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Installation Guide hp S tor age W or ks AB2 3 2A P CI-X Hos t Bu s A dapt er Thir d E dition (J une 2004) Pa r t N u m b e r : AA–RU1ZC–TE This gui de descr ibes ho w to install , conf igur e, an d use t he dia gnosti c utilitie s for t he AB2 3 2A P CI - X host bus adap ter for 64 -bit Windo ws oper ating sy stems.
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3 AB2 3 2A PCI- X Host Bu s Adapt er Installati on Guide contents Contents About this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Content s 4 AB2 3 2 A PCI- X Host Bus Ad apter Inst allation Gui de 4 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 POST Conditions and Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Content s 5 AB2 3 2A PCI- X Host Bu s Adapt er Installati on Guide B Electrostatic Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Grounding Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Content s 6 AB2 3 2 A PCI- X Host Bus Ad apter Inst allation Gui de.
7 AB2 3 2A PCI- X Host Bu s Adapt er Installati on Guide about this guide About this Guide About this Guide This installation guide provid es information to help you: ■ Install, conf igure, and us e the diagnostic utiliti es for the AB232A PCI-X host bu s adapter for 64-bit W indo ws systems.
Abou t t hi s Gu id e 8 AB2 3 2 A PCI- X Host Bus Ad apter Inst allation Gui de Overvie w This section cov ers the follo wing topics: ■ Intended Audience ■ Related Documentation Intended Audience .
Abou t t hi s Gu id e AB2 3 2A PCI- X Host Bu s Adapt er Installati on Guide 9 Con ventions Con ventions consist of the follo wing: ■ Document Con ventio ns ■ T ext Sy mbols ■ Equipment Symbols Docum ent Conventions The document co n ventions include d in Ta b l e 1 apply in most cases.
Abou t t hi s Gu id e 10 AB2 3 2A P CI-X Ho st Bus Ad apte r Installati on Guide Caution: T e xt set off in this manner indi cates that f ailur e to follo w directi ons could r esult in damage to equipment or dat a. Note: T ext set o ff in this manner pr esents commen tary , sideli ghts, o r inter esting points of i nformat ion.
Abou t t hi s Gu id e AB2 3 2A PCI- X Host Bu s Adapt er Installati on Guide 11 P ow er suppli es or s yst ems mark ed with these s ymbols indicat e the presence of multiple sources of po wer .
Abou t t hi s Gu id e 12 AB2 3 2A P CI-X Ho st Bus Ad apte r Installati on Guide HP Stor ag e W ebsite The HP website has the latest information on this product, as wel l as the latest dri vers. Access storage at http://h18006 .ww w1.hp .com/stor age/s aninf r astru ctur e .
13 AB2 3 2A PCI- X Host Bus Ada pter Installa tion Guid e 1 Adapter F eatures This introduction to the AB232A PC I-X Host Bus Adapter (HB A) includes: ■ Product Description , page 14 ■ Performance.
Adap ter F e at ures 14 AB2 3 2A PCI- X Host Bus A dapt er Install ation Gui de Pr oduc t Desc ription The AB232A HB A has the follo wing characteristics: ■ Rob ust suite of software supporting W indo ws Server 2003 Enterprise Editi on, 64-bit version.
Adapter Features 15 AB2 32 A PCI- X Host Bus A dapter Inst allation Gui de Figure 1 illustrates the AB232A HB A. Figur e 1: AB23 2A HB A ■ Ta b l e 2 describes the AB232A HB A. T abl e 2: AB23 2A HBA Diagram Description Fi g ur e Legend Description 1 F ibre C hannel (L C) connector s.
Adap ter F e at ures 16 AB2 3 2A PCI- X Host Bus A dapt er Install ation Gui de P erformance Specifications The AB232A HB A offers a h ighly integrated 2 Gbps Fibre Channel HB A for use in Itanium servers based on the latest PC I-X e x pansion bus.
17 AB2 3 2A PCI- X Host Bus Ada pter Installa tion Guid e 2 Installation This chapter provides step-b y-step inst ructions for installing the AB232A HB A, including: ■ Hardware Requirements ■ Reco.
Install ation 18 AB2 3 2A PCI- X Host Bus A dapt er Install ation Gui de Har dw are R equir ements The system hardware re quirements for installing the HB As include: ■ AB232A HB A requires one open 64-bit/133 MHz PCI-X univ ersal slot. ■ Multimode f iber optic cable with LC co nnector , used with shortwa ve lasers.
Install ation 19 AB2 32 A PCI- X Host Bus A dapter Inst allation Gui de Recor ding Reference Numbers Each HB A ships with a unique address iden tif ier that is stored in flash memory .
Install ation 20 AB2 3 2A PCI- X Host Bus A dapt er Install ation Gui de Installing the HB A into a Computer Use the follo wing procedure for in stalling the HB A into a computer . Caution: Be sur e to observe the E SD pr ecautions desc r ibe d on page 5 9 for this pr oce dure .
Install ation 21 AB2 32 A PCI- X Host Bus A dapter Inst allation Gui de 11. Attach media: a. Connect the f iber optic cable to the LC connector on the HB A.
Install ation 2 2 AB2 3 2A P CI-X Hos t Bus Ad apte r Installati on Guide V erifying the Installation T o v erify the HB A is properly installed and is operating: 1. T urn on the computer . 2. At po wer up, observe the POST LED indicators on the HB A.
Install ation 23 AB2 3 2A PCI- X Host Bu s Adapt er Installati on Guide Configuration Guidelines The software for loading the dri ver also contains the de fault registry parameter settings that are loaded as part of the dri ver installation.
Install ation 2 4 AB2 3 2A P CI-X Hos t Bus Ad apte r Installati on Guide.
25 AB23 2A PCI- X Host Bu s Adapt er Installati on Guide 3 Installing th e SCSI Minipor t Dr iv er This chapter contains step-by-step instru ctions for installing the SCSI Miniport dri ver. System managers must be f amiliar with the W indows Serv er 2003 operating system under which the PCI-X-to-Fibre Ch annel HB A is to operate.
Installing the SC SI Miniport Driv er 2 6 AB2 3 2A P CI-X Hos t Bus Ad apte r Installati on Guide De vice Dr iv er Installation This section describes the instructions for installing the W indo ws SCSI Miniport driv er .
Installing the S CSI Miniport Dr iv er 27 AB2 32 A PCI- X Host Bus A dapter Inst allation Gui de Installing the LightP ulse Utilit y The LightPulse Utility , LpUtilNt (described in Diagnostic and Conf iguration Utilities , on page 37 ) does not automatically load.
Installing the SC SI Miniport Driv er 2 8 AB2 3 2A P CI-X Hos t Bus Ad apte r Installati on Guide.
29 AB23 2A PCI- X Host Bu s Adapt er Installati on Guide 4 T r oubleshooting The Po wer-On Self T est (POST) and th e W indo ws Event V ie wer are utilities you can use for troublesho oting the HB A. Th is chapter explains the use of these utilities in the e vent of an HB A problem.
Tr o u b l e s h o o t i n g 30 AB2 3 2A PCI- X Host Bus A dapt er Install ation Gui de P OS T Conditions and Results Ta b l e 4 lists the HB A LED states with descri ptions of each.The position of the POST LED indicators is def ined in Figure 1 on page 15, and Ta b l e 3 on page 22 of this guide.
Tro u b l e s h o o t i n g 31 AB2 32 A PCI- X Host Bus A dapter Inst allation Gui de Using T h e Ev ent Vie wer The W indows SCSI dri ver v erifies the condition of the HB A POST . If there is a failure or a suspected f ailure, an error lo g entry is issued to the W indows Ev ent log.
Tr o u b l e s h o o t i n g 32 A B 232 A PC I -X H o s t B u s A d ap te r I n s t a l l a t i o n G u i d e Windo ws Minipor t Ev ent Log Codes The W indo ws Miniport dri ver logs e vents and errors in the W indows Ev ent log. Serious errors are always logged.
Tro u b l e s h o o t i n g 33 AB2 32 A PCI- X Host Bus A dapter Inst allation Gui de 0xE3 Mailbo x rsp err 0x11 = comman d, 12–13 = mbxstatus 0xE4 HBA not ready after init Status register b y tes 1–3 in e v ent 11–13 0xE5 Requested loop but link = PT–PT 0xE6 Mailbox int.
Tr o u b l e s h o o t i n g 34 AB2 3 2A PCI- X Host Bus A dapt er Install ation Gui de 0xF6 PCP_IXXX_CR IOCB rsp err 0x11 = cmdsta t, 12 = par m err , 13 = ALP A 0xF7 Ring hd !=0 && pendings rb!=NULL 0xF8 Inv alid F CP_RSP 0x11 = pcpcntr l, 12 = scsisa t, 13 = len 0xF9 T wo co nsec.
Tro u b l e s h o o t i n g 35 AB2 32 A PCI- X Host Bus A dapter Inst allation Gui de 0x8 IOST A T_INTERMED_RSP 0x9 IOST A T_LS_RJT Remote sent LS_RJT 0xA IOST A T_BA_RJ T Remote sent BA _RJT T abl e .
Tr o u b l e s h o o t i n g 3 6 AB2 3 2A P CI-X Hos t Bus Ad apte r Installati on Guide 0x16 IOERR_ABORT _REQUESTED 0x17 IOERR_RECEIVE_BUFFER_ TIMEOUT 0x18 IOERR_L OOP_OPEN_F AILURE FC_AL target not re sponding. Receiv ed our own tr ansmitted frame back.
37 AB2 3 2A PCI- X Host Bu s Adapt er Installati on Guide 5 Diagnostic and Configur ation Utilities This chapter contains instructions for using the LightPulse Utility , LpUtilNt, a W indows-based graphical user interf ace.
Diag nost ic a nd Co nfigu ration U ti li ties 38 AB2 3 2A PCI- X Host Bus A dapt er Install ation Gui de Using LightP ulse Utilit y The LightPulse Utility ( LpUtilNt ) is an HB A utility that lets yo.
Diag nostic and Configu ration Uti li tie s 39 AB2 32 A PCI- X Host Bus A dapter Inst allation Gui de ■ Conf iguration Data—V iew informatio n about the data in each of the confi guration regions in the flash R OM of the selected HB A.
Diag nost ic a nd Co nfigu ration U ti li ties 40 AB2 3 2A PCI- X Host Bus A dapt er Install ation Gui de Modif y Diagnostic Driv er P ara meters in the Windo ws Registry This screen provides information abou t de vice driv er parameters that are maintained in the W indows re gistry an d allo ws you to modify those v alues.
Diag nostic and Configu ration Uti li tie s 41 AB2 32 A PCI- X Host Bus A dapter Inst allation Gui de Ta b l e 8 lists the current parameters that you can set. T abl e 8: Drive P arameters Pa r a m e t e r Desc ription Abor tStatus = 0xn V alues from 0x00 – 0xFF .
Diag nost ic a nd Co nfigu ration U ti li ties 4 2 AB2 3 2A P CI-X Hos t Bus Ad apte r Installati on Guide QueueDepth = n V alues from 1–64 (decimal). Defau lt = 64. Requests per LUN/T arget (see Queue T arget par ameter). QueueT arget = n V alues 0 or 1 (decimal).
Diag nostic and Configu ration Uti li tie s 43 AB2 3 2A PCI- X Host Bu s Adapt er Installati on Guide SilFlags = n V alues from 0-2. De f a ult = 0. Controls which driver interface to use. 0 = automode; attempt SL I-2 first. I f that f ails, uses SLI-1.
Diag nost ic a nd Co nfigu ration U ti li ties 44 AB2 3 2A PCI- X Host Bus A dapt er Install ation Gui de Ta b l e 9 lists the Arbitrated Loop Physi cal Addresses (AL-P A) you can set. Set Up P ersistent Binding The persist ent binding featu re allo ws you to control th e dev ices that are to be presented to the system.
Diag nostic and Configu ration Uti li tie s 45 AB2 3 2A PCI- X Host Bus A dapte r Installation Gui de Persistent binding pe rmanently maps a de vi ce to the follo wing: ■ Binding type W orld W ide P.
Diag nost ic a nd Co nfigu ration U ti li ties 46 AB2 3 2A PCI- X Host Bus A dapt er Install ation Gui de Global Automap and Un masking Overvie w Global A utomap All T argets defaults to enabled , to allo w the driv er to detect all Fibre Channel devices a ttached to the HB As.
Diag nostic and Configu ration Uti li tie s 47 AB23 2A PCI- X Host Bu s Adapt er Installation Gui de Mapping and M asking LU Ns From the LightPulse Ut ility Main menu screen: 1. Choose the des ired HBA. 2. Expand the category list and choose P ersistent Binding .
Diag nost ic a nd Co nfigu ration U ti li ties 48 AB2 3 2A PCI- X Host Bus A dapt er Install ation Gui de Note: T esting the HBA w hile it is conne cted to an arbi tra ted loop is not r ecommended .
Diag nostic and Configu ration Uti li tie s 49 AB23 2A PCI- X Host Bu s Adapt er Installation Gui de Sho w Host Bus Adapter Info Choose this option to displa y HB A data in these a reas: ■ BIU PCI C.
Diag nost ic a nd Co nfigu ration U ti li ties 50 AB2 3 2A PCI- X Host Bus A dapt er Install ation Gui de.
51 AB2 3 2A PCI- X Host Bus Ada pter Installa tion Guid e A Reg ul ato r y C o mp l ia nc e Notices This appendix cov ers the followi ng topics: ■ Federal Communications Commi ssion Notice , page 52.
Regula tory Compliance No tices 5 2 AB2 3 2A P CI-X Hos t Bus Ad apte r Installati on Guide F ede r al Communications Commission Notice Part 15 of the Federal Communica tions Commission (FCC) Rules and Regulations has established Radio Frequenc y (RF) emission limits to prov ide an interference-free radio frequenc y spectrum .
Regula tory Compliance Noti c es 53 AB23 2A PCI- X Host Bu s Adapt er Installation Gui de Operation of this equipment in a resi dential area is likely to cause harmful interference, in which case users will be required to correct the interference at their o wn expense.
Regula tory Compliance No tices 54 AB2 3 2A PCI- X Host Bus A dapt er Install ation Gui de Canadian Notice (Av is Canadien) Class A Equipment This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Eq uipment Regul ations.
Regula tory Compliance Noti c es 55 AB23 2A PCI- X Host Bus Ada pter Install ation Guid e Eur opean Union Notice Products with the CE Marking comp ly with both the EMC Directi ve (89/336/EEC) and the Low V oltage Dir ecti ve (73/23/EEC) issued b y the Commission of the European Community .
Regula tory Compliance No tices 5 6 AB2 3 2A P CI-X Hos t Bus Ad apte r Installati on Guide Japanese Notice.
Regula tory Compliance Noti c es 57 AB2 3 2A PCI- X Host Bu s Adapt er Installati on Guide Harmonics Confor mance ( Japan) German Noise Dec laration Schalldruckpe gel Lp = 70.
Regula tory Compliance No tices 5 8 AB2 3 2A P CI-X Hos t Bus Ad apte r Installati on Guide Lase r S afet y WA R N I N G : T o r educe the r isk of expo sure t o haz ardou s radi ation: • Do not tr y to open the laser device enclosure. There are no user-serviceable components inside.
59 AB23 2A PCI- X Host Bu s Adapt er Installation Gui de B Elec tr ostatic Disc harge T o pre vent damaging the system, you must take precautions when setting up the system or when handling p arts. A discharge of static electricity from a finger or other conductor ma y damage system adapte rs or other static-sensitiv e devices.
Electr ostati c Dischar ge 60 AB2 3 2A PCI- X Host Bus A dapt er Install ation Gui de Gr ounding M et hods There are sev eral methods for grounding. Use one or more of the following methods when handling or installin g electrostatic-sensiti ve parts: ■ Use a wrist strap connected by a ground cord to a gr ounded workstatio n or computer chassis.
61 AB2 3 2A PCI- X Host Bus Ada pter Installa tion Guid e index Index Index A AB232A host bus adapter see HBAs Arbitrated Loop Physical Addresses (AL_PA), table of 44 audience 8 authorized reseller, H.
Inde x 6 2 AB2 3 2A P CI-X Hos t Bus Ad apte r Installati on Guide I installation overview 17 procedure 20 requir ements 18 verifying 22 Windows drivers 26 L laser devices 58 LightPulse Utility input .
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