HP (Hewlett-Packard) AARWECATE manual

HP S tor age W orks FC114 3 and FC12 4 3 4Gb P CI-X 2 . 0 hos t bus adapter s f or L inu x and W indo w s inst allatio n guide Pa r t n u m b e r : A A – RW E C A – T E F ir st edition: J une 2006[...]

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Co n t e n t s A b o u t t h i s g u i d e ................ .......... 7 I n t e n d e d a u d i e n c e ....... .................. ............. 7 R e l a t e d d o c u m e n t a t i o n .................... ............... . 7 D o c u m e n t c o n v e n t i o n s a n d s y m b o l s .......................... .... 7 H P t e c h n i c a l s u p p[...]

A R e g u l a t o r y c o m p l i a n c e a n d s a f e t y ................. 2 9 Declar ation of confor mity for products mark ed with the FCC logo, United States only . . . . . . . . . 2 9 L a s e r d e v i c e .............. ............... .......... 2 9 L a s e r s a f e t y w a r n i n g.......................... .......... 2 9 Certi fi ca t[...]

1 2 3 4 5 Fi g u r e s P C I - X 2 . 0 c o n n e c t o r ......... ............... ......... 1 4 C l a s s 1 l a s e r p r o d u c t l a b e l ............... ............... 3 0 B S M I ( T a i w a n ) n o t i c e ................. ............... 3 1 J a p a n e s e n o t i c e ............. ............... ...... 3 1 K o r e a n n o t i c e ....[...]

Ta b l e s 1 D o c u m e n t c o n v e n t i o n s ....... ............... ........... 7 2 HBA en vir onmental speci fi c a t i o n s ........... ............... . 1 2 3 HBA spec i fi c a t i o n s ....................... .......... 1 2 4 L E D i n d i c a t o r s a c t i v i t y ................... ............. 1 5 5 fi br eutils commands . . [...]

About t his guide This guide pr o v ides inf ormation about: • Installing and con fi guring the FC114 3 and FC12 4 3 4Gb P CI-X 2 .0 HB As • Contac ting techni cal support for additi onal assis tance Intended audience Thi s g u id e i s i ntended for s ystem administr ator s who ar e f amiliar w ith: • Li nux ® o erating s y stems • Mic r[...]

CA UTION: Indicates that f ailur e to f ollo w directi ons could r esult in damage to equipment or data . IMPOR T ANT : Provides cl arif yin g in form at ion or s pe ci fi c instructi ons. NO TE: Pr ov ides additi onal inf ormati on. TIP : Pr ov i des helpf ul hints and shortc uts. HP tec hni cal support T elep hone numbers f or world wi de techni[...]

Hel pf ul we b si te s F or other pr o duct inf ormati on, s ee the f ollow ing HP web sites: • h ttp:/ /ww w .hp.com • http:/ /ww w .hp.com/go /storage • http:/ /ww w .hp.com/suppo rt/ • http:/ /ww w .docs.hp.com Subsc r iption se r v ice HP str ongl y r ecommends that cu stomers r egister online using the Subsc r iber’s c hoi ce web sit[...]

10 Abou t thi s guid e[...]

1H B Af e a t u r e s This c hapter descr ibes the featur es of the FC114 3 single-port HBA (pr oduct number AB4 2 9A) and FC12 43 dual-port HBA (pr oduct n umber AE3 6 9A ). •P e r f o r m a n c e s p e c i fi cati ons ,p a g e1 1 •E n v i r o n m e n t a l s p e c i fi cati ons ,p a g e1 2 •P h y s i c a l s p e c i fi cations , page 12 [...]

En v ir onmental spec i fi cations Ta b l e 2 list s the H BA env ironmenta l speci fi cations . T able 2 HB A en vi ro nmenta l speci fi cations Envir onment M inimum M aximum Operating temperature 0 °C/3 2 °F 5 5 °C/131 °F Stor age tempera ture -20 °C/-4 °F 7 0 °C/15 8 °F Relati ve h umidity (noncondensing) 10% 90% Storage hu m idity ([...]

2 Installin g t he HBAs This c hapter des cr ibes the pr ocedure f or installi ng the FC1143 and FC12 4 3 HB As , including: • Installation pr er equisites ,p a g e1 3 • Installation pr o cedure , page 14 R e f e rt oy o u rh o s t d o c u m e n t a t i o n f o ri n s t a l l i n g t h eH B A s . WA R N I N G ! D i s c o n n e c t t h eh o s tf[...]

Installati on pr ocedur e To i n s t a l l t h e H B A : 1. Check the mo therboard and mak e an y necessary con fi gurati on changes t o accommodate the HB A. 2. Po w e r d o w n t he peripher als, and then turn off the computer . 3. Disconnect the po wer cable . 4. Rem ove th e c o mp u te r cove r an d s ave th e s crews. 5. Loc a t e th e appro[...]

LED indicators T able 4 identi fi es an d describes th e activity of t he LE D in dica tors. T able 4 LED in dicators activity Ye l l o w L E D Green L ED Amber LED Ac tiv ity Off Off Off P ow er off On On On Po w e r o n b e f o re or after fi rmwar e ini tiali z ation F lashing Flas hing F lashing Po w e r o n a f t e r fi rmwa re initiali z a[...]

16 Installing the HBAs[...]

3 Installin g an d con fi gurin g t he Linu x driv er This c hapter pro vides instr ucti ons for inst alling the Li nu x qla2 xxx (The xxx is the kit date s tring) dr i ver f or an FC114 3 or FC12 43 HB A on an alread y installed R ed Hat ™ Enterpr ise L inux (R ed Hat EL) or SU SE ® L inu x Enterpr ise Server (S USE SLE S) sy stem. Y ou can ob[...]

Usin g th e R P M The RP M P ac k age Manager (RP M) is a pack age management s ys tem that lets y ou easil y install L inu x softwar e . Using RP M, you can ins tall softwar e in pr ebuilt bundles called RP M pack ages. This sec tion is inc luded for r efer ence only . See this section f or futur e separate RP M installations y ou may nee d. Fo r [...]

Using fi bre utils This sec tion desc r ibes how t o install and us e fibreutils . Use this utility to manage F ibre-attac hed storage. The fibreutils utility perf orms the f ollo w ing: • Gathers s ys tem infor mation • L ists infor mation about HB As in the target se rver • L ists sd and sg de vi ce inf ormati on • Loa d s t h e l atest [...]

Ta b l e 5 descr ibes the fibreutils commands . T able 5 fi breutils commands Command Descript ion adapter_info Lists us eful inf ormati on about HBAs in the s y stem. Use the -h option to list other s witc hes. hp_rescan Fo rc e s t h e Q L A H BA s a n d t h e SC S I m i d l a ye r ( scsi_mod.o )t or e s c a n for L UNs on all adapt ers or a par[...]

T able 6 FLASUTIL comm ands Compon ent Option D escriptio n Boot Code imag e /F xxxx W rites BIOS F lash. If the fl ash cont ains a valid BIOS , the ex isting NVRAM defaults do not cha ng e. /C xxxx Ve r i fi es the BIOS F lash of the spec i fi ed HB A. /W xxxx Copies the BIO S Flash to the QL1xROM.SAV fi le . Fcode image /FF xxxx Wr i t e s F [...]

Ta b l e 7 show s FLASUTIL command e xample s. T able 7 FLAS UTIL c ommand e xa mples Pur p o s e Command Description Wr i t e fl ash in all QLogic HB As in a sy stem with out being prompted f or I/O address flasutil /f Updates the BIOS while pr eserving pr ev ious NVRAM defaults. Wr i t e t h e R I S C code in all HB As flasutil /fr Updates the R[...]

T able 8 Adapter Setti ngs Setting Options Default Host Adapter BIOS Enabled, Disabled Disabled Fra m e S ize 512 , 102 4, 2048 2048 Loo p Re se t D e la y 0– 60 s ec o n ds 5 Adapter Hard L oop ID Enabl ed, Disabled Disabled Har d L oop ID 0–12 5 0 Spin Up Delay Enabled, Dis abled Disabled Connecti on Options 0, 1, 2 2 F ibre C hannel T ape Su[...]

NO TE: This option appli es only t o hard disks; it does not appl y to tape dri v es and other nondisk dev ices . Res t o re D ef au lt S e t t i n g s This option r estor es the H BA def ault settings . Raw N V R A M D a ta This option displa ys the HB A ’s NVR AM contents in hex adecimal for mat . This is a tr oubleshooting tool; y ou cannot mo[...]

• Lin k D own T im e o u t —Speci fi es the number of s econds the softwar e w aits for a link do w n to come up . T he default is 3 0. • Opera tiona l Mode —Spe c i fi es the r educed interru pt operati on (RIO) modes , if supported by the softw are dr i ve r . The RIO mode s allow po sting multiple command comple tions in a single inter[...]

26 Installing and con fi gur ing the Linu x dr i ver[...]

4 Ins tallin g t h e Win do w s dri v ers This c hapter descr ibes ho w to install the W indow s Stor port m iniport dri ver , including the follo w ing topic s: • Prer e quisites , page 2 7 • Installing dr i vers u sing the Smart Component ,p a g e2 7 • T roubleshooting Windo ws , page 2 8 Pr er equisit es Pe r f o r m t h e f ollow ing task[...]

T r oubleshooting W indow s This s ect ion d e scr ibes how t o use the W indow s Ev ent Vi ew er to tr oubleshoot Windo ws dr i v ers. Using th e Ev ent Vie wer The miniport dri v ers v erify the conditi on of the HB A ’s PO S T LED states . If ther e is a failure or a s uspected failur e, an err or log entr y appears in the Windo ws Ev ent L og[...]

A Regula tor y com p lian ce an d saf ety Declar ation o f conf or mity for pr oducts mar k ed w ith the FCC logo , United States onl y This de v ice complies w ith P art 15 of the FCC Rules. Oper ation i s subject t o the follo w ing two conditions: (1) this de vi ce may not cau se harmf ul interfe r ence, and ( 2) this de v ice must accept an y i[...]

Las e r p ro d u c tl a b e l The opti onal label in Fi g u r e 2 or equiv alent may be located on the surface of the HP-supplied laser de v ice . Fig ure 2 C l ass 1 laser prod uct label Inter national noti ces and state ments Canadi an noti ce (av is Canadien) This C lass A digit al apparatus meets all r equirements o f the Canadian Interf erence[...]

BSM I (T a iwan ) Figu re 3 BS MI ( Taiwan) not ice Japanese noti ce Figure 4 J ap an ese no tice Ko r e a n n o t i c e Figure 5 K orean notice FC1143 and FC12 4 3 4Gb PCI-X 2 .0 host bus adapters for L inu x and Window s 31[...]

Electr os tatic dis c har ge T o pre vent damage to the s y stem , be aw ar e of the pr ecautions y ou need to follo w when setting up the s ystem or handling parts. A disc har ge of stati c electr ic ity fr om a fi nger or other conductor ma y damage s yst em boards or other s tatic-sensiti ve dev i ces. T his type of damage ma y re duce the life[...]

In de x A audience , 7 B BSMI (T aiw an) r egulatory compliance notice , 31 C certi fi cation and clas si fi c at io n in fo rm a tio n, laser ,2 9 Class A eq uipment , Canadian compliance statement ,3 0 con fi guring HB As ,2 2 conv entions documen t , 7 text s ymbol s , 7 D declar atio n of confor mity ,2 9 document conv entions , 7 related do[...]

L K Kore a n reg u l a t o r y c o m p l i a n c e n o t ic e ,3 1 laser internati onal certi fi ca tion and c lassi fi cation infor mation ,2 9 produc t label ,3 0 safety warning ,2 9 LED indicat ors ,1 5 Lin ux .gz fi le ,1 7 changing dr i v er paramet ers ,1 8 con fi gur ing HB As ,2 2 EF I drive r s ,1 8 fi br eutil commands ,1 9 fi br eu[...]