page 262 – Configuring Driver Parameters Using sysfs
  • Page 263 – sysfs; Configuring FCoE Parameters Using QLogic; Table 8-2. FCoE Driver Parameters that can be Modified with Sysfs
  • Page 264 – “Management Tool Installation” on page 4-26; . The application presents the driver parameters as HBA; Table 8-4. QConvergeConsole GUI FCoE Driver Parameters
  • Page 265 – To configure a parameter from the list of HBA parameters:; Click the FCoE port node.; Parameters; tab in the right pane, as shown in; Figure 8-2. QConvergeConsole HBA Parameters
  • Page 266 – Figure 8-3. QConvergeConsole Advanced HBA Parameters; Configuring FCoE Driver Parameters Using Fast!UTIL; “EFIUTIL” on page 9-16
  • Page 267 – UTIL Adapter Settings; Adapter Settings
  • Page 268 – Displaying FCoE Driver Parameters Using sysfs; lists the FCoE driver parameters and
  • Page 269 – Table 8-6. sysfs FCoE Driver Parameters and File Locations
  • Page 273 – Identifying the SCSI Host ID; To identify the SCSI host ID:
  • Page 274 – Figure 8-6. Locating QLogic 8100 Adapter PCI Devices; The search list in; Figure 8-7. Identifying the Adapter Port PCI Device ID; List the contents of the soft link for the device ID. For example:
  • Page 275 – shows that the QLogic 8100 Series Adapter FCoE function at PCI; Displaying and Modifying sysfs Entries; Online Storage Configuration and
  • Page 276 – Adapter FCoE Performance Tuning; Operation Mode; Value
  • Page 277 – Queue depth of the storage array port
  • Page 279 – wwpn
  • Page 280 – Verifying the Creation of Virtual Ports
  • Page 281 – Figure 8-10. Displaying All Virtual Ports for Physical Port host4
  • Page 282 – Differentiating Virtual Ports from Physical Ports in sysfs; Table 8-8. Unique Physical and Virtual Port sysfs Parameters; Unique Physical Port sysfs
  • Page 283 – Figure 8-11. Comparing NPIV Physical and Virtual Ports
  • Page 285 – The Converged Network Adapter must satisfy the following:
  • Page 286 – Storage Array Requirements; The adapter port has exclusive access to this LUN.
  • Page 289 – “Firmware; “Booting from; Configuration Settings
  • Page 290 – Figure 8-14. Selectable Boot Settings menu; Reboot System
  • Page 291 – EFI shell; QLogic
  • Page 292 – Show Translation; Figure 8-15. Driver Configuration Main Menu; Step f; Edit Database
  • Page 294 – Booting from SAN Using a LUN Other Than LUN 0; Configure advance boot loader; Figure 8-17. Select Advanced Boot Loader Options RHEL 5 Install
  • Page 295 – On the; Advanced Boot Loader Configuration; Continue installing RHEL 5.; Using the QLogic Linux Utilities; , configure the adapter FCoE; File Name
  • Page 296 – Dynamic TGT-LUN Discovery Utility; Rescans adapters and removes lost LUNs from the system; Package Contents; File
  • Page 297 – Using the Utility; This utility has a command line interface and a menu interface.; Command Line Interface; show a list of tasks and the commands that perform them.; Option
  • Page 298 – Menu Interface; To open the menu interface, and display the main menu (; Task
  • Page 299 – describes the main menu options.
  • Page 300 – HBA Collect Utility
  • Page 301 – describes the files in the HBA Collect utility package.; shows an example of the execution sequence.; Figure 8-20. HBA Collect Utility Execution Example
  • Page 302 – FC HBA Snapshot Utility; Table 8-16. FC HBA Snapshot Utility Package Files
  • Page 303 – describes the FC HBA Snapshot utility command line options.; Table 8-17. FC HBA Snapshot Utility Command Line Options; Table 8-18. FC HBA Snapshot Utility Command Example
  • Page 304 – FC HBA Change LUN State Utility; The FC HBA Change LUN State utility performs the following tasks:; describes the files in the FC HBA LUN State utility package.; Table 8-19. FC HBA Change LUN State Utility Package Files
  • Page 305 – Table 8-20. FC HBA Change LUN State Utility Command Line Options; Table 8-21. HBA Change LUN State Utility Command Examples
  • Page 306 – To open the menu interface, issue the following command:; Figure 8-21. FC HBA Change LUN State Utility Main Menu; To change the state of one LUN:; Set Device Command Timeout Utility
  • Page 307 – describes the files in the Set Device Command Timeout utility; This utility has a line command interface and a menu interface.; Table 8-22. Set Device Command Timeout Utility Package Files
  • Page 308 – Table 8-23. Set Device Command Timeout Utility Command Options
  • Page 309 – lists a set of tasks and the commands that perform them for a target; Table 8-24. Set Device Command Timeout Utility Command Examples
  • Page 310 – Figure 8-22. Set Device Command Timeout Utility Main Menu; describes the Set Device Command Timeout Utility Main Menu; Table 8-25. Set Device Command Timeout Utility Main Menu Options
  • Page 311 – shows an example of the Select Target for HostX menu. The actual; Figure 8-23. Select Target for HostX Menu; describes the Select Target for HostX menu options.; Table 8-26. Select Target for HostX Menu Options
  • Page 312 – describes the Modify/Display Timeout menu options.
  • Page 313 – EFICFG
  • Page 314 – UTIL Startup
  • Page 315 – UTIL Options Menu
  • Page 317 – describes the parameters in the Adapter Settings window.; Parameter
  • Page 318 – Selectable Boot Settings; ), from which you can select one or more remote Fibre Channel drives; Figure 9-5. Selectable Boot Setting Window; describes the selectable boot setting parameters.
  • Page 319 – ). You can select any of the Fibre Channel devices; Figure 9-6. Select Fibre Channel Device Window
  • Page 320 – Advanced Adapter Settings; ), from which you can view and modify advanced adapter; Figure 9-7. Advanced Adapter Settings Window; UTIL selectable boot setting. In such cases, consult the server
  • Page 321 – Table 9-3. Advanced Settings Window Parameters
  • Page 322 – Scan Fibre Channel Devices
  • Page 323 – Fibre Disk Utility; Low-level formatting permanently removes all data on the disk.
  • Page 324 – The Exit Fast!UTIL option closes the; To start the Configuration protocol from the EFI shell procedure:; Type the following command:; Type the following command to start the Configuration protocol:
  • Page 325 – Using the; FlasUTIL; Installing FlasUTIL
  • Page 326 – Using FlasUTIL; The FlasUTIL command has the following format:; describes the FlasUTIL command line options these; Table 9-4. FlasUTIL Command Line Options
  • Page 327 – Installing the Multi-boot Image; “Installing FlasUTIL” on page 9-13
  • Page 328 – Figure 9-9. FlasUTIL FW Upgrade In Progress; EFIUTIL
  • Page 329 – For information about the EFIUTIL commands and menus, refer to
  • Page 331 – Adapter Port LEDs; shows the QLogic 8100 Series Adapter Storage Traffic and; Figure A-1. QLogic 8100 Series Adapter LEDs
  • Page 332 – Table A-1. Configuration Options for Virtual Ports; Traffic LED
  • Page 334 – Enable FCoE on the Switch; To enable the FCoE function on the switch:; If the FCoE function is already enabled, proceed to
  • Page 335 – Create and Configure the VLAN; interface ethernet
  • Page 336 – Enable the Ethernet interface by issuing the following command:; Create and Configure a Virtual Fibre Channel; To create and configure a virtual Fibre Channel interface:
  • Page 337 – Verify that the Adapter Is Logged into the Switch
  • Page 340 – Enable the Ethernet Switch Service; “Create and Configure FCoE VLAN” on
  • Page 341 – Create and Configure FCoE VLAN; To create and configure the FCoE VLAN:
  • Page 342 – Create VLAN rules by issuing the following commands:; Create and Configure CEE-MAP; demo
  • Page 343 – “Configure CEE Port” on page C-6; Configure LLDP/DCBX for FCoE; Enable LLDP by issuing the following command:
  • Page 344 – Transmit TLVs; Configure CEE Port; Enable the CEE port by issuing the following command:
  • Page 345 – Verify that the Adapter is Logged into the Switch; List the devices that have logged into the switch by issuing the
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