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SANblade 2300 Series User’s Guide
2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters
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QLogic is a trademark of QLogic Corporation
Introduction
Section
Part
Hardware
QLA2342/2342L
Troubleshooting
Section
Section
Windows 2000 Driver Installation
Windows NT Driver Installation
Software
Part
NetWare Driver Installation
Windows XP Driver Installation
Red Hat Linux Driver Installation
Section
Page
Solaris SPARC Driver Installation
FIGURES
TABLES
Fibre Channel Data Rates
What is Fibre Channel?
How to Use this Guide
Introduction
Section
Features
Part
Hardware
QLA2340/2340L QLA2342/2342L
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I - Hardware
QLA2340/2340L HBA Components
QLA2340/2340L
Figure 2-1. QLA2340/2340L HBA Layout
Section
LEDs
Installation in the Computer
Jumpers
2.1.1
2. Power down the peripherals, then the computer
2.2.1
Installation Help
Fast!UTIL
Configuration Settings
Introduction
2.3.1
Selectable Boot Settings
Host Adapter Settings
Table 2-1. Host Adapter Settings
2.3.2.1
Advanced Adapter Settings
Restore Default Settings
Table 2-2. Advanced Adapter Settings
Raw NVRAM Data
Default
Table 2-2. Advanced Adapter Settings Continued
Table 2-3. Extended Firmware Settings
Extended Firmware Settings
2.3.2.6
Table 2-4. RIO Operation Modes
Table 2-3. Extended Firmware Settings Continued
Table 2-5. Connection Options
Fibre Disk Utility
Scan Fibre Channel Devices
Select Host Adapter
2.3.3
Flashing a QLA2340/2340L HBA with FCode
FCode
2.4.1
2.4.2
Setting the QLA2340/2340L HBA Connection Mode
Setting and Viewing the Fibre Channel Data Rate
Setting the QLA2340/2340L HBA Loop ID
2.4.3
2.4.4
Table 2-6. Fibre Channel Data Rates
Selecting the Boot Device
2.4.5
2.4.6
Building the Bootable Disk
a. At the root prompt, type format
8. Install the boot block on the new boot disk. For example
Table 2-8. QLA2340/2340L HBA Specifications
Specifications
Table 2-7. QLA2340/2340L HBA Operating Environment
Label
Table 2-8. QLA2340/2340L HBA Specifications Continued
Agency Certification
EMI and EMC Requirements
2.7.2
Product Safety Requirements
Agency Certification
2 - QLA2340/2340L
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QLA2342/2342L HBA Components
QLA2342/2342L
Figure 3-1. QLA2342/2342L HBA Layout
Section
Figure 3-2. QLA2342/2342L HBA LED Activity 3.1.2
3.1.1
Installation in the Computer
LEDs
3 - QLA2342/2342L
Installation Help
3.2.1
3.3.2
3.3.1
Configuration Settings
Fast!UTIL
3.3.2.1
Table 3-1. Host Adapter Settings
3.3.2.2
Host Adapter Settings
3.3.2.3
Table 3-2. Advanced Adapter Settings
3.3.2.4
3.3.2.5
Setting
Table 3-2. Advanced Adapter Settings Continued
Disable Database Load
Extended Error Logging
3.3.2.6
Table 3-3. Extended Firmware Settings
Extended Firmware Settings
Table 3-4. RIO Operation Modes
Table 3-3. Extended Firmware Settings Continued
Table 3-5. Connection Options
Setting
3.3.4
3.3.3
3.3.5
Scan Fibre Channel Devices
3.4.1
Flashing a QLA2342/2342L HBA with FCode
FCode
3.4.2
Setting the QLA2342/2342L HBA Connection Mode
3.4.3
Setting the QLA2342/2342L HBA Loop ID
3.4.4
Setting and Viewing the Fibre Channel Data Rate
3.4.5
Table 3-6. Fibre Channel Data Rates
Selecting the Boot Device
Building the Bootable Disk
3.4.6
a. At the root prompt, type format
8. Install the boot block on the new boot disk. For example
Table 3-7. QLA2342/2342L HBA Operating Environment
Table 3-8. QLA2342/2342L HBA Specifications
Specifications
3.7.1
Table 3-8. QLA2342/2342L HBA Specifications Continued
Label
Agency Certification
Product Safety Requirements
3.7.2
Agency Certification
3 - QLA2342/2342L
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Problems After Installation
Troubleshooting
Hardware Problem Checklist
System Configuration Problem Checklist
Fibre Channel Problem Checklist
Part
Software
Operating System
II-2
II - Software
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Windows NT Installation
Windows NT Driver Installation QL2300.SYS
Windows NT Driver Files
Section
Installing or Updating the Windows NT Driver
Initial Installation of Windows NT and the Windows NT Driver
5.3.1
7. Select QLogic QLA2300 PCI Fibre Channel Adapter, then press ENTER
QLDIRECT
Updating the Windows NT Driver
5.3.3
Initial Installation of QLDIRECT
QLDIRECT Installation
QLDIRECT Driver Files
Updating to QLDIRECT from QLFILTER
Initial Installation of the QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver
QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation
5.5.1
4. In the Select Network Adapter dialog box, click Have Disk
5.5.2
Updating the QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver
Driver Configuration
QL2x00IP NDIS Driver and IP Address Configuration
Table 5-1. Ql2x00ip.sys Configuration Parameters
5.5.3
5.5.3.2
IP Address Configuration
5.5.4
Removing the QL2x00IP NDIS Driver
QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation
5 - Windows NT Driver Installation
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Windows 2000 Installation
Windows 2000 Driver Installation QL2300.SYS
Creating the Driver Disk
Section
Installing the Windows 2000 Driver
Initial Installation of Windows 2000 and the Windows 2000 Driver
6.3.1
6.3.2
Updating the Windows 2000 Driver
4. The Upgrade Device Driver Wizard dialog box displays. Click Next
6.3.3
2. Double-click the SCSI and RAID controllers icon
6.4.2
6.4.1
6.4.2.1
QLDIRECT Installation
QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation
6.4.2.2
Updating to QLDIRECT from QLFILTER
9. In the Select Network Adapter dialog box, click Have Disk
6.5.1
6.5.2
Initial Installation of the QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver
Table 6-1. Ql2x00ip.sys Configuration Parameters
QL2x00IP NDIS Driver Configuration
6.5.3
3. In the Local Area Connection n Properties dialog box, select Internet Protocol TCP/IP
11. In the Local Area Connection n Properties dialog box, click OK
7. Click Yes, I want to uninstall this device. Click Next
6.5.4
Removing the QL2x00IP NDIS Driver
QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation
6 - Windows 2000 Driver Installation
6-10
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Installing the Windows XP Driver
Windows XP Driver Installation QL2300.SYS
Section
Introduction
Installing Windows XP with the QLA23xx HBA as an Add-On
Installing Windows XP with the QLA23xx HBA as the Boot Device
Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID Driver
7.3.1
6. In the Start Device Driver Installation dialog box, click Next
Installing the QL2300.SYS Driver
6. Press ENTER to select the QLogic QLA2300 PCI Fibre Channel Adapter
7.3.3
7.3.4
Updating the Existing QLA2300.SYS Driver
2. Double-click QLogic QLA2300 PCI Fibre Channel Adapter
System Registry Parameters
Removing the Driver
MaximumSGList
Do you want to restart your computer now?
FCTape
NumberOfRequests
3. Double-click MaximumSGListREGDWORD0x21
7.5.2
FCTape=1
UseSameNN
7.5.4
UseSameNN=0
System Registry Parameters
7 - Windows XP Driver Installation
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NetWare Driver Files and Parameters
NetWare Driver Installation QL2300.HAM
Table 8-1. QL2300.HAM Driver Parameters
Section
3. Select Configure disk and storage device drivers
Installing the NetWare Driver
4. Select Select an additional driver
Driver Floppy Disk 1 New Operating System Installation
Red Hat Linux Driver Installation
Creating the Driver Floppy Disk
9.2.1
Source Code Driver Floppy Disk
Driver Floppy Disk 2 Installed Operating System
9.2.2
9.2.3
Install or Update the Driver Installed Operating System
Install a New Operating System and Driver Red Hat Linux
9.4.1
Installing the Driver on the Boot Drive
# mkdir /home/qla2x00
cd /home/qla2x00
9.4.2
Loading the Driver
9.4.2.1
After line 634 add
After line 609 add
10. Change default=linux or default=linux-up to default=newsmp
9.4.2.2
Building a Ramdisk Image to Load the Driver Automatically
Building a Ramdisk Image to Load the qla2300 Driver
Loading and Unloading the qla2x00 Driver Manually
9.4.2.3
9.4.2.4
9.4.2.5
Loading and Unloading the qla2300 Driver Manually
Building a Uniprocessor Version of the Driver
Building a Driver from the Sources
9.5.1
9.5.2
Building a Multiprocessor Version of the Driver
Building a Driver from the Sources
a. From the Main Menu, select Processor type and features and press
Installing the Solaris SPARC Driver from a CD-ROM
Solaris SPARC Driver Installation QLA2300
10.1
10.2
10.3
Installing the Solaris SPARC Driver from the QLogic Web Site
10. Continue with step 7 in section
10. Press ENTER to accept the default
10 - Solaris SPARC Driver Installation
10.4
FCode
FCode