HP (Hewlett-Packard) A6826A инструкция обслуживания

HP StorageWorks A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itanium Linux systems installation guide Part number: AA–RV12C– TE Third edition: October 2005[...]

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A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itanium Linux systems installation guid e 3 Contents About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Intended audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Related docu[...]

4 B Building a driver from sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Building a uniprocesso r version of the driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Building a multiprocesso r version of the d river . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 5 About this guide This guide provides information about: • Installing, configuring, and troubleshooting the A6826A PC I-X host bus adapter (HBA) for Linux® operating systems. • Contacting technical support for additional assistance Intended audience This guide is inte[...]

6 Document conventions and symbols WARNING! Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in bodily harm or death. CAUTION: Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or data. IMPORTANT: Provides clarifying informatio n or specific instr uctions. NOTE: Provides additional information. Table 1 Document[...]

A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 7 TIP: Provides helpful hints and shortcuts. HP technical support Telephone numbers for worldwide technical s upport are listed on the HP support we b site: http://www.hp.com/support . Collect the following information before calling: • Technical su pport regis trati on n[...]

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A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 9 1 HBA features This chapter describes the features of the A6826A PCI-X HBA for Lin ux includes: • Performan ce specif ications , page 9 • Environmental specifications , pa ge 9 • Physical specifications , page 10 Performance specifications The A6826A HBA is a 2GB, h[...]

HBA features 10 Physical specifications Table 3 lists the HBA specifications. Table 3 HBA Specifications Type Specification Host bus Conforms to PCI Local Bus Specification , Revision 2.2 Fibre Channel specification s Bus type: fiber opt ic media Bus transfer rate: 200 Mb/s maximum at half duplex 400 Mb/s m aximum at full duplex Interface chip: ISP[...]

A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 11 2 Installing the HBA This chapter describes the procedure for insta lling the A682 6A HBA. This chapter incl udes: • Installation prerequisites , page 12 • Installing the HBA , page 13 See the host documentation for installing the HBA. CAUTION: Disconnect the host fr[...]

Installing the HBA 12 Installation prerequisites Before you begin, make sure you have the following: • A screwdriver (Phillips #1). • An optical multimode cable with an LC-style duplex connector. • Each HBA has a unique serial number that is located on the bottom of the HBA. Check the HBA and record its serial number, in the unlikely ev ent t[...]

A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 13 Jumpers The jumpers on the HBA are set to the default stat e of the laser and are set at the factory with a jumper plug on pi ns 1-2 of the J3 jumpe r and on pins 1-2 of the J4 jumper. CAUTION: Changing the jumper settings can result in the HBA being ino perable. Before [...]

Installing the HBA 14 11. Apply the power: a. Verify that the HBA is secure ly installed in the computer. b. Verify that the correct media is attached. c. Plug in and turn on the computer. d. Observe LEDs for Powe r On Self Test (POST) results. See ” POST conditions and results ” on page 25 for information about the LED indicators.[...]

A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 15 3 Installing the Linux driver This chapter provides instructions for installi ng the Linux qla2300 driver fo r the A6826A HBA on an already installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Red Hat EL) or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SUSE SLES) for 64-bit Itanium systems. The softwar[...]

Installing the Linux driver 16 Installing the driver kit HP recommends installing the comple te driver kit for this HBA. The kit contains the HBA driver and the utilities that you need to d eploy the A6826A HBA on Linux. NOTE: Using the following procedure installs the RPM and fibreutils. To install the complete HP driver kit: 1. Copy the .gz file [...]

A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 17 Using fibreutils RPM HP recommends using the fibreutils utility that is inst alled by the driver kit. It contains useful utilities for managing fibre-attached storage. To manually install this RPM, enter the following command: # rpm -ivh fibreutils-<version>.rpm Fo[...]

Installing the Linux driver 18 Perform the following steps to install the qla2300 driver on the boot drive: 1. Build the driver binary file. To build a driver binary from source files, see ” Building a driver from sourc es ” on page 31. 2. Copy the qla2300.o binary file to the following dir ectory: /lib/modules/<kernel_release_version >/k[...]

A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 19 4. Build the ramdisk image file: • For a single-process or system, enter the following commands, rep lacing x.x.xx–x.x with your Linux version number: /sbin/mkinitrd /boot/newinitrd-image x.x.xx-x.x • For a multiprocessor system, enter the following commands, repla[...]

Installing the Linux driver 20 e. If your system has a previous versi on of the ql a driver, rename the old binary included in the original distribution to ensure that it does not interfere with the u pdated version as follows: # cd /lib/module s/<kernel_release_ version>/kernel/ drivers/addon/qla2300 # mv qla2300.o qla2300_rh.o After renamin[...]

A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 21 Driver command line parameters Several command line options are available. For example: • Verbose — This option provide s detailed debug information. For example: # insmod qla2300.o options = verbose Waiting for LIP to complete.... scsi%d: Topology - %s, Host Loop ad[...]

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A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 23 4 Troubleshooting This chapter includes the following informatio n to help you determine why the HBA is not functioning properly. • Hardware problem checklist , page 24 • System configuration problems , page 24 • Fibre Channel problem checklist , page 24 • POST c[...]

Trouble shooting 24 Hardware problem checklist Check the following to determi ne if there is a hardware problem: • Are all of the circuit cards installed secu rely in the system? • Are all of the cables securel y connected to the correct connecto rs? Be sure that the FC cables that attach from the HBA connectors to the de vice are connected cor[...]

A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 25 POST conditions and results Figure 1 on page 12 shows the position of the POST LED indi cators. If the LEDs indicate a failure during POST: 1. Make sure the HBA is seated firmly in the PCI slo t. 2. Verify that the fiber cable co nnection to the HBA is secure. 3. Check t[...]

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A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 27 AC o n f i g u r i n g t h e H B A This appendix describes how to configure the A68 26A HBA on Linux system s using the Configuration protocol Driver Configuration menu. NOTE: This process is for advanced users who want to c ustomize the configuration of the A6826A HBA a[...]

Configuring the HBA 28 The following example shows the Driver Configuration menu. Main Menu NVRAM Parameters 1. Edit Adapter Settings 2. Edit Advanced Settings 3. Edit Database 4. Edit Boot Settings Information 5. Show Database 6. Show Translation 7. Show NVRAM Buffer 8. Info 9. Help Operation 10. Abandon 11. Write 12. Quit[...]

A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 29 Table 5 describes the Driver Co nfiguration components. Table 5 Driver Configuration menu components Menu Option Description NVRAM Parameters 1. Edit Adapter Settings Displays the Edit Adapter Settings menu. 2. Edit Advanced Settings Displays the Edit Advanced Settings m[...]

Configuring the HBA 30 Information 10. Abandon Abandons the changes in the current Configuration protocol local buffer and reloads its contents from the HBA’s NVRAM. 11. Write Writes the current Configuration protocol local buffer to the HBA’s NVRAM. Use this function any time you use a menu selection to modify configuration data. When the NVRA[...]

A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 31 B Building a driver from sources This appendix describes how to build a Linux driver from sources. In some cases, it may be necess ary to build the driver in your config uration locall y. These instructions for building the driver are required only if the driver was not [...]

Building a driver from sources 32 Building a uniprocessor version of the driver Perform the following steps to build a uniprocessor version of the qla2300 drive r: 1. If not already installed, extract the kernel-he ader and kernel-sou rce RPM files from your Linux CD-ROM distribution. For example: # cd /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS # rpm -iv kernel-header[...]

A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 33 Building a multiprocessor vers ion of the driver Perform the following steps to build an SMP version of the qla2300 driver: 1. If not already installed, extract the kernel-he ader and kernel-sou rce RPM files from your Linux CD-ROM distribution. For example: # cd /mnt/cd[...]

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35 A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itanium Linux systems installation guid e C Regulatory compliance and safety Laser device All HP systems equipped with a laser device comply with safe ty standards, including International Electrotechni cal Commission (IEC) 82 5. With specific rega rd to the laser, the equipment complies with laser product perfo[...]

Regulatory compliance and safety 36 Laser product label The optional label in Figure 2 or equivalent may be located on the surface of the HP-supplied laser device. Figure 2 Class 1 laser product label International notices and statements Canadian notice (avis Canadien) Class A equipment This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirem ents of the [...]

37 A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itanium Linux systems installation guid e BSMI notice Japanese notice Korean notices[...]

Regulatory compliance and safety 38 Electrostatic discharge To prevent damage to the system, be aware of th e precautions you need to follow when setting up the system or handling parts. A discharge of static electricity from a finger or other conductor may damage system boar ds or other static-sensitive devices. This type of damage may reduce the [...]

A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 39 Index A audience 5 authorized reseller, HP 7 B boot drive, installing drivers on 17 BSMI, regulatory compliance notice 37 C certification and classifica tion information, laser 35 Class A equipment, Canadian compliance statement 36 configuring HBAs on Linux 27 convention[...]

40 J Japan, regulatory compliance notice 37 K Korean, regulatory compliance notice 37 L label, laser 36 laser internationa l certificat ion and classification inform ation 35 product label 36 radiation, warning 35 LED states 25 Linux configuring HBAs 27 installing drivers on boot drive 17 loading drivers 18 qla2300 driver 15 M multiprocessor driver[...]