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EMC P/N 300-002-803 manual Installing the adapter

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Install Connecting to Storage Vi /etc/sysconfig/kernel Adapter edge connectors Upgrading the adapter Bios Planning procedure Selectable Boot settings Service naviagentcli stop Boot device support Using the driver diskette

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REV A20 Page Contents Chapter Updating the CEE/Menlo or iSCSI Firmware Chapter Connecting to the Storage Chapter Configuring a Boot Device on an EMC Storage Array137 Chapter Additional Notes Appendix B Special Instructions Contents Title Tables Tables Preface Following related documents are available on Powerlink Related documentation Conventions used in this documentTypographical conventions Courier bold Techpubcomments@EMC.com Introduction Host connectivity Purpose of this documentFibre Channel Fibre Channel over Ethernet ISCSI Array, for further information on booting from the SAN Boot device support FC and FCoE ISCSI Zoning Provides a zoning example EMC storage array-specific settings Installation Steps Prerequisites for first-time installation Linux distribution of choice Version on Summary of installation steps Support Matrix as in kernel Updating the QLogic CEE SC optical cable LC optical cable Installing the adapter Matching the adapter with the correct PCI slot PCI PCI-X Adapter edge connectors PCI Express slots Adapter model Protocol PCI spec BUS length Power Slot key Installing the adapter Installation Steps Installing and Configuring Bios Settings Verifying the correct Bios version Verifying and configuring the Bios settings Upgrading the adapter Bios Method 2 Upgrading the adapter Bios using QLogic SANsurfer EMC recommended Nvram settings for Linux EMC recommended adapter Bios settingsOpt/QLogicCorporation/SANsurferCLI/scli Fibre Channel HBAs QLogic Bios settings for Fibre Channel HBAs page 1 Selectable Boot settings ISCSI HBAs Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE CNAs Installing and Configuring the Bios Settings Installing and Configuring the Bios Settings Installing and Configuring Linux Host with QLogic Driver Introduction Enter tar -xvf qioctl-install.tar QLogic SANsurfer and SANsurfer CLIIoctl module for RHEL4 RPM packages needed for RHEL5 Enter qioctl-install -install Supported in kernel driver versions Fibre Channel and FCoE in kernel driver versions √ a √ b Sles 10 SP4 Enabling the QLogic driver in Rhel Enabling the QLogic driver in Sles Cd /boot Mkinitrd -k vmlinuz-$1-i initrd-$1 Reboot the system Mkinitrd -v initrd- 2.6.9-55.ELsmp.img 2.6.9-55.ELsmp Enabling the QLogic driver in SLES10 and Sles Reboot the system Supported out of kernel driver versions Fibre Channel and FCoE out of kernel driver versions √ c Fibre Channel and FCoE out of kernel driver versions Service naviagentcli stop Fibre Channel and FCoE out of kernel driver versions Install the Dkms RPM Install the QLogic driver RPMInitial decompression will provide you with the following API libraries and the SANsurfer CLI Proceed with the installation Fibre Channel and FCoE out of kernel driver versions DGC File modifications on Rhel hosts Installation SuccessfulPage Lunz DGC DGC File modifications on Sles hosts Fibre Channel and FCoE out of kernel driver versions Example of the modified /etc/modules.conf Uninstall the QLogic driver with the following command Uninstall the QLogic driver RPM using the following command Remove the driver using the RPM command QLogic v7.x series driver parameters QLogic v7.x and v8.x series driver parameters QLogic v7.x series driver parameters page 2 Etc/modules.conf is displayed Failover-specific parameters Setting the parameter values QLogic v8.x-series driver parameters For SuSE, type For SuSE distributions, edit GPL For SuSE distributions, use GPL Page ISCSI supported in kernel driver versions ISCSI in kernel driver versions Supported iSCSI in kernel driver versions page 2 ISCSI in kernel driver versions Alias scsihostadapter3 qla4xxx Vi /etc/sysconfig/kernel Enabling the QLogic driver in SLES10 and Sles ISCSI supported out of kernel driver versions ISCSI out of kernel driver versions Supported iSCSI out of kernel driver versions Rhel Preinstallation instructions Etc/init.d/naviagentcli stop service naviagentcli stopEtc/init.d/PowerPath stop service PowerPath stop Etc/init.d/iqlremote stop Service iqlremote stop Tar zxvf qliscsi-linux-3.22-1dkms.tar.gz Install the QLogic driver RPM Install the Dkms RPMOutput example Rpm -ivh qla4xxx-v3.22-1dkms.noarch.rpm Cd /boot Mkinitrd initrd-$1.img $1 Initial uncompression will provide you with the following Cd qliscsi-linux-3.22-2-install Ql-iscsi-install Building module dependency Depmod 104 105 For SuSE, use 107 EMC CLARiiON, EMC Symmetrix & EMC Celerra supported software 109 Tar zxvf qliscsi-linux-5.00.04-1dkms.tar.gz Cd /boot Mkinitrd initrd-2.6.9-22.ELsmp.img 2.6.9-22.ELsmp Cd qliscsi-linux-5.00-4-install Ql-iscsi-install 113 114 115 = DGC 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 Where $1 is the currently running v2.6.x kernel version For Red Hat, useFor SuSE, use 127 Page Updating CEE/Menlo or iSCSI Firmware Updating the QLogic CEE /Menlo firmware for FCoE adapters Updating the QLogic firmware for iSCSI adapters Updating the CEE/Menlo or iSCSI Firmware 132 HBA Connecting to Storage Establishing connectivity to the storage array Planning procedure Zoning and connection planning in an iSCSI environment What next? Configuring the QLA40xx-Series HBA to discover iSCSI targets 137 Configuring persistent binding using SANsurferCLI Qliscsi-linux-5.00.4-2-install/scixScix Main Menu, select option 6 for the target menu Select 11 to exit the menu Unconfiguring persistent binding using SANsurferCLI Select the desired target ID to be unbound Installing the SANSurfer iSCSI GUI An Important Information screen displays Choose Install Folder window displays Pre-Installation Summary window displaysConfirm the information and click Install 145 Select the Target Options Target Settings Configuring persistent binding using the SANsurfer GUIFollowing window displays Click on the + icon near the bottom right of the screen Click Save Target Settings An HBA Save Data Warnings window displays 149 Click Yes Iscsi Configuration Change box displays Configuring a Boot Device on an EMC Storage Array Configuring a Boot Device on an EMC Storage Array VNX series- or CLARiiON-specific cautions and restrictions Symmetrix-specific cautions and restrictions 154 Limitations Common limitationsThis section discusses limitations, including Symmetrix-specific limitations VNX series- or CLARiiON-specific limitations Configuring a Symmetrix boot device for FC or FCoE Preparing the Symmetrix storage arrayPreparing the host Configuring the QLogic Bios for SAN boot 160 Preparing the VNX series or CLARiiON storage system 162 163 164 Insert Driver Disk window displays Rhel 5 OS SAN-boot installation with QLogic FCoE adapters SLES10 OS SAN-boot installation with QLogic FCoE adapters Following message displays Sles 11 OS SAN-boot installation with QLogic FCoE adapters Configuring a Symmetrix boot device for iSCSI Configuring a Symmetrix boot device for iSCSI 170 171 Configuring a VNX series or CLARiiON boot device for iSCSI Configuring a VNX series or CLARiiON boot device for iSCSI 174 175 How to build a Device Driver Update Disk DD-DISK Obtain a sample QLogic DD kit Install kernel headers and sources Set or uncomment the following variables in the top level Moddevelkit/scsi directory, copy the QLogic driver source Obtain and configure the QLA40xx-Series HBA driver sources Create the driver diskette Scsi# rm -f Makefile Makefile.kernel Config.in 181 Boot linux dd Using the driver disketteBoot linux noprobe dd An example for a 64-bit driver diskette image is as follows Upgrading the kernel 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 Additional Notes Ethernet connectivity over the CNA Device reconfiguration procedures for FC and FCoE Rebooting the host Device reconfiguration procedures for the iSCSI 3.x driverEtc/init.d/naviagentcli stop or Service naviagentcli stop Unloading and reloading the modular QLogic driver Device reconfiguration procedures for the iSCSI 3.x driver Etc/init.d/naviagentcli stop Device reconfiguration procedures for the iSCSI 5.x driver Etc/init.d/iqlremote stop or Service iqlremote stop Etc/init.d/PowerPath stop or Service PowerPath stop 200 Adapter information for RHEL5, SLES10, and Sles 202 Then rebuild RAM disk Delete the following unnecessary driver parameter Etc/init.d/qlremote stop Service qlremote stop Modprobe -r qla2300 Modprobe -r qla2xxxconf Rmmod qla2300 Device reconfiguration Device numbering HPQ server-specific note Select the System Configuration Utility VNX series or CLARiiON Only disconnected ghost LUNs Setting Up External Boot for IBM Blade Server HS40 Setting Up External Boot for IBM Blade Server HS40 Special Instructions Special Instructions 213 Special Instructions 214 Index Index

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