Contents

Preface

vii

Chapter 1

Introduction

 

 

Understanding Persistent Binding in a Fabric Environment

.... 1-2

Chapter 2

Installing and Configuring the HBA Driver

 

 

Introduction

2-2

 

Downloading QLogic Drivers and Firmware

2-2

 

Verifying and Downloading the Documentation

2-2

 

Installing an HBA

2-3

 

Special Installation Sequence for Stratus ftServers and

 

 

EMC CLARiiON Arrays

2-4

 

Special Instructions for CLARiiON CX200-Series

 

 

Direct-Connect Dual-Host Clustering Configurations

2-4

 

EMC HBA Settings

2-8

 

Pre-Configured Settings

2-8

 

Configuring NVRAM for Stratus ftServers

2-9

 

Fibre-Down Servers with Embedded QLogic HBAs

2-10

 

Updating Firmware/BIOS and Applying NVRAM

 

 

Settings

2-10

 

Manually Setting the HBA Data Rate

2-12

 

Setting the Topology for QLA22xx/23xx and Windows

.. 2-13

 

Installing the HBA Driver

2-14

 

Driver Revision History

2-14

 

Where to Find the Driver

2-14

 

Windows 2003 STORPort Updates

2-14

 

Installation Procedure for Windows NT Hosts

2-15

EMC Fibre Channel with QLogic HBAs in Windows Hosts

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