Q-Logic 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bust Adapter manual

FC2354601-00 A Page i Simplify  SANblade 2300 Series User ’ s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters[...]

Page ii  Informat ion furn ished in this man ual is believe d to be accu rate and re liable . Howeve r , QLogic Corpora tion as sumes no responsibil ity for its us e, nor f or any infringe ments of p atent s or other right s of third part ies which may result from it s use. Q Logic C orporati on reserve s the right to chang e produ ct speci fica[...]

FC2354601-00 A Page iii Tabl e of Conten ts Section 1 Introduct ion 1.1 How to Use this G uide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.2 Genera l Descript ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.3 What is Fibre Ch annel? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.4 Fea[...]

SANblade 2300 Ser ies User ’ s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters Page iv FC2354601-00 A  2.7 Agency Certificati o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20 2.7.1 EMI and E M C Requi rements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20 2.7.2 Product Sa fety Requi rements . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

SANblade 2300 Series User ’ s Guid e 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus A dapters FC2354601-00 A Page v  Part II So ftware Section 5 Wi ndows NT Driv er Installa tion 5.1 Introduc tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 5.2 Windows NT Driver File s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

SANblade 2300 Ser ies User ’ s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters Page vi FC2354601-00 A  6.5.3 QL2x0 0IP NDIS Driver Configurat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 -7 6.5.4 Removin g the QL2 x00IP NDIS Driv er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9 Section 7 Wi ndows XP Driv er Installa tion 7.1 Introduc tion . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

SANblade 2300 Series User ’ s Guid e 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus A dapters FC2354601-00 A Page vii  9.4.2 .3 Loading an d Unloa ding th e qla2x0 0 Driver Manual ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10 9.4. 2.4 Buil din g a Ram disk Im age to Loa d the qla2300 Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

SANblade 2300 Ser ies User ’ s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters Page viii FC2354601-00 A  3-6 Fibre Chann el Data Rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15 3-7 QLA2342/ 2342L HBA Operat ing Enviro nment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19 3-8 QLA2342/ 2342L HBA Specif icatio ns . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

FC2354601-00 A 1-1 Section 1 Intr oducti on 1.1 How t o Use this Guide The SAN blade QLogic h o st bu s ada pters (HBAs ) supporte d in this docum ent are descri bed in the following par agraphs; they are collect ively referred to as the QLA23xx HBA unless otherw ise noted. Thes e HBAs are all low-profile, 64-b it PCI to Fibre Channel optic al medi[...]

1 – Introduction Features 1-2 FC2354601-00 A  With it s increased c onnecti vity and perform ance, Fibre Cha nnel is t he I/O technol ogy prefe rred and used by system desig ners. 1.4 Features ■ Compliance with PCI Loc al Bus Specif ication revisio n 2.2 ■ Compliance with PCI-X Ad dendum (r evision 1.0) to t he PCI Lo cal Bus Specific atio[...]

FC2354601-00 A I-1 Part I Hardware This p art of the SANblad e 2300 User’s Guide des cribes the hos t bus adap ters (HBAs) a nd how t o install an d configure t hem. See th e sectio n that correspond s to your HBA. Section 4 cont ains troubleshooti ng inform ation. HBA Section QLA2340/2340L 2 QLA2342/2342L 3[...]

I – Ha rdware I-2 FC2354601-00 A [...]

FC2354601-00 A 2-1 Section 2 QLA2340/2340L 2.1 QLA2340/2340L HBA Component s Fig ure 2-1 identifies the Q LA2340 /2340L H BA compone nts refe renced throughout this se ctio n. Each Q LA2340/234 0L HBA has a u nique se rial n umber; it s location on the H BA is noted in figure 2-1 . T ake a minut e to write down th e serial n umber of the QLA234 0/2[...]

2 – QLA2340/2340L Installation in the Computer 2-2 FC2354601-00 A  2.1. 1 LEDs Figure 2 -2 iden tifies a nd de scribes the activity of the QLA2340 /2340L HBA LEDs. Figure 2-2. QLA2340/2340L HBA LED Ac tivity 2.1. 2 Jumpers The jump ers on the QLA234 0/2340L H BAs set the de fault state of the laser and are set at th e fact ory with a j umper p[...]

2 – QLA2340/2340L Installation in the Computer FC2354601-00 A 2-3  Perform th e follo wing step s to insta ll the QLA2340/2 340L HBA in you r PC: 1. Check the motherbo ard a nd make any config uration changes nece ssary to accommo date th e QLA2340 /2340L H BA. The QL A2340/2 340L HBA i s self-c onfigu ring; h owever , some m otherbo ards requ[...]

2 – QLA2340/2340L Installation in the Computer 2-4 FC2354601-00 A  8. Conne ct the appropriate cable from the devic es to the corres pondin g connec tor . 9. Careful ly reins ta ll the compu ter co ver . Insert and tight en the c omputer cove r screws. 10. P ower up all ex tern al FC device s, th en powe r up th e PC an d obs erve the monitor [...]

2 – QLA2340/2340L Fast !UTIL FC2354601-00 A 2-5  If you h ave a select able boot BIOS a nd want t o boot to an FC hard disk , set th e mothe rboa rd BIOS par amet ers to None or Not In stalle d. The R OM BIOS o n the QLA2340 /2340L HBA auto matic ally co nfig ures t he FC pe riph erals. Some new syste m BIO Ss sup port se lectab le boot, whic [...]

2 – QLA2340/2340L Fast! UTIL 2-6 FC2354601-00 A  2.3. 2.1 Host Adapter Settings From the Configuratio n Settings me nu in Fast ! UTIL, select Ho st Ada pter Settings . Th e default settings for the QLA2340/2340L HBA are li sted i n t able 2- 1 and de scrib ed in t he fo llowin g parag raph s. ■ Host Adapter BIOS. When this se tting is D isab[...]

2 – QLA2340/2340L Fast !UTIL FC2354601-00 A 2-7  Some ne w system BIOSs support selectable boot, which superse des the Fast! UTIL select able boot se tting. T o boo t from an FC hard disk att ached to the QLA2340 /2340L HBA, select the QL A2340/2340 L HBA FC hard dis k on the syst em BIOS. NOTE: This o ption appli es only to h ard disk s; i t [...]

2 – QLA2340/2340L Fast! UTIL 2-8 FC2354601-00 A  ■ Execution T hrottle. Th is settin g spe cifies th e maxim um numbe r of comma nds exec uting on any one port. Whe n a por t ’ s execution throttle is reached , no new comm ands are executed un til the cu rrent command finishe s execu ting. The va lid optio ns for this setting are 1 – 256[...]

2 – QLA2340/2340L Fast !UTIL FC2354601-00 A 2-9  NOTE: The drive r being l oaded m ust suppo rt this setting. If the dr iver does not sup port this s etting, th e result is the sam e as Disa bled regardles s o f the setting. Leaving this opti on enab led guaranties a certifie d combin ation of s oftware d river and RISC firmware. ■ Enable D [...]

2 – QLA2340/2340L Fast! UTIL 2-10 FC2354601-00 A  ■ Extended Co ntrol Block. This setting enables all ot her ex tended firm ware setting s. The defaul t is Enabl ed. ■ RIO Operat ion Mode. This se tting spec ifies the re duced interrupt ope ration (RIO) modes , if supp orted by the sof tware drive r . RIO modes al low posti ng multipl e co[...]

2 – QLA2340/2340L Fast !UTIL FC2354601-00 A 2-11  ■ Fibre Channe l Confirm. Th is setti ng enables the h ost to send the FCP confirm ation frame when re quested by the target. The def ault is Enabled. This se tting mus t be En abled if the Fibre Channe l T ape Support se tting i s Enabled. ■ Command Reference Num ber . This setting is rese[...]

2 – QLA2340/2340L FCode 2-12 FC2354601-00 A  2.4 FCode This se ction provides instru ction s for inst alling FCo de on a Q LA2340/ 2340L HBA inst alled in a Solari s SP ARC system . A QL A2340/2340 L HBA wi th FCode loaded in it s flash ROM pro v ides boot c apab ility to it s atta ched devices . The foll owing fi les are inc luded. Be s ure t[...]

2 – QLA2340/2340L FCode FC2354601-00 A 2-13  2.4. 2 Setting the QLA2340/23 40L HBA Connection Mode Perform th e follo wing step s to vi ew the current QL A2340/2340 L HBA connection mode an d cha nge it if n ecessary . NOTE: Due to possibl e equi pment inc ompa tibility , QLogic does not re commend sele cting conne ction mode 3. 1. Select t he[...]

2 – QLA2340/2340L FCode 2-14 FC2354601-00 A  2.4. 3 Setting the QLA2340/23 40L HBA Loop ID When the QLA2340/2340L HBA is cu rrently operating in loop mode (th rough conne ction mode 0 or conne ction mode 2) , perf orm the f ollow ing st eps to view its loop ID and cha nge it if neces sary: 1. Select t he QLA2340/2 340L HBA atta ched to the Fib[...]

2 – QLA2340/2340L FCode FC2354601-00 A 2-15  Use th e set-dat a-rate comman d to change the current QLA23 40/2340L F ibre Chann el data rate. For exampl e: ok 1 set-data-rate Calculating NVRAM checksum, please wai t... Current HBA data rate: Two Gigabit rat e T able 2-6 list s the va lues to enter and their correspond ing dat a rates. QLogic r[...]

2 – QLA2340/2340L FCode 2-16 FC2354601-00 A  The f ollowin g disp lays : Calculating NVRAM checksum, please wai t.... done Boot device login successful Boot WWN - 20000020 3700 9eeb WWPN - 22000020 37009eeb Id - 82 Lun - 0 ok 6. T o boot the QLA23 40/234 0L HBA , type the complete boot p ath, includi ng the loop ID and LUN. Th e loop ID and L [...]

2 – QLA2340/2340L FCode FC2354601-00 A 2-17  If there w ere not at lea s t 1.7 GB free on thi s disk, y ou would need to cr eate a pa rtition on the new boot able disk large enoug h to hold the largest temporar y saveset file s plus th e largest used s pace on a partitio n. In this exampl e, it wo uld be a 3 .2 GB (1.6 G B + 1.6 GB) partit ion[...]

2 – QLA2340/2340L FCode 2-18 FC2354601-00 A  6. Use the ufsdump utility to co py the ro ot p artition to the new book di sk. For exampl e: ufsdump 0f - / | ufsrestore rf - 7. Use the rm co mman d to delete the restoresym tab le file : rm restoresymtable 8. Inst all the boot bloc k on the new b oot di sk. For ex ample: installboot /usr/platform[...]

2 – QLA2340/2340L Specifications FC2354601-00 A 2-19  14. Create an alias entry f o r the n ew boot d evice (o ptional). F or example: ok nvalias fibredisk /pci@1f,0/pci@1/QLGC,qla@4/sd@82,0 15. Se t defau lt boot de vice to be t he new b oot de vice (opt ional). For ex ample: ok setenv boot-disk fibredisk 2.5 Specificat ions T ables 2-7 and 2[...]

2 – QLA2340/2340L Label 2-20 FC2354601-00 A  2.6 Label The trans ceive r on the QLA23 40/234 0L HBA is a Cla ss I laser product . It complies with IEC 825-1 and FDA 21 CFR 10 40.10 and 1040.1 1. Th e transce iver mus t be operat ed under r ecommended operating conditions. 2.7 Agency Certi fication The f ollowin g sectio ns co ntai ns a sum mar[...]

2 – QLA2340/2340L Agency Certification FC2354601-00 A 2-21  ■ CE Mark 89/33 6/EEC EMC Direct ive ❑ EN5502 2:1998/C ISPR22:199 7 Class B ❑ Radi ated Emis sion Cl ass B ❑ Cond ucted Emiss ion Class B ❑ EN5502 4:1998 ❑ Immun ity Standard s ❑ EN61000-4-2 :1995 ESD ❑ EN6100 0-4-3 :1995 RF Electro Ma gnetic Field ❑ EN6100 0-4-4 :19[...]

2 – QLA2340/2340L Agency Certification 2-22 FC2354601-00 A [...]

FC2354601-00 A 3-1 Section 3 QLA2342/2342L 3.1 QLA2342/2342L HBA Component s Fig ure 3-1 identifies the Q LA2342 /2342L H BA compone nts refe renced throughout this se ctio n. Each Q LA2342/234 2L HBA has a u nique se rial n umber; it s location on the H BA is noted in figure 3-1 . T ake a minut e to write down th e serial n umber of the QLA234 2/2[...]

3 – QLA2342/2342L Installation in the Computer 3-2 FC2354601-00 A  3.1. 1 LEDs Figure 3 -2 iden tifies a nd de scribes the activity of the QLA2342 /2342L HBA LEDs. Figure 3-2. QLA2342/2342L HBA LED Ac tivity 3.1. 2 Jumpers The jump ers on the QLA234 2/2342L H BAs set the de fault state of the laser and are set at th e fact ory with a j umper p[...]

3 – QLA2342/2342L Installation in the Computer FC2354601-00 A 3-3  Perform th e follo wing step s to insta ll the QLA2342/2 342L HBA in you r PC: 1. Check the motherbo ard a nd make any config uration changes nece ssary to accommo date th e QLA2342 /2342L H BA. The QL A2342/2 342L HBA i s self-c onfigu ring; h owever , some m otherbo ards requ[...]

3 – QLA2342/2342L Installation in the Computer 3-4 FC2354601-00 A  8. Conne ct the appropriate cable from the devic es to the corres pondin g connec tor . 9. Careful ly reins ta ll the compu ter co ver . Insert and tight en the c omputer cove r screws. 10. P ower up all ex tern al FC device s, th en powe r up th e PC an d obs erve the monitor [...]

3 – QLA2342/2342L Fast !UTIL FC2354601-00 A 3-5  If you h ave a select able boot BIOS a nd want t o boot to an FC hard disk , set th e mothe rboa rd BIOS par amet ers to None or Not In stalle d. The R OM BIOS o n the QLA2342 /2342L HBA auto matic ally co nfig ures t he FC pe riph erals. Some new syste m BIO Ss sup port se lectab le boot, whic [...]

3 – QLA2342/2342L Fast! UTIL 3-6 FC2354601-00 A  3.3. 2.1 Host Adapter Settings From the Configuratio n Settings me nu in Fast ! UTIL, select Ho st Ada pter Settings . Th e default settings for the QLA2342/2342L HBA are li sted i n t able 3- 1 and de scrib ed in t he fo llowin g parag raph s. ■ Host Adapter BIOS. When this se tting is D isab[...]

3 – QLA2342/2342L Fast !UTIL FC2354601-00 A 3-7  Some ne w system BIOSs support selectable boot, which superse des the Fast! UTIL select able boot se tting. T o boo t from an FC hard disk att ached to the QLA2342 /2342L HBA, select the QL A2342/2342 L HBA FC hard dis k on the syst em BIOS. NOTE: This o ption appli es only to h ard disk s; i t [...]

3 – QLA2342/2342L Fast! UTIL 3-8 FC2354601-00 A  ■ Execution T hrottle. Th is settin g spe cifies th e maxim um numbe r of comma nds exec uting on any one port. Whe n a por t ’ s execution throttle is reached , no new comm ands are executed un til the cu rrent command finishe s execu ting. The va lid optio ns for this setting are 1 – 256[...]

3 – QLA2342/2342L Fast !UTIL FC2354601-00 A 3-9  NOTE: The drive r being l oaded m ust suppo rt this setting. If the dr iver does not sup port this s etting, th e result is the sam e as Disa bled regardles s o f the setting. Leaving this opti on enab led guaranties a certifie d combin ation of s oftware d river and RISC firmware. ■ Enable D [...]

3 – QLA2342/2342L Fast! UTIL 3-10 FC2354601-00 A  ■ Extended Co ntrol Block. This setting enables all ot her ex tended firm ware setting s. The defaul t is Enabl ed. ■ RIO Operat ion Mode. This se tting spec ifies the re duced interrupt ope ration (RIO) modes , if supp orted by the sof tware drive r . RIO modes al low posti ng multipl e co[...]

3 – QLA2342/2342L Fast !UTIL FC2354601-00 A 3-11  ■ Fibre Channe l Confirm. Th is setti ng enables the h ost to send the FCP confirm ation frame when re quested by the target. The def ault is Enabled. This se tting mus t be En abled if the Fibre Channe l T ape Support se tting i s Enabled. ■ Command Reference Num ber . This setting is rese[...]

3 – QLA2342/2342L FCode 3-12 FC2354601-00 A  3.4 FCode This se ction provides instru ction s for inst alling FCo de on a Q LA2342/ 2342L HBA inst alled in a Solari s SP ARC system . A QL A2342/2342 L HBA wi th FCode loaded in it s flash ROM pro v ides boot c apab ility to it s atta ched devices . The foll owing fi les are inc luded. Be s ure t[...]

3 – QLA2342/2342L FCode FC2354601-00 A 3-13  3.4. 2 Setting the QLA2342/23 42L HBA Connection Mode Perform th e follo wing step s to vi ew the current QL A2342/2342 L HBA connection mode an d cha nge it if n ecessary . NOTE: Due to possibl e equi pment inc ompa tibility , QLogic does not re commend sele cting conne ction mode 3. 1. Select t he[...]

3 – QLA2342/2342L FCode 3-14 FC2354601-00 A  3.4. 3 Setting the QLA2342/23 42L HBA Loop ID When the QLA2342/2342L HBA is cu rrently operating in loop mode (th rough conne ction mode 0 or conne ction mode 2) , perf orm the f ollow ing st eps to view its loop ID and cha nge it if neces sary: 1. Select t he QLA2342/2 342L HBA atta ched to the Fib[...]

3 – QLA2342/2342L FCode FC2354601-00 A 3-15  Use th e set-dat a-rate comman d to change the current QLA23 42/2342L F ibre Chann el data rate. For exampl e: ok 1 set-data-rate Calculating NVRAM checksum, please wai t... Current HBA data rate: Two Gigabit rat e T able 3-6 list s the va lues to enter and their correspond ing dat a rates. QLogic r[...]

3 – QLA2342/2342L FCode 3-16 FC2354601-00 A  The f ollowin g disp lays : Calculating NVRAM checksum, please wai t.... done Boot device login successful Boot WWN - 20000020 3700 9eeb WWPN - 22000020 37009eeb Id - 82 Lun - 0 ok 6. T o boot the QLA23 42/234 2L HBA , type the complete boot p ath, includi ng the loop ID and LUN. Th e loop ID and L [...]

3 – QLA2342/2342L FCode FC2354601-00 A 3-17  If there w ere not at lea s t 1.7 GB free on thi s disk, y ou would need to cr eate a pa rtition on the new boot able disk large enoug h to hold the largest temporar y saveset file s plus th e largest used s pace on a partitio n. In this exampl e, it wo uld be a 3 .2 GB (1.6 G B + 1.6 GB) partit ion[...]

3 – QLA2342/2342L FCode 3-18 FC2354601-00 A  6. Use the ufsdump utility to co py the ro ot p artition to the new book di sk. For exampl e: ufsdump 0f - / | ufsrestore rf - 7. Use the rm co mman d to delete the restoresym tab le file : rm restoresymtable 8. Inst all the boot bloc k on the new b oot di sk. For ex ample: installboot /usr/platform[...]

3 – QLA2342/2342L Specifications FC2354601-00 A 3-19  14. Create an alias entry f o r the n ew boot d evice (o ptional). F or example: ok nvalias fibredisk /pci@1f,0/pci@1/QLGC,qla@4/sd@82,0 15. Se t defau lt boot de vice to be t he new b oot de vice (opt ional). For ex ample: ok setenv boot-disk fibredisk 3.5 Specificat ions T ables 3-7 and 3[...]

3 – QLA2342/2342L Label 3-20 FC2354601-00 A  3.6 Label The trans ceive r on the QLA23 40/234 0L HBA is a Cla ss I laser product . It complies with IEC 825-1 and FDA 21 CFR 10 40.10 and 1040.1 1. Th e transce iver mus t be operat ed under r ecommended operating conditions. 3.7 Agency Certi fication The f ollowin g sectio ns co ntai ns a sum mar[...]

3 – QLA2342/2342L Agency Certification FC2354601-00 A 3-21  ■ CE Mark 89/33 6/EEC EMC Direct ive ❑ EN5502 2:1998/C ISPR22:199 7 Class B ❑ Radi ated Emis sion Cl ass B ❑ Cond ucted Emiss ion Class B ❑ EN5502 4:1998 ❑ Immun ity Standard s ❑ EN61000-4-2 :1995 ESD ❑ EN6100 0-4-3 :1995 RF Electro Ma gnetic Field ❑ EN6100 0-4-4 :19[...]

3 – QLA2342/2342L Agency Certification 3-22 FC2354601-00 A [...]

FC5051101-00 A 4-1 Section 4 T rouble shooti ng 4.1 Problems Aft er Inst allati on There are th ree basic t ypes of ins tallation problems that can cause your QLA23 xx HBA to f unction i ncorrectly: hardwa re probl ems, sy stem configura tion pro blems, and Fi bre Channel proble ms. The follo wing s ectio n provid es i temized checkl ists to help y[...]

4 – Troubleshooting Fibre Channel Problem Checklist 4-2 FC5051101-00 A  4.4 Fibre Channel Problem Checkli st ■ Were all of the FC d evice s power ed up b efore you powered up the PC? ■ Check that all cables are p roperly c onnec ted. ■ Have you con figured your R AID cont roller u sing the utilities prov ided by the manuf acture r? ■ S[...]

FC2354601-00 A II-1 Part II Soft ware Th i s pa r t o f t h e SANblad e 2300 User ’ s Gu ide describe s how t o install th e softwa re drivers for the suppo rted operat ing systems. S ee the secti on that correspon ds to your c omput er ’ s opera ting sy stem: Before y ou inst all the softwa re drivers , you need to lo cate a nd downl oad the a[...]

II – Software II-2 FC2354601-00 A [...]

FC2354601-00 A 5-1 Section 5 Windows NT Driver Inst alla tion (QL2300.SYS) 5.1 Introduct ion This s ection provides inst ructions for ins tallin g the Windows NT driver under the follow ing o peratin g system conditi ons: ■ Init ial inst allation o f the Windo ws NT 4.0 operati ng system and the Window s NT d river ■ Inst allation of th e Windo[...]

5 – Windows NT Driver Installation Windows NT Installation 5-2 FC2354601-00 A  5.3. 1 Initia l Inst allation of Windows NT and the Windows NT Driver Perform the fol lowing step s to inst all Windo ws NT 4.0 on a Fibre Chann el hard dis k attach ed to a QLA23 xx HBA: 1. Insert th e Windows NT se tup disk or CD-RO M (if boo ting from a boot able[...]

5 – Windows NT Dr iver Installation QLDIRECT FC2354601-00 A 5-3  5.3. 3 Up dating the Windows NT Driver Perform th e follo wing s teps i f a Wind ows NT d river is already inst alled o n a Fibre Chann el hard disk attac hed to a QLA23 xx HBA and yo u want to ins tal l an upda ted version of the dri v er . NOTE: This pro cedure do es not modify[...]

5 – Windows NT Driver Installation QLDIRECT 5-4 FC2354601-00 A  5.4. 1 QLDIRECT Driver Files Qldirec t.sys re quires the Ql2300.sys e nhanced miniport driver vers ion 7 .00.00 or above. The lat est ve rsion of t he QLDIRECT dri ver an d Ql2300 .sys enh anced minipo rt driver fo r Windows NT are a vailabl e on the Q Logic W eb site. 5.4. 2 QLDI[...]

5 – Windows NT Dr iver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Net work Driver Installation FC2354601-00 A 5-5  3. Insert th e disk that con tai ns the Q LDIRECT d river i n an approp riate drive. 4. Execute the Setup.e xe installa tion program on t he disk and fol low the instruc tions on the sc reen. 5. Remov e the dis k tha t cont ains th e QLDIRE CT dr[...]

5 – Windows NT Driver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Net work Driver Installation 5-6 FC2354601-00 A  7. In the Sel ect OEM Optio n di alog b ox, sele ct the QLogic QL2X00 IP Network Driver , then click OK . 8. In the Q Logic IP Co nfiguration Utility dialo g box, change t he IP driver configu ration para meters as appropria te. See the desc ripti[...]

5 – Windows NT Dr iver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Net work Driver Installation FC2354601-00 A 5-7  6. Remov e the dis k tha t cont ains the QLo gic d river . 7. Rest art y our syste m to l oad the updat ed driv er . 5.5. 3 QL2x00IP NDIS Dr iver and I P Address Configur ation Y ou mus t confi gure th e IP add ress and modify th e driver param e[...]

5 – Windows NT Driver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Net work Driver Installation 5-8 FC2354601-00 A  ■ Header Spli t Size. This para meter acco unt s for pac ket s with spl it headers and dat a. The param eter valu e spe cifies th e number of bytes a t the beginni ng of a n incom ing pa c ket t hat mu st be iso lated i n the f irst recei ve buf[...]

5 – Windows NT Dr iver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Net work Driver Installation FC2354601-00 A 5-9  5. Click Close . 6. Click Ye s to restar t the comp uter . 5.5. 4 Removing the QL2x0 0IP NDIS Driver If you n eed to remove th e QLA2x00 IP NDIS driver , perform the following step s: 1. Click the Star t butto n, point to Settings , and then clic[...]

5 – Windows NT Driver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Net work Driver Installation 5-10 FC2354601-00 A [...]

FC2354601-00 A 6-1 Section 6 Windows 2000 Driver Inst allati on (QL2300.SYS) 6.1 Introduct ion This sec tion prov ides inst ructions for insta lling the Windows 2000 driver under the follow ing o peratin g system conditi ons: ■ Init ial inst allation o f the Windo ws 2000 operat ing sys tem an d the Window s 20 00 driver ■ Inst allation of the [...]

6 – Windows 2000 Driver Installation Windows 2000 Installation 6-2 FC2354601-00 A  6.3. 1 Initia l Inst allation of Windows 2000 and the Windows 2000 Driver Perform th e follo wing ste ps to i n st all Wi ndows 200 0 on a Fibre Channel hard d isk attac hed to the QLA23 xx HBA: 1. Insert the Window s 2000 setup dis k or CD-ROM (i f booting from[...]

6 – Windows 2000 Dr iver Installation Windows 2000 Installation FC2354601-00 A 6-3  9. Click Finish . 10. R emove the disk t hat contai ns th e QLog ic dr iver from t he d rive, the n clic k Ye s to restart the system. 6.3. 3 Up dating the Windows 2000 Driver Perform th e follo wing s teps i f a Wind ows 20 00 driver i s alre ady inst alled an[...]

6 – Windows 2000 Driver Installation QLDIRECT 6-4 FC2354601-00 A  6.4 QLDIRECT The QL DIRECT driv er , coup led wi th the QLogic Wind ows 2000 enhanc ed miniport driver , provid es the fol lowing features : ■ A highly op timized I/O pa th for normal read and write oper ations with red uced CPU u tilizatio n and increa sed p aral lelizati on [...]

6 – Windows 2000 Dr iver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Net work Driver Installation FC2354601-00 A 6-5  6.4. 2.2 Up dating to QLDIRECT from QLFIL TER The QLDI RECT driver replac es the Q Logic QLFI L TER driver . Y ou must first uninstall the QLF IL TER driver be fore in stalli ng the QLDIRECT driv er . Perform th e foll owing s tep s to upd ate [...]

6 – Windows 2000 Driver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Net work Driver Installation 6-6 FC2354601-00 A  6.5. 1 Initia l Inst allation of the QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Perform th e follo wing step s to insta ll the QL 2x00IP NDIS network driver : 1. Click the Star t butto n, point to Settings , then cl ick Control Panel . 2. Doubl e-click the Ad[...]

6 – Windows 2000 Dr iver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Net work Driver Installation FC2354601-00 A 6-7  3. Make a backup copy of the old driver . Y ou can c opy the file into the s ame director y with a .SA V extension i ndicatin g that it i s the sav ed file. F or exampl e: copy Ql2x00ip.sys Ql2x00ip.sav 4. Insert th e disk that con tains the up[...]

6 – Windows 2000 Driver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Net work Driver Installation 6-8 FC2354601-00 A  ■ Buffer Size. This p arameter spec ifies the size of eac h receiv e buf fer . The buff er size multiplie d by the number of buf fers must be great er than or equal to the M TU size . Incomi ng packet s ca nnot be broken in to mor e than 23 bu[...]

6 – Windows 2000 Dr iver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Net work Driver Installation FC2354601-00 A 6-9  8. In the QL ogi c QL A2 X00 PCI Adap ter # n Properties di alog box, cl ick the Advanced t ab. 9. The Property l ist d ispla ys the configuration p arameters . Click the pa ramete r that you want to modify . The v alues di splay to the righ t.[...]

6 – Windows 2000 Driver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Net work Driver Installation 6-10 FC2354601-00 A [...]

FC2354601-00 A 7-1 Section 7 Windows XP Driv er Instal lation (QL2300.SYS) 7.1 Introduct ion This s ection pro v ides inst ructions for ins tallin g the Windows XP dri v er un der the follow ing o peratin g system conditi ons: ■ Init ial ins tallat ion of Window s XP with t he QLA2 3 xx HBA as the bo ot device ■ Init ial inst allation of Window[...]

7 – Windows XP Driver Installation Installing the Windows XP Driver 7-2 FC2354601-00 A  7.3. 1 Inst alling Windows XP with the QLA23 xx HBA as the Boot Device Follow th ese step s to initially i nstal l Windows XP and th e QL2300.SYS d river on the boot disk attach ed to the QLA23 xx HB A: 1. S tart th e Win dows XP inst allatio n using the Se[...]

7 – Windows XP Driver Installation Installing the Windows XP Driver FC2354601-00 A 7-3  4. Insert th e QLogic disk c reated in section 7. 2 into drive A. Press ENTER. 5. The f ollowin g messa ge dis plays: The software you are installing for th is hardware: QLogic QLA23xx PCI Fibre Channel Adapter has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify [...]

7 – Windows XP Driver Installation Installing the Windows XP Driver 7-4 FC2354601-00 A  8. In the Upgra de De vic e Drive r W iza rd/Com pleti ng th e Upgra de De vic e Driver Wizard d ialog box , click Finish . 9. The f ollowin g messa ge displ ays: Your hardware settings have changed. You must restart your computer for these chan ges to take[...]

7 – Windows XP Driver Installation Sys tem R egi st ry P ara met ers FC2354601-00 A 7-5  Follow these s teps to comp lete the driver i nstallation: 1. When the Digital Signatu re Not Found dia log bo x displ ays, click Ye s . 2. When th e Insert Disk message di splays , insert th e QLog ic disk cre ated in secti on 7.2 into drive A. Click OK .[...]

7 – Windows XP Driver Installation System R egistry Parame ters 7-6 FC2354601-00 A  T o change this v alue, fol l ow these ste ps : 1. Click St art , select Run , and open the REGE DT32 pr ogr am. 2. Select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and fol low the tree st ructure to t he QL2300.SYS d river: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM Current ControlSet Services Ql230[...]

7 – Windows XP Driver Installation Sys tem R egi st ry P ara met ers FC2354601-00 A 7-7  4. If the string FCT ap e= does not display , add the follow ing text to the end of the strin g: ;FCTape=1 5. If the st ring FCT ape=0 displays , change the v alue from 0 to 1. 6. Click OK . 7. Exit the REGEDT32 program , then rest art the system. 7.5. 4 U[...]

7 – Windows XP Driver Installation System R egistry Parame ters 7-8 FC2354601-00 A [...]

FC2354601-00 A 8-1 Section 8 NetW are Driver Installat ion (QL2300.HAM) 8.1 Introduct ion This s ection provides instruc tions for inst alling the Ne tW are driver in an already inst alled Novell N etW are 4.2, 5. x , or 6. x system. NOTE: Referenc es to Nove ll NetWare 5. x a nd 6. x refer to versions that a re currentl y supported by N ovell. 8.2[...]

8 – NetWare Driver Installation Installing the NetWare Driver 8-2 FC2354601-00 A  8.3 Inst alling the NetW are Driver NOTE: The QL 2300. HAM driv er may not be compati ble wit h NetWare ver sions earlier t han 4.2 . Perform th e follo wing s teps to inst all the NetWa re driv er in a prev iously inst alle d NetW are 4.2, 5. x , or 6. x syste m[...]

FC2354601-00 A 9-1 Section 9 Red Hat Linux Drive r Inst allation 9.1 Introduct ion This s ectio n provi des ins tructio ns for ins tal ling t he qla230 0 Linux driver und er the follow ing o peratin g system conditi ons: ■ Init ial inst allation of the Red Ha t Linux 6.2 ope rating system and the qla2x00 (v4.x) d river ■ Inst alling a new o r u[...]

9 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installat ion Creating the Driver Floppy Disk 9-2 FC2354601-00 A  5. Insert a blank floppy d isk. 6. Run the self-extrac ting file y ou downl oaded. At the Unzip T o Folder prom pt, specif y A: . V erify th at the flop py disk cont ains th e follo wing fi les: ■ modul es.cg z ■ modul es.de p ■ modin fo ■ pcit [...]

FC2354601-00 A 9-3  9 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Install or Updat e the Driver (Installed Operating System) 9.3 Inst all a New O perat ing Syste m and Driver (Red Hat Linux 6.2) NOTE: T o install th e qla2 x00 drive r , the foll owing requirement s must be m et: ■ For Red Hat Li nux 6. 2, you m ust ha ve cr eated the qla2x00 driver [...]

9 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installat ion Install or Update the Driver (Installed Operating System) 9-4 FC2354601-00 A  loadi ng th e new driv er au tomat icall y ( see secti ons 9.4.2.1 and 9.4 .2.2 ) or manually (see se ctio n 9 .4.2) . T o loa d the qla23 00 (v5.x ) driver , see sections sect ions 9.4.2.2 and 9 .4.2.3 . NOTE: Y ou mus t hav e [...]

FC2354601-00 A 9-5  9 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Install or Updat e the Driver (Installed Operating System) 9.4. 2 Loading the Driver The qla2 x00 or qla23 00 driver m ust b e loaded before the sy stem can access the device s att ach ed to th e QLA23 xx HBA. T o build a c ustom k ernel to au tomatically load the drive r at boot ti me,[...]

9 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installat ion Install or Update the Driver (Installed Operating System) 9-6 FC2354601-00 A  a. If you have Red Hat Linux 6.2 and want the qla2x0 0 driver added as a choice in make co nfig , make menuco nfig , o r make xconf ig , add the follow ing line to the /usr/s rc/li nux/drive rs/scsi/ Config.i n file af ter line [...]

FC2354601-00 A 9-7  9 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Install or Updat e the Driver (Installed Operating System) After line 609 ad d: **************** (hosts.c) *********** ****** #ifdef CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_QLA2100 QLA2100_LINUX_TEMPLATE, #endif ****************** (end) ************* ****** 4. Build the kerne l by first chang ing to the sou[...]

9 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installat ion Install or Update the Driver (Installed Operating System) 9-8 FC2354601-00 A  8. Copy the new kernel image to the boot directory . In th e foll owing example , newsmp is the la bel for the ke rnel imag e. # cd arch/i386/boot # cp bzImage /boot/newsmp 9. Modify the /etc/lilo.conf fi le to mak e the boot lo[...]

FC2354601-00 A 9-9  9 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Install or Updat e the Driver (Installed Operating System) 9.4. 2.2 Building a Ramdisk Image to Load t he Driver Aut omatically Y ou c an load th e qla2x00 drive r at boo t time using a ramdisk image . For more informa tion, re fer to the Red Hat installa tion gu ide. Perform th e follo[...]

9 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installat ion Install or Update the Driver (Installed Operating System) 9-10 FC2354601-00 A  5. T ype the follow ing comm and to load the new lilo file: # lilo 6. Rest art th e system . The qla2x00 d river loads a utomatic ally . 9.4. 2.3 Loading and Unl oading the qla2x00 Driver Manually Before lo ading the driver man[...]

FC2354601-00 A 9-11  9 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Install or Updat e the Driver (Installed Operating System) Linux 6 .2 and 7.0), or to /li b/modules/< ke rnel releas e versio n >/dr ivers/ scsi (Red Hat Linux 7.1 and 7.2). 3. Add the d ependency for th e qla2 300 drive r and bu ild th e ramdisk image. Y ou can e i ther ru n “[...]

9 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installat ion Building a Driver from the Sources 9-12 FC2354601-00 A  T o load the qla23 00 driver , do one of the fol l owi ng: ■ For Red Hat Lin ux 6.2 and 7.0, cop y qla2 300.o t o /lib/mo dules/< kernel rele ase v er sion >/scs i direc tory . For Red H at Linu x 7.1 and 7.2, copy qla2300 .o to /l ib/modul e[...]

9 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Building a Driver from the Sources FC2354601-00 A 9-13  3. Build the qla2x 00 driver from the sou rces. For Red Hat Lin ux 6.2 and 7.0, type : # make For Red Hat Lin ux 7.1 and 7. 2, type : # make OSVER=linux-2.4 4. Build the qla23 00 driver from the sources. For Red Hat Lin ux 7.1 and 7.2, type : # make I[...]

9 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installat ion Building a Driver from the Sources 9-14 FC2354601-00 A  a. From the Main Menu , selec t Processor type a nd features and p ress ENTER. b. F rom t he Processor T ype and Features Men u , s elect Symmetri c multipro cessor and press the SP ACEBAR. c. T o exit the Main Menu , select Exit . The sys tem prom p[...]

FC2354601-00 A 10-1 Section 10 Solaris SP ARC Driver Installation (QLA2300) 10.1 Introduct ion This s ection pro v ides instruc tions for inst allin g the Solari s SP ARC driver i n an already inst alled Solaris SP ARC operating s ystem. The latest v ersion o f the Solaris S P ARC driver pac kage i s ava ilable on the QLogic Web site. The files in [...]

10 – Solaris SPARC Driv er Installation Installing the Solaris SPARC Dr iver from the QLogic Web Site 10-2 FC2354601-00 A  9. At the co mmand prompt, t ype: pkgadd -d ./qla2300 10. C onti nue w ith step 7 in section 10. 3 . 10.3 Inst alling the Solaris SP ARC Driver from the QLogic Web Si te Perfo rm the foll owing s teps to downlo ad th e Sol[...]

FC2354601-00 A 10-3  10 – Solaris SPARC Driv er Installation Installing the Solaris SPARC Driver from the QLogic Web Site 9. Y ou are pro mpted to sel ect the direc tory where th e driver wil l be inst alled. For exam ple: Processing package instance <QLA2300-3 > from </qla2300> QLogic QLA2300 driver (sparc) Solaris 8-9, Rev=X.XX C[...]

10 – Solaris SPARC Driv er Installation FCode 10-4 FC2354601-00 A  10.4 FCode If you need FCode, see the appropriate section for i nstructio ns on h ow to install or update t he FCode on the QLA23 xx HBA.[...]