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QLA®2344 User’s Guide

2-Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X Host Bus Adapters

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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 QLA2344

2.1 QLA2344 HBA Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

2.1.1 Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

2.2 Installation in the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

2.2.1 Installation Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

2.3 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

2.4 Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

2.5 Agency Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

2.5.1 EMI and EMC Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

2.5.2 Product Safety Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

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

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2-1 QLA2344 HBA Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Tables

Table Page

2-1 QLA2344 HBA Operating Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

2-2 QLA2344 HBA Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

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1.1

How to Use this Guide

The SANblade™ QLogic host bus adapter (HBA) supported in this document is
described in the following paragraph.

■ QLA

The QLA2344 HBA is 64-bit, 133-MHz PCI-X to Fibre Channel optical media.

First, install the QLA2344 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.

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2344 (quad channel, full-height bracket, optical media)

General Description

Thank you for selecting the QLA2344 Fibre Channel (FC) HBA. The QLA2344 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 QLA2344 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
QLA2344 HBA supports all FC peripherals that support private loop direct attach
(PLDA) and fabric loop attach (FLA). Installation of the QLA2344 HBA is quick and
easy.

Section 1

Introduction

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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 QLA2344 HBAs use a
multimode optical interface for intermediate distances (less than 500 meters at the
data rate of 1 Gbps; less than 300 meters at the data rate of 2 Gbps).

With its increased connectivity and performance, Fibre Channel is the I/O
technology preferred and used by system designers.

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