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    ASA-7211 C/F iSCSI A DAPTER F OR I NITIATOR A PP LICATI ONS I NSTALL ATION G UIDE ASA-7211 IG.book Page 1 Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:04 AM[...]

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    ii Copyr ight ©2002 – 20 03 Adap tec, Inc. All rights reser ved. No part of this pub lication may be repr oduced, stor ed in a retri eval system, or tra nsmitted in any form or by any means , electron ic, mech anical , photoc opyin g, recording or o therwise , witho ut the prio r writt en con sent of Ada ptec, In c., 691 South Milpit as B lvd., [...]

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    iii Regulatory C ompliance State ments Federal C ommunic ations Comm ission Ra dio Fre quency Interfer ence Stat ement W ARNING: Changes or modifications to this unit not express ly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user ’s authority to operate the equipment. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with th[...]

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    iv Canadia n Com plianc e State ment This Class B digital apparatus meets all r equirem ents of the Canadian Interferenc e- Causing Equipment Regula tions. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Règlement sur le matériel br ouilleur du Canada. Japanes e Com plianc e (V oluntary C ontrol Co uncil In itiativ e) This[...]

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    v Contents 1 Intro ductio n Read This First 1-2 Adaptec iSCSI Adapter Featu res 1-2 Kit C onte nts 1-2 Adapter Illustrations 1-3 System Requirements 1-4 Hardware Requirements 1-4 Supported iSCSI targets 1-4 Operating System Requirements 1-4 Using the Adapt ec iSCSI Insta llation CD 1- 5 About the Do cumentation 1 -6 Overview of the Installation Pro[...]

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    vi ASA-7211C/F Installatio n Guide 4 Configuring Your iSCSI S ystem Runnin g iConfig on W indows 4-2 Running iConfig on R ed Hat Linux 4 -3 Using Express Setup to Configure Your iSCSI Adap ter 4-4 Changing Y our iConfig Password 4-5 Config uration Tasks 4- 5 AL E D s ASA-7211 IG.book Page vi Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:04 AM[...]

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    1-1 1 Intr oduction In this Chapter The Adaptec ® Storage Accelerator (ASA) 721 1 iSCSI storage adapter is a PCI Ho st Bus Adapter ( HBA) that en ables servers and storage systems to be used in iSCSI SANs using an Ethernet interc onnect. The adapter pr ovides efficient, high-performance TCP /IP and iSCSI pro tocol offload, with th roughput up to 2[...]

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    1-2 ASA-7211C/F Installatio n Guide Read Th is First This chapter is a n importan t guide to the rest of the document ation and provides a summary o f the hardware and softwa re installati on process. Additional chapters describe how to : ■ Ins tal l the ad apte r . ■ Install, remove , or update the device driver . ■ Install the iConfig utili[...]

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    1-3 Introd ucti on Adapter Illustratio ns The Adaptec iSCSI adapters are illustrated below . Note the differ ence in external connectors. On e adapter has a copper connector; the other , a fibre connector . ASA-7211C Ada pter Card ASA-7211F Ad apter Card Note: Some ASA-721 1 adapters are man ufactured with jumpers “han ging,” bu t not insta lle[...]

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    1-4 ASA-7211C/F Installatio n Guide System Requirements The following system requir ements are discussed: ■ Hardwar e requir ements ■ Supported iSCSI targets ■ Operating system requir ements Hard ware Requirements Y o ur computer must meet the following requir ements: ■ Intel Pentium, or equivalent, computer ■ An availa ble PCI slot ■ A[...]

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    1-5 Introd ucti on Using the Adaptec iSCSI Installation CD The Adaptec iSCSI in stallation CD contains the device drivers, iConfig util ity , us er document ation, and SNM P exten sions f or your Adaptec iSCSI adapter . Y ou can directly access directories and files on the Adaptec iSCS I installatio n CD. These include: ■ Documentatio n —Contai[...]

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    1-6 ASA-7211C/F Installatio n Guide About the Docu mentation The Adaptec iSCSI ins tallation CD provides the followin g documen tation files: ■ readme. txt —The generic Readme text file in the top-level of the CD file structure summarizes the contents of the installation CD. F or s pecif ic in for matio n, r ef er to the R eadm e fil es in the [...]

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    1-7 Introd ucti on Overview of the Installation Pr ocess The following steps pro vide an overview of the pr ocess of installin g and configurin g the ASA-72 1 1 adapter: 1 V erify that your computer meets the requir ements described in System Requ irements on page 1- 4 . 2 Gain familiarity with the contents of the Adaptec iSCSI installa tion CD. 3 [...]

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    2-1 2 Installing the Adapt ec iSCSI Adapter T o install the adapter in a PCI slot in a computer : 1 T urn off the power to the computer and disconnect the power cord. 2 Before handling the board, discharge any static electr icity from your body by touching a grounded metal obje ct such as the exposed metal parts on the back of your co mputer . 3 Re[...]

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    2-2 ASA-7211C/F Installatio n Guide 5 Insert the adapter in the PCI expan sion slot. Press the board firmly into the slot until it cli cks into place. Repla ce the slot cover screw . Note: So me ASA-721 1 adapters are manufactur ed with jumpers “h angin g,” but not ins talled, on jum per connectors J4 and J5. Do not install these jum pers. 6 Cl[...]

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    3-1 3 Installing the Initiator Mode Driver In this Chapter Now that you ha ve installed the a dapter in the computer , you ar e ready to install the driv er . When you are finished ins tallin g the driver , proceed to Chapter 4, Configur ing Y our iSC SI System . Windows 2000 3-2 Windows N T 4.0 3-5 Red Hat Linux 3-7 ASA-7211 IG.book Page 1 Tuesday[...]

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    3-2 ASA-7211C/F Installatio n Guide Windo ws 2000 The fo llo win g d riv er ins tal lat ion sce na rio s ar e de scr ib ed: ■ Installing t he Driver in Windows 2000 ■ Upd ating th e Driver in Windows 2 000 Installing the Driver in Windo ws 2000 T o install the driver: 1 Install your Adaptec iS CSI adapter acco rding to the instructions in Chapt[...]

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    3-3 Installing the Initiator Mo de Driver The driver has been installed. The system does not requir e rebooting. T o verify the driver installation, open the Device Manager and view the driver , as shown below. Updating the Driver in Windows 2000 T o update the driver: 1 Open the W indows Device Manager . 2 Expand SCSI & RA ID con tr oll er s .[...]

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    3-4 ASA-7211C/F Installatio n Guide 10 Choose the appropriate dr iver ( 721 1C or 72 11F ) for you r adapter and click Next . 11 Click Next again. 12 If you see the Digi tal Signa ture Not Found window , click Ye s to continue. 13 Click Finish . No reboot is required. The driver has been updated. T o verif y the driver installa tion, open the Devic[...]

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    3-5 Installing the Initiator Mo de Driver Windows NT 4 .0 The following driver installation scenarios ar e described: ■ Installing th e Driver i n Windows NT 4.0 ■ Updating t he Driver in W indows NT 4.0 Installing the Driver i n Windows NT 4.0 T o install the dr iver: 1 Install yo ur Adaptec iSCSI a dapter according to th e instructions in Cha[...]

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    3-6 ASA-7211C/F Installatio n Guide 6 Click Remove and f ollow all W indows instruction s. W in dows will prompt you to reboot you r computer . 7 After the system reboots, follow the instructions in Installing the Driver in Windows NT 4.0 to ins tall th e late st dri ver . ASA-7211 IG.book Page 6 Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:04 AM[...]

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    3-7 Installing the Initiator Mo de Driver Red Hat Linux This sectio n cont ains th e foll owing pro cedur es fo r V ersi on 7.2 wi th kernel version 2.4. 7-10 and Advanced Server (re lease 2.1AS) with kernel vers ion 2.4. 9-e.3: ■ Installing t he Red Ha t Module ■ Remo ving the Red H at Mod ule on page 3-8 ■ Enabling Mu lti-LUN Support in Lin[...]

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    3-8 ASA-7211C/F Installatio n Guide 8 T o run the conf igure script, e nter: ./configure For Red Hat Linux 7 .2, the follow ing command works: ./configure --tree=/usr/src/linux-2.4.7-10 If the kernel source is not under /usr/src /linux-2.4 .7-10 , run the configure script with the f ollowing option: ./configure --tree=<path to source tree> 9 [...]

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    3-9 Installing the Initiator Mo de Driver 7 To r e m o v e t h e asa72x x dir ectory , enter: rm -rfv asa72xx The module is now removed from the system. Enabling Mu lti-LUN Support in Linux The default Linux kernel setti ngs allow a maximum of 40 SCSI de v i c e s. H o w e v e r , y ou mus t e na b l e m u lt i L U N s up p o r t t o s ee mo re tha[...]

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    3-1 0 ASA-7211C/F Installatio n Guide 4 T o modify the boot-loader configu ration, use the ap propriate procedur e. Note: When you type the text shown below , replace <boot_device> with the r elevant parameter . ■ If you use Grub as your bootloader , edit /etc/g rub .conf and add the foll owing lines: title Red Hat Linux (2.4.7-10custom) li[...]

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    4-1 4 Configuring Y our iSCSI System In this Chapter Now that yo u have installed your Adaptec iS CSI adapter and driver , you need to establish Ethernet connectivity between your adapter and yo ur targets. Then, run iConfig and use it to configu re your iSCSI system . iConfig has an easy-to-use Expr ess Setup that pr ompts you for the information [...]

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    4-2 ASA-7211C/F Installatio n Guide Runni ng iCon fig on Windows T o start using iConfig to co nfigure your system: 1 Insert the Adaptec iSCSI insta llation CD and copy the W indow s iconfig.e xe file to your local hard drive. 2 From your local hard drive, double-click iCo nfig. exe . 3 At the login prompt, enter the default user ID, admin . 4 At t[...]

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    4-3 Configuring Y our iSCSI System Run ning iC onfi g on Red Ha t Lin ux 1 Login as r oot . 2 T o mou nt the Adaptec iSCSI installati on CD, enter: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom 3 T o change to the Linux dir ect ory on the CD, ente r: cd /mnt/cdrom/”Configuration Utilities”/Linux 4 T o copy the utili ty to your local hard drive, enter: cp -v icon[...]

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    4-4 ASA-7211C/F Installatio n Guide Using Ex pre ss Setu p to Confi gure Y our iS CSI Ad apter Now that you have started iConfig , you are r eady to run iConfig Express Setup to configure your adapter (initiator) . Note: In any menu, press Esc to get back to t he previous menu. When you run iConfig for the first time, you auto matically enter Expre[...]

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    4-5 Configuring Y our iSCSI System Chang ing Y our i Config Passw ord The default user ID is admin . The def ault password is adaptec . T o ch ange th e default pa ssword: 1 From the Main Menu, select User Logout and Login Password . For details , see the Main Men u illustra tion on page 4-4 . 2 Select User Passwo rd Change . 3 T o comp lete the ch[...]

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    A-1 A LEDs Y ou can use the adapter LEDs to dia gnose problems durin g system startup and as speed in dicators during normal system operation. The following table descri bes LED diagno stic indica tions. The following table describes the LED functionality for the ASA-721 1C only . D0 D1 Ind ica tion Off Of f Powe r-o n S elf T est ( POST ) f aile d[...]

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    A-2 ASA-7211C/F Installatio n Guide The follow ing table d escribes LED functi onali ty for the ASA-7 21 1 F only . Label on Bracket 1 1 See the appropriate figure on p age 1-3 . Reference Designat or Funct ion LED De script ion Color 1000 DS3 Rate indic tor Whe n lit, indicates a valid Gb E (1000 M egabit/s ec) connecti on. Green ACT DS4 Activi ty[...]

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    R Ada p t e c , In c . 691 South Milpitas Boulevar d Milpitas, CA 95035 USA ©2002 – 2003 Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved. Adaptec and the Adaptec logo are tr adema rks of Ad aptec , Inc. which may be registe red in some jurisd iction s. Part N u mb e r : 513193 - 0 6 , Ver. A A C Z/MKL 02/03 ASA-7211 IG.book Page 4 Tuesday, February 11, 2003 1[...]