HP (Hewlett-Packard) FC1242SR, FC1142SR User Manual

HP StorageWorks FC1142SR and FC1242SR DC 4Gb

PCI Express host bus adapters for Linux and Windows installation guide

Part number: AA–RWEQA–TE First edition: December 2005

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FC1142SR and FC1242SR DC 4Gb PCI Express host bus adapters for Linux and Windows installation guide

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

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

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

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

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

Subscription service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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

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

Performance specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Environmental specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Physical specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2 Installing the HBAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Installation prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Installation procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

LED indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

3 Installing the Windows drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Installation prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Installing the Windows device drivers using the HP Smart Component kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Contents

4 Installing the Linux drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Installing the driver kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Using the RPM to install drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Installing the RPM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Upgrading the RPM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Uninstalling the RPM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Using the fibreutils RPM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Changing driver parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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

5 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Troubleshooting checklists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Hardware checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

System configuration checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Fibre Channel checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Using the Event Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Linux driver events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

A Configuring the HBAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Running Fast!UTIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Configuration Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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Adapter Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Selectable Boot Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Advanced Adapter Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Restore Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Raw NVRAM Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Scan Fibre Channel Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Fibre Disk Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Loopback Data Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Select Host Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

B Regulatory compliance and safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Laser device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Laser safety warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Certification and classification information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Laser product label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

International notices and statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Canadian notice (avis Canadien) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Class A equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

European Union notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

BSMI notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Japanese notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Korean notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Electrostatic discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Preventing electrostatic damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Grounding methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Figures

1 Class 1 laser product label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Tables

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

2 HBA environmental specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3 HBA physical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

4 LED indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

5 Adapter Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

6 Advanced Adapter Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

About this guide

This guide provides information about:

• Installing, configuring, and troubleshooting the HP StorageWorks FC1142SR single-channel

Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) 4Gb host bus adapter (HBA) and the HP StorageWorks FC1242SRSR DC dual-channel PCIe 4Gb HBA for Linux® and Microsoft® Windows® operating systems (hereafter called the FC1142SR HBA and the FC1242SR DC HBA, or “the HBAs”)

• Contacting technical support for additional assistance

Intended audience

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

• Linux operating systems

• Windows operating systems

• 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 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.

Subscription service

HP strongly recommends that customers register 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 driver versions, and firmware documentation updates as well as instant access to numerous other product resources. After subscribing, locate your products by selecting Business support and then Storage under Product Category.

Helpful web sites

For product information, see the following web sites:

• http://www.hp.com

• http://www.hp.com/go/storage

• http://www.hp.com/support/

• http://www.docs.hp.com

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1HBA features

This chapter describes the features of the FC1142SR (part number AE311A) and FC1242SR DC (part number AE312A) HBAs.

• Performance specifications, page 10

• Environmental specifications, page 10

• Physical specifications, page 11

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Performance specifications

The FC1142SR HBA and the FC1242SR DC HBA are 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel PCIe HBAs. The HBAs’ Fibre Channel controller incorporates a multifunction native PCIe core that is compliant to the PCIe Base Specification 1.0a and PCI e CEM Specification 1.0a. The supported physical PCIe connector is x4, x8 or x16.

These HBAs have the following performance features:

• Auto-negotiation between 1, 2, or 4Gb/s link attachments

• High-performance Fibre Channel host bus adapter

• Full support for all Fibre Channel topologies: point-to-point, arbitrated loop, and fabric

• Full support for Fibre Channel Service Class 2 and Service Class 3

• Compliance with the PCIe Base and CEM 1.0a specifications:

• x1 or x4 lane link interface (auto negotiated with system) at 2.5 Gb/s

• Support for VC0 (1 Virtual Channel) and TC0 (1 Traffic Class)

• Configuration, I/O, memory, read/write, completion, and message support

• Support for 64-bit addressing

• ECRC for all transmitted PCIe data packets

• Link CRC on all PCIe packets and message information

• Support for large payload size (2048 bytes for read/write)

• Support for large read request size (4096 bytes)

• Internal high-speed static RAM (SRAM)

• Error correcting code (ECC) protection of local memory, including single-bit correction and

double-bit protection

• Small form factor (SFF) multimode optic with LC connector

• Parts and construction compliant to the European Union Directive of Restriction of Hazardous

Substances (RoHS)

Environmental specifications

Table 2 lists the environmental specifications.

Table 2 HBA environmental specifications

Environmental feature 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 physical specifications.

Table 3 HBA physical specifications

Component Specification

Host bus Complies with:

PCI Express Base Specification 1.0a

PCI Express Card Electromechanical Specification 1.0

PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification 1.1

Fibre Channel Bus type: fiber optic media

Bus transfer rate:

• FC1142SR single channel—4 Gb/s Fibre Channel increases

• FC1242SR DC dual channel—4 Gb/s Fibre Channel

aggregate throughput rate to 800 MB/s in full-duplex mode

increases aggregate throughput rate to 1.6 GB/s in full-duplex mode

Central processing unit (CPU)

Memory 1 MB SRAM, 1 MB flash (SPI), and 2 KB NVRAM (SPI)

Signal voltage 3.3 V (mode 1), 3.3 V/1.5 V (mode 2) Distance 1 Gb/s: 500 meters 50/125 µm fiber, 300 meters 62.5/125

Cable 50/125μm multimode fiber, 62.5/125 μm multimode fiber

Connectors LC connectors that support non-OFC, multimode fiber optic

Form factor Low-profile PCIe: 16.765 cm × 6.89 cm

Bracket Standard: 1.84 cm × 12.08 cm (.73 in. × 4.76 in.)

Power consumption ~11.0 watts

Single-chip design that includes a RISC processor, Fibre Channel protocol manager, PCI-e DMA controller, integrated serializer/deserializer (SERDES), and electrical transceivers that can auto negotiate a data rate of 1, 2, or 4 Gb/s.

µm fiber 2 Gb/s: 300 meters 50/125 µm fiber, 150 meters 62.5/125

µm fiber 4 Gb/s: 150 meters 50/125 µm fiber, 70 meters 62.5/125 µm

fiber

cabling using a SFF optical transceiver module

(6.6 in. × 2.713 in.)

Low-profile: 1.84 cm × 8.01 cm (.73 in. × 3.15 in.)

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