Qlogic QLA2500 Software Manual

Solaris Support
®
for FC HBAs
Drivers and Utilities for FC SAN
Connectivity
Quick Facts (qla and qlc Drivers)
• The qlc driver is a native Fibre Channel (FC) driver
for the Sun Leadville stack. This driver works with
both Sun and QLogic branded HBAs.
• The qla driver is a SCSI-to-FC emulation driver (an
"sd" attached driver), and attaches only to QLogic
branded HBAs
• A qla driver installed on a system that already has
a qlc driver installed will only attach to QLogic
branded HBAs, leaving Sun branded HBAs to the qlc
driver
• Topology support includes Point-To-Point F_port,
FL_port, N_port, and Arbitrated Loop
• Protocol support includes SCSI-FC, FC-IP, and FC-
Tape
• MSI-X enabled for 4/8Gb HBAs
• Supports 256 LUNs/target (qla)
• Supports 16K LUNs/target (qlc)
• Enhanced loop ID support (2048 loop IDs) in F_port
configuration
• FC Tape device support
• Beacon support (except QLA200 and QLA210)
Quick Facts (qla Driver)
• Processes RSCN without I/O interruption of other targets
• Persistent name binding by WWPN and fabric port ID
pkgadd
• Attended installation using
• Unattended installation using QLogic SANsurfer Solaris Driver Installer
ql_autoinstall ) utility
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• FC-SP
High Availability
• MPxIO failover (qlc)
• Integrated failover (qla)
Manageability
• Tools to configure and manage QLogic FC HBAs:
– SANsurfer FC HBA Manager (GUI)
– SANsurfer FC HBA CLI support for both interactive and scriptable
modes of operation
• Wizards for configuring failover, persistent binding, LUN masking, and
updating the HBA parameters during HBA installation
Other
• "Solaris Ready" qualified (qla)
• Fully Solaris qualified (qlc)
F a c t S H E E t