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    ® DB15-000182-01 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel to PCI Host Adapters USER’S GUIDE Marc h 2002 V ersion 2.0[...]

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    ii V er . 2.0 Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Electroma gnetic Compatibility Notices This device complies with P art 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the follo wing two conditions: 1. This device ma y not cause harmful interference , and 2. This device m ust accept any interf erence received, including i[...]

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    iii V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. This document contains proprietar y information of LSI Logic Cor poration. The inf or mation contained herein is not to be used by or disclosed to third par ties without the e xpress written per mission of an officer of LSI Logic Cor poration. LSI Logic products are n[...]

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    iv V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. Document DB15-000182-01, Second Edition (March 2002) This document describes LSI Logic Cor poration’ s f amily of 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel to PCI Host Adapter boards and will remain the official reference source f or all re visions/releases of these products until resc[...]

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    Pref ace v V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. Preface This book is the primar y reference and user’ s guide for the LSI Logic f amily of 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel to PCI Host Adapter boards. It contains a complete functional description for each of these boards as well as complete ph ysical and electrical sp[...]

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    vi Pref ace V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. Related Publications LSIFC929 Dual Channel Fibre Channel I/O Processor T echnical Man ual, A ugust 2001 (LSI Order # S14073) LSIFC919 Single Channel Fibre Channel I/O Processor T echnical Manual, October 2001 (LSI Order # DB15-000151-01) Fusion-MPT™ De vice M[...]

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    2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel to PCI Host Adapters vii Rev . 2.0 Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Contents Chapter 1 Installing the 2 Gbit/s Host Adapters 1.1 General Description 1-1 1.2 Obtaining Windows NT/Windo ws 2000 Drivers 1-2 1.3 Quick Host Adapter Installation Procedure 1-2 1.4 Detailed Installation Procedure 1-3 1[...]

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    viii Contents Rev . 2.0 Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 2.6.3 LSI40919LO Host Adapter Configuration 2-10 2.6.4 LSI40919LO Connector and Indicator LED 2-11 2.6.5 LSI40919H Host Adapter Configuration 2-12 2.6.6 LSI40919H Connector 2-13 2.6.7 LSI40919LH Host Adapter Configuration 2-14 2.6.8 LSI40919LH Connector 2-15[...]

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    Contents ix Rev . 2.0 Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 4.3 Star ting the Intel BIOS Configuration Utility 4-3 4.4 Using the Intel BIOS Configuration Utility 4-3 4.5 Main Menu 4-3 4.5.1 Adapter Proper ties Menu 4-4 4.5.2 P ersistent IDs Menu 4-4 4.5.3 De vice Proper ties Menu 4-5 4.5.4 Boot Adapter List Menu 4-5 4.5[...]

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    x Contents Rev . 2.0 Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 2.10 LSI44929O Connectors and Indicator LEDs 2-17 2.11 LSI44929LO Host Adapter Configuration 2-18 2.12 LSI44929LO Connectors and Indicator LEDs 2-19 2.13 LSI44929H Host Adapter Configuration 2-20 2.14 LSI44929H Connectors 2-21 2.15 LSI44929LH Host Adapter Confi[...]

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    2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel to PCI Host Adapters 1-1 Rev . 2.0 Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Chapter 1 Installing the 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter s This chapter contains general inf ormation about the LSI Logic family of 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel (FC) to PCI host adapters. It also pro vides host adapter installation instruction[...]

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    1-2 Installing the 2 Gbit/s Host Adapters Rev . 2.0 Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. to PCI boards in PCI computer systems with either a standard or Low Profile PCI (LPPCI) brac ket type . 1.2 Obtaining Windows NT/Windo ws 2000 Drivers Bef ore you begin the 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel to PCI host adapter installation, cr[...]

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    Detailed Installation Procedure 1-3 Rev . 2.0 Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Figure 1.1 illustrates an e xample of this host adapter board. Also ref er to Chapter 2 to see more detailed drawings of the 2 Gbit/s host adapter boards. Step 3. Switch off the computer and unplug power cords f or all components in your s[...]

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    1-4 Installing the 2 Gbit/s Host Adapters Rev . 2.0 Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Step 2. Remov e the host adapter from the packaging and chec k that it is not damaged. Figure 1.1 illustrates an e xample of this host adapter board. Also ref er to Chapter 2 to see more detailed drawings of the 2 Gbit/s host adapter[...]

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    Detailed Installation Procedure 1-5 Rev . 2.0 Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Figure 1.1 Hard ware Connections for the LSI Logic Host Adapter Step 7. Carefully inser t edge connector J1 (see Figure 1.1 ) of the host adapter into the PCI slot. Make sure the edge connector is properly aligned bef ore pressing the boar[...]

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    1-6 Installing the 2 Gbit/s Host Adapters Rev . 2.0 Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Figure 1.2 Inserting the Host Adapter Step 8. Secure the board with the brac ket scre w (see Figure 1.2 ) bef ore making the e xter nal FC link connection. Step 9. Reconnect all power cords and boot y our PC. Brack et Screw 32-bit PC[...]

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    2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel to PCI Host Adapters 2-1 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. Chapter 2 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter Characteristics This chapter provides specific details about the ph ysical environment associated with the LSI Logic 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel to PCI host adapters. This chapter includes these to[...]

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    2-2 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter Character istics V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. T able 2.1 lists the 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel to PCI host adapters discussed in this user’ s guide. 2.1.1 Hard ware and Software Support The LSI Logic 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel to PCI host adapter f amily suppor ts most major softwar[...]

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    F eatures 2-3 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. Bef ore you use an y of this family of host adapters , make sure y our system meets the specific hardware and softw are requirements shown in T able 2.2. 2.2 Features This section provides an o verview of the PCI Interf ace and the FC Interf ace for the 2 Gb[...]

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    2-4 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter Character istics V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. – Complies with PCI Local Bus Specification, Re v . 2.2 – 3.3 V interf ace (5.0 V tolerant) • Serial EEPROM configuration storage • Card edge keyed a s a universal add-in card 2.2.2 FC Interface The LSIFC919/LSIFC929 con[...]

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    Ph ysical Environment 2-5 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.3.1 Electrical Characteristics T able 2.3 lists the maximum po wer requirements, and includes all of the LSI Logic 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel to PCI host adapter boards, under nor mal operation. 2.3.2 Thermal, Atmospheric Characteristics The ther ma[...]

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    2-6 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter Character istics V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.3.3 Electroma gnetic Compliance These boards are designed and implemented to minimize electromagnetic emissions, susceptibility , and the effects of electromagnetic discharge. The boards are tested to comply with Class B and car[...]

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    IEEE Unique Address 2-7 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.4.2 The FC Interface The FC interf ace varies, depending on which specific LSI Logic 2 Gbit/s host adapter you ha v e selected. See Section 2.6 for more inf or mation. 2.4.3 The FC Link Activity/Link Fault LED The LSI Logic 2 Gbit/s optical host [...]

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    2-8 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter Character istics V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.1 LSI40919O Host Adapter Configuration The LSI Logic LSI40919O is a single-channel 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel adapter . One LC optical connector is used for I/O , which is accessible through the module brac ket. The LSI40919O use[...]

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    Ph ysical Characteristics 2-9 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.2 LSI40919O Connector and Indicator LED The LSI40919O I/O brac ket is configured as sho wn in Figure 2.2 . One LC connector is used to connect the adapter channel to the Fibre Channel subsystem. The indicator LED is used to indicate link [...]

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    2-10 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter Characteristics V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.3 LSI40919LO Host Adapter Configuration The LSI Logic LSI40919LO is a single-channel 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel adapter . One LC optical connector is used for I/O , which is accessible through the module brac ket. The LSI40919LO [...]

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    Ph ysical Characteristics 2-11 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.4 LSI40919LO Connector and Indicator LED The LSI40919LO I/O brac ket is configured as sho wn in Figure 2.4 . One LC connector is used to connect the adapter channel to the Fibre Channel subsystem. The indicator LED is used to indicate li[...]

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    2-12 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter Characteristics V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.5 LSI40919H Host Adapter Configuration The LSI Logic LSI40919H is a single-channel 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel adapter . One HSSDC connector is used for I/O , which is accessible through the module brac ket. The LSI40919H uses one[...]

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    Ph ysical Characteristics 2-13 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.6 LSI40919H Connector The LSI40919H I/O brac ket is configured as sho wn in Figure 2.6 . One HSSDC connector is used to connect the adapter channel to the Fibre Channel subsystem. Figure 2.6 LSI40919H Connector Channel 0[...]

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    2-14 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter Characteristics V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.7 LSI40919LH Host Adapter Configuration The LSI Logic LSI40919LH is a single-channel 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel adapter . One HSSDC connector is used for I/O , which is accessible through the module brac ket. The LSI40919LH uses [...]

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    Ph ysical Characteristics 2-15 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.8 LSI40919LH Connector The LSI40919LH I/O brac ket is configured as sho wn in Figure 2.8 . One HSSDC connector is used to connect the adapter channel to the Fibre Channel subsystem. Figure 2.8 LSI40919LH Connector Channel 0[...]

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    2-16 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter Characteristics V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.9 LSI44929O Host Adapter Configuration The LSI Logic LSI44929O is a dual-channel 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel adapter . T wo LC optical connectors are used f or I/O, which are accessible through the module br ack et. The LSI44929O [...]

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    Ph ysical Characteristics 2-17 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.10 LSI44929O Connector and Indicator LED The LSI44929O I/O brac ket is configured as sho wn in Figure 2.10 .T w o LC connectors are used to connect the adapter channel to the Fibre Channel subsystem. The indicator LEDs are used to indica[...]

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    2-18 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter Characteristics V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.11 LSI44929LO Host Adapter Configuration The LSI Logic LSI44929LO is a dual-channel 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel adapter . T wo LC optical connectors are used f or I/O, which are accessible through the module br ack et. The LSI4492[...]

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    Ph ysical Characteristics 2-19 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.12 LSI44929LO Connector and Indicator LED The LSI44929LO I/O brac ket is configured as sho wn in Figure 2.12 .T w o LC connectors are used to connect the adapter channel to the Fibre Channel subsystem. The indicator LEDs are used to indi[...]

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    2-20 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter Characteristics V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.13 LSI44929H Host Adapter Configuration The LSI Logic LSI44929H is a dual-channel 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel adapter . T wo HSSDC connectors are used f or I/O, which are accessib le through the module brac ket. The LSI44929H uses[...]

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    Ph ysical Characteristics 2-21 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.14 LSI44929H Connectors The LSI44929H I/O brac ket is configured as sho wn in Figure 2.14 .T w o HSSDC connectors are used to connect the adapter channel to the Fibre Channel subsystem. Figure 2.14 LSI44929H Connectors Channel 0 Channel [...]

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    2-22 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter Characteristics V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.15 LSI44929LH Host Adapter Configuration The LSI Logic LSI44929LH is a dual-channel 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel adapter . T wo HSSDC connectors are used f or I/O, which are accessib le through the module brac ket. The LSI44929LH u[...]

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    Ph ysical Characteristics 2-23 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.16 LSI44929LH Connectors The LSI44929LH I/O brac ket is configured as sho wn in Figure 2.16 .T w o HSSDC connectors are used to connect the adapter channel to the Fibre Channel subsystem. Figure 2.16 LSI44929LH Connectors Channel 0 Chann[...]

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    2-24 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter Characteristics V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.17 ITI7004G2-LC Host Adapter Configuration The LSI Logic ITI7004G2-LC is a quad-channel 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel adapter . Four LC optical connectors are used f or I/O , which are accessible through the module br ack et. The IT[...]

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    Ph ysical Characteristics 2-25 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.18 ITI7004G2-LC Connector and Indicator LED The ITI7004G2-LC I/O brac ket is configured as sho wn in Figure 2.18 . F our LC connectors are used to connect the adapter channel to the Fibre Channel subsystem. The indicator LEDs are used to[...]

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    2-26 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter Characteristics V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved.[...]

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    2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel to PCI Host Adapters 3-1 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. Chapter 3 Firmware Installation Pr ocedure This chapter provides inf or mation about installing and configur ing Fibre Channel fir mware and includes these topics: • Section 3.1, “Introduction, ” page 3-1 • Section [...]

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    3-2 Fir mware Installation Procedure V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 3.2.1 Features The Fibre Channel firmware for the LSI Logic Fibre Channel chips suppor ts these features: • 1 Gbit/s and 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel transf ers, with A uto Negotiation (user selects 1 Gbit/s, 2 Gbit/s , or Auto) • 32-bit[...]

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    Installing the Firmware 3-3 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. manages all link e xceptions, which serves to isolate the host driver from Fibre Channel unique e xceptions. With the Fusion-MPT architecture, parallel SCSI host drivers can be used with the LSI Logic Fibre Channel controllers with little or no [...]

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    3-4 Fir mware Installation Procedure V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 3.4 Configuring the Firmware The LSI Logic fir mware suppor ts se ver al configuration options, defined individually below . All options may be configured using the FCUTIL utility menu, as described in Section 3.3.1, “Installing [...]

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    Configuring the Fir mware 3-5 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. k - Change Port 1 Board Speed to Auto Step 3. Exit the FCUTIL utility using the menu option q - Quit . 3.4.2 Interrupt Coalescing These host adapters hav e the ability to complete multiple I/O requests per host interrupt. This ability may be [...]

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    3-6 Fir mware Installation Procedure V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. The Coalescing Timeout value determines how long the host adapter waits bef ore generating an interr upt, when less than Coalescing Depth I/O requests are present. By def ault, the host adapter is pre-programmed with a v alue of 0x500 ?[...]

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    T roub leshooting 3-7 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 3.5 T roubleshooting Some potential problems and their suggested solutions are: The Firmware and BIOS revisions typicall y need to be in sync for proper operation. Check with LSI Logic T echnical Suppor t to make sure that the Firmware is the correct [...]

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    3-8 Fir mware Installation Procedure V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved.[...]

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    2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel to PCI Host Adapters 4-1 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. Chapter 4 BIOS Features This chapter describes the Fibre Channel BIOS and Configuration Utility and includes these topics: • Section 4.1, “Introduction, ” page 4-1 • Section 4.2, “Intel BIOS, ” page 4-2 • Secti[...]

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    4-2 BIOS Features V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 4.2 Intel BIOS This section provides the f eatures, description, and installation of the Intel Fibre Channel BIOS. 4.2.1 Intel BIOS Features The LSI Logic FC Intel BIOS suppor ts: • Selection and Configuration f or up to 256 adapters • Boot de vice s[...]

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    Star ting the Intel BIOS Configuration Utility 4-3 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 4.3 Star ting the Intel BIOS Configuration Utility The LSI Logic Intel BIOS allows y ou to change the def ault configuration of your host adapters , using the embedded BIOS Configuration Utility . When the BIOS loads, [...]

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    4-4 BIOS Features V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. attached de vices). After selecting an adapter and pressing Enter , the FC Link bus is scanned and the Adapter Properties screen appears. On the Main menu, two selections are the Boot Adapter List and Global Proper ties menus. Boot Adapter List allows sel[...]

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    Main Menu 4-5 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. Ne xt P age and Pre vious P age options are provided on the persistent ID screens, through the F2 k ey , which moves the screen f orward or back b y 16 entries. Howe ver , the CU requires that any modifications to the current page be stored bef ore new entri[...]

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    4-6 BIOS Features V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 4.5.5 Global Properties Menu The Global Proper ties menu allows y ou to pause if an aler t message has been displa yed, to vie w displa y boot information, and to set displa y and video modes. 4.6 Exiting the Intel BIOS Configuration Utility The Exit men[...]

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    Open Boot BIOS 4-7 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. These messages ma y appear during the boot process: • Adapter removed from boot order, parameters will be updated accordingly! appears when an adapter is remov ed from the system or is relocated behind a PCI bridge. This message is for inf or mation on[...]

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    4-8 BIOS Features V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 4.8.2 Identifying the Fibre Channel Disks The probe-scsi-all command is used to identify the Fibre Channel de vices on your Fusion-MPT adapter . T o show all disks av ailable from the openboot prompt, use the probe- scsi-all command. Note that this comman[...]

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    Open Boot BIOS 4-9 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. Target 6 Unit 0 Removable Read Only device PLEXTOR CD-ROM PX-20TS If the Fibre Channel de vices on your LSI Logic/IntraServer adapter are not identified by y our system, check the f ollowing: • Is the Fibre Channel enclosure powered ON? • Does the L[...]

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    4-10 BIOS F eatures V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. /pci@8,700000/IntraServer,fc@2/disk /pci@8,700000/IntraServer,fc@2/tape /pci@8,700000/IntraServer,fc@1,1/disk /pci@8,700000/IntraServer,fc@1,1/tape /pci@8,700000/IntraServer,fc@1/disk /pci@8,700000/IntraServer,fc@1/tape /pci@8,700000/scsi@6,1/tape /pci@[...]

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    Open Boot BIOS 4-11 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 4.8.4.1 select Use the select openboot command to select the adapter entr y . This opens the por t to br ing the por t online. ok select /pci@8,700000/IntraServer,fc@1 4.8.4.2 .properties Use . properties to show the adapter proper ties. ok .properties [...]

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    4-12 BIOS F eatures V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 4.8.4.3 show-children While you ha v e the adapter or por t selected, to display the de vices currently connected to this adapter , use the show-children command, as shown belo w . First, select the por t or adapter shown (use the por t name your system[...]

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    Open Boot BIOS 4-13 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. timeout of 1280 (0x500) microseconds. What this means is that the host is interrupted only once for 9 I/Os processed b y the chip , unless 1280 microseconds has passed since the host was last interrupted. Although LSI Logic has determined that these set[...]

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    4-14 BIOS F eatures V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. Select the por t or adapter shown (use the port name your system assigns) : ok select /pci@8,700000/IntraServer,fc@1 Then enter commands as shown in the f ollowing example: ok show-link-speed Link speed selected is 1 Gbaud Current link speed is 1 Gbaud [...]

  • Page 65

    Open Boot BIOS 4-15 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. d) /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/disk e) /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ebus@1/fdthree@14,3203f0 q) NO SELECTION Enter Selection, q to quit: a /pci@1f,0/pci@1/IntraServer,fc@2/disk has been selected. Type ^Y ( Control-Y ) to insert it in the command line. e.g. ok nvalias [...]

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    4-16 BIOS F eatures V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. change from auto detect of topology , and that firmware version 1.00.03 is the minimum re vision to suppor t this functionality . The f ollowing is an e xample of how to select a man ual topology N_P or t or NL_P or t on a selected Fibre Channel por t.[...]

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    Open Boot BIOS 4-17 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. ok 2 set-topology Topology selected is N_Port Topology has been set Change will take effect after system power cycle ok a set-topology Topology selected is auto Topology has been set Change will take effect after system power cycle Note: Th e system mus[...]

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    4-18 BIOS F eatures V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved.[...]

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    2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel to PCI Host Adapters A-1 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. Appendix A Glossary of T erms and Abbre viations 8B/10B A data encoding scheme de veloped b y IBM, translating b yte wide data to an encoded 10-bit f or mat. ANSI American National Standards Institute, the coordinating organi[...]

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    A-2 Glossar y of T erms and Abbre viations V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. Configuration Ref ers to the wa y a computer is set up; the combined hardware components (computer , monitor , ke yboard, and peripheral de vices) that make up a computer system; or the softw are settings that allow the hardware [...]

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    Glossar y of T erms and Abbre viations A-3 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. FC-1 Middle le vel of the FC-PH standard, defining the 8B/10B encoding/decoding and transmission protocol. FC-2 Highest le vel of FC-PH, defining the rules f or signaling protocol and describing transfer of the fr ame, sequence [...]

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    A-4 Glossar y of T erms and Abbre viations V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. HIPPI High P erformance P arallel Interf ace, an 800 Mbits/s interf ace to supercomputer networks (formerly known as high speed channel) de veloped b y ANSI. Host The computer system in which a SCSI host adapter is installed. It u[...]

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    Glossar y of T erms and Abbre viations A-5 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. NL_P ort An N_P or t that contains arbitrated loop functions. Operating System A program that organiz es the inter nal activities of the computer and its peripheral devices . An operating system perf or ms basic tasks such as movi[...]

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    A-6 Glossar y of T erms and Abbre viations V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. CPU . Inf or mation can be written to and read from RAM. The contents of RAM are lost when the computer is tur ned off . Responder A FC ter m ref erring to the answering de vice. RISC Core LSIFC909 chips contain a RISC (Reduced In[...]

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    Glossar y of T erms and Abbre viations A-7 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. data transf er . Synchronous data transf ers are negotiated between the SCSI host adapter and each SCSI de vice. System BIOS Controls the low le vel POST (P ower-On Self-T est), and basic operation of the CPU and computer system. [...]

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    A-8 Glossar y of T erms and Abbre viations V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved.[...]

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    2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel to PCI Host Adapters V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. Customer Feedbac k W e would appreciate your f eedback on this document. Please cop y the f ollowing page, add y our comments, and fax it to us at the n umber shown. If appropriate, please also f ax copies of any marked-up pages [...]

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    Customer F eedback V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. Reader’ s Comments F ax your comments to: LSI Logic Cor poration T echnical Publications M/S E-198 F ax: 408.433.4333 Please tell us how y ou rate this document: 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel to PCI Host Adapters User’ s Guide. Place a check mark in the app[...]

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