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QLA®2310F/2310FL User’s Guide
2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters
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2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters
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© 2004 QLogic Corporation. All rights reserved worldwide.
First Published: July 2004
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QLogic Corporation, 26650 Aliso Viejo Parkway, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656, (800) 662-4471 or (949) 389-600
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Table of Contents
Section 1 Introduction
1.1 How to Use this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.2 General Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.3 What is Fibre Channel? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.4 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Section 2 QLA2310F/2310FL
2.1 QLA2310F/2310FL HBA Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2.1.1 LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2.1.2 Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2.2 Installation in the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2.2.1 Installation Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
2.3 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
2.4 Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
2.5 Agency Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
2.5.1 QLA2310F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
2.5.1.1 EMI and EMC Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
2.5.1.2 Product Safety Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
2.5.2 QLA2310FL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
2.5.2.1 EMI and EMC Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
2.5.2.2 Product Safety Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Section 3 Troubleshooting
3.1 Problems After Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.2 Hardware Problem Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.3 System Configuration Problem Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3.4 Fibre Channel Problem Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
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Figures
Figure Page
2-1 QLA2310F HBA Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2-2 QLA2310FL HBA Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2-3 QLA2310F/2310FL HBA LED Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Tables
Table Page
2-1 QLA2310F/2310FL Board Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
2-2 QLA2310F/2310FL Board Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
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How to Use this Guide
The SANblade™ QLogic host bus adapters (HBAs) supported in this document are
described in the following paragraphs. They are collectively referred to as the
QLA2310F/2310FL HBA unless otherwise noted.
■ QLA
■ QLA
The QLA2310F/2310FL HBAs are 64-bit, 66-MHz PCI-X to Fibre Channel optical
media.
First, install the QLA2310F/2310FL HBA according to the directions in the
appropriate hardware installation section. Secondly, install the software driver
according the directions in the associated readme.txt file.
1.2
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2310F (single channel, full-height bracket, optical media)
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2310FL (single channel, low-profile bracket, optical media)
General Description
Section 1
Introduction
Thank you for selecting the QLA2310F/2310FL Fibre Channel (FC) HBA. The
QLA2310F/2310FL HBA is an intelligent, high-performance, DMA bus master host
adapter designed for high-end systems. The intelligence and performance are
derived from the ISP23xx chips, making the QLA2310F/2310FL HBA a
leading-edge host adapter. The ISP23xx combines a powerful RISC processor, a
Fibre Channel protocol manager (FPM) with one or more 2-Gb Fibre Channel
transceivers, and a peripheral component interconnect-extended (PCI-X) local bus
interface in a single-chip solution. The QLA2310F/2310FL HBA supports all FC
peripherals that support private loop direct attach (PLDA) and fabric loop attach
(FLA). Installation of the QLA2310F/2310FL HBA is quick and easy.
1.3
What is Fibre Channel?
Fibre Channel technology is outlined in the SCSI-3 Fibre Channel Protocol
(SCSI-FCP) standard. Fibre Channel is a high-speed data transport technology
used for mass storage and networking. It connects mainframes, super computers,
workstations, storage devices, and servers.
Fibre Channel supports data transfer rates up to 200 MBps half-duplex and
400 MBps full-duplex on copper and optical interfaces. The QLA2310F/2310FL
HBAs use a multimode optical interface for intermediate distances (less than
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500 meters at the data rate of 1 Gbps; less than 300 meters at the data rate of
2Gbps).
With its increased connectivity and performance, Fibre Channel is the I/O
technology preferred and used by system designers.
■ Compliance with PCI Local Bus Specification revision 2.2
■ Compliance with PCI-X Addendum (revision 1.0) to the PCI Local Bus
Specification
■ Compliance with Third Generation Fibre Channel-Physical and Signaling
Interface (FC-PH-3) standard
■ Compliance with Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL-2) standard
■ Compliance with U.S. and international safety and emissions standards
■ Support for bus master DMA
■ Fast!UTIL BIOS utility to customize the configuration parameters on the QLA23xx
HBA and attached drives
■ Supports Fibre Channel protocol-SCSI (FCP-SCSI) and IP
■ Supports point-to-point fabric connection (F-PORT FABRIC LOGIN)
■ Supports Fibre Channel security protocol (FC-SP) using DH-CHAP (Solaris
SPARC 2.6, 7, 8, and 9 only)
■ Supports fabric device management interface (FDMI) on the following operating
systems: Windows 2000; Windows Server 2003; Red Hat Linux 8 and 9,
Advanced Server 2.1; SuSE SLES 8; Solaris 2.6, 7, 8 and 9
Using FDMI, storage area network (SAN) administrators can view device-specific
information (for example, driver version, firmware version, and model number)
from a central console, regardless of the device manufacturer. This information
is kept at the FC switch and viewed through the switch's management application
or third party SAN management applications.
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