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Q-Logic manual Hardware Installation Guide for the QLA2300 Board Family

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Hardware Installation Guide for the

Hardware Installation Guide for the

QLA2300 Board Family

Fibre Channel Host Adapter Boards for the PCI Bus

Part of the SANblade Family of Products

FC2251101-00 D October 5, 2001

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Q-Logic manual Hardware Installation Guide for the QLA2300 Board Family, Part of the SANblade Family of Products

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Fibre Channel Host Adapter Boards for the PCI Bus Hardware Installation Guide for the QLA2300 Board FamilyPart of the SANblade Family of Products FC2251101-00 D October 5QLogic is a trademark of QLogic Corporation Page QLogic CorporationFC2251101-00 D 2000-2001 QLogic Corporation First Printed July QLogic CorporationAll Rights Reserved Worldwide Printed in U.S.A QLogic Corporation, 26600 Laguna Hills Drive, Aliso Viejo, CAFast!UTIL Table of ContentsTABLES FIGURESPage PageIntroduction What is Fibre Channel?Section General DescriptionFeatures Preinstallation Procedures Hardware InstallationWhat You Need for Installation QLA23xx Board ComponentsFigure 2-1. QLA2300/2310 Board Layout 2 - Hardware InstallationFigure 2-2. QLA2300F/2310F Board Layout SERIAL NUMBER J1Figure 2-4. QLA2302F Board Layout Figure 2-3. QLA2310FL Board LayoutQLA23xx Board Components J2 J2Figure 2-5. QLA2312F Board Layout 2 - Hardware InstallationFigure 2-6. QLA2312FL Board Layout SERIAL NUMBER J12.3.1 LEDsFigure 2-7. QLA2300/2300F/2310/2310F/2310FL Board LED Activity Figure 2-8. QLA2302F/2312F Board LED ActivityInstallation in the Computer Power DistributionJumpers 2.3.2PCI connectors vary among system board manufacturers. The QLA23xx board is a 64-bit PCI device that can function in a 32-bit PCI slot the slot conforms to the PCI specification the rear edge of the PCI slot is notched. If you try to install the QLA23xx board into a PCI slot that does not conform to the PCI specification, you may damage the QLA23xx board Installation Help Problems After Installation TroubleshootingHardware Problem Checklist System Configuration Problem ChecklistFibre Channel Problem Checklist Appendix A Configuration SettingsIntroduction Fast!UTILSelectable Boot Settings Host Adapter SettingsTable A-1. Host Adapter Settings A.2.1Advanced Adapter Settings Restore Default SettingsRaw NVRAM Data Table A-2. Advanced Adapter SettingsExecution Throttle. This setting specifies the maximum number of commands executing on any one port. When a port’s execution throttle is reached, no new commands are executed until the current command finishes executing. The valid options for this setting are 1-256. The default is Table A-3. Extended Firmware Settings Extended Firmware SettingsA.2.6 Table A-5. Connection Options Table A-4. RIO Operation ModesOperation Mode OptionFibre Disk Utility Scan Fibre Channel DevicesSelect Host Adapter A - Fast!UTIL Select Host AdapterFC2251101-00 D Appendix B SpecificationsTable B-2. QLA23xx Board Specifications Table B-1. QLA23xx Board Operating EnvironmentQLA2300/QLA2310 HSSDC connector that supports copper cabling. Fibre Table B-2. QLA23xx Board Specifications ContinuedAppendix C LabelFC2251101-00 D C - Label