Compaq AA-RHGWB-TE manual Setting the KGPSA-BC or KGPSA-CA to Run on a Fabric

GLM alignment pins, alignment tabs, and connector pins with the holes, oval openings, and board socket. Press the GLM into place.

The KGPSA-CA does not use a GLM, it uses an embedded optical shortwave multimode Fibre Channel interface.

3.Install the KGPSA in an open 32- or 64-bit PCI slot.

4.Insert the optical cable SC connectors into the KGPSA-BC GLM or KGPSA-CA SC connectors. The SC connectors are keyed to prevent their being plugged in incorrectly. Do not use unnecessary force. Do not forget to remove the transparent plastic covering on the extremities of the optical cable.

5.Connect the fibre-optic cables to the shortwave gigabit interface converter modules (GBICs) in the DSGGA or DSGGB Fibre Channel switch.

6.5.2.2Setting the KGPSA-BC or KGPSA-CA to Run on a Fabric

The KGPSA host bus adapter defaults to the fabric mode, and can be used in a fabric without taking any action. However, if you install a KGPSA that has been used in the loop mode on another system, you will need to reformat the KGPSA nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM) and configure it to run on a Fibre Channel fabric configuration.

Use the wwidmgr utility to determine the mode of operation of the KGPSA host bus adapter, and to set the mode if it needs changing (for example from loop to fabric).

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You must set the console to diagnostic mode to use the wwidmgr utility for the following AlphaServer systems: AS1200, AS4x00, AS8x00, GS60, GS60E, and GS140. Set the console to diagnostic mode as follows:

P00>>> set mode diag

Console is in diagnostic mode

P00>>>

The console remains in wwid manager mode (or diagnostic mode for the AS1200, AS4x00, AS8x00, GS60, GS60E, and GS140 systems), and you cannot boot until the system is re-initialized. Use the init command or a system reset to re-initialize the system after you have completed using the wwid manager.

If you try to boot the system and receive the following error, initialize the console to get out of WWID manager mode, then reboot:

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