LSI 40909G-S manual

S14062

LSI40909G-S

PCI to Fibre Channel

Host Adapter for Sun

Solaris

USER’S

GUIDE

February 2001

Version 1.0

Contents

Main ii Electromagnetic Compatibility Notices LSI Logic Corporation North American Headquarters Milpitas, CA 408.433.8000 iii Page Preface Page Contents Page Chapter 1 LSI40909G-S Description 1.1 General Description 1.2 Features 1.2.1 PCI Interface 1.2.2 FC Interface 1.2.3 Board Characteristics 1.2.4 FC Link Activity/Link Fault LED Page Chapter 2 Installing the LSI40909G-S 2.1 Quick Installation Procedure 2.2 Detailed Installation Procedure 2.2.1 Before You Start 2.2.2 Inserting the Host Adapter Page Page Page Page Chapter 3 Software Installation 3.1 Installing the Sun SPARC Solaris Fusion-MPT Drivers 3.1.1 Features 3.1.2 System Requirements 3.1.3 Verifying Correct Installation Page 3.1.4 Identifying the FC Disks 3.1.5 Persistent Device Naming Page 3.1.6 itmpt Device Driver 3.2 Installing the itmpt Sun SPARC Solaris FC Driver must system disk 3.2.1 Existing System Installation Page Page must Page 3.2.2 Network Installation Procedure Page Youcan obtain the platform_group from a machine of the same type as the target client using the command no 3.3 Troubleshooting 3-16 Software Installation Table 3.2 Error Messages (Cont.) Troubleshooting 3-17 Page Chapter 4 LSI40909G-S Technical Characteristics 4.1 Physical Environment 4.1.1 Physical Characteristics 4.1.2 Electrical Characteristics 4.1.3 Thermal, Atmospheric Characteristics 4.1.4 Electromagnetic Compliance 4.2 Operational Environment 4.2.1 The PCI Interface 4.2.2 The FC Interface 4.2.3 The FC Link Activity/Link Fault LED 4.3 IEEE Unique Address Appendix A Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Customer Feedback LSI40909G-S PCI to Fibre Channel Host Adapter for Sun Solaris UsersGuide. U.S. Distributors by State U.S. Distributors by State (Continued) Direct Sales Representatives by State (Components and Boards) Sales Ofces and Design Resource Centers Sales Ofces and Design Resource Centers (Continued) International Distributors