Qlogic SANblade 2300 Series User Manual

Qlogic SANblade 2300 Series User Manual

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SANblade 2300 Series User's Guide
2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters
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  • Page 1 S i m p l i f y SANblade 2300 Series User’s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters FC2354601-00 A Page i...
  • Page 2 Information furnished in this manual is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, QLogic Corporation assumes no responsibility for its use, nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use. QLogic Corporation reserves the right to change product specifications at any time without notice.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Section 1 Introduction How to Use this Guide......General Description.
  • Page 4 SANblade 2300 Series User’s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters Agency Certification ....... 2-20 2.7.1 EMI and EMC Requirements .
  • Page 5 SANblade 2300 Series User’s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters Part II Software Section 5 Windows NT Driver Installation Introduction ........Windows NT Driver Files .
  • Page 6 SANblade 2300 Series User’s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters 6.5.3 QL2x00IP NDIS Driver Configuration ....6.5.4 Removing the QL2x00IP NDIS Driver ....Section 7 Windows XP Driver Installation Introduction .
  • Page 7 10.3 Installing the Solaris SPARC Driver from the QLogic Web Site ........
  • Page 8 SANblade 2300 Series User’s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters Fibre Channel Data Rates......3-15 QLA2342/2342L HBA Operating Environment .
  • Page 9: Introduction

    Introduction How to Use this Guide The SANblade QLogic host bus adapters (HBAs) supported in this document are described in the following paragraphs; they are collectively referred to as the QLA23xx HBA unless otherwise noted. These HBAs are all low-profile, 64-bit PCI to Fibre Channel optical media.
  • Page 10: Features

    1 – Introduction Features With its increased connectivity and performance, Fibre Channel is the I/O technology preferred and used by system designers. Features Compliance with PCI Local Bus Specification revision 2.2 Compliance with PCI-X Addendum (revision 1.0) to the PCI Local Bus Specification Compliance with Third Generation Fibre Channel-Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH-3) standard...
  • Page 11: Part I

    Part I Hardware This part of the SANblade 2300 User’s Guide describes the host bus adapters (HBAs) and how to install and configure them. See the section that corresponds to your HBA. Section 4 contains troubleshooting information. Section QLA2340/2340L QLA2342/2342L FC2354601-00 A...
  • Page 12 I – Hardware FC2354601-00 A...
  • Page 13: Qla2340/2340L

    Section 2 QLA2340/2340L QLA2340/2340L HBA Components Figure 2-1 identifies the QLA2340/2340L HBA components referenced throughout this section. Each QLA2340/2340L HBA has a unique serial number; its location on the HBA is noted in figure 2-1. Take a minute to write down the serial number of the QLA2340/2340L HBA.
  • Page 14: Leds

    2 – QLA2340/2340L Installation in the Computer 2.1.1 LEDs Figure 2-2 identifies and describes the activity of the QLA2340/2340L HBA LEDs. AMBER LED GREEN LED J1 CONNECTOR LEDs Green Amber Activity J1 CONNECTOR Power Online Signal acquired Flashing Loss of synchronization Flashing Flashing Firmware error...
  • Page 15 2 – QLA2340/2340L Installation in the Computer Perform the following steps to install the QLA2340/2340L HBA in your PC: 1. Check the motherboard and make any configuration changes necessary to accommodate the QLA2340/2340L HBA. The QLA2340/2340L HBA is self-configuring; however, some motherboards require manual configuration.
  • Page 16: Installation Help

    The BIOS is disabled by default. Consequently, the devices attached to the QLA2340/2340L HBA are not identified. For example: QLogic Corporation QLA23xx PCI Fibre Channel ROM BIOS Version x.xx Copyright (C) QLogic Corporation 2000 All rights reserved. www.qlogic.com Press <CNTRL-Q> for Fast!UTIL BIOS for Adapter 0 is disabled...
  • Page 17: Fast!Util

    QLA2340/2340L HBA and the connected devices. The QLA2340/2340L HBA can be configured using Fast!UTIL, QLogic’s BIOS-resident configuration tool. Access Fast!UTIL by pressing CNTRL+Q during the QLA2340/2340L HBA BIOS initialization (it may take a few seconds for the Fast!UTIL Options menu to display).
  • Page 18: Host Adapter Settings

    2 – QLA2340/2340L Fast!UTIL 2.3.2.1 Host Adapter Settings From the Configuration Settings menu in Fast!UTIL, select Host Adapter Settings. The default settings for the QLA2340/2340L HBA are listed in table 2-1 and described in the following paragraphs. Table 2-1. Host Adapter Settings Setting Options Default...
  • Page 19: Restore Default Settings

    QLA2340/2340L HBA default settings. 2.3.2.4 Raw NVRAM Data This option displays the adapter’s NVRAM contents in hexadecimal format. This is a QLogic troubleshooting tool; you cannot modify the data. 2.3.2.5 Advanced Adapter Settings From the Configuration Settings menu in Fast!UTIL, select Advanced Adapter Settings.
  • Page 20: Advanced Adapter Settings

    2 – QLA2340/2340L Fast!UTIL Table 2-2. Advanced Adapter Settings (Continued) Setting Options Default Disable Database Load Yes, No IOCB Allocation 1–512 buffers 256 buffers Extended Error Logging Enabled, Disabled Disabled Execution Throttle. This setting specifies the maximum number of commands executing on any one port. When a port’s execution throttle is reached, no new commands are executed until the current command finishes executing.
  • Page 21: Extended Firmware Settings

    2 – QLA2340/2340L Fast!UTIL NOTE: The driver being loaded must support this setting. If the driver does not support this setting, the result is the same as Disabled regardless of the setting. Leaving this option enabled guaranties a certified combination of software driver and RISC firmware. Enable Database Updates.
  • Page 22: Rio Operation Modes

    2 – QLA2340/2340L Fast!UTIL Table 2-3. Extended Firmware Settings (Continued) Setting Options Default Interrupt Delay Timer 0–255 Data Rate 0, 1, 2 Extended Control Block. This setting enables all other extended firmware settings. The default is Enabled. RIO Operation Mode. This setting specifies the reduced interrupt operation (RIO) modes, if supported by the software driver.
  • Page 23: Scan Fibre Channel Devices

    2 – QLA2340/2340L Fast!UTIL Fibre Channel Confirm. This setting enables the host to send the FCP confirmation frame when requested by the target. The default is Enabled. This setting must be Enabled if the Fibre Channel Tape Support setting is Enabled.
  • Page 24: Fcode

    Flashing a QLA2340/2340L HBA with FCode Flash the QLA2340/2340L HBA with FCode if you want to update the existing FCode on the QLA2340/2340L HBA. A QLogic Solaris SPARC driver revision 3.06 or later must be installed before the flash utility can be run.
  • Page 25: Setting The Qla2340/2340L Hba Connection Mode

    Perform the following steps to view the current QLA2340/2340L HBA connection mode and change it if necessary. NOTE: Due to possible equipment incompatibility, QLogic does not recommend selecting connection mode 3. 1. Select the QLA2340/2340L HBA attached to the Fibre Channel device from which you want to boot.
  • Page 26: Setting The Qla2340/2340L Hba Loop Id

    2 – QLA2340/2340L FCode 2.4.3 Setting the QLA2340/2340L HBA Loop ID When the QLA2340/2340L HBA is currently operating in loop mode (through connection mode 0 or connection mode 2), perform the following steps to view its loop ID and change it if necessary: 1.
  • Page 27: Selecting The Boot Device

    Calculating NVRAM checksum, please wait... Current HBA data rate: Two Gigabit rate Table 2-6 lists the values to enter and their corresponding data rates. QLogic recommends the Auto-negotiated rate (2), which works for most devices. Table 2-6. Fibre Channel Data Rates...
  • Page 28: Building The Bootable Disk

    5. For example: ok boot /pci@1f,0/pci@1/QLGC,qla@4/sd@82,0 NOTE: Enter the reset command before attempting to boot if the boot was interrupted or any of the QLogic FCode commands were executed. 2.4.6 Building the Bootable Disk This procedure assumes that the system is already booted from an existing system hard disk, and that you have already performed a full system backup.
  • Page 29 2 – QLA2340/2340L FCode If there were not at least 1.7 GB free on this disk, you would need to create a partition on the new bootable disk large enough to hold the largest temporary saveset files plus the largest used space on a partition. In this example, it would be a 3.2 GB (1.6 GB+1.6 GB) partition.
  • Page 30 2 – QLA2340/2340L FCode 6. Use the ufsdump utility to copy the root partition to the new book disk. For example: ufsdump 0f - / | ufsrestore rf - 7. Use the rm command to delete the restoresymtable file: rm restoresymtable 8.
  • Page 31: Specifications

    400 MBps maximum at full-duplex Interface chip: ISP2312 Single-chip design that includes a QLogic RISC processor, Fibre Channel protocol manager, PCI/PCI-X DMA controller, and integrated serializer/deserializer (SERDES) and electrical transceivers that can auto-negotiate a data rate of 1 Gbps or 2 Gbps...
  • Page 32: Label

    2 – QLA2340/2340L Label Table 2-8. QLA2340/2340L HBA Specifications (Continued) Type Specification NVRAM 256 bytes, field programmable Onboard Five-channel DMA controller: two data, one command, one auto-DMA request, and one auto-DMA response Frame buffer Integrated 4-KB transmit and 6-KB receive frame buffer FIFO for each data FIFO channel Connectors...
  • Page 33: Product Safety Requirements

    2 – QLA2340/2340L Agency Certification CE Mark 89/336/EEC EMC Directive EN55022:1998/CISPR22:1997 Class B Radiated Emission Class B Conducted Emission Class B EN55024:1998 Immunity Standards EN61000-4-2 :1995 EN61000-4-3 :1995 RF Electro Magnetic Field EN61000-4-4 :1995 Fast Transient/Burst EN61000-4-5 :1995 Fast Surge Common/Differential EN61000-4-6 :1996 RF Conducted Susceptibility EN61000-4-8 : 1994...
  • Page 34 2 – QLA2340/2340L Agency Certification 2-22 FC2354601-00 A...
  • Page 35: Qla2342/2342L

    Section 3 QLA2342/2342L QLA2342/2342L HBA Components Figure 3-1 identifies the QLA2342/2342L HBA components referenced throughout this section. Each QLA2342/2342L HBA has a unique serial number; its location on the HBA is noted in figure 3-1. Take a minute to write down the serial number of the QLA2342/2342L HBA.
  • Page 36: Leds

    3 – QLA2342/2342L Installation in the Computer 3.1.1 LEDs Figure 3-2 identifies and describes the activity of the QLA2342/2342L HBA LEDs. AMBER LED GREEN LED J1 CONNECTOR LEDs Green Amber Activity J1 CONNECTOR Power J2 CONNECTOR Online Signal acquired J2 CONNECTOR LEDs Flashing Loss of synchronization GREEN LED...
  • Page 37 3 – QLA2342/2342L Installation in the Computer Perform the following steps to install the QLA2342/2342L HBA in your PC: 1. Check the motherboard and make any configuration changes necessary to accommodate the QLA2342/2342L HBA. The QLA2342/2342L HBA is self-configuring; however, some motherboards require manual configuration.
  • Page 38: Installation Help

    The BIOS is disabled by default. Consequently, the devices attached to the QLA2342/2342L HBA are not identified. For example: QLogic Corporation QLA23xx PCI Fibre Channel ROM BIOS Version x.xx Copyright (C) QLogic Corporation 2000 All rights reserved. www.qlogic.com Press <CNTRL-Q> for Fast!UTIL BIOS for Adapter 0 is disabled...
  • Page 39: Fast!Util

    QLA2342/2342L HBA and the connected devices. The QLA2342/2342L HBA can be configured using Fast!UTIL, QLogic’s BIOS-resident configuration tool. Access Fast!UTIL by pressing CNTRL+Q during the QLA2342/2342L HBA BIOS initialization (it may take a few seconds for the Fast!UTIL Options menu to display).
  • Page 40: Selectable Boot Settings

    3 – QLA2342/2342L Fast!UTIL 3.3.2.1 Host Adapter Settings From the Configuration Settings menu in Fast!UTIL, select Host Adapter Settings. The default settings for the QLA2342/2342L HBA are listed in table 3-1 and described in the following paragraphs. Table 3-1. Host Adapter Settings Setting Options Default...
  • Page 41: Restore Default Settings

    QLA2342/2342L HBA default settings. 3.3.2.4 Raw NVRAM Data This option displays the adapter’s NVRAM contents in hexadecimal format. This is a QLogic troubleshooting tool; you cannot modify the data. 3.3.2.5 Advanced Adapter Settings From the Configuration Settings menu in Fast!UTIL, select Advanced Adapter Settings.
  • Page 42 3 – QLA2342/2342L Fast!UTIL Table 3-2. Advanced Adapter Settings (Continued) Setting Options Default Disable Database Load Yes, No IOCB Allocation 1–512 buffers 256 buffers Extended Error Logging Enabled, Disabled Disabled Execution Throttle. This setting specifies the maximum number of commands executing on any one port. When a port’s execution throttle is reached, no new commands are executed until the current command finishes executing.
  • Page 43 3 – QLA2342/2342L Fast!UTIL NOTE: The driver being loaded must support this setting. If the driver does not support this setting, the result is the same as Disabled regardless of the setting. Leaving this option enabled guaranties a certified combination of software driver and RISC firmware. Enable Database Updates.
  • Page 44: Rio Operation Modes

    3 – QLA2342/2342L Fast!UTIL Table 3-3. Extended Firmware Settings (Continued) Setting Options Default Interrupt Delay Timer 0–255 Data Rate 0, 1, 2 Extended Control Block. This setting enables all other extended firmware settings. The default is Enabled. RIO Operation Mode. This setting specifies the reduced interrupt operation (RIO) modes, if supported by the software driver.
  • Page 45: Scan Fibre Channel Devices

    3 – QLA2342/2342L Fast!UTIL Fibre Channel Confirm. This setting enables the host to send the FCP confirmation frame when requested by the target. The default is Enabled. This setting must be Enabled if the Fibre Channel Tape Support setting is Enabled.
  • Page 46: Fcode

    Flashing a QLA2342/2342L HBA with FCode Flash the QLA2342/2342L HBA with FCode if you want to update the existing FCode on the QLA2342/2342L HBA. A QLogic Solaris SPARC driver revision 3.06 or later must be installed before the flash utility can be run.
  • Page 47 Perform the following steps to view the current QLA2342/2342L HBA connection mode and change it if necessary. NOTE: Due to possible equipment incompatibility, QLogic does not recommend selecting connection mode 3. 1. Select the QLA2342/2342L HBA attached to the Fibre Channel device from which you want to boot.
  • Page 48: Setting The Qla2342/2342L Hba Loop Id

    3 – QLA2342/2342L FCode 3.4.3 Setting the QLA2342/2342L HBA Loop ID When the QLA2342/2342L HBA is currently operating in loop mode (through connection mode 0 or connection mode 2), perform the following steps to view its loop ID and change it if necessary: 1.
  • Page 49: Selecting The Boot Device

    Calculating NVRAM checksum, please wait... Current HBA data rate: Two Gigabit rate Table 3-6 lists the values to enter and their corresponding data rates. QLogic recommends the Auto-negotiated rate (2), which works for most devices. Table 3-6. Fibre Channel Data Rates...
  • Page 50: Building The Bootable Disk

    5. For example: ok boot /pci@1f,0/pci@1/QLGC,qla@4/sd@82,0 NOTE: Enter the reset command before attempting to boot if the boot was interrupted or any of the QLogic FCode commands were executed. 3.4.6 Building the Bootable Disk This procedure assumes that the system is already booted from an existing system hard disk, and that you have already performed a full system backup.
  • Page 51 3 – QLA2342/2342L FCode If there were not at least 1.7 GB free on this disk, you would need to create a partition on the new bootable disk large enough to hold the largest temporary saveset files plus the largest used space on a partition. In this example, it would be a 3.2 GB (1.6 GB+1.6 GB) partition.
  • Page 52 3 – QLA2342/2342L FCode 6. Use the ufsdump utility to copy the root partition to the new book disk. For example: ufsdump 0f - / | ufsrestore rf - 7. Use the rm command to delete the restoresymtable file: rm restoresymtable 8.
  • Page 53: Specifications

    400 MBps maximum at full-duplex Interface chip: ISP2312 Single-chip design that includes a QLogic RISC processor, Fibre Channel protocol manager, PCI/PCI-X DMA controller, and integrated serializer/deserializer (SERDES) and electrical transceivers that can auto-negotiate a data rate of 1 Gbps or 2 Gbps...
  • Page 54: Label

    3 – QLA2342/2342L Label Table 3-8. QLA2342/2342L HBA Specifications (Continued) Type Specification NVRAM 256 bytes, field programmable Onboard Five-channel DMA controller: two data, one command, one auto-DMA request, and one auto-DMA response Frame buffer Integrated 4-KB transmit and 6-KB receive frame buffer FIFO for each data FIFO channel Connectors...
  • Page 55: Product Safety Requirements

    3 – QLA2342/2342L Agency Certification CE Mark 89/336/EEC EMC Directive EN55022:1998/CISPR22:1997 Class B Radiated Emission Class B Conducted Emission Class B EN55024:1998 Immunity Standards EN61000-4-2 :1995 EN61000-4-3 :1995 RF Electro Magnetic Field EN61000-4-4 :1995 Fast Transient/Burst EN61000-4-5 :1995 Fast Surge Common/Differential EN61000-4-6 :1996 RF Conducted Susceptibility EN61000-4-8 : 1994...
  • Page 56 3 – QLA2342/2342L Agency Certification 3-22 FC2354601-00 A...
  • Page 57: Troubleshooting

    Section 4 Troubleshooting Problems After Installation There are three basic types of installation problems that can cause your QLA23xx HBA to function incorrectly: hardware problems, system configuration problems, and Fibre Channel problems. The following section provides itemized checklists to help you determine why your QLA23xx HBA is not functioning. Hardware Problem Checklist Are all of the circuit cards installed securely in the system? Are all of the cables securely connected to the correct connectors? Be sure...
  • Page 58: Fibre Channel Problem Checklist

    4 – Troubleshooting Fibre Channel Problem Checklist Fibre Channel Problem Checklist Were all of the FC devices powered up before you powered up the PC? Check that all cables are properly connected. Have you configured your RAID controller using the utilities provided by the manufacturer? Some Fibre Channel switches support zoning.
  • Page 59: Software

    The latest version of the QLA23xx drivers are located on the QLogic Web site, http://www.qlogic.com. QLogic drivers are self-extracting and meant to be downloaded onto disks. The installation instructions in this guide assume that the QLogic drivers reside on disks. FC2354601-00 A II-1...
  • Page 60 II – Software II-2 FC2354601-00 A...
  • Page 61: Windows Nt Driver Installation

    Windows NT 4.0 operating system that has an older version of the driver Windows NT Driver Files The latest version of the software drivers and documentation for Windows NT are available on the QLogic Web site. Be sure to review the Readme.txt file for both new and changed information. Windows NT Installation To install Windows NT 4.0 on a Fibre Channel hard disk attached to a QLA23xx...
  • Page 62: Initial Installation Of Windows Nt And The Windows Nt Driver

    4. Press S to specify an additional device. 5. Select Other, then press ENTER. 6. Insert the disk that contains the QLogic driver in an appropriate drive, then press ENTER. 7. Select QLogic QLA2300 PCI Fibre Channel Adapter, then press ENTER.
  • Page 63: Updating The Windows Nt Driver

    .SAV extension indicating that it is the saved file. For example: copy Ql2300.sys Ql2300.sav 4. Insert the disk that contains the updated QLogic driver in an appropriate drive. 5. Copy the new driver over the old driver. For example: copy A:\Nt\Ql2300.sys...
  • Page 64: Qldirect Driver Files

    QLDIRECT Driver Files Qldirect.sys requires the Ql2300.sys enhanced miniport driver version 7.00.00 or above. The latest version of the QLDIRECT driver and Ql2300.sys enhanced miniport driver for Windows NT are available on the QLogic Web site. 5.4.2 QLDIRECT Installation If QLDIRECT is not installed on your system, perform the installation procedures in section 5.4.2.1.
  • Page 65 1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, then click Control Panel. 2. Double-click the Network icon, click the Adapters tab, then click Add. 3. Insert the disk that contains the QLogic driver in an appropriate drive. 4. In the Select Network Adapter dialog box, click Have Disk.
  • Page 66: Updating The Ql2X00Ip Ndis Network Driver

    7. In the Select OEM Option dialog box, select the QLogic QL2X00IP Network Driver, then click OK. 8. In the QLogic IP Configuration Utility dialog box, change the IP driver configuration parameters as appropriate. See the description of these parameters in section 5.5.3.1.
  • Page 67: Ql2X00Ip Ndis Driver And Ip Address Configuration

    MTU size. Incoming packets cannot be broken into more than 23 buffers. Therefore, the buffer size multiplied by 23 must be at least as large as the MTU size. QLogic recommends a default value of 4096. FC2354601-00 A...
  • Page 68: Ip Address Configuration

    Perform the following steps to modify the QL2x00IP NDIS driver configuration: 1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and click Control Panel. 2. Double-click the Network icon, click the Adapters tab, select the QLogic QL2X00IP Network Driver, then click Properties.
  • Page 69: Removing The Ql2X00Ip Ndis Driver

    5 – Windows NT Driver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation 5. Click Close. 6. Click Yes to restart the computer. 5.5.4 Removing the QL2x00IP NDIS Driver If you need to remove the QLA2x00IP NDIS driver, perform the following steps: 1.
  • Page 70 5 – Windows NT Driver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation 5-10 FC2354601-00 A...
  • Page 71: Windows 2000 Driver Installation

    Follow these steps to create driver disk containing the files needed to install the Windows XP driver: 1. Locate the driver you want on the QLogic web site (http://www.qlogic.com) and click Link to driver. 2. If prompted What would you like to do with this file?, choose Save this program to disk.
  • Page 72: Initial Installation Of Windows 2000 And The Windows 2000 Driver

    SCSI or RAID driver. 5. Press S to specify an additional device. 6. Insert the disk that contains the QLogic driver in an appropriate drive, then press ENTER. 7. Windows 2000 detects the QLA23xx HBA. Press ENTER to continue the driver installation.
  • Page 73: Updating The Windows 2000 Driver

    6 – Windows 2000 Driver Installation Windows 2000 Installation 9. Click Finish. 10. Remove the disk that contains the QLogic driver from the drive, then click Yes to restart the system. 6.3.3 Updating the Windows 2000 Driver Perform the following steps if a Windows 2000 driver is already installed and you want to install an updated version of the driver.
  • Page 74: Qldirect

    QLDIRECT Driver Files Qldirect.sys requires the Ql2300.sys enhanced miniport driver version 7.00.00 or above. The latest version of the QLDIRECT driver and Ql2300.sys enhanced miniport driver for Windows 2000 are available on the QLogic Web site. 6.4.2 QLDIRECT Installation If QLDIRECT is not installed on your system, perform the installation procedures in section 6.4.2.1.
  • Page 75: Updating To Qldirect From Qlfilter

    QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation 6.4.2.2 Updating to QLDIRECT from QLFILTER The QLDIRECT driver replaces the QLogic QLFILTER driver. You must first uninstall the QLFILTER driver before installing the QLDIRECT driver. Perform the following steps to update from the QLFILTER driver to the QLDIRECT driver: 1.
  • Page 76: Updating The Ql2X00Ip Ndis Network Driver

    Next. 7. In the Hardware Type dialog box, select Network Adapters and click Next. 8. Insert the disk that contains the QLogic driver in an appropriate drive. 9. In the Select Network Adapter dialog box, click Have Disk.
  • Page 77: Ql2X00Ip Ndis Driver Configuration

    .SAV extension indicating that it is the saved file. For example: copy Ql2x00ip.sys Ql2x00ip.sav 4. Insert the disk that contains the updated QLogic driver in an appropriate drive. 5. Copy the new driver over the old driver. For example: copy A:\W2k\Ip\Ql2x00ip.sys...
  • Page 78 MTU size. Incoming packets cannot be broken into more than 23 buffers. Therefore, the buffer size multiplied by 23 must be at least as large as the MTU size. QLogic recommends a default value of 4096. Header Split Size. This parameter accounts for packets with split headers and data.
  • Page 79: Removing The Ql2X00Ip Ndis Driver

    6 – Windows 2000 Driver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation 8. In the QLogic QLA2X00 PCI Adapter #n Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab. 9. The Property list displays the configuration parameters. Click the parameter that you want to modify. The values display to the right.
  • Page 80 6 – Windows 2000 Driver Installation QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation 6-10 FC2354601-00 A...
  • Page 81: Windows Xp Driver Installation

    Follow these steps to create driver disk containing the files needed to install the Windows XP driver: 1. Locate the driver you want on the QLogic web site (http://www.qlogic.com) and click Link to driver. 2. If prompted What would you like to do with this file?, choose Save this program to disk.
  • Page 82: As The Boot Device

    A. Press ENTER. 6. The following message displays: The software you are installing for this hardware: QLogic QLA22xx PCI Fibre Channel Adapter has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP. Do you want to continue installing the software for this hardware? Click Yes to continue with the installation.
  • Page 83: Installing The Ql2300.Sys Driver

    Click Yes to continue with the installation. 6. Press ENTER to select the QLogic QLA2300 PCI Fibre Channel Adapter. 7. After the system installs the required files to support the new QLA23xx HBA, press ENTER to continue with the Windows XP setup.
  • Page 84: Updating The Existing Qla2300.Sys Driver

    Click Yes. NOTE: QLogic is in the process of obtaining a Digital Signature for the driver through the official WHQL process from Microsoft. Once a valid Digital Signature has been obtained and put in the CAT file, the Digital Signature Not found screen will not appear.
  • Page 85: Removing The Driver

    Follow these steps to complete the driver installation: 1. When the Digital Signature Not Found dialog box displays, click Yes. 2. When the Insert Disk message displays, insert the QLogic disk created in section 7.2 into drive A. Click OK.
  • Page 86: Numberofrequests

    7 – Windows XP Driver Installation System Registry Parameters To change this value, follow these steps: 1. Click Start, select Run, and open the REGEDT32 program. 2. Select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and follow the tree structure to the QL2300.SYS driver: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services Ql2300...
  • Page 87: Usesamenn

    7 – Windows XP Driver Installation System Registry Parameters 4. If the string FCTape= does not display, add the following text to the end of the string: ;FCTape=1 5. If the string FCTape=0 displays, change the value from 0 to 1. 6.
  • Page 88 7 – Windows XP Driver Installation System Registry Parameters FC2354601-00 A...
  • Page 89: Netware Driver Installation

    NetWare Driver Files and Parameters The latest versions of the software drivers and documentation for NetWare 4.2, 5.x, and 6.x are available on the QLogic Web site. Be sure to review the README.TXT file for both new and changed information.
  • Page 90: Installing The Netware Driver

    4. Select Select an additional driver. 5. Press INSERT to install an unlisted driver. 6. Insert the disk that contains the QLogic driver in an appropriate drive. 7. Press F3 and specify the root path as the disk drive (A:\).
  • Page 91: Red Hat Linux Driver Installation

    7.0, 7.1, and 7.2 operating system. The latest version of the software drivers and documentation for Red Hat Linux are available on the QLogic Web site. Be sure to review the README.qla2x00 and release.txt files for both new and changed information.
  • Page 92: Driver Floppy Disk 2 (Installed Operating System)

    Red Hat Linux 6.2 or 7.0 operating system: 1. Download the qla2x00-x.xx-xx.i386.rpm file from the QLogic Web site. 2. If What would you like to do with this file? displays, select Save this file to disk.
  • Page 93: Install A New Operating System And Driver (Red Hat Linux 6.2)

    5. When the system asks for devices, select Add Device. Select SCSI on the following screen. Tab to OK. 6. When the list of devices displays, select QLogic QLA2100/2200/2300 qla2x00 V4.xx Driver. The system loads the driver. 7. If the system detects the device for the selected module, the device is listed in the next screen under I have found the following devices.
  • Page 94: Installing The Driver On The Boot Drive

    1. Create a directory for the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) files unless it already exists. For example: # mkdir /home/qla2x00 2. Change the current directory to the QLogic Linux driver directory. For example: cd /home/qla2x00 3. Insert the floppy disk that contains the qla2x00 driver.
  • Page 95: Loading The Driver

    9 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Install or Update the Driver (Installed Operating System) 9.4.2 Loading the Driver The qla2x00 or qla2300 driver must be loaded before the system can access the devices attached to the QLA23xx HBA. To build a custom kernel to automatically load the driver at boot time, see section 9.4.2.1.
  • Page 96 9 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Install or Update the Driver (Installed Operating System) a. If you have Red Hat Linux 6.2 and want the qla2x00 driver added as a choice in make config, make menuconfig, or make xconfig, add the following line to the /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi/Config.in file after line 116: dep_tristate ’QLA2x00 QLC driver support’...
  • Page 97 9 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Install or Update the Driver (Installed Operating System) After line 609 add: **************** (hosts.c) ***************** #ifdef CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_QLA2100 QLA2100_LINUX_TEMPLATE, #endif ****************** (end) ******************* 4. Build the kernel by first changing to the source directory. # cd /usr/src/linux (for Red Hat Linux 6.2 and 7.0) # cd /usr/src/linux-2.4 (for Red Hat Linux 7.1 and 7.2) 5.
  • Page 98 9 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Install or Update the Driver (Installed Operating System) 8. Copy the new kernel image to the boot directory. In the following example, newsmp is the label for the kernel image. # cd arch/i386/boot # cp bzImage /boot/newsmp 9.
  • Page 99: Building A Ramdisk Image To Load The Qla2300 Driver

    9 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Install or Update the Driver (Installed Operating System) 9.4.2.2 Building a Ramdisk Image to Load the Driver Automatically You can load the qla2x00 driver at boot time using a ramdisk image. For more information, refer to the Red Hat installation guide.
  • Page 100: Loading And Unloading The Qla2X00 Driver Manually

    9 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Install or Update the Driver (Installed Operating System) 5. Type the following command to load the new lilo file: # lilo 6. Restart the system. The qla2x00 driver loads automatically. 9.4.2.3 Loading and Unloading the qla2x00 Driver Manually Before loading the driver manually, first build the driver from the driver source files on the source code driver floppy disk (see section...
  • Page 101: Loading And Unloading The Qla2300 Driver Manually

    9 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Install or Update the Driver (Installed Operating System) Linux 6.2 and 7.0), or to /lib/modules/<kernel release version>/drivers/scsi (Red Hat Linux 7.1 and 7.2). 3. Add the dependency for the qla2300 driver and build the ramdisk image. You can either run “depmod”...
  • Page 102: Building A Driver From The Sources

    # modprobe –r qla2300 Building a Driver from the Sources If your Linux kernel version does not match the one built by QLogic prebuilt driver binaries, you need to build the driver in your configuration locally. To build a single-processor or uniprocessor (UP) version of the qla2x00 or qla2300 driver, section 9.5.1.
  • Page 103: Building A Multiprocessor Version Of The Driver

    Perform the following steps to build an SMP version of the qla2x00 driver: 1. If the QLogic SMP module is required to load with the Red Hat SMP kernel, it must be compiled with the same version number that was assigned to the original SMP kernel built by Red Hat.
  • Page 104 9 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Building a Driver from the Sources a. From the Main Menu, select Processor type and features and press ENTER. b. From the Processor Type and Features Menu, select Symmetric multiprocessor and press the SPACEBAR. c.
  • Page 105: Solaris Sparc Driver Installation

    This section provides instructions for installing the Solaris SPARC driver in an already installed Solaris SPARC operating system. The latest version of the Solaris SPARC driver package is available on the QLogic Web site. The files in the driver package cannot be read nor installed from a DOS environment.
  • Page 106: Installing The Solaris Sparc Driver From The Qlogic Web Site

    10.3. 10.3 Installing the Solaris SPARC Driver from the QLogic Web Site Perform the following steps to download the Solaris SPARC driver from the web to your hard disk, then install the driver on your system. NOTE: To install the QLA2300 driver, you must have superuser privileges.
  • Page 107 For example: Processing package instance <QLA2300-3> from </qla2300> QLogic QLA2300 driver (sparc) Solaris 8-9, Rev=X.XX Copyright (c) 1996-2002, by QLogic Corporation. All rights reserved. Where do you want the driver object installed (default=/kernel/drv): 10. Press ENTER to accept the default.
  • Page 108: Fcode

    10 – Solaris SPARC Driver Installation FCode 10.4 FCode If you need FCode, see the appropriate section for instructions on how to install or update the FCode on the QLA23xx HBA. 10-4 FC2354601-00 A...

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