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    HP S tor age W or ks FC1 1 4 2SR and FC1 2 4 2SR DC 4Gb P CI Expr ess ho st bu s adapte rs f or L inu x and W indo w s installati on gui de P art number: AA–RWEQA–TE F irst ed itio n: December 2 005[...]

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    Legal and noti ce informa tion © Cop yrigh t 2005 Hew lett -P ack ard Dev elopment Compan y , L.P . Hew let t-P ack ard Compan y makes no w arranty of an y kind with r ega rd to this mate rial, inc luding, but not limited to , the implied war ra nties of me rc hantability and fitness f or a particular pur pose. He wlett-P ackar d shall not be liab[...]

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    FC1142SR and FC1242SR DC 4Gb PCI Exp ress host bus adapters for Linux and Windows installation guid e 3 Contents About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Intended audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    4 Adapter Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Selectable Boot Setting s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 Advanced Adapter Se ttings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    FC1142SR and FC1242SR DC 4Gb P CI Express host bus ad apters fo r Linux and Windows installation guid e 5 Ab out this gui de This g uide pro vides informa tion abo ut: • Installing , confi g uri n g, and tr ouble shooting the HP St or age W orks FC1 1 4 2 SR single -channel P eripher al Component Inter connect Expr ess (PCIe) 4Gb ho st bus adapte[...]

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    6 Doc ument con v entions and s y mbols WA R N I N G ! Indicate s that failur e to follo w directi ons could result in bodil y harm or death. CA UTION: Indicates that f ailure to f ollow dir ections could r esult in damage to equipment or data. IMP ORT ANT : P rovides cl ari f ying i n form at ion o r s pe cific in st ru ctio ns. NO TE: Pro vides a[...]

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    FC1142SR and FC1242SR DC 4Gb P CI Express host bus ad apters fo r Linux and Windows installation guid e 7 TI P: Pro vide s helpful hin ts and shortcuts . HP tec hnical su pport T elephone numbers f or world wide te chni ca l support are lis ted on the HP w eb site: http://www .hp .com/support . Collec t the follo wing inf ormatio n bef ore calling:[...]

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    FC1142SR and FC1242SR DC 4Gb P CI Express host bus ad apters fo r Linux and Windows installation guid e 9 1H B A f e a t u r e s This c hapter desc ribes the featur es of the FC1 1 4 2SR (part number AE3 1 1A) and FC1 2 4 2SR DC (part number AE3 1 2A) HB As. • P erformance spec ifi cations , page 1 0 • Environm e nta l sp ecific at io ns , p ag[...]

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    HBA features 10 P erfor mance spec if icati ons The FC1 1 4 2SR HBA and the FC1 2 4 2SR DC HBA ar e 4 Gb/s F ibre Channel P CIe HBAs . The HB As’ F ibre Channel contr oller incorpor ates a multifunc tion nativ e PCIe cor e that is compliant to the PCIe Base Spec ifi cation 1 .0a and P CI e CEM Specif ication 1 . 0a. T he suppor ted ph y sical P C[...]

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    FC1142SR and FC1242SR DC 4Gb P CI Express host bus ad apters fo r Linux and Windows installation guid e 11 Physic al s p e cifica t ion s Ta b l e 3 l i sts t he physic al sp ecific a tio ns. T able 3 HB A phy sical spec ificati ons Component S pecification Host bu s Compli es with: PCI Expr ess Base Spec ifi cation 1 .0a PCI Expr ess Car d Electro[...]

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    HBA features 12[...]

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    FC1142SR and FC1242SR DC 4Gb P CI Express host bus ad apters fo r Linux and Windows installation guid e 13 2 Inst alling the HB As This c hapter desc ribes ho w to install the FC1 1 4 2SR and FC1 2 4 2SR DC HB As. • Installati on pre requisit es , page 1 4 • Installati on procedur e , page 1 4 See y our host doc umentation fo r installati on in[...]

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    Installing the HBAs 14 Installati on pr er equisites B ef o re yo u b e g i n , e n s u re t h a t: • Y ou hav e an optical multimode cabl e wi th an L C duple x connector . • Y ou r ecord the HB A ’s seri al number , in the unlikel y ev ent that the NVRAM is corrupt ed. E ach HB A has a unique s erial number locat ed on the bottom of the HB [...]

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    FC1142SR and FC1242SR DC 4Gb P CI Express host bus ad apters fo r Linux and Windows installation guid e 15 3 Inst alling the W indo w s dr i v ers This c hapter desc ribes ho w to install the Windo ws S CSIP O RT miniport dri ver and St orport miniport dri ver . • Installati on pre requisit es , page 1 6 • Installing the W indo ws dev ice dr i [...]

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    Installing the Windows drivers 16 Installati on pr er equisites Befo re y ou install the Windo ws dr iv ers: • Obtain th e HP St orage W orks FC1 1 4 2SR and FC1 2 4 2SR DC 4 Gb P CI Expr ess ho st bus adapters f or Lin ux and W indow s release note s fro m the follo wing HP web sit e: http :// h1 8006.w ww1 .hp.com/storage /san infrastructure.ht[...]

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    FC1142SR and FC1242SR DC 4Gb P CI Express host bus ad apters fo r Linux and Windows installation guid e 17 4 Inst alling the Li nu x dr i ver s This c hapter desc ribes ho w to install the Linu x qla2 300 de vice dr iv ers for the FC1 1 4 2SR HBA and FC1 2 4 2SR DC HBA on an instal led Red Hat Enter prise L inux (RHEL) s ys tem or on a SUSE L inu x[...]

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    Installing the Linux drivers 18 Installing the dr i ver kit HP r ecommends that you install the comple te dri ver kit fo r the FC1 1 4 2SR and FC1 1 43SR HB As. The kit contains the dr iv er and utilities y ou need to deploy HB As on Lin ux. NO TE: Y ou must i nstal l th e gcc compiler and the ker nel sour ces or the ker nel deve lopment pack age o[...]

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    FC1142SR and FC1242SR DC 4Gb P CI Express host bus ad apters fo r Linux and Windows installation guid e 19 Using the f ibr eutils RP M HP r ecommends using the fibreutils RP M that is included w i th the dri ver kit . It contains usef ul utiliti es fo r managing f ibr e -connect ed storage . T o install this RP M manually , enter the follo wing com[...]

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    Installing the Linux drivers 20[...]

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    FC1142SR and FC1242SR DC 4Gb P CI Express host bus ad apters fo r Linux and Windows installation guid e 21 5 T r oubl esho otin g This c hapter pr o vi des trouble shooting info rmati on tha t y ou can use in the ev ent of an HB A pr oblem. • T roubleshooting chec klists , page 2 2 • Using the Ev ent Vi ew er , page 2 3 • Lin ux d rive r eve [...]

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    Trouble shooting 22 T r oubleshooting c hecklis ts Thr ee basic ty pes of installati on problems can cau se HBAs t o malfuncti on: hard war e problems , s ystem conf igur ation pr oblems, and F ibr e Channel problems . This sec tion pr ov ides c hecklists to hel p y ou determine wh y the HBA is not f unctioning pr operly . H a rd wa re c h e c k l [...]

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    FC1142SR and FC1242SR DC 4Gb P CI Express host bus ad apters fo r Linux and Windows installation guid e 23 Using the E vent V ie wer The S CSIP ORT and Stor port minip ort dri ver s veri f y the HBA ’s pow er -on self- test (P OS T) LED states . If ther e is a failur e or a susp ected f ailure , an err or log entry is wr itten to the Win do ws ev[...]

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    Trouble shooting 24[...]

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    FC1142SR and FC1242SR DC 4Gb P CI Express host bus ad apters fo r Linux and Windows installation guid e 25 AC o n f i g u r i n g t h e H B A s This appendi x pr o vi des detailed confi gurati on infor mation f or advanced u sers w ho want to c ust omi z e the confi guration o f the HBAs and connec ted dev ices . CA UTION: If the configur ation s e[...]

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    Configuring the HBAs 26 Ru n n i n g Fa s t ! UT IL Y ou conf igure the HB As using Fas t! UTIL , HP’ s BIOS-resi dent configur ation tool. T o run Fa s t ! UTIL: 1. Pr ess AL T+Q du r i ng HB A BIOS initi aliz ation (it may tak e a fe w seconds f or the Fa s t ! UTIL Options menu to dis play). 2. If y ou hav e mor e than one HB A, Fa st ! U TIL [...]

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    FC1142SR and FC1242SR DC 4Gb P CI Express host bus ad apters fo r Linux and Windows installation guid e 27 A desc riptio n of eac h setting follo ws: • Host A dapte r BIOS —Whe n this setting is disabled , the ROM BIO S on the HBA is dis abled, fr eeing space in upper mem ory . This setting must be enabled if you ar e booting fr om an Fibr e Ch[...]

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    Configuring the HBAs 28 Y ou can select the boot de vice as f ollow s: T o enable th e Selectable Bo ot option: 1. Fr o m t he Con figu rat ion Set t in gs me nu, sel e ct Adapt er Se t tings . 2. Enable the HB A BIOS , and then pres s ESC to r eturn to the Conf igur ation Settings menu . Use the men u as follo ws: • Use the arr o w ke ys to sele[...]

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    FC1142SR and FC1242SR DC 4Gb P CI Express host bus ad apters fo r Linux and Windows installation guid e 29 A desc ri ptions of eac h setting fol l o ws: • Ex e cu tion Throttl e —The max imum number of commands e xec uting on one port. When a port’s e xec ution thr ottle v alue is r eached , no ne w commands are e xe cuted until the c urr ent[...]

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    Configuring the HBAs 30 Scan F ibr e Channel De v ices This opti on scans the F ibre Channel loop and list s all connect ed dev ices b y loop ID. Inf ormati on about each de vice is listed , such as the vendor name , product name , and re vision . This infor mation is usef ul when confi guring the HB A and connected de vi ces. Fi b r e D i s k U t [...]

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    FC1142SR and FC1242SR DC 4Gb P CI Express host bus ad apters fo r Linux and Windows installation guid e 31 B R egulator y compli ance and saf et y Las e r d evice All HP s yst ems equipped w ith a laser dev ice compl y with saf et y standar ds, including Int ernati onal Electr otechnical C ommission (IE C ) 8 2 5. W ith spec if ic r eg ar d to the [...]

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    Regulatory compliance and safety 32 Inter national no tices and s tatemen ts Canadi an notice (a vis Ca nadien) Class A equ ipm ent This Cla ss A digital appar atus meets all r equir ements of the Canadi an Interfer ence -Causing E quipment Regulations . Cet appar eil numér ique de la clas se A res pecte to utes les e xi gences du Règlement sur l[...]

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    FC1142SR and FC1242SR DC 4Gb P CI Express host bus ad apters fo r Linux and Windows installation guid e 33 Japanes e notice Ko r e a n n o t i c e[...]

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    Regulatory compliance and safety 34 Safety Electr os tatic dis char ge T o pre vent damage to the sy stem , be aw ar e of the pr ecautions y ou need to follo w when setting up the s ys tem or hand ling parts. A dischar ge of static elec tric ity fro m a finger or other conduct or may damage s ys tem boards or other stati c -sensitiv e de v ices. T [...]

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    FC1142SR and FC1242SR DC 4Gb P CI Express host bus ad apters fo r Linux and Windows installation guid e 35 Inde x A audience 5 B BSMI, regulatory compliance notice 32 C certification and classifica tion information, laser 31 Class A equipment, Canadian compliance statement 32 configuring HBAs 26 conventions document 6 text symbols 6 D document, con[...]

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    36 L label, laser 31 laser international certificat ion and classification inform ation 31 product label 31 radiation, warning 31 Linux .gz file 18 changing driver parameters 19 fibreutils RPM 19 gcc compiler 18 installing drivers 18 manually loading drivers 19 RPM 18 set_parm script 19 troubleshooti ng 23 log, event 23 N noise declaration, German [...]