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SANblade 2300 Series User’s Guide
2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters
FC2354601-00 A Page i
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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. Applications described in this document for any of these products are for illustrative purposes only. QLogic Corporation makes no representation no
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Table of Contents Section 1 Introduction 1.1 How to Use this Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.2 General Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.3 What is Fibre Channel?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.4 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Part I Hardware Section 2 QLA2340/2340L 2.1 QLA2340/2340L HBA Components. . . . . . . . . . .
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SANblade 2300 Series User’s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters 2.7 Agency Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20 2.7.1 EMI and EMC Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20 2.7.2 Product Safety Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21 Section 3 QLA2342/2342L 3.1 QLA2342/2342L HBA Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 3.1.1 LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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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 5.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 5.2 Windows NT Driver Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 5.3 Windows NT Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 5.3.1 Initial Installation of Windows NT and the Windows NT Driver . . . . . . . . . .
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SANblade 2300 Series User’s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters 6.5.3 QL2x00IP NDIS Driver Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 6.5.4 Removing the QL2x00IP NDIS Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9 Section 7 Windows XP Driver Installation 7.1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 7.2 Creating the Driver Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 7.3 Installing the Windows XP Driver . . .
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SANblade 2300 Series User’s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters 9.4.2.3 Loading and Unloading the qla2x00 Driver Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10 9.4.2.4 Building a Ramdisk Image to Load the qla2300 Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10 9.4.2.5 Loading and Unloading the qla2300 Driver Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11 9.5 Building a Driver f
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SANblade 2300 Series User’s Guide 2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters 3-6 Fibre Channel Data Rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15 3-7 QLA2342/2342L HBA Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19 3-8 QLA2342/2342L HBA Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19 5-1 Ql2x00ip.sys Configuration Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7 6-1 Ql2x00ip.sys Configuration Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Section 1 Introduction 1.1 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. QLA2340 (single channel, full-height bracket) QLA2340L (single channel, low-profile bracket) QLA2342 (dual channel, full-height bracket) QLA2342L (dual channel, low-pr
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1 – Introduction Features With its increased connectivity and performance, Fibre Channel is the I/O technology preferred and used by system designers. 1.4 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 Compliance with Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL-2) standard Compliance with U.
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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. HBA Section QLA2340/2340L 2 QLA2342/2342L 3 FC2354601-00 A I-1
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I – Hardware I-2 FC2354601-00 A
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Section 2 QLA2340/2340L 2.1 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. J3 1 3 J1 ISP CHIP NOTE: The serial number is on the other side of the HBA. The QLA2340 has a full-height bracket (as shown in this figure). The QLA2340L has a low-profil
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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 LED LED Activity J1 CONNECTOR On On Power On Off Online Off On Signal acquired Off Flashing Loss of synchronization Flashing Flashing Firmware error Figure 2-2. QLA2340/2340L HBA LED Activity 2.1.2 Jumpers The jumpers on the QLA2340/2340L HBAs set the default state of the laser and are set at the factory w
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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. For example, some systems have a PCI Device Configuration menu in the motherboard setup BIOS where you must enable HBAs, bus master slots, and IRQ levels. If the moth
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2 – QLA2340/2340L Installation in the Computer 8. Connect the appropriate cable from the devices to the corresponding connector. 9. Carefully reinstall the computer cover. Insert and tighten the computer cover screws. 10. Power up all external FC devices, then power up the PC and observe the monitor. 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
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2 – QLA2340/2340L Fast!UTIL If you have a selectable boot BIOS and want to boot to an FC hard disk, set the motherboard BIOS parameters to None or Not Installed. The ROM BIOS on the QLA2340/2340L HBA automatically configures the FC peripherals. Some new system BIOSs support selectable boot, which supersedes the QLA2340/2340L HBA BIOS selectable boot setting. Select the QLA2340/2340L HBA FC hard disk in the system BIOS to boot from an FC hard disk attached to the QLA2340/2340L HBA. 2.3 Fa
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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 Host Adapter BIOS Enabled, Disabled Disabled Frame Size 512, 1024, 2048 2048 Loop Reset Delay 0–60 seconds 5 seconds Adapter Hard Loop ID Enabled, Disabled Disabled Hard Loop ID 0–125 0
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2 – QLA2340/2340L Fast!UTIL Some new system BIOSs support selectable boot, which supersedes the Fast!UTIL selectable boot setting. To boot from an FC hard disk attached to the QLA2340/2340L HBA, select the QLA2340/2340L HBA FC hard disk on the system BIOS. NOTE: This option applies only to hard disks; it does not apply to tape drives and other nondisk devices. 2.3.2.3 Restore Default Settings The Restore Defaults option from the Configuration Settings menu restores the QLA2340/2340L HBA d
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2 – QLA2340/2340L Fast!UTIL Table 2-2. Advanced Adapter Settings (Continued) Setting Options Default Disable Database Load Yes, No 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. The valid options for this setting are 1–256.
