IBM DS4000 FC manual Installing on the Linux platform, GUI installation

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Note: Remember, the drive letter must be mapped to the root of the NetWare

SYS volume.

5.When you are prompted to enable the QLogic failover configuration, do not enable it. (IBM recommends the use of the RDAC multipath driver as the DS4000 LUN failover/failback driver, in a Microsoft Windows environment or the Novell NetWare native multipath device driver in a NetWare environment.)

The following are known limitations.

v The DS4000 storage products do not support the use of SANSurfer to configure failover and failback paths or IO load balancing for the DS4000 storage subsystem logical drives (LUNs) using the QLogic failover version (QLDirect) of the FC HBA device driver in Microsoft Windows environments. IBM only supports the use of DS4000 RDAC multipath device driver in conjunction with the non-failover version of the QLogic FC HBA device driver.

vThe DS4000 storage products do not support the use of LUN masking or HBA configuration wizard/functions; neither do the DS4000 storage products support non-Fibre Channel HBA functions, such as QLogic SANSwitch or iSCSI HBA functions.

vThe QLogic SANSurfer Pro Utility program (formerly known as IBM FAStT MSJ program) must not be left installed on X64 servers with Microsoft

Windows Server 2003 64-Bit edition, while the servers are running IOs to DS4000 storage subsystems. Install the QLogic SANSurfer® Pro Utility program if you need to perform FC HBA updates or diagnostics; then, uninstall it immediately after you have completed these tasks.

vThere is no 64-Bit version of the QLogic SANSurfer Pro Utility program (formerly known as FAStT MSJ) for Windows Server 2003 IA64 or x64 editions. You must use the 32-Bit version of the QLogic SANSurfer Pro Utility program for the Windows Server 2003 64-Bit edition. Uninstall the QLogic SANSurfer Pro Utility program when the diagnostics are complete; otherwise, the program could cause the server to crash in heavy IO loads.

Note: For information about other possible program limitations, please see the

README file.

If you have questions about installing the QLogic SANsurfer Pro Utility, please see the README file, which may have a name, for example, like readme_SANsurfer_FAStMSJ_win32_NW.txt.

Installing on the Linux platform

Note: If SANSurfer is already installed, uninstall it prior to installing a new copy.

GUI installation

To perform the SANSurfer Pro Utility installation on a Linux platform, you must execute four steps.

1.Open a shell (command prompt), and change to the directory that contains the installation file, which might for example, be named sansurfer2.0.30b62_linux_install-i.bin.

2.At the prompt, type the command to start the program installation wizard. sh ./program_name

where, program_name is sansurfer2.0.30b62_linux_install-i.bin

Chapter 2. Installing the FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter device drivers and updating the BIOS code 11

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Contents Installation and User’s Guide Page Installation and User’s Guide Page Contents Configuring the FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter with Fast!UTIL Contents Page Figures Page Tables Page Safety Statement Safety Page Who should read this document About this documentFAStT product renaming DS4000 Storage Subsystem installation tasks General overview About this document Before you call Getting information, help, and serviceWeb sites Using the documentationHardware service and support Software service and supportHow to send your comments Fire suppression systemsHow this book is organized Page About this document Page Fibre Channel defined OverviewPreinstallation procedures FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter featuresFC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter serial number label Handling static-sensitive devicesFC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter components What you need for the installationYellow LED Green LED Amber LED Activity Description Installing the FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter Page Dual port adapter Installing the FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter device drivers Installing on Windows and Novell NetWare platforms GUI installation Installing on the Linux platformPage SANsurfer Pro Utility features Using the QLogic SANsurfer Pro UtilityQLogic SANsurfer Pro Utility overview SANsurfer Pro utilities BiosNvram Using the flasutil command prompt Flasutil /i /l xxxx /n NVRAMfile.DAT Command-line options Press ″Enter.″ Following command-line options display Using the flasutil Bios Update Utility menu For Microsoft Windows 2000 or Server Creating the disketteUnmount /mnt Accessing HBA settings through Fast!UTIL Configuring the FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter with Fast!UTILStarting Fast!UTIL Bios address Host bus adapter settingsFC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter hard loop ID Advanced FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter SettingsEnable LIP Reset Selectable boot settingsRaw Nvram data Restore default settingsScan fibre-channel devices Fibre-channel disk utilityExitFast!UTIL Environment Minimum Maximum RAM Hardware problems TroubleshootingSoftware problems System configuration problemsFibre Channel problems Action Appendix A. AccessibilityShort cut Action Edition notice Appendix B. NoticesImportant notes TrademarksFederal Communications Commission FCC statement Electronic emission notices Class a statementsEuropean Union EMC Directive conformance statement Copyright IBM Corp Page Please recycle batteries Appendix D. Battery Return ProgramPage Appendix E. Cable Warning Page DS4000 Storage Manager Version 9 library Appendix F. Additional DS4000 documentationDS4800 Storage Subsystem library DS4700 Storage Subsystem library DS4500 Fibre Channel Storage Server library DS4400 Fibre Channel Storage Server library DS4300 Fibre Channel Storage Server library DS4100 Sata Storage Server library DS4000 Storage Expansion Enclosure documents Other DS4000 and DS4000-related documents Page Index PCI/PCI-X Page Part Number 39M5599