LSI 40909G-S Preface

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Preface

This book is the primary reference and user’s guide for the LSI Logic

LSI40909G-S PCI to Fibre Channel Host Adapter for Sun Solaris board.

It contains a complete functional description for the LSI40909G-S as well

as complete physical and electrical speciﬁcations.

Audience

This document assumes that you have some familiarity with Fibre

Channel protocol and related support devices and will beneﬁt persons

installing and using the LSI40909G-S.

Organization

This document has the following chapters and appendix:

•Chapter 1, LSI40909G-S Description, deﬁnes the interfaces and

characteristics of the LSI40909G-S.

•Chapter 2, Installing the LSI40909G-S, provides both quick and

detailed installation instructions.

•Chapter 3, Software Installation,describes the installation

procedures for the Fusion-MPT and Fibre Channel drivers.

•Chapter 4, LSI40909G-S Technical Characteristics,describes the

physical and operational environments of the LSI40909G-S.

•Appendix A, Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations, provides

deﬁnitions of various terminology that is referenced throughout this

user’s guide.

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