Emulex LP850, Installation Manual

Page 1: ...power Apply power to the computer and observe the LED display After the host adapter is installed install device drivers or run a DOS diagnostic program to check host adapter functions or update firmw...

Page 2: ...y use an MIA to connect fiber optic cabling to a host adapter s copper DB9 connector Return to top of page Fiber optic cable multimode More Information View fiber optic specifications These cables sup...

Page 3: ...vice After the media is connected to the host adapter you are ready to apply power to the computer Return to top of page Copper duplex cable TechNote View copper specifications Cable Type Maximum Leng...

Page 4: ...ower On Self Test POST results Return to top of page Power On Self Test and LEDs Green and yellow display lights LEDs can be seen through openings in the host adapter s mounting bracket Green indicate...

Page 5: ...EMC Framework C Tick Mark AS NZS 3548 1994 Class A VCCI Class A Agency Approvals for LP850 N1 T1 and LP850 F1 Class 1 Laser Product per DHHS 21CFR J EN60825 UL recognized to UL1950 CUR recognized to C...

Page 6: ...instructions consult the MIA manufacturer s documentation Supported media types l Multimode fiber optic cable 50 125 m or 62 5 125 m with dual SC connectors used with short wave lasers l Copper duplex...

Page 7: ...ink 4 Hz restricted off line mode waiting for restart FCC and Regulatory Notices Class 1 Information Label CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT LASER KLASSE 1 LUOKAN 1 LASERLAITE APPAREIL A LASER DE CLASSE 1 TO IEC...

Page 8: ...ripheral devices The reader is cautioned that changes or modifications made to the equipment not expressly approved by Emulex could void the user s authority to operate this equipment The above statem...

Page 9: ...equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected l Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help The reader is cautioned that any chang...

Page 10: ...case the user may be required to take adequate measures VCCI A Manual Notice Translation This is a Class A product based on the standard of the Voluntary Control Council for Interference by Informatio...

Page 11: ...nsceiver The GBIC and or 1x9 transceiver provide the physical connection to the optical cable and its SC style connector extends through the mounting bracket In turn the host adapter can be inserted i...

Page 12: ...d Each communication port consists of a transmitter and receiver optical subassembly The transmitter subassembly contains a semiconductor laser diode of gallium aluminum arsenide GaAlAs This material...

Page 13: ...wavelength range of 770 to 860 nanometers for shortwave 1x9s For non OFC links the optical power from the laser transmitter is controlled and maintained at a lower power level The power emitted from...

Page 14: ...optical link when they are connected to another compatible laser product Short wavelength 1x9s embedded in Emulex host adapters are non OFC For non OFC links a compatible laser device must be non OFC...

Page 15: ...mary 1 Install Windows NT SCSI Mini Port Driver The driver files are located on the diskette included with your product Once the driver is installed you can use the host adapter in the Windows NT envi...

Page 16: ...that the host adapter is present 13 Click the sign to expand the adapter listing Verify the connected disk drive is listed Once the driver is installed you can use the host adapter in the Windows NT...

Page 17: ...adapter firmware and modify driver parameters in the Windows NT registry Windows NT 4 0 SCSI Mini Port Driver Utility View LP6000 LP7000 E and LP8000 host adapter parameters download PCI configuration...

Page 18: ...systems l Loopback connector for expanded testing user supplied Follow these procedures to perform hardware diagnostic testing of an Emulex host adapter Click procedure for details When finished clic...

Page 19: ...the utility starts the host adapter is not restarted xxxx Alternate device ID When the utility starts it searches for the host adapter at the device ID entered here Preliminary testing The diagnostic...

Page 20: ...installed BIU 1 or BIU 2 Specify number of retries and actions to take if error occurs Restart Host Adapters Resets the host adapter under test Input Output This option opens or closes input and outp...

Page 21: ...Restart Host Adapters Select this option to reset the host adapter When restart occurs lp6dutil performs POST testing on the adapter and its reloads functional firmware Input Output Select this option...

Page 22: ...rogram installed l Firmware image file upgrade available from Emulex ftp server at ftp emulex com pub fibre l No memory manager programs like Expanded Memory Manager EMM386 currently running Upgrade p...

Page 23: ...rt Menu under Programs When launched the configuration utility will probe the registry Adapters defined in the registry are listed in the Available Adapters list box This list displays the adapter typ...

Page 24: ...er memory l Reset Bus Emulate a SCSI bus reset using the host adapter l Network Select and view the host adapter networking parameters Remove Adapter The Remove Adapter button is used to delete a host...

Page 25: ...e following parameters l Networking enable or disable networking l Class Select the class of service Class 2 permits frame transfers with an acknowledgment and Class 3 permits frame transfers with out...

Page 26: ...nitialize the link Allow Multiple paths to SCSI Targets Enable Mapped SCSI devices are reported on each connected port Disable Mapped SCSI devices are reported only on the first connected port Registe...

Page 27: ...with FL ports or soft zoning check your switch manufacturers user guide If neither FL ports or soft zoning is being used disable this option for faster recovery after faults LUN Mapping Enable All LUN...

Page 28: ...rn to top of page Adapter Timer Settings E_D_TOV This parameter changes the Error Detect Timeout Value AL_TOV This parameter changes the Arbitrated Loop Timeout Value R_A_TOV This parameter changes th...

Page 29: ...d Wide Port name mapping Add Mapping Add mapping allows you to map available and unmapped Fibre Channel devices to a SCSI ID Modify Allows you to modify a currently mapped device Delete Mapping Delete...

Page 30: ...equires l Windows NT version 4 0 or greater l Installed LP6000 LP7000 E LP8000 or LP850 host adapter l Installed Windows NT SCSI Mini Port Driver Note The LightPulse Utility NT Requires that the SCSI...

Page 31: ...ion Data View information about the data in each of the configuration regions in the Flash ROM of the selected host adapter The user can also Download PCI configuration files CFL Driver Parameters Vie...

Page 32: ...fibre 2 Start the utility 3 Select the desired host adapter 4 Expand the Category list and select Firmware Maintenance 5 Click Download 6 Locate the new upgrade file 7 Click Open The new software is t...

Page 33: ...e desired host adapter 2 Expand the Category list and select Firmware Maintenance 3 Select the Boot BIOS Firmware image If Boot BIOS Firmware is not listed you will need to download a Boot BIOS image...

Page 34: ...not have a local registry entry The L indicates that the value is set in a registry entry specific to the selected adapter which overrides the value settings in the global entry A column labeled Dyna...

Page 35: ...5nts_1ut htm 3 24 99 From the Windows NT desktop 1 Click Start select Settings and Control Panel 2 Double click the SCSI Adapters icon 3 Select Drivers tab 4 Click Remove and Yes to confirm 5 Click OK...

Page 36: ...ions are acceptable for most installation If a menu is marked as an Advanced Option novice users should accept the defaults The Main Menu choices are described below Select a link for additional descr...

Page 37: ...PA for the adapter BIOS is 01 hex The ALPA could be changed if these conditions are present l The computer with the installed host adapter is moved to another location l The System Administrator desig...

Page 38: ...he port will go off line temporarily in the loop When the port comes to life the PLOGI retry interval scans the loop to discover this device The time it takes for one PLOGI to scan the whole loop if 1...

Page 39: ...hannel docs manage pdf 6bbios2 htm 3 24 99 region 8 area If they are the same boot occurs WWPN only Name Server Inquiry is issued to locate the D_ID of this WWPN If found a boot can occur D_ID only PL...

Page 40: ...fore installing a new driver Upgrade the host adapter s firmware Using the DOS utility save a new copy of the host adapter s firmware in its flash ROM Windows NT Assign Windows NT ALPA Permanently ass...

Page 41: ...e of the Emulex Configuration Utility This Utility is installed along with the Windows NT 4 0 SCSI Port driver Upgrade host adapter firmware using the Emulex Configuration Utility This procedure requi...

Page 42: ...indows NT 4 x l Enable Boot BIOS l Create a DOS boot disk l Designate a Fibre Channel boot drive l Format the Fibre Channel drive l Install Windows NT 4 x operating system Return to top of page Enable...

Page 43: ...rmat floppy with system files format a s 3 Copy these four files onto the floppy disk format com fdisk exe mscdex exe The CD ROM device driver see manufacturer s manual Note SCSI CD ROMs can use the A...

Page 44: ...of page Designate a Fibre Channel Boot Drive This procedure allows a user to select a Fibre Channel boot drive 1 Insert the newly created boot disk in drive A 2 Turn on the computer 3 Press F5 immedi...

Page 45: ...pology Selections Advanced Option 9 Fabric Boot Advanced Option Enter a Selection Enter F7 to Exit F6 to Default Values PageUp to Previous Menu 5 Type 1 and press Enter to display all devices 6 Enter...

Page 46: ...NT installation to detect the CD ROM drive 3 When prompted a second time press S to skip mass storage device detection Bypassing this step permits manual detection of additional SCSI adapters 4 Select...

Page 47: ...r Obtain new driver from the Emulex ftp site at ftp emulex com pub fibre 2 Remove driver Procedure differs for Windows NT 4 0 AIX Solaris or UnixWare 3 Install new device driver Obtain driver Driver f...

Page 48: ...NT Return to top of page Remove existing AIX driver Select one of the previously released versions of the AIX SCSI IP driver Prior Version Driver Name 1 0 0 0 df10e51a 2 0 0 0 lp6000 Versions Below 2...

Page 49: ...am bosboot has been run previously enter bosboot a d dev ipldevice D 4 Reboot the system Return to top of page Remove existing Solaris device driver 1 Type this command to remove the driver package lp...

Page 50: ...Firmware image file Download latest versions from the Emulex ftp server at ftp emulex com pub fibre l No memory manager programs like Expanded Memory Manager EMM386 currently running Upgrade procedur...

Page 51: ...nd in the registry allows the user to permanently assign an ALPA to the host adapter However only valid ALPAs may be used The chart below shows valid ALPAs 0x01 0x02 0x04 0x08 0x0F 0x10 0x17 0x18 0x1B...

Page 52: ...Stat values l Parm error values valid only when cmdStat 0x3 The Windows NT SCSI driver logs events and errors in the Windows NT event log Serious errors are always be logged while informational events...

Page 53: ...ndicates an adapter hardware failure return this host adapter for repair 0xE2 Mailbox cmd Timeout 0x11 command 0xE3 Mailbox rsp err 0x11 command 12 13 mbxStatus 0xE4 Adapter not ready after Init Statu...

Page 54: ...try bit 4 Mailbox time out 0xF5 FCP_IXXX_CR IOCB rsp err 0x11 cmdStat 12 Parm err 13 ALPA 0xF6 FCP_IXXX_CX IOCB rsp err 0x11 cmdStat 12 Parm err 13 ALPA 0xF7 Ring hd 0 pendingSrb NULL 0xF8 Invalid FCP...

Page 55: ..._NPORT_RJT 0x4 IOSTAT_FABRIC_RJT 0x5 IOSTAT_NPORT_BSY 0x6 IOSTAT_FABRIC_BSY 0x7 IOSTAT_INTERMED_RSP 0x8 IOSTAT_LS_RJT 0x9 IOSTAT_BA_RJT d0xA Return to top of page Parm error values valid only when cmd...

Page 56: ...ILURE 0x18 IOERR_RING_RESET 0x19 IOERR_LINK_DOWN 0x1A IOERR_CORRUPTED_DATA 0x1B IOERR_CORRUPTED_RPI 0x1C Enable simultaneous networking and storage over Windows NT By Windows NT default if a Windows N...

Page 57: ...jumper JX1 1 2 to JX1 2 3 to enable jumper block JX2 4 Move jumper JX2 2 3 to JX2 1 2 5 Install the second host adapter 6 Install the Windows NT SCSI driver on the host adapter with the default or al...

Page 58: ...er After running configurator program the system must be rebooted You can also add or modify the class entry in the Windows NT registry as shown below HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Servi...

Page 59: ...here A second method is to run the registry configurator program lp6conf exe which came with the Emulex Windows NT driver After running configurator program the system must be rebooted You can also ad...

Page 60: ...ate multiple entries in string by a semi colon Windows NT 4 0 Registry Parameters The table below lists parameters that can be changed allowable range of values and factory defaults AbortStatus 0xn Va...

Page 61: ...64 decimal Default 32 Requests per LUN Target see Queue Target parameter QueueTarget n Values 0 or 1 decimal Default 0 0 QueueDepth applies on a per LUN basis 1 QueueDepth applies on a per Target basi...

Page 62: ...reate a dummy disk to force the driver to load even if no disk devices are present at boot time SnsALL n Values 0 or 1 Default 1 Controls which N_Ports are queried from the NameServer 0 SCSI FCP only...

Page 63: ...under the FCP standard or PLDA Private Loop Drive Attachment standard The first number is this series will be all one s 8 Enter the NT LUN number This number is self incrementing Manual SCSI Mapping...

Page 64: ...ministrator 2 Verify that the new SCSI device is shown as one of the drives Upgrade Firmware From the Windows NT desktop 1 Obtain a copy of the desired upgrade file 2 Upgrade files are available on th...

Page 65: ...N 2300029 Active Copper DB9 GBIC Module Emulex PN 2300028 Shortwave Optical GBIC Module to which this Declaration relates is in conformity with the following standards or other documents Safety IEC950...

Page 66: ...lity that the product Product Name LightPulse LP850 Fibre Channel PCI Host Adapter Assembly Number FC1020019 XX Embedded DB9 model to which this Declaration relates is in conformity with the following...