LSI 40909G-S manual

® S14062 LSI40909G-S PCI to Fibre Channel Host Adapter f or Sun Solar is USER’S GUIDE February 2001 V ersion 1.0[...]

ii Electroma gnetic Compatibility Notices This device complies with P ar t 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the f ollowing two conditions: 1. This device ma y not cause har mful interference , and 2. This device m ust accept any interf erence received, including interference that ma y cause undesired operation. This equipment has been t[...]

iii 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 parties without the e xpress written per mission of an officer of LSI Logic Cor poration. LSI Logic products are not intended f or use in lif e-suppor t appliances, de vices, or systems. Use o[...]

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Pref ace v Preface This book is the primar y reference and user’ s guide f or the LSI Logic LSI40909G-S PCI to Fibre Channel Host Adapter f or Sun Solaris board. It contains a complete functional description for the LSI40909G-S as w ell as complete ph ysical and electrical specifications. A udience This document assumes that you ha ve some f ami[...]

vi Pref ace Related Publications LSIFC909 Fibre Channel I/O Processor T echnical Man ual, Order Number S14029.A Revision Recor d Revision Date Remarks 1.0 02/01 First printing.[...]

Contents vii Contents Chapter 1 LSI40909G-S Description 1.1 General Description 1-1 1.2 F eatures 1-1 1.2.1 PCI Interf ace 1-1 1.2.2 FC Interf ace 1-2 1.2.3 Board Characteristics 1-2 1.2.4 FC Link Activity/Link F ault LED 1-3 Chapter 2 Installing the LSI40909G-S 2.1 Quick Installation Procedure 2-1 2.2 Detailed Installation Procedure 2-2 2.2.1 Bef [...]

viii Contents Chapter 4 LSI40909G-S T echnical Characteristics 4.1 Ph ysical Environment 4-1 4.1.1 Ph ysical Characteristics 4-1 4.1.2 Electrical Characteristics 4-2 4.1.3 Thermal, Atmospher ic Characteristics 4-2 4.1.4 Electromagnetic Compliance 4-3 4.1.5 Saf ety Characteristics 4-3 4.2 Operational En vironment 4-3 4.2.1 The PCI Interf ace 4-3 4.2[...]

LSI40909G-S PCI to Fibre Channel Host Adapter f or Sun Solaris 1-1 3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 12 pc 12.938 pc 13.851 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 34.732 pc Chapter 1 LSI40909G-S Description This chapter describes the LSI40909G-S PCI to Fibre Channel (FC) Host Adapter board and includes these topics: • Section 1.1, “General Desc[...]

3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc 1-2 LSI40909G-S Description The PCI interf ace includes these f eatures: • Full 64-bit DMA bus master • LSIFC909 functionality: – Zero wait-state b us master data bursts up to 1 Kb yte – Complies with PCI Local Bus Specification, Re vision 2.2 – 3.3 V interf a[...]

3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc F eatures 1-3 1.2.4 FC Link Activity/Link Fault LED The LSI40909G-S provides a dual-purpose LED visible through the brac ket which indicates activity on the FC link when the LED is green. This LED tur ns yello w when there has been a fault on the FC link.[...]

3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc 1-4 LSI40909G-S Description[...]

LSI40909G-S PCI to Fibre Channel Host Adapter f or Sun Solaris 2-1 3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 12 pc 12.938 pc 13.851 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 34.732 pc Chapter 2 Installing the LSI40909G-S This chapter provides instructions on how to install the LSI40909G-S and includes these topics: • Section 2.1, “Quick Installation Proce[...]

3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc 2-2 Installing the LSI40909G-S 2.2 Detailed Installation Pr ocedure This section provides step-b y-step instructions for installing the LSI40909G-S. If y ou are experienced in these tasks, y ou ma y pref er to use Section 2.1, “Quick Installation Procedure . ” 2.2.1 [...]

3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc Detailed Installation Procedure 2-3 the edge; do not touch board components or gold connector contacts. The use of a static ground str ap is recommended. Step 5. Locate the slots f or PCI plug-in board installation. Ref er to the computer’ s user’ s manual to confir[...]

3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc 2-4 Installing the LSI40909G-S Figure 2.1 Hard ware Connections for the LSI40909G-S Step 7. Carefully inser t edge connector J1 (see Figure 2.1 ) of the host adapter into the PCI slot. Make sure the edge connector is properly aligned bef ore pressing the board into place[...]

3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc Detailed Installation Procedure 2-5 Figure 2.2 Inserting the Host Adapter Step 8. Secure the board with the brac ket scre w (see Figure 2.2 ) before making the e xter nal FC link connection. Step 9. Connect the FC cable to the LSI40909G-S . 32-bit PCI Slots 64-bit PCI Sl[...]

3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc 2-6 Installing the LSI40909G-S[...]

LSI40909G-S PCI to Fibre Channel Host Adapter f or Sun Solaris 3-1 Chapter 3 Software Installation This chapter describes the features and use of the LSI Logic/IntraServer de vice drivers f or the Solar is operating system 2.6, 2.7, and 2.8. This chapter includes these topics: • Section 3.1, “Installing the Sun SP ARC Solar is Fusion-MPT™ Dri[...]

3-2 Software Installation 3.1.1 Features The f ollowing f eatures of the LSI40909G-S minimize CPU utilization: • Uses state of the ar t Fusion-MPT interface , providing support f or FC , SCSI, and RAID de vices with a single binar y image. • Provides highly efficient, lo w CPU usage architecture. • Multipor t functionality minimizes slot usa[...]

Installing the Sun SP ARC Solaris Fusion-MPT™ Drivers 3-3 Step 2. When the banner is displa yed, press the Stop-A k eys to interrupt the boot process and stop at the ok prompt. Step 3. Use the show-devs command to list the system de vices. Y ou should see an output similar to the f ollowing e xample, as shown in Figure 3.1 : Figure 3.1 System Dev[...]

3-4 Software Installation 3.1.4 Identifying the FC Disks The probe-scsi-all command is used to identify the FC disk de vices on your LSI Logic/Intr aSer ver adapter , as sho wn in Figure 3.2 . Figure 3.2 FC Disk Devices Listing ok probe-scsi-all /pci@1f,0/pci@1/IntraServer,Ultra2-scsi@1 Target 0 Unit 0 Disk IBM DNES-309170W SA30 /pci@1f,0/pci@1/pci[...]

Installing the Sun SP ARC Solaris Fusion-MPT™ Drivers 3-5 If the FC disks on your LSI Logic/Intr aSer ver adapter are not identified by y our system, check the f ollowing: 1. Are all the FC cables correctly connected to the disk enclosure? 2. Is the disk enclosure powered up? 3. If the external disk enclosure required a loopback connector , is t[...]

3-6 Software Installation Figure 3.3 P ersistent Device Mapping ok show-disks a) /pci@1f,0/pci@1/IntraServer,fc@2/disk b) /pci@1f,0/pci@1/IntraServer,Ultra2-scsi@1/disk c) /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/cdrom 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/IntraSer[...]

Installing the itmpt Sun SP ARC Solaris FC Driver 3-7 T o clear an entr y in the persistent device map , use the clear-persistent command, as shown in Figure 3.4 : Figure 3.4 Clearing an Entry Entr y 1 has been deleted from the table , and the table is no w empty . 3.1.6 itmpt Device Driver The LSI Logic/IntraServer itmpt driver is designed to Sun [...]

3-8 Software Installation 3.2.1.1 Floppy Disk Install If you receiv ed the dr ivers on a flopp y diskette , f ollow these steps: Step 1. Place the diskette in the flopp y dr iv e and e x ecute the volcheck command to ensure the system sees the flopp y . Step 2. Change the director y to the root of the flopp y (e.g. " cd /floppy/floppy0 &qu[...]

Installing the itmpt Sun SP ARC Solaris FC Driver 3-9 Figure 3.5 pkgadd Procedure The following packages are available: 1 TImpt LSI Logic/IntraServer FusionMPT(tm) Fibrechannel/SCSI drivers (sparc) itmpt kit version 1.1 Select package(s) you wish to process (or 'all' to process all packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]: 1 Processing package [...]

3-10 Software Installation Figure 3.6 Completing Floppy Disk Installation See Figure 3.8 f or additional inf or mation. Figure 3.7 Completing Floppy Disk Installation (Continued) T o suppor t nonzero LUNs , which is default f or most RAID controllers such as the LSI Logic MetaStor ® ,y o u must edit the file /kernel/dr v/ssd.conf as shown in Figu[...]

Installing the itmpt Sun SP ARC Solaris FC Driver 3-11 Figure 3.8 /kernel/drv/ssd.conf Step 4. The itmpt device driver is no w installed. Reboot the machine to reconfigure the system and to recognize the ne w de vices. 3.2.1.2 Distribution File Install If you receiv ed the dr iv ers in an itmpt_install.tar .Z file, f ollow these steps: Step 1. Un[...]

3-12 Software Installation 3.2.2 Network Installation Pr ocedure If you are using y our LSI Logic/IntraSer ver adapter to suppor t your Sparc Solaris system disk, you must install the Solaris operating system using a network install. This section describes a complete installation of Solar is to a client system using LSI Logic/IntraServer FC adapter[...]

Installing the itmpt Sun SP ARC Solaris FC Driver 3-13 cd /floppy/floppy0 Step 3. Ex ecute the install.sh shell script to add the itmpt dr iver to the boot installation area: ./install.sh –n /export/home/install/Solaris_2.7 Notes: • F or Solaris 2.8 boot files, the director y would be /e xpor t/home/install/Solaris_2.8. • The message “majo[...]

3-14 Software Installation Note: Y ou can obtain the platf orm_group from a machine of the same type as the target client using the uname –m command . 3.2.2.4 Booting the Client Using the itmpt FC Driver Now y ou can begin the installation of the Solar is operating system to the client target machine using the boot and install ser ver . On the cl[...]

T roub leshooting 3-15 Notes: The message “major number maximum based on server , not client” can saf ely be ignored. Y our Sun machine will prompt you to allo w pow er saving automatic shutdown. Y ou must ans wer no to this question if you are using the LSI Logic/Intr aSer ver adapter to suppor t your boot disk. If you change the disk driv e c[...]

3-16 Software Installation itmpt<n>: Could not allocate memor y to read configuration data. The driver w as unable to allocate memory required to process the configuration data. This means that the configuration w as not properly deter mined. T o fix this you ma y need to manually configure the driver using the itmpt.conf file. itmpt<[...]

T roub leshooting 3-17 itmpt<n>: The adapter is malfunctioning or is of an unknown type. The driver is not ab le to communicate with the hardware . Y ou ma y need to update your driv er or your hardw are. itmpt<n>: The adapter is malfunctioning. – itmpt<n>: F ailed to create minor node required f or DMI interface . The driver wa[...]

3-18 Software Installation[...]

LSI40909G-S PCI to Fibre Channel Host Adapter f or Sun Solaris 4-1 Chapter 4 LSI40909G-S T echnical Characteristics This chapter provides specific details about the ph ysical environment associated with the LSI40909G-S. This chapter includes these topics: • Section 4.1, “Ph ysical Environment, ” page 4-1 • Section 4.2, “Operational En vi[...]

4-2 LSI40909G-S T echnical Characteristics Figure 4.1 LSI40909G-S Components 4.1.2 Electrical Characteristics Under nor mal conditions, the LSI40909G-S maxim um power requirement i s :+5VD C , ± 5%, 1.0 A, and ov er the operating range 0 ° Ct o5 5 ° C. Under abnor mal conditions + 5 V current ma y be higher . The PCI PRSNT1/ and PRSNT2/ pins are[...]

Operational En vironment 4-3 The f ollowing par ameters define the storage and transit en vironment for the LSI40909G-S: • Storage T emperature: − 45 ° Ct o+8 5 ° C (dr y bulb) • Relative Humidity Range: 5% to 95% noncondensing 4.1.4 Electroma gnetic Compliance These boards minimize electromagnetic emissions , susceptibility , and the eff [...]

4-4 LSI40909G-S T echnical Characteristics 3.3 V v oltage regulator . The PCI + 3 V/+ 5 V pins are used to diff erentiate between a 5 V or a 3.3 V PCI signaling environment. 4.2.2 The FC Interface The LSI40909G-S Fibre Channel interf ace provides an optical connection to the FC link. The GBIC board uses an SCA connector and rail set which accepts a[...]

LSI40909G-S PCI to Fibre Channel Host Adapter f or Sun Solaris A-1 3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 12 pc 12.938 pc 13.851 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 34.732 pc Appendix A Glossary of T erms and Abbre viations 8B/10B A data encoding scheme de veloped b y IBM, translating byte wide data to an encoded 10-bit f or mat. ANSI American Nation[...]

3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc A-2 Glossar y of T erms and Abbreviations Configuration Ref ers to the wa y a computer is setup; the combined hardware components (computer , monitor , keyboard, and peripheral de vices) that make up a computer system; or the softw are settings that allow the hardware c[...]

3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc Glossar y of T erms and Abbre viations A-3 FC-1 Middle le vel of the FC-PH standard, defining the 8B/10B encoding/decoding and transmission protocol. FC-2 Highest le v el of FC-PH, defining the rules for signaling protocol and describing transfer of the fr ame, sequenc[...]

3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc A-4 Glossar y of T erms and Abbreviations Host The computer system in which a SCSI host adapter is installed. It uses the SCSI host adapter to transf er information to and from devices attached to the SCSI bus . Host Adapter A circuit board or integrated circuit that pro[...]

3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc Glossar y of T erms and Abbre viations A-5 Operating System A program that organiz es the internal activities of the computer and its peripheral devices . An operating system performs basic tasks such as moving data to and from de vices, and managing inf or mation in mem[...]

3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc A-6 Glossar y of T erms and Abbreviations Responder An FC ter m ref erring to the answ ering device . RISC Core LSIFC909 chips contain a RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) processor , programmed through microcode scripts. ROM Read Only Memor y . Memor y from which i[...]

3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc Glossar y of T erms and Abbre viations A-7 System BIOS Controls the low le vel POST (P ower-On Self-T est), and basic operation of the CPU and computer system. TID T arget ID . T opology The logical and/or physical arrangement of stations on a netw ork. ULP Upper La yer [...]

3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc A-8 Glossar y of T erms and Abbreviations[...]

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