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® S14062 LSI40909G-S PCI to Fibre Channel Host Adapter f or Sun Solar is USER’S GUIDE February 2001 V ersion 1.0.
ii Electroma gnetic Compatibility Notices This device complies with P ar t 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the f ollowing two conditions: 1. This device ma y not cause har mful interference , and 2. This device m ust accept any interf erence received, including interference that ma y cause undesired operation.
iii This document contains proprietar y information of LSI Logic Cor poration. The inf or mation contained herein is not to be used by or disclosed to third parties without the e xpress written per mission of an officer of LSI Logic Cor poration. LSI Logic products are not intended f or use in lif e-suppor t appliances, de vices, or systems.
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Pref ace v Preface This book is the primar y reference and user’ s guide f or the LSI Logic LSI40909G-S PCI to Fibre Channel Host Adapter f or Sun Solaris board. It contains a complete functional description for the LSI40909G-S as w ell as complete ph ysical and electrical specifications.
vi Pref ace Related Publications LSIFC909 Fibre Channel I/O Processor T echnical Man ual, Order Number S14029.A Revision Recor d Revision Date Remarks 1.
Contents vii Contents Chapter 1 LSI40909G-S Description 1.1 General Description 1-1 1.2 F eatures 1-1 1.2.1 PCI Interf ace 1-1 1.2.2 FC Interf ace 1-2 1.2.3 Board Characteristics 1-2 1.2.4 FC Link Activity/Link F ault LED 1-3 Chapter 2 Installing the LSI40909G-S 2.
viii Contents Chapter 4 LSI40909G-S T echnical Characteristics 4.1 Ph ysical Environment 4-1 4.1.1 Ph ysical Characteristics 4-1 4.1.2 Electrical Characteristics 4-2 4.1.3 Thermal, Atmospher ic Characteristics 4-2 4.1.4 Electromagnetic Compliance 4-3 4.
LSI40909G-S PCI to Fibre Channel Host Adapter f or Sun Solaris 1-1 3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 12 pc 12.938 pc 13.851 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 34.732 pc Chapter 1 LSI40909G-S Description This chapter describes the LSI40909G-S PCI to Fibre Channel (FC) Host Adapter board and includes these topics: • Section 1.
3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc 1-2 LSI40909G-S Description The PCI interf ace includes these f eatures: • Full 64-bit DMA bus master • LSIFC909 functionality: – Zero wait-state b us master data bursts up to 1 Kb yte – Complies with PCI Local Bus Specification, Re vision 2.
3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc F eatures 1-3 1.2.4 FC Link Activity/Link Fault LED The LSI40909G-S provides a dual-purpose LED visible through the brac ket which indicates activity on the FC link when the LED is green.
3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc 1-4 LSI40909G-S Description.
LSI40909G-S PCI to Fibre Channel Host Adapter f or Sun Solaris 2-1 3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 12 pc 12.938 pc 13.851 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 34.732 pc Chapter 2 Installing the LSI40909G-S This chapter provides instructions on how to install the LSI40909G-S and includes these topics: • Section 2.
3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc 2-2 Installing the LSI40909G-S 2.2 Detailed Installation Pr ocedure This section provides step-b y-step instructions for installing the LSI40909G-S. If y ou are experienced in these tasks, y ou ma y pref er to use Section 2.
3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc Detailed Installation Procedure 2-3 the edge; do not touch board components or gold connector contacts. The use of a static ground str ap is recommended. Step 5. Locate the slots f or PCI plug-in board installation.
3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc 2-4 Installing the LSI40909G-S Figure 2.1 Hard ware Connections for the LSI40909G-S Step 7. Carefully inser t edge connector J1 (see Figure 2.1 ) of the host adapter into the PCI slot.
3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc Detailed Installation Procedure 2-5 Figure 2.2 Inserting the Host Adapter Step 8. Secure the board with the brac ket scre w (see Figure 2.2 ) before making the e xter nal FC link connection.
3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc 2-6 Installing the LSI40909G-S.
LSI40909G-S PCI to Fibre Channel Host Adapter f or Sun Solaris 3-1 Chapter 3 Software Installation This chapter describes the features and use of the LSI Logic/IntraServer de vice drivers f or the Solar is operating system 2.6, 2.7, and 2.8. This chapter includes these topics: • Section 3.
3-2 Software Installation 3.1.1 Features The f ollowing f eatures of the LSI40909G-S minimize CPU utilization: • Uses state of the ar t Fusion-MPT interface , providing support f or FC , SCSI, and RAID de vices with a single binar y image. • Provides highly efficient, lo w CPU usage architecture.
Installing the Sun SP ARC Solaris Fusion-MPT™ Drivers 3-3 Step 2. When the banner is displa yed, press the Stop-A k eys to interrupt the boot process and stop at the ok prompt. Step 3. Use the show-devs command to list the system de vices. Y ou should see an output similar to the f ollowing e xample, as shown in Figure 3.
3-4 Software Installation 3.1.4 Identifying the FC Disks The probe-scsi-all command is used to identify the FC disk de vices on your LSI Logic/Intr aSer ver adapter , as sho wn in Figure 3.
Installing the Sun SP ARC Solaris Fusion-MPT™ Drivers 3-5 If the FC disks on your LSI Logic/Intr aSer ver adapter are not identified by y our system, check the f ollowing: 1. Are all the FC cables correctly connected to the disk enclosure? 2. Is the disk enclosure powered up? 3.
3-6 Software Installation Figure 3.3 P ersistent Device Mapping ok show-disks a) /pci@1f,0/pci@1/IntraServer,fc@2/disk b) /pci@1f,0/pci@1/IntraServer,Ultra2-scsi@1/disk c) /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/cdro.
Installing the itmpt Sun SP ARC Solaris FC Driver 3-7 T o clear an entr y in the persistent device map , use the clear-persistent command, as shown in Figure 3.4 : Figure 3.4 Clearing an Entry Entr y 1 has been deleted from the table , and the table is no w empty .
3-8 Software Installation 3.2.1.1 Floppy Disk Install If you receiv ed the dr ivers on a flopp y diskette , f ollow these steps: Step 1. Place the diskette in the flopp y dr iv e and e x ecute the volcheck command to ensure the system sees the flopp y .
Installing the itmpt Sun SP ARC Solaris FC Driver 3-9 Figure 3.5 pkgadd Procedure The following packages are available: 1 TImpt LSI Logic/IntraServer FusionMPT(tm) Fibrechannel/SCSI drivers (sparc) itmpt kit version 1.1 Select package(s) you wish to process (or 'all' to process all packages).
3-10 Software Installation Figure 3.6 Completing Floppy Disk Installation See Figure 3.8 f or additional inf or mation. Figure 3.7 Completing Floppy Disk Installation (Continued) T o suppor t nonzero LUNs , which is default f or most RAID controllers such as the LSI Logic MetaStor ® ,y o u must edit the file /kernel/dr v/ssd.
Installing the itmpt Sun SP ARC Solaris FC Driver 3-11 Figure 3.8 /kernel/drv/ssd.conf Step 4. The itmpt device driver is no w installed. Reboot the machine to reconfigure the system and to recognize the ne w de vices. 3.2.1.2 Distribution File Install If you receiv ed the dr iv ers in an itmpt_install.
3-12 Software Installation 3.2.2 Network Installation Pr ocedure If you are using y our LSI Logic/IntraSer ver adapter to suppor t your Sparc Solaris system disk, you must install the Solaris operating system using a network install.
Installing the itmpt Sun SP ARC Solaris FC Driver 3-13 cd /floppy/floppy0 Step 3. Ex ecute the install.sh shell script to add the itmpt dr iver to the boot installation area: ./install.sh –n /export/home/install/Solaris_2.7 Notes: • F or Solaris 2.
3-14 Software Installation Note: Y ou can obtain the platf orm_group from a machine of the same type as the target client using the uname –m command . 3.2.2.4 Booting the Client Using the itmpt FC Driver Now y ou can begin the installation of the Solar is operating system to the client target machine using the boot and install ser ver .
T roub leshooting 3-15 Notes: The message “major number maximum based on server , not client” can saf ely be ignored. Y our Sun machine will prompt you to allo w pow er saving automatic shutdown. Y ou must ans wer no to this question if you are using the LSI Logic/Intr aSer ver adapter to suppor t your boot disk.
3-16 Software Installation itmpt<n>: Could not allocate memor y to read configuration data. The driver w as unable to allocate memory required to process the configuration data. This means that the configuration w as not properly deter mined.
T roub leshooting 3-17 itmpt<n>: The adapter is malfunctioning or is of an unknown type. The driver is not ab le to communicate with the hardware . Y ou ma y need to update your driv er or your hardw are. itmpt<n>: The adapter is malfunctioning.
3-18 Software Installation.
LSI40909G-S PCI to Fibre Channel Host Adapter f or Sun Solaris 4-1 Chapter 4 LSI40909G-S T echnical Characteristics This chapter provides specific details about the ph ysical environment associated with the LSI40909G-S. This chapter includes these topics: • Section 4.
4-2 LSI40909G-S T echnical Characteristics Figure 4.1 LSI40909G-S Components 4.1.2 Electrical Characteristics Under nor mal conditions, the LSI40909G-S maxim um power requirement i s :+5VD C , ± 5%, 1.0 A, and ov er the operating range 0 ° Ct o5 5 ° C.
Operational En vironment 4-3 The f ollowing par ameters define the storage and transit en vironment for the LSI40909G-S: • Storage T emperature: − 45 ° Ct o+8 5 ° C (dr y bulb) • Relative Humidity Range: 5% to 95% noncondensing 4.
4-4 LSI40909G-S T echnical Characteristics 3.3 V v oltage regulator . The PCI + 3 V/+ 5 V pins are used to diff erentiate between a 5 V or a 3.3 V PCI signaling environment. 4.2.2 The FC Interface The LSI40909G-S Fibre Channel interf ace provides an optical connection to the FC link.
LSI40909G-S PCI to Fibre Channel Host Adapter f or Sun Solaris A-1 3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 12 pc 12.938 pc 13.851 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 34.732 pc Appendix A Glossary of T erms and Abbre viations 8B/10B A data encoding scheme de veloped b y IBM, translating byte wide data to an encoded 10-bit f or mat.
3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc A-2 Glossar y of T erms and Abbreviations Configuration Ref ers to the wa y a computer is setup; the combined hardware c.
3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc Glossar y of T erms and Abbre viations A-3 FC-1 Middle le vel of the FC-PH standard, defining the 8B/10B encoding/decoding and transmission protocol.
3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc A-4 Glossar y of T erms and Abbreviations Host The computer system in which a SCSI host adapter is installed. It uses the SCSI host adapter to transf er information to and from devices attached to the SCSI bus .
3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc Glossar y of T erms and Abbre viations A-5 Operating System A program that organiz es the internal activities of the computer and its peripheral devices .
3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc A-6 Glossar y of T erms and Abbreviations Responder An FC ter m ref erring to the answ ering device . RISC Core LSIFC909 chips contain a RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) processor , programmed through microcode scripts.
3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc Glossar y of T erms and Abbre viations A-7 System BIOS Controls the low le vel POST (P ower-On Self-T est), and basic operation of the CPU and computer system. TID T arget ID .
3.75 pc 10.25 pc 11.25 pc 38.25 pc 4.333 pc 48.583 pc 52.5 pc 34.5 pc 44.25 pc A-8 Glossar y of T erms and Abbreviations.
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