HP (Hewlett-Packard) A6826A User Manual

HP StorageWorks A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for

Itanium Linux systems installation guide

Part number: AA–RV12C–TE Third edition: October 2005

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A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itanium Linux systems installation guide

About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Intended audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Document conventions and symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

HP technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

HP-authorized reseller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Helpful web sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

1 HBA features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Performance specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Environmental specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Physical specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2 Installing the HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Installation prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

HBA components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Before you begin installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Installing the HBA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

3 Installing the Linux driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Installing the driver kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Using RPM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Using fibreutils RPM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Changing driver parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Installing the driver on the boot drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Loading the driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Building a ramdisk image to load the qla2300 driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Loading and unloading the qla2300 driver manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Configuring the driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

System driver parameter max_scsi_luns for Red Hat EL 2.1 kernels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Driver command line parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Proc filesystem support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Contents

4 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Hardware problem checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

System configuration problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Fibre Channel problem checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

POST conditions and results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

A Configuring the HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Starting the Configuration protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Using the Driver Configuration menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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B Building a driver from sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Building a uniprocessor version of the driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Building a multiprocessor version of the driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

C Regulatory compliance and safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Laser device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Laser safety warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Certification and classification information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Laser product label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

International notices and statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Canadian notice (avis Canadien) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Class A equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

European Union notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

BSMI notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Japanese notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Korean notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Electrostatic discharge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Grounding methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Figures

1 A6826A components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2 Class 1 laser product label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Tables

1 Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2 HBA Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

3 HBA Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

4 POST LED states . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

5 Driver Configuration menu components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

About this guide

This guide provides information about:

• Installing, configuring, and troubleshooting the A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter (HBA) for

Linux® operating systems.

• Contacting technical support for additional assistance

Intended audience

This guide is intended for system administrators who are experienced with the following:

•

Linux operating system

• HBAs

Document conventions and symbols

Table 1 Document conventions

Convention Element

Medium blue text: Figure 1 Cross-reference links and e-mail addresses Medium blue, underlined text

(http://www.hp.com Bold font • Key names

Italics font Text emphasis Monospace font • File and directory names

Monospace, italic font • Code variables

Monospace, bold font Emphasis of file and directory names, system output, code, and

)

Web site addresses

• Text typed into a GUI element, such as into a box

• GUI elements that are clicked or selected, such as menu and

list items, buttons, and check boxes

• System output

• Code

• Text typed at the command line

• Command line variables

text typed at the command line

WARNING! Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in bodily harm or death.

CAUTION: Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or data.

IMPORTANT: Provides clarifying information or specific instructions.

NOTE: Provides additional information.

TIP: Provides helpful hints and shortcuts.

HP technical support

Telephone numbers for worldwide technical support are listed on the HP support web site:

http://www.hp.com/support

Collect the following information before calling:

• Technical support registration number (if applicable)

• Product serial numbers

• Product model names and numbers

• Applicable error messages

• Operating system type and revision level

• Detailed, specific questions

For continuous quality improvement, calls may be recorded or monitored. HP strongly recommends that customers sign up online using the Subscriber's choice web site:

http://www.hp.com/go/e-updates

• Subscribing to this service provides you with e-mail updates on the latest product

enhancements, newest versions of drivers, and firmware documentation updates as well as instant access to numerous other product resources.

• After signing up, you can quickly locate your products by selecting Business support and then

Storage under Product Category.

HP-authorized reseller

For the name of your nearest HP-authorized reseller:

• In the United States, call 1-800-282-6672.

• Elsewhere, visit the HP web site: http://www.hp.com

and telephone numbers.

Helpful web sites

For other product information, see the following HP web sites:

• http://www.hp.com

• http://www.hp.com/go/storage

• http://www.hp.com/support/

• http://www.docs.hp.com

. Then click Contact HP to find locations

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1 HBA features

This chapter describes the features of the A6826A PCI-X HBA for Linux includes:

• Performance specifications, page 9

• Environmental specifications, page 9

• Physical specifications, page 10

Performance specifications

The A6826A HBA is a 2GB, high-performance Direct Memory Access (DMA) bus master host adapter designed for high-end systems.

This HBA has the following features:

• Combines a powerful Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) processor, a Fibre Channel

protocol manager (FPM) with 2GB Fibre Channel transceivers, and a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) or peripheral component interconnect-extended (PCI-X) local bus interface in a single-chip solution.

• Supports Private Loop Direct Attach (PLDA) and Fabric Loop Attach (FLA) connections.

• Supports bus master DMA.

• Supports Fibre Channel protocol-SCSI (FCP-SCSI), IP, and Fibre Channel-Virtual Interface (FC-VI)

protocols.

• Supports point-to-point fabric connection (F-PORT FABRIC LOGIN).

• Complies with:

• PCI Local Bus Specification revision 2.2.

• PCI-X Addendum (revision 1.0) to the PCI Local Bus Specification.

• Third-generation Fibre Channel–Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH-3) standard.

• Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL-2) standard.

• U.S. and international safety and emissions standards.

Environmental specifications

Table 2 lists the HBA environmental specifications.

Table 2 HBA Environmental Specifications

Environment Minimum Maximum

Operating temperature 0 °C/32 °F55 °C/131 °F

Storage temperature -20 °C/-4 °F70 °C/158 °F

Relative humidity (non-condensing) 10% 90%

Storage humidity (non-condensing) 5% 95%

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Physical specifications

Table 3 lists the HBA specifications.

Table 3 HBA Specifications

Type Specification

Host bus Conforms to PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.2

Fibre Channel specifications Bus type: fiber optic media

Bus transfer rate: 200 Mb/s maximum at half duplex 400 Mb/s maximum at full duplex

Interface chip: ISP2312

Central processing unit (CPU) Single-chip design that includes a RISC processor, Fibre Channel

protocol manager, PCI-XDMA controller, integrated serializer/deserializer (SEREDES), and electrical transceivers that can auto-negotiate a data rate of 1 Gb/s or 2 Gb/s.

RAM 256 KB per Fiber Channel Controller; Scalable to 4 MB

NVRAM 256 KB, field programmable

Flash 128 KB of flash ROM in two 64 KB, software selectable banks, field

programmable

Onboard DMA Five-channel DMA controller: two data and one command, one

auto-DMA request, and one auto-DMA response.

Frame Buffers Integrated 10 KB frame buffer FIFOs (6 KB receive and 4KB transmit)

for each data channel.

Connectors LC-style connector that supports non-OFC, multimode fiber optic

cabling using a small form factor optical transceiver module.

Form factor 17.78 cm x 10.67 cm (7.0 in x 4.2 in)

Power Consumption (66MHz PCI-X Optic)

Single Channel ~4.75 Watts

Dual Channel ~10.5 Watts

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2 Installing the HBA

This chapter describes the procedure for installing the A6826A HBA. This chapter includes:

• Installation prerequisites, page 12

• Installing the HBA, page 13

See the host documentation for installing the HBA.

CAUTION: Disconnect the host from the power source before installing the HBA. To reduce the risk

of personal injury from hot surfaces, allow the internal server or workstation components to cool before touching.

CAUTION: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage electronic components. Be sure you are

properly grounded before beginning this procedure. See ”Regulatory compliance and safety” on page 35 for related ESD information.

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Installation prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following:

• A screwdriver (Phillips #1).

• An optical multimode cable with an LC-style duplex connector.

• Each HBA has a unique serial number that is located on the bottom of the HBA. Check the HBA

and record its serial number, in the unlikely event that the NVRAM is corrupted.

HBA components

Figure 1 shows the HBA components that are referenced throughout this chapter.

LED Indicators

Figure 1 A6826A components

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