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® DB15-000182-01 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel to PCI Host Adapters USER’S GUIDE Marc h 2002 V ersion 2.0.
ii V er . 2.0 Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Electroma gnetic Compatibility Notices This device complies with P art 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the follo wing two conditions: 1. This device ma y not cause harmful interference , and 2.
iii V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 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 par ties without the e xpress written per mission of an officer of LSI Logic Cor poration.
iv V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. Document DB15-000182-01, Second Edition (March 2002) This document describes LSI Logic Cor poration’ s f amily of 2 Gb.
Pref ace v V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. Preface This book is the primar y reference and user’ s guide for the LSI Logic f amily of 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel to PCI Host Adapter boards.
vi Pref ace V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. Related Publications LSIFC929 Dual Channel Fibre Channel I/O Processor T echnical Man ual, A ugust 2001 (LSI Or.
2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel to PCI Host Adapters vii Rev . 2.0 Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Contents Chapter 1 Installing the 2 Gbit/s Host Adapters 1.1 General Description 1-1 1.2 Obtaining Windows NT/Windo ws 2000 Drivers 1-2 1.
viii Contents Rev . 2.0 Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 2.6.3 LSI40919LO Host Adapter Configuration 2-10 2.6.4 LSI40919LO Connector and Indicator LED 2-11 2.6.5 LSI40919H Host Adapter Configuration 2-12 2.6.6 LSI40919H Connector 2-13 2.
Contents ix Rev . 2.0 Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 4.3 Star ting the Intel BIOS Configuration Utility 4-3 4.4 Using the Intel BIOS Configuration Utility 4-3 4.5 Main Menu 4-3 4.5.1 Adapter Proper ties Menu 4-4 4.5.
x Contents Rev . 2.0 Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 2.10 LSI44929O Connectors and Indicator LEDs 2-17 2.11 LSI44929LO Host Adapter Configuration 2-18 2.12 LSI44929LO Connectors and Indicator LEDs 2-19 2.13 LSI44929H Host Adapter Configuration 2-20 2.
2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel to PCI Host Adapters 1-1 Rev . 2.0 Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Chapter 1 Installing the 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter s This chapter contains general inf ormation about the LSI Logic family of 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel (FC) to PCI host adapters.
1-2 Installing the 2 Gbit/s Host Adapters Rev . 2.0 Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. to PCI boards in PCI computer systems with either a standard or Low Profile PCI (LPPCI) brac ket type .
Detailed Installation Procedure 1-3 Rev . 2.0 Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Figure 1.1 illustrates an e xample of this host adapter board. Also ref er to Chapter 2 to see more detailed drawings of the 2 Gbit/s host adapter boards.
1-4 Installing the 2 Gbit/s Host Adapters Rev . 2.0 Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Step 2. Remov e the host adapter from the packaging and chec k that it is not damaged. Figure 1.1 illustrates an e xample of this host adapter board.
Detailed Installation Procedure 1-5 Rev . 2.0 Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Figure 1.1 Hard ware Connections for the LSI Logic Host Adapter Step 7. Carefully inser t edge connector J1 (see Figure 1.1 ) of the host adapter into the PCI slot.
1-6 Installing the 2 Gbit/s Host Adapters Rev . 2.0 Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Figure 1.2 Inserting the Host Adapter Step 8. Secure the board with the brac ket scre w (see Figure 1.2 ) bef ore making the e xter nal FC link connection.
2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel to PCI Host Adapters 2-1 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. Chapter 2 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter Characteristics This chapter provides specific details about the ph ysical environment associated with the LSI Logic 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel to PCI host adapters.
2-2 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter Character istics V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. T able 2.1 lists the 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel to PCI host adapters discussed in this user’ s guide.
F eatures 2-3 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. Bef ore you use an y of this family of host adapters , make sure y our system meets the specific hardware and softw are requirements shown in T able 2.
2-4 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter Character istics V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. – Complies with PCI Local Bus Specification, Re v . 2.2 – 3.3 V interf ace (5.0 V tolerant) • Serial EEPROM configuration storage • Card edge keyed a s a universal add-in card 2.
Ph ysical Environment 2-5 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.3.1 Electrical Characteristics T able 2.3 lists the maximum po wer requirements, and includes all of the LSI Logic 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel to PCI host adapter boards, under nor mal operation.
2-6 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter Character istics V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.3.3 Electroma gnetic Compliance These boards are designed and implemented to minimize electromagnetic emissions, susceptibility , and the effects of electromagnetic discharge.
IEEE Unique Address 2-7 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.4.2 The FC Interface The FC interf ace varies, depending on which specific LSI Logic 2 Gbit/s host adapter you ha v e selected. See Section 2.6 for more inf or mation.
2-8 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter Character istics V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.1 LSI40919O Host Adapter Configuration The LSI Logic LSI40919O is a single-channel 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel adapter . One LC optical connector is used for I/O , which is accessible through the module brac ket.
Ph ysical Characteristics 2-9 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.2 LSI40919O Connector and Indicator LED The LSI40919O I/O brac ket is configured as sho wn in Figure 2.2 . One LC connector is used to connect the adapter channel to the Fibre Channel subsystem.
2-10 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter Characteristics V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.3 LSI40919LO Host Adapter Configuration The LSI Logic LSI40919LO is a single-channel 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel adapter . One LC optical connector is used for I/O , which is accessible through the module brac ket.
Ph ysical Characteristics 2-11 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.4 LSI40919LO Connector and Indicator LED The LSI40919LO I/O brac ket is configured as sho wn in Figure 2.4 . One LC connector is used to connect the adapter channel to the Fibre Channel subsystem.
2-12 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter Characteristics V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.5 LSI40919H Host Adapter Configuration The LSI Logic LSI40919H is a single-channel 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel adapter . One HSSDC connector is used for I/O , which is accessible through the module brac ket.
Ph ysical Characteristics 2-13 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.6 LSI40919H Connector The LSI40919H I/O brac ket is configured as sho wn in Figure 2.6 . One HSSDC connector is used to connect the adapter channel to the Fibre Channel subsystem.
2-14 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter Characteristics V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.7 LSI40919LH Host Adapter Configuration The LSI Logic LSI40919LH is a single-channel 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel adapter . One HSSDC connector is used for I/O , which is accessible through the module brac ket.
Ph ysical Characteristics 2-15 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.8 LSI40919LH Connector The LSI40919LH I/O brac ket is configured as sho wn in Figure 2.8 . One HSSDC connector is used to connect the adapter channel to the Fibre Channel subsystem.
2-16 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter Characteristics V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.9 LSI44929O Host Adapter Configuration The LSI Logic LSI44929O is a dual-channel 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel adapter . T wo LC optical connectors are used f or I/O, which are accessible through the module br ack et.
Ph ysical Characteristics 2-17 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.10 LSI44929O Connector and Indicator LED The LSI44929O I/O brac ket is configured as sho wn in Figure 2.10 .T w o LC connectors are used to connect the adapter channel to the Fibre Channel subsystem.
2-18 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter Characteristics V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.11 LSI44929LO Host Adapter Configuration The LSI Logic LSI44929LO is a dual-channel 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel adapter . T wo LC optical connectors are used f or I/O, which are accessible through the module br ack et.
Ph ysical Characteristics 2-19 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.12 LSI44929LO Connector and Indicator LED The LSI44929LO I/O brac ket is configured as sho wn in Figure 2.12 .T w o LC connectors are used to connect the adapter channel to the Fibre Channel subsystem.
2-20 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter Characteristics V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.13 LSI44929H Host Adapter Configuration The LSI Logic LSI44929H is a dual-channel 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel adapter . T wo HSSDC connectors are used f or I/O, which are accessib le through the module brac ket.
Ph ysical Characteristics 2-21 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.14 LSI44929H Connectors The LSI44929H I/O brac ket is configured as sho wn in Figure 2.14 .T w o HSSDC connectors are used to connect the adapter channel to the Fibre Channel subsystem.
2-22 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter Characteristics V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.15 LSI44929LH Host Adapter Configuration The LSI Logic LSI44929LH is a dual-channel 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel adapter . T wo HSSDC connectors are used f or I/O, which are accessib le through the module brac ket.
Ph ysical Characteristics 2-23 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.16 LSI44929LH Connectors The LSI44929LH I/O brac ket is configured as sho wn in Figure 2.16 .T w o HSSDC connectors are used to connect the adapter channel to the Fibre Channel subsystem.
2-24 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter Characteristics V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.17 ITI7004G2-LC Host Adapter Configuration The LSI Logic ITI7004G2-LC is a quad-channel 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel adapter . Four LC optical connectors are used f or I/O , which are accessible through the module br ack et.
Ph ysical Characteristics 2-25 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 2.6.18 ITI7004G2-LC Connector and Indicator LED The ITI7004G2-LC I/O brac ket is configured as sho wn in Figure 2.18 . F our LC connectors are used to connect the adapter channel to the Fibre Channel subsystem.
2-26 2 Gbit/s Host Adapter Characteristics V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved..
2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel to PCI Host Adapters 3-1 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. Chapter 3 Firmware Installation Pr ocedure This chapter provides inf or mation about installing and configur ing Fibre Channel fir mware and includes these topics: • Section 3.
3-2 Fir mware Installation Procedure V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 3.2.1 Features The Fibre Channel firmware for the LSI Logic Fibre Channel chips suppo.
Installing the Firmware 3-3 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. manages all link e xceptions, which serves to isolate the host driver from Fibre Channel unique e xceptions.
3-4 Fir mware Installation Procedure V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 3.4 Configuring the Firmware The LSI Logic fir mware suppor ts se ver al configuration options, defined individually below . All options may be configured using the FCUTIL utility menu, as described in Section 3.
Configuring the Fir mware 3-5 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. k - Change Port 1 Board Speed to Auto Step 3. Exit the FCUTIL utility using the menu option q - Quit . 3.4.2 Interrupt Coalescing These host adapters hav e the ability to complete multiple I/O requests per host interrupt.
3-6 Fir mware Installation Procedure V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. The Coalescing Timeout value determines how long the host adapter waits bef ore generating an interr upt, when less than Coalescing Depth I/O requests are present.
T roub leshooting 3-7 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 3.5 T roubleshooting Some potential problems and their suggested solutions are: The Firmware and BIOS revisions typicall y need to be in sync for proper operation.
3-8 Fir mware Installation Procedure V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved..
2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel to PCI Host Adapters 4-1 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. Chapter 4 BIOS Features This chapter describes the Fibre Channel BIOS and Configuration Utility and includes these topics: • Section 4.
4-2 BIOS Features V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 4.2 Intel BIOS This section provides the f eatures, description, and installation of the Intel Fibre Channel BIOS.
Star ting the Intel BIOS Configuration Utility 4-3 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 4.3 Star ting the Intel BIOS Configuration Utility The LSI Logic Intel BIOS allows y ou to change the def ault configuration of your host adapters , using the embedded BIOS Configuration Utility .
4-4 BIOS Features V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. attached de vices). After selecting an adapter and pressing Enter , the FC Link bus is scanned and the Adapter Properties screen appears. On the Main menu, two selections are the Boot Adapter List and Global Proper ties menus.
Main Menu 4-5 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. Ne xt P age and Pre vious P age options are provided on the persistent ID screens, through the F2 k ey , which moves the screen f orward or back b y 16 entries.
4-6 BIOS Features V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 4.5.5 Global Properties Menu The Global Proper ties menu allows y ou to pause if an aler t message has been displa yed, to vie w displa y boot information, and to set displa y and video modes.
Open Boot BIOS 4-7 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. These messages ma y appear during the boot process: • Adapter removed from boot order, parameters will be updated accordingly! appears when an adapter is remov ed from the system or is relocated behind a PCI bridge.
4-8 BIOS Features V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 4.8.2 Identifying the Fibre Channel Disks The probe-scsi-all command is used to identify the Fibre Channel de vices on your Fusion-MPT adapter . T o show all disks av ailable from the openboot prompt, use the probe- scsi-all command.
Open Boot BIOS 4-9 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. Target 6 Unit 0 Removable Read Only device PLEXTOR CD-ROM PX-20TS If the Fibre Channel de vices on your .
4-10 BIOS F eatures V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. /pci@8,700000/IntraServer,fc@2/disk /pci@8,700000/IntraServer,fc@2/tape /pci@8,700000/IntraServer,fc@1,.
Open Boot BIOS 4-11 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 4.8.4.1 select Use the select openboot command to select the adapter entr y . This opens the por t to br ing the por t online. ok select /pci@8,700000/IntraServer,fc@1 4.
4-12 BIOS F eatures V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. 4.8.4.3 show-children While you ha v e the adapter or por t selected, to display the de vices currently connected to this adapter , use the show-children command, as shown belo w .
Open Boot BIOS 4-13 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. timeout of 1280 (0x500) microseconds. What this means is that the host is interrupted only once for 9 I/Os processed b y the chip , unless 1280 microseconds has passed since the host was last interrupted.
4-14 BIOS F eatures V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. Select the por t or adapter shown (use the port name your system assigns) : ok select /pci@8,700000/Int.
Open Boot BIOS 4-15 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. d) /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/disk e) /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ebus@1/fdthree@14,3203f0 q) NO SELECTION Enter Selection, q to quit: a /pci@1f,0/pci@1/IntraServer,fc@2/disk has been selected.
4-16 BIOS F eatures V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. change from auto detect of topology , and that firmware version 1.00.03 is the minimum re vision to suppor t this functionality . The f ollowing is an e xample of how to select a man ual topology N_P or t or NL_P or t on a selected Fibre Channel por t.
Open Boot BIOS 4-17 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. ok 2 set-topology Topology selected is N_Port Topology has been set Change will take effect after syste.
4-18 BIOS F eatures V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved..
2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel to PCI Host Adapters A-1 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. Appendix A Glossary of T erms and Abbre viations 8B/10B A data encoding scheme de veloped b y IBM, translating b yte wide data to an encoded 10-bit f or mat.
A-2 Glossar y of T erms and Abbre viations V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. Configuration Ref ers to the wa y a computer is set up; the combined hardware c.
Glossar y of T erms and Abbre viations A-3 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. FC-1 Middle le vel of the FC-PH standard, defining the 8B/10B encoding/decoding and transmission protocol.
A-4 Glossar y of T erms and Abbre viations V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. HIPPI High P erformance P arallel Interf ace, an 800 Mbits/s interf ace to supercomputer networks (formerly known as high speed channel) de veloped b y ANSI.
Glossar y of T erms and Abbre viations A-5 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. NL_P ort An N_P or t that contains arbitrated loop functions. Operating System A program that organiz es the inter nal activities of the computer and its peripheral devices .
A-6 Glossar y of T erms and Abbre viations V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. CPU . Inf or mation can be written to and read from RAM. The contents of RAM are lost when the computer is tur ned off . Responder A FC ter m ref erring to the answering de vice.
Glossar y of T erms and Abbre viations A-7 V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved. data transf er . Synchronous data transf ers are negotiated between the SCSI host adapter and each SCSI de vice. System BIOS Controls the low le vel POST (P ower-On Self-T est), and basic operation of the CPU and computer system.
A-8 Glossar y of T erms and Abbre viations V er. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 b y LSI Logic Cor poration. All rights reserved..
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