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  • Page 1

    Hardware Instal lation Guide for the QLA22 xx Board Family Fibre Ch annel H ost Adapte r Boards for the P CI Bus FC0151 103-00 E February 6, 2001[...]

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    QLogic Corporation Page ii FC0151103-00 E Informat ion furnis hed in thi s manual is believe d to be ac curate an d reliable. Howeve r , QLo gic Corp oration as sumes no r esponsib ility for its us e; nor for a ny infringe ments of paten ts or othe r rights of third part ies which m ay result from it s use. QLogic Corporation res erves the right t [...]

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    PC0151103-00-00 E Page iii Tabl e of Conten ts Section 1 Introduct ion 1.1 Genera l Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.2 What is Fibre Chann el? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 1.3 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2[...]

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    Table of Contents QLA22 xx Hardware Installation Guide Page iv PC0151103-00-00 E FIGURES Figure Page 2-1 QLA2200 Board Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 2-2 QLA2200F Board Layo ut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 2-3 QLA2202F Board Layo ut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    FC0151103-00 E 1-1 Section 1 Intr oduction NOTE: The fo llowing QL ogic hos t adapter boa rds are coll ectively referred to as the QLA22xx board un less otherwis e noted: ■ QLA2 200 family (64-bit PCI to F ibre Cha nnel copper media): FC021 0406-03 (ISP2 200 chip) FC021 0406-04 (ISP2 200A/33 chip ) FC021 0406-05 (ISP2 200A/66 chip ) ■ QLA2 200F[...]

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    What is Fibre Channel? 1 – Introduction 1-2 FC0151103-00 E that sup port priva te loop direc t attac h (PLDA) and fa bric loop att ach (FL A). Inst allation o f the QLA2 2 xx board is quic k and eas y . 1.2 What is Fibre Channel? Fibre ch annel tec hnology is outlin ed in the SC SI-3 Fibre Cha nnel Protocol (SCSI-FC P) standard . Fibre Ch annel i[...]

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    FC0151103-00 E 2-1 Section 2 Hard ware I nst allat ion 2.1 Preinst allation Procedures Before in stall ing your QLA2 2 xx board, t ake a mom ent to rea d this gu ide. CAUTION! The QL A22 xx boa rd cont ains p arts t hat ca n be dama ged by electro st a tic disc ha rge (ESD). Before han dli ng the QLA22 xx board, use s tandard methods to discha rge [...]

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    What You Need for Installation 2 – Hardware Installation 2-2 FC0151103-00 E QLA22x x board in the unlik ely event t hat the NVRAM is corrupted. If the NVR AM is corru pted, you will be pro mpted for t he QLA22x x serial number . J1 ISP CHIP SERIAL NUMBER Figure 2- 1. QLA2200 Board Layo ut Figure 2-2. Q LA2200F Board Layout J1 ISP CHIP SERIAL NUMB[...]

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    2 – Hardware Installation What You Nee d for Installation FC0151103-00 E 2-3 Figure 2-3. Q LA2202F Boar d Layout J2 ISP CHIP SERIAL NUMBER J1 ISP CHIP[...]

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    What You Need for Installation 2 – Hardware Installation 2-4 FC0151103-00 E Figure 2-4. QLA2204F Board Layout ISP CHIP SERIAL NUMBER ISP CHIP ISP CHIP J1 J2 J3 J4 PORT 1 PORT 2 PORT 3 PORT 4 ISP CHIP[...]

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    2 – Hardware Installation What You Nee d for Installation FC0151103-00 E 2-5 Figure 2-5. QLA2200G Board Layout SERIAL NUMBER J6 ISP CHIP Figure 2-6. Q LA2200L Boar d Layout J1 ISP CHIP SERIAL NUMBER[...]

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    Power Distribution 2 – Hardware Inst allation 2-6 FC0151103-00 E 2.3 Power Distribut ion The QLA22 00/2200L bo ard suppli es +5 volt s to pin 7 of the HSSDC copper interfa ce to suppor t an external media in terface adapter (MIA), if required. (An MI A con verts copper b us sign als to opt ical bus signals .) 2.4 Inst allation in the Computer Per[...]

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    2 – Hardware Installation Installation in the Computer FC0151103-00 E 2-7 4. Choos e any PCI b us slot t hat suppo rts bu s masteri ng. Most m otherboards automat ically a ssign an IRQ level a nd interrup t line; if you r mother board does n ot, you must a ssign t he IRQ l evel an d use i nterrupt line A fo r this s lot. NOTE: ❑ Some mo therboa[...]

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    Installation Help 2 – Hardware Installation 2-8 FC0151103-00 E 10. P ower up all ex tern al FC device s, th en pow er up th e PC and obs erv e the monitor . The BIOS is disabl ed by def ault. Conse quently , the devices attac hed to the Q LA22 xx board are not identified. F or example: QLogic Corporation QLA22xx PCI Fibre Channel ROM BIOS Ve rsio[...]

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    FC0151103-00 E 3-1 Section 3 T roubleshooti ng 3.1 Problems Aft er Inst allation There are th ree b as ic t ype s of ins t al la tion prob lems t hat can c au se y ou r QL A22 xx board to function incorrec tly: hardwa re problem s, system c onfigurati on proble ms, and Fi bre Cha nnel pro blems. The follo wing sec tion pro vides i temized checkl is[...]

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    Fibre Channel Problem Checklist 3 – Troubleshooting 3-2 FC0151103-00 E 3.4 Fibre Channel Problem Checkli st ■ Were all of the FC devi ces power ed up b efore you pow ered up t he PC? ■ Check that all cables a re properly connec ted.[...]

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    FC0151103-00 E A-1 Appendix A Fast! UTIL NOTE: The Fast ! Util BIOS utility do es not run on Sun SP ARC systems. R efer to the S oftware In stallatio n Guide for the QL A2200 Board Family for informa tion regard ing adapt er configu ration settings. A.1 Introduct ion This ap pendix p rovide s deta iled con figuration inform ation for ad vanced user[...]

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    Configuration Settings A – Fast! UTIL A-2 FC0151103-00 E A.2.1 Host Adapter Settings From the Conf iguration Setti ngs menu in Fast! UTIL, select Hos t Adap ter Settin gs. The defa ult settings for the QLA22 xx host ad apter board are l isted in t able A-1 and describ ed in the following paragrap hs. ■ Host Adapter BIOS. When this se tting is d[...]

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    A – Fast! UTIL Configuration Settings FC0151103-00 E A-3 A.2.3 Restore Default Settings The Re store De faults option from the Configura tion Settin gs menu rest ores the QLA22 xx board default sett ings. A.2.4 Raw NVRAM Data This optio n displays the adapte r ’ s NVR AM content s in hexadeci mal format. This is a QLog ic trouble shooting tool;[...]

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    Configuration Settings A – Fast! UTIL A-4 FC0151103-00 E ■ Execution T hrottle. This setting spe cifies th e maximum number of comma nds execut ing on any one port. When a por t ’ s exec ution thro ttle is reached , no new comman ds are exe cuted un til the cu rrent comm and fini shes exe cutin g. Th e va lid op tion s fo r thi s set ting are[...]

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    A – Fast! UTIL Configuration Settings FC0151103-00 E A-5 ■ Disable Dat abase Load. When e nabled, the device d atabas e is read fro m the Regi stry during drive r initializa tion. When dis abled, the devic e databa se is crea ted dynam ically duri ng driver initializat ion. Th e default i s No . NOTE: This opt ion usuall y applies to Window s N[...]

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    Configuration Settings A – Fast! UTIL A-6 FC0151103-00 E ■ Extended Co ntrol Block. This setting ena bles all other extended firm ware setting s. The def ault is Ena bled . ■ RIO Operat ion Mode. This settin g specifies the reduced interrupt ope ration (RIO) modes , if supporte d by the software dri ver . R IO modes allow posting multipl e co[...]

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    A – Fast! UTIL Scan Fibre Channel Devices FC0151103-00 E A-7 ■ Command Reference Nu mber . This setting i s rese rve d for Fi bre Chan nel tape support , which wi ll be impleme nted in a future vers ion of the QLA2 2 xx . The defa ult is D isabled . ■ Read T ransfer R eady . This se tting is rese rved. The d efault is Disabled . ■ Respon se[...]

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    Select H ost Adapter A – Fast ! UT IL A-8 FC0151103-00 E[...]

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    FC0151103-00 E B-1 Appendix B Specifica tions T able B-1 . QLA22xx Bo ard Opera ting Environme nt Environment Minimum Maximum Operating temperature 0 ° C/3 2 ° F 55 ° C/131 ° F S t orage te mperature -20 ° C/- 4 ° F 70 ° C/158 ° F Relative humidity (noncondensing) 10% 90% S t orage hum idity (noncondensing) 5% 95% T able B-2 . QLA22xx B oar[...]

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    B – Specifications B-2 FC0151103-00 E Connectors QLA2200/2200L: HSS DC connector that supports copper cabling. Fibre optic support available using an external MIA. QLA2200F/2202F: SC-style connector that supports non-OFC, multimode fibre optic cabling using 1 x 9 fibre optic transceiver module. QLA2204F: LC-style c onnector that supports non-OFC,[...]