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Writer: Bill Reitz  Project: Compaq StorageWorks 64-Bit PCI-To-Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter User Guide  Comments: 

Part Number: AA-RKPDA-TE  173941-001  File Name: A-FRNT.DOC  Last Saved On: 12/8/99 10:41 AM

64-Bit PCI-To-Fibre Channel
Host Bus Adapter

User Guide

Second Edition March 2001
Part Number AA-RKPDB-TE  
Compaq Computer Corporation

Summary of Contents for LP8000-F1

Page 1: ...64 Bit PCI To Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter User Guide Second Edition March 2001 Part Number AA RKPDB TE Compaq Computer Corporation...

Page 2: ...served Printed in the U S A The software described in this guide is furnished under a license agreement or nondisclosure agreement The software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms...

Page 3: ...duct Description 1 1 Jumper Settings 1 3 Performance Specifications 1 4 Standards 1 4 Agency Approvals 1 5 Chapter 2 Installation Installation Overview 2 1 Hardware Requirements 2 1 Software and Docum...

Page 4: ...POST Conditions and Results 4 1 The Windows NT Event Viewer 4 2 Windows NT Miniport Event Log Codes 4 3 Windows NT SCSI Address Mapping 4 8 Fabric Device Mapping 4 8 Private Loop Device Mapping 4 9 Ch...

Page 5: ...12000 Boot Setup 7 2 Disk In line Exerciser 7 2 The Auto Configure Option 7 2 Defining a Fibre Channel Drive as the Boot Drive 7 4 Enabling Boot BIOS 7 4 Creating an MS DOS Boot Diskette 7 5 Designati...

Page 6: ...ntenance screen 6 4 List of Tables Table 1 1 64 Bit PCI to Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter 1 3 Table 1 2 HBA Jumper Settings 1 3 Table 2 1 POST LED Indicators 2 4 Table 4 1 HBA POST LED States 4 2 Tabl...

Page 7: ...t they should be pressed simultaneously USER INPUT User input appears in a different typeface and in uppercase FILENAMES File names appear in uppercase italics Menu Options Command Names Dialog Box Na...

Page 8: ...specific instructions NOTE Text set off in this manner presents commentary sidelights or interesting points of information Symbols on Equipment These icons may be located on equipment in areas where h...

Page 9: ...owing locations Compaq Technical Support You are entitled to free hardware technical telephone support for your product for as long you own the product A technical support specialist will help you dia...

Page 10: ...pecific questions Compaq Website The Compaq website has information on this product as well as the latest drivers and Flash ROM images You can access the Compaq website at http www compaq com Compaq A...

Page 11: ...topics are preceded by a brief product description Product Description The HBA has the following characteristics Single slot PCI bus expansion board that interfaces a PCI bus to a fibre channel device...

Page 12: ...very high performance multi class multi protocol fibre channel host adapter with a 64 bit PCI bus connection in a single chip Supports a full duplex fibre channel connection at full link bandwidth pr...

Page 13: ...1 for detailed descriptions 4 Jx1 jumper see Table 1 2 5 Jx2 jumper see Table 1 2 6 Not used Jumper Settings Two jumper blocks JX1 and JX2 are used to control the HBA s Device ID The default device ID...

Page 14: ...bre Channel and PCI Local Bus Compliant and supports Full PCI bus speed data transfers of 133 MBytes sec Point to point arbitrated loop and switch fabric FC connections Storage protocol Fibre channel...

Page 15: ...HBA has the following agency approvals UL Recognized to UL1950 CUR Recognized to CSA22 2 No 950 TUV Certified to EN60950 FCC Rules Part 15 Class B DOC Rules Class B EMC Directive 89 336EEC CE Mark q E...

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Page 17: ...Installing the HBA and connecting media This chapter also provides information on installation guidelines and supported configurations for the operating systems IMPORTANT The HBA contains static sensi...

Page 18: ...r Windows NT 4 0 systems q Firmware Download Utility q Firmware q Readme Files README FIRST FIRMWARE README DOWNLOAD README RELEASE NOTES and USER GUIDE Diskette 2 This diskette contains the following...

Page 19: ...e reference IEEE address __________________________________________________ Serial number __________________________________________________ Installing the HBA into a Computer Following is the procedu...

Page 20: ...ing irregular POST processing in progress On Slow blink 1 Hz Normal inactive On Flashing irregular Normal active On Fast blink 4 Hz Normal busy Slow blink Off Normal link down or not yet started Confi...

Page 21: ...r any restriction and for information on supported configurations specific to your operating system and topology q Release Notes q ACS Platform Kit for your storage subsystem q Compaq Computer Corpora...

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Page 23: ...System managers must also have access to standard system documentation NOTE This chapter describes the steps for installing the Windows NT device driver and for accessing fibre channel storage device...

Page 24: ...Drill down through Services and Support to Adapter Support IMPORTANT The ideal device driver installation includes the possession of a valid operating system backup Following are the steps for install...

Page 25: ...port driver is present and started 4 Select the Default tab Verify that the HBA is present 5 Click the symbol to expand the adapter list Verify that the connected storage device is listed Removing the...

Page 26: ...isions have the capability of setting an HBA to run in arbitrated loop mode or in fabric switch mode If an HBA in loop mode is connected to a switch the results are unpredictable The same is true for...

Page 27: ...mand as described in the next section LP00 wwidmgr show adapter Item adapter WWN Cur Topo Next Topo 0 kgpsaa0 0 0 4 6 1000 0000 c921 05ab fabric fabric 1 kgpsab0 0 0 8 6 1000 0000 c921 0ce0 fabric fab...

Page 28: ...used to format the HBA NVRAM and to configure an HBA to run on a loop or a fabric The command format is wwidmgr set adapter item itemno topo fabricIloop where itemno is the bracketed value from the SH...

Page 29: ...Kit and Console software see the HBA Release Notes included in this documentation package Release notes are updated periodically and can be obtained from the Compaq website http www compaq com product...

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Page 31: ...t Bus Adapter HBA This chapter explains the use of these utilities in the event of an HBA problem POST Conditions and Results Table 4 1 lists the HBA LED states with descriptions of each The position...

Page 32: ...nk Off Normal link down or not yet started Slow blink Slow blink 1 Hz Off line for download Slow blink Fast blink 4 Hz Restricted off line mode waiting for restart The Windows NT Event Viewer The Wind...

Page 33: ...sarily indicate an HBA error occurred Byte offset 0x10 of the event is the driver event code Byte offsets 0x11 to 0x13 contain event specific information Table 4 2 Windows NT SCSI Port Error Log 0x10...

Page 34: ...md time out 0x11 command 0xE3 Mailbox rsp err 0x11 command 12 13 mbxstatus 0xE4 HBA not ready after init Status register bytes 1 3 in event 11 13 0xE5 Requested loop but link PT PT 0xE6 Mailbox int bu...

Page 35: ...t 0xF5 PCP_IXXX_CR IOCB rsp err 0x11 cmdstat 12 parm err 13 ALPA 0xF6 PCP_IXXX_CR IOCB rsp err 0x11 cmdstat 12 parm err 13 ALPA 0xF7 Ring hd 0 pendingsrb NULL 0xF8 Invalid FCP_RSP 0x11 pcpcntrl 12 scs...

Page 36: ...ional info 0x4 IOSTAT_NPORT_RJT 0x5 IOSTAT_FABRIC_RJT 0x6 IOSTAT_NPORT_BSY 0x7 IOSTAT_FBRIC_BSY 0x8 IOSTAT_INTERMED_RSP 0x9 IOSTAT_LS_RJT 0xA IOSTAT_BA_RJT Table 4 4 Parameter Error Values valid only...

Page 37: ...GAL_FRAME 0x10 IOERR_EXTRA_DATA 0x11 IOERR_NO_RESOURCES 0x12 IOERR_RESERVED 0x13 IOERR_ILLEGAL_LENGTH 0x14 IOERR_UNSUPPORTED_FEATURE 0x15 IOERR_ABORT_IN_PROGRESS 0x16 IOERR_ABORT_REQUESTED 0x17 IOERR_...

Page 38: ...s is a dummy bus used to delay the Windows NT initial inquiry scan until after discovery completes The 31 target IDs per bus Windows NT requires the initiator to consume one of the IDs we use 31 are t...

Page 39: ...ngs based on a registry parameter ScanDown 0 driver default use ScanDown 1 The index into Table 4 5 can be derived by define TARGETS_PER_BUS 32 i Srb PathId 0 Srb PathId 1 0 Bus 0 dummy bus nodeInx I...

Page 40: ...1 0xD3 0x0C 13 0 7 0x25 0x70 0xD2 0x0D 14 0 7 0x26 0x6F 0xD1 0x0E 15 0 7 0x27 0x6E 0xCE 0x0F 16 0 7 0x29 0x6D 0xCD 0x10 17 0 7 0x2A 0x6C 0xCC 0x11 18 0 7 0x2B 0x6B 0xCB 0x12 19 0 7 0x2C 0x6A 0xCA 0x13...

Page 41: ...0x5D 0xB2 0x20 2 0 7 0x46 0x5C 0xB1 0x21 3 0 7 0x47 0x5B 0xAE 0x22 4 0 7 0x49 0x5A 0xAD 0x23 5 0 7 0x4A 0x59 0xAC 0x24 6 0 7 0x4B 0x58 0xAB 0x25 7 0 7 0x4C 0x57 0xAA 0x26 8 0 7 0x4D 0x56 0xA9 0x27 9 0...

Page 42: ...19 0 7 0x63 0x4B 0x90 0x32 20 0 7 0x65 0x4A 0x8F 0x33 21 0 7 0x66 0x49 0x88 0x34 22 0 7 0x67 0x48 0x84 0x35 23 0 7 0x69 0x47 0x82 0x36 24 0 7 0x6A 0x46 0x81 0x37 25 0 7 0x6B 0x45 0x80 0x38 26 0 7 0x6C...

Page 43: ...0x6C 0x44 7 0 7 0x80 0x38 0x6B 0x45 8 0 7 0x81 0x37 0x6A 0x46 9 0 7 0x82 0x36 0x69 0x47 10 0 7 0x84 0x35 0x67 0x48 11 0 7 0x88 0x34 0x66 0x49 12 0 7 0x8F 0x33 0x65 0x4A 13 0 7 0x90 0x32 0x63 0x4B 14 0...

Page 44: ...0x27 0x4D 0x56 25 0 7 0xAA 0x26 0x4C 0x57 26 0 7 0xAB 0x25 0x4B 0x58 27 0 7 0xAC 0x24 0x4A 0x59 28 0 7 0xAD 0x23 0x49 0x5A 29 0 7 0xAE 0x22 0x47 0x5B 30 0 7 0xB1 0x21 0x46 0x5C 31 0 7 None None None...

Page 45: ...x2D 0x69 13 0 7 0xCA 0x13 0x2C 0x6A 14 0 7 0xCB 0x12 0x2B 0x6B 15 0 7 0xCC 0x11 0x2A 0x6C 16 0 7 0xCD 0x10 0x29 0x6D 17 0 7 0xCE 0x0F 0x27 0x6E 18 0 7 0xD1 0x0E 0x26 0x6F 19 0 7 0xD2 0x0D 0x25 0x70 20...

Page 46: ...x7B 31 0 7 None None None None 5 0 0 7 0xE8 0x01 0x02 0x7C 1 0 7 0xEF 0x00 0x01 0x7D 2 0 7 None None None None 3 0 7 None None None None 4 0 7 None None None None 5 0 7 None None None None 6 0 7 None...

Page 47: ...e 19 0 7 None None None None 20 0 7 None None None None 21 0 7 None None None None 22 0 7 None None None None 23 0 7 None None None None 24 0 7 None None None None 25 0 7 None None None None 26 0 7 No...

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Page 49: ...upgrade firmware on both versions of the 64 Bit PCI to Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters HBAs The Diagnostic and Firmware Download Utility The supplied software kit contains the Alpha and the i386 syst...

Page 50: ...the DOS command line You can execute I386DNLD EXE directly from the supplied software kit or you can load onto your hard drive and execute it from there To install the I386DNLD EXE onto the hard driv...

Page 51: ...ed data appears on a line by itself not preceded by a Starting Alpha Systems with Alpha BIOS Following is the procedure for starting ALPHDNLD EXE on systems running Alpha BIOS 1 If the system default...

Page 52: ...test c BIU configuration registers test 3 Reports pass or fail status messages 4 Resets the HBAs 5 Checks Power On Self Test POST status of HBAs 6 Reports revision levels of diagnostic and functional...

Page 53: ...continue return HOST ADAPTER 1 Resources Info Pci_bus_num 0 Pci_dev_num 0xA0 Slim_base_adr 0x000D0000 Reg_mem_base_adr 0x000D1000 Reg_io_base_adr 0x0000FC00 IRQ 0xB NOTE Enter 0 in option prompt to di...

Page 54: ...t based internal and external loopback tests Modify Test Options Enables you to disable or enable up to seven different tests depending upon the cards installed BIU 1 or BIU 2 Specify number of retrie...

Page 55: ...ll three Choose the number of passes default is 0x50 0 infinity and the action to take upon encountering errors 0 stop 1 repeat 2 ignore 0 is the default Restart Host Bus Adapters Select this option t...

Page 56: ...his option to exit the program A warning message indicates if any errors were encountered during the session The Diagnostic and Firmware Loader Utility On Enterprise Alpha Servers that are not equippe...

Page 57: ...the firmware all HBAs on the PCI bus specified by the P parameter will be programmed with the version of firmware contained in the LP8ldr exe file For AS8200 systems with HBAs installed on multiple PC...

Page 58: ...You will be prompted by the program to either download the firmware or skip the process If you choose to download the firmware all HBAs will be programmed with the version of firmware contained in the...

Page 59: ...perate properly or the registry parameter Simulate Device 1 be set The LPUTILNT Utility NT is a Windows NT based Graphical User Interface GUI that lets you View HBA parameters Perform HBA firmware mai...

Page 60: ...enu bar click on an HBA or pull down the category list 4 Select an option to view HBA parameters There are eight options available each displaying a different group of HBA parameters Adapter Revision...

Page 61: ...ut the arbitrated loop of the selected HBA Status and Counters View status and counters for bytes frames sequences exchanges etc Performing HBA Firmware Maintenance From the LPUTILNT Utility NT Main m...

Page 62: ...aintenance screen Firmware images that are referenced in the HBA s wake up parameters are denoted with a W in the leftmost column of the display see Figure 6 2 From the Firmware Maintenance screen you...

Page 63: ...evels 9 Verify that the new firmware revision is shown Deleting or Activating Firmware Image Deleting a firmware image might be necessary in order to provide storage for a subsequent download When two...

Page 64: ...ory list and select Firmware Maintenance see Figure 6 2 3 Select the Boot BIOS firmware image NOTE If Boot BIOS Firmware is not listed you will need to upgrade your HBA s firmware 4 Click on the Enabl...

Page 65: ...applies to all HBAs that do not have a local registry entry The L indicates that the value is set in a registry entry specific to the selected HBA which overrides the value settings in the global entr...

Page 66: ...ontrols which Fibre Channel Class will be used 0 Class 1 1 Class 2 2 Class 3 EDTOV n Values are in milliseconds form 500 to 10000 Default 1000 Represents error detect time out value prior to LIP Enabl...

Page 67: ...g for read operations 1 enable byte counting If bytes counted are less than requested transfer count issue underrun ResetFF n Values 0 or 1 Default 1 0 ResetBus translates to LIP F7 1 ResetBus transla...

Page 68: ...o use 0 automode attempt SLI 2 first If that fails uses SLI 1 1 always use SLI 1 2 always use SLI 2 SimulateDevice n Values 0 or 1 Default 0 0 do not create a dummy disk device 1 create a dummy disk t...

Page 69: ...0x4b 0x4C 0x4D 0x4D 0x51 0x52 0x53 0x54 0x55 0x56 0x59 0x5A 0x5C 0x63 0x65 0x66 0x67 0x69 0x6A 0x6B 0x6C 0x6D 0x6E 0x71 0x72 0x73 0x74 0x75 0x75 0x79 0x7A 0x7C 0x80 0x81 0x82 0x84 0x88 0x8F 0x90 0x97...

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Page 71: ...IOS on Intel Pentium class PCI system boards NOTE The examples in this chapter use the Windows NT 4 0 operating system Boot BIOS does the following Supports up to eight fibre channel HBAs per computer...

Page 72: ...ce Guide to run the DILX utility 3 Running this utility in standard mode on the boot drive removes any old file information that might be on the drive 4 Sample of DILX utility HSG run dilx Disk In lin...

Page 73: ...ommands user data will be destroyed Enter command number 1 read write quit write Enter data pattern number 0 ALL 19 USER_DEFINED 0 19 0 Enter starting lbn for this command 0 Enter the IO size in 512 b...

Page 74: ...OS boot diskette 3 Designate a fibre channel boot drive 4 Enable HBA Boot BIOS on a fibre channel hard drive 5 Install Windows NT 4 0 operating system Enabling Boot BIOS 1 Boot your computer in MS DOS...

Page 75: ...this command Format a s 2 Copy these files onto the diskette format com fdisk exe 3 Reboot your computer using the diskette and then verify that your computer boots properly 4 Power down your computer...

Page 76: ...nnel drive attached to the HBA can be designated as the boot device Adapter 1 ALPA 18 PCI BUS 00 PCI DEVICE 10 1 Configure legacy private loop 2 Configure boot devices 3 Enable or disable BIOS on the...

Page 77: ...to create a primary MS DOS partition maximum size on the fibre channel hard drive 2 Format the fibre channel hard drive using the copy system files option a format c s Enabling HBA Boot BIOS on a Fibr...

Page 78: ...ing these diskettes after which the computer reboots and starts the System Configuration Utility 13 After the System Configuration Utility runs save the settings and reboot 14 Use an MS DOS boot diske...

Page 79: ...ation script provided by Windows NT Consult the Windows NT documentation for detailed descriptions 1 Boot your computer with the Windows NT installation diskette 1 in drive A 2 When prompted the first...

Page 80: ...pter User Guide 8 Insert the driver diskette when prompted 9 Complete the setup process by following the Windows NT prompts Your computer should boot up Windows NT from the fibre channel hard drive Yo...

Page 81: ...Appendix A Regulatory Compliance Notices FCC Compliance Information Statement Model LP8000 F1 1 X 9...

Page 82: ...uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that...

Page 83: ...owing two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interference that may cause undesirable operation This equipment generates uses and can radiate...

Page 84: ...perienced radio TV technician for help NOTE Additional information on the need to interconnect the device with shielded data cables or the need for special devices such as ferrite beads on cables is r...

Page 85: ...ly For single mode fibers use dispersion The difference between the highest and lowest frequencies in a specific range of frequencies Baud A unit of signaling speed equal to the number of signal inter...

Page 86: ...transmitted per second in a data transmission link It is typically expressed as Megabits per second Mbps Device Driver A software program that enables a personal computer to communicate with hard driv...

Page 87: ...printers and modems to let the computer know that they need some attention When an IRQ is invoked the CPU puts its other work on hold and services the needs of the interrupting device Kilometer 1 000...

Page 88: ...cond or 1 000 bits per second A reference to processing speed MB s Megabytes per second or 1 000 bytes per second A reference to processing speed Media Manager MM A database built into NetWare that ke...

Page 89: ...e transmission of signals with lightwaves and is frequently referred to as fiber PCI Bus An internal Peripheral Connect Interface bus number in a computer BCI Bus is set by the computer system s BIOS...

Page 90: ...over large distances since its bandwidth is limited only by chromatic dispersion Topology The logical and or physical arrangement of stations on a network Transducer A device for converting energy fro...

Page 91: ...channel drive 7 7 installing Windows NT 7 9 RA8000 or ESA12000 boot setup 7 2 system requirements 7 1 C Compaq authorized reseller x Compaq website x Configuration Guidelines host bus adapter 2 4 Con...

Page 92: ...per settings 1 3 overview 1 1 performance specifications 1 4 product description 1 2 http www compaq com x I icons symbols on equipment viii Installation device drivers 3 1 overview 2 1 verifying 2 4...

Page 93: ...i symbols on equipment viii System Requirements device drivers 3 1 T technical support ix telephone numbers x text conventions vii Troubleshooting 4 1 POST conditions and results 4 1 Tru64Unix Driver...

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