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    Hardware Instal lation Guide for the QLA2300 Boar d Family Fibre Ch annel H ost Adapte r Boards for the P CI Bus Part of the SANbl ade Family of Prod ucts FC2251 101-00 D October 5, 2001[...]

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    QLogic Corporation Page ii FC2251101-00 D 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 reserves the right to [...]

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    QLogic Corporation Page iii FC2251101-00 D[...]

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    QLogic Corporation Page iv F C2251101-00 D © 2000 – 2001 QLogic Corporation First Printed: July 2000 All Rights Reserved Worldwide. Printed in U.S.A. QLogic Corporation, 26600 Laguna Hills Drive, A liso Viejo, CA 92656 (800) 867-7274 or (949) 389-6000[...]

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    FC2251101-00 D Page v Tabl e of Conten ts Section 1 Introduct ion 1.1 Genera l Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.2 What is Fibre Chann el? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.3 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Sect[...]

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    Table of Contents Hardware Installation Guide for the QLA2300 Board Family Page vi F C2251101-00 D FIGURES Figure Page 2-1 QLA2300/ 2310 Board Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 2-2 QLA2300F /2310F Board Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 2-3 QLA2310F L Board Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    FC2251101-00 D 1-1 Section 1 Intr oduction NOTE: The foll owing SANb lade QLo gic host ad apter board s are col lectively referred t o as the QLA23 xx board unless othe rwise noted: ■ QLA2 300 family (64-bit PCI to F ibre Cha nnel copper media) ■ QLA2 300F fami ly (64-bit PCI to Fibre C hannel optical med ia) ■ QLA2 302F fami ly (64-bit PCI t[...]

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    Features 1 – Introduction 1-2 FC2251101-00 D boards us e a copper in terface for short co nnection s (less than 30 meters at a da ta rate of 1 Gbps; les s than 15 meters at a dat a rate of 2 Gbps). The fo llowing boards use a m ultimod e optical in terface fo r intermediate dista nces (le ss than 500 meters at the da ta r ate of 1 Gbp s; less th [...]

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    FC2251101-00 D 2-1 Section 2 Hard ware I nst allat ion 2.1 Preinst all ation Procedures Before in stall ing your QLA2 3 xx board, t ake a mom ent to rea d this gu ide. CAUTION! The QL A23 xx board con tains part s that ca n be dama ged by ESD. Before ha ndling th e QLA23 xx b oard, use st andard m ethods to disch arge st atic electri city . Keep th[...]

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    QLA23xx Board Components 2 – Hardware Inst allation 2-2 FC2251101-00 D Figure 2-1 . QLA2300/231 0 Board La yout Figure 2-2. QLA 23 00F/231 0F Boar d Layo ut J1 ISP CHIP SERIAL NUMBER ISP CHIP SERIAL NUM BER J1[...]

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    2 – Hardware Installation QLA23xx Board Components FC2251101-00 D 2-3 Figure 2- 3. QLA2310FL Boa rd Layout Figure 2-4. Q LA2302F Board Layout J2 ISP CHIP 3 1 J2 NOTE: The seria l number is on the other side of th e board. J1 ISP CHIP SERIAL NUM BER J2 ISP CHIP[...]

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    QLA23xx Board Components 2 – Hardware Inst allation 2-4 FC2251101-00 D Figure 2-5. Q LA2312F Boar d Layout Figure 2- 6. QLA2312FL Boa rd Layout J2 SERIAL NUM BER J3 ISP CHIP 3 1 J1 3 1 J4 J1 J2 ISP CHIP 3 1 J3 3 1 J4 NOTE: The seria l number is on the other side of th e board.[...]

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    2 – Hardware Installation QLA23xx Board Components FC2251101-00 D 2-5 2.3. 1 LEDs Figure 2 -7 identifi es and des cribes th e activity of the QLA2 300/2300F /2310/2310 F/ 2310FL b oard LEDs. Figure 2-8 identifi es and de scribes the activity of the QLA2302 F/2312F bo ard LEDs. Th e QLA2312FL b oard has no LEDs. Figure 2-7. QLA2300/23 00F/2310/ 23[...]

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    Power Distribution 2 – Hardware Inst allation 2-6 FC2251101-00 D 2.3. 2 Jumpers The jump ers on the QLA2310 FL/231 2F/2312FL board s set the defau lt state of the laser an d are set at the fact ory with a j umper plug o n pins 1 – 2 of the f ollow ing jumpers . ■ QLA2310 FL (jumper J2) ■ QLA2312 F (jumpers J 1 and J4) ■ QLA2312 FL (jumper[...]

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    2 – Hardware Installation Installation in the Computer FC2251101-00 D 2-7 ■ PCI conne ctors vary am ong system board manufacture rs. The QLA23 xx board is a 64-b it PCI devic e that ca n functio n in a 32-bit PCI s lot; the slo t conforms to the PCI s pecificatio n (the rear edge of the PCI slot is not ched). If you try to install the QLA23 xx [...]

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    Installation Help 2 – Hardware Installation 2-8 FC2251101-00 D 10. P ower up all exter nal F C devi ces, th en po wer up the PC and o bserv e the monitor . The BIOS i s disabl ed by def ault. Conse quently , the d evices attac hed to the Q LA23 xx board are not identified. F or example: QLogic Corporation QLA23 xx PCI Fibre Channel ROM BIOS Versi[...]

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    FC2251101-00 D 3-1 Section 3 T roubleshooti ng 3.1 Problems Aft er Inst a llation There are th ree basic types of ins talla tion prob lems t hat can cause y our QLA23 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 c hecklis ts to he[...]

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    Fibre Channel Problem Checklist 3 – Troubleshooting 3-2 FC2251101-00 D 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. ■ If you are using an HSSDC c able, v erify that it is com patibl e with dat a rates of 2 Gbps. ■ Have you [...]

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    FC2251101-00 D A-1 Appendix A Fast! UTIL NOTE: The Fast! UTIL BIOS utili ty does n ot run on Su nSP ARC system s. Refer to the S oftware In stallatio n Guide for the QL A2300 Board Family (FC225 3301) for inform ation regarding ada pter configur ation set tings and for in stalli ng FC ode on a QLA23 xx board in a Su nSP ARC syste m. A.1 Introduct i[...]

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    Configuration Settings A – Fast! UTIL A-2 FC2251101-00 D A.2.1 Host Adapter Settings From the Configuration Setti ngs menu in Fast ! UTIL, sele ct Host Ada pter Settings . Th e default settings for the QL A23 xx 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 Dis abled, the[...]

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    A – Fast! UTIL Configuration Settings FC2251101-00 D A-3 Some ne w system BIOSs s upport se lecta ble boot, which su persedes the Fast! UTIL select able b oot settin g. T o boot fro m an FC hard di sk att ached to t he QLA23 xx boar d, sel ect th e QLA2 3 xx board F C hard disk on th e system BIOS. NOTE: This o ption ap plies o nly to h ard disk [...]

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    Configuration Settings A – Fast! UTIL A-4 FC2251101-00 D ■ 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 finishe s executin g. The valid optio ns for this setting are 1 – [...]

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    A – Fast! UTIL Configuration Settings FC2251101-00 D A-5 ■ Disable Dat abase Load. When e nabled, the device d atabas e is read from 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 usual ly applie s to the Win dow[...]

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    Configuration Settings A – Fast! UTIL A-6 FC2251101-00 D ■ Extended Co ntrol Block. This setting enables all other ex tended 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 po sting multipl e co[...]

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    A – Fast! UTIL Select Host Adapter FC2251101-00 D A-7 ■ Read T ransfer R eady . This settin g is rese rved. The d efault is Disabled. ■ Respon se Tim er . T his setting contai ns the va lue (in 10 0-microsec ond increm ents) used by a timer to limit the time waitin g accumulati ng multiple respons es. For exa mple, if th is field i s 8, the t[...]

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    Select H ost Adapter A – Fast ! UT IL A-8 FC2251101-00 D[...]

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    FC2251101-00 D B-1 Appendix B Specifica tions T able B-1. QLA23 xx Board Ope rating Environme nt Environment Minimum Maximum Operating temperature 0 ° C/3 2 ° F 55 ° C/131 ° F S torage tempera ture -20 ° C/-4 ° F 70 ° C/158 ° F Relative humidity (noncondensing) 10% 90% S torage humid ity (noncondensing) 5% 95% T able B-2. QLA23 xx Board Spe[...]

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    B – Specifications B-2 FC2251101-00 D NVRAM 256 bytes, field programm able Onboard DMA Five-channel DMA controller: two data, one com mand, one auto-DM A request, and one auto-DMA response Frame buffer FIFO Integrat ed 4-KB transmit and 6-KB re ceive frame buffer FIFO for each data channel Connectors QLA2300/QLA2310: HSSDC connector that s upport[...]

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    FC2251101-00 D C-1 Appendix C Label The transc eiver on the QLA23 xx board is a Class I laser produ ct. It com plies with IEC 825 -1 and FD A 21 CFR 1 040.10 and 1040.1 1. The tr ansceiv er must be oper ated under recommende d operatin g conditions . CLASS I LASER PRODUCT[...]

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    C – Label C-2 FC2251101-00 D[...]