HP StorageWorks e1200-320, Service Manual

Page 1: ... AD577 96004 AD577 96004 HP StorageWorks e1200 320 4Gb Fibre Channel Interface Card user and service guide Part number AD577 96004 First edition May 2006 ...

Page 2: ...ion is provided as is without warranty of any kind and is subject to change without notice The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein Adobe and ...

Page 3: ...d setup 13 Installing the HP e1200 320 4Gb Interface Card 13 Identifying product components 13 Removal and installation 14 Removing an existing interface card 15 Installing a new card 16 Interfaces and connections 20 Fibre Channel connections 20 SCSI connection 20 Ethernet connection 21 Serial port connection 21 Autobaud feature 21 Setting up serial port communications 22 3 Device management 23 SC...

Page 4: ...ays 52 Clear current trace buffer or assert trace buffer 52 Event log settings 52 Event log display 53 Clear event log 54 SCSI command tracking 54 Report menu 55 Reboot option 56 6 Using the Command Line Interface 57 Power up messages 57 Perform configuration 58 Baud rate configuration 59 Ethernet configuration 60 Fibre Channel configuration 62 Parallel SCSI configuration 65 SCSI initiator menu 66...

Page 5: ...indows driver 94 Verify SCSI bus configuration 95 Verify Fibre Channel connection 95 Verify SCSI devices in Windows NT 95 Verify configuration 96 Verify mapping 96 Verify devices 96 Verify host configuration 96 PRLI data 96 Verify HBA device driver information 97 Running diagnostics 97 Technical support 97 HP technical support 97 A Serial and Ethernet pin assignments 99 RJ 11 pin assignments 99 DB...

Page 6: ...entification Page 0x83 111 D Addressing structures and operations 113 Auto Assigned addressing option 114 Indexed addressing option 115 SCC addressing option 115 E Enabling DHCP on the HP e1200 320 4Gb FC Interface Card 117 Setting up DHCP over interface card interfaces 118 Serial and Telnet interfaces 118 Special note regarding Ethernet IP subnet mask and gateway addresses 120 Visual Manager 121 ...

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Page 9: ...ves Figure 1 shows the layout of the HP e1200 320 4Gb FC Interface Card Figure 1 HP e1200 320 4Gb Interface Card ports Table 2 HP e1200 320 4Gb Interface Card In addition to Fibre Channel and SCSI interfaces there are Ethernet and serial ports that provide connectivity for configuration and management access The LEDs operation indicators provide basic status information A reset button is also prov...

Page 10: ...t ACT indicator signifies a good Fibre Channel link Fibre Channel LNK When green the left LNK indicator signifies Fibre Channel port activity SCSI bus 0 1 When lit these green indicators signify SCSI activity on the bus corresponding to the number of the indicator Ethernet 10 100 When lit these green indicators signify Ethernet link status and activity Beacon This blue indicator can blink or light...

Page 11: ...he SCSI target interprets the command and executes it 6 Data flows between the FC host and SCSI target through payload buffers 7 Response information flows from the SCSI target back to the FC host HP e1200 320 4Gb FC Interface Card features Fibre Channel features One FC port selectable between 4 25 2 125 and 1 0625 Gbps Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop FC AL including Point to Point configurations in...

Page 12: ... to 131 F 0 to 92 relative humidity non condensing HP e1200 320 4Gb Interface Card benefits The interface card is designed to connect SCSI devices into a Fibre Channel FC fabric or loop The interface card comes with one 4 Gb s Fibre Channel port and two LVD SE SCSI buses The Fibre Channel ports can be set for 1 2 or 4 Gb s speeds and can connect in arbitrated loop including point to point configur...

Page 13: ...ard Installing the HP e1200 320 4Gb Interface Card Before you begin clear a work surface near the library to unpack the interface card Keep the card in the static sensitive bag until you are ready to install it Identifying product components The interface card kit HP e1200 320 4Gb Interface Card Documentation bundle Documentation CD Installation poster Safety CD Warranty guide HP product documenta...

Page 14: ...econd card in the center slot on the bottom level of the library Before removing an existing card or installing a new card do the following 1 Using the library front panel GUI turn off power to the library by pressing the Power button see Figure 3 NOTE This process automatically moves the robot to the parked position Figure 3 GUI 2 From the back of the library turn off the master power switch for ...

Page 15: ...led in the library save the configuration settings using the FTP user interface ftp login bin get cfg path filename cfg See Using the FTP interface on page 89 To remove the interface card 1 From the back of the library locate the card to be removed see Figure 6 2 Using a 1 Phillips screwdriver loosen the captive screw in each black ejector handle 3 Push the ejector handles outward and pull the car...

Page 16: ...ottom level middle slot as also shown in Figure 7 1 Using a 1 Phillips screwdriver remove the center option slot cover plate see Figure 7 Figure 7 Option slots in a 10U library 2 Carefully insert the card into the upper and lower guide rails of the option slot as shown in Figure 8 Resistance is felt as the card connects with the library backplane Apply only enough force to seat the card snugly the...

Page 17: ...bre Channel Interface Card user and service guide 17 3 Using the 1 Phillips screwdriver tighten the captive screws in both of the black ejector handles as shown in Figure 9 Figure 9 Screws in the black ejector handles ...

Page 18: ...able the library as shown in Figure 10 for a 5U library or Figure 11 for a 10U library Figure 10 5U cable configuration Figure 11 10U cable configuration Table 4 Cable connections Number Description 1 SCSI cable 2 Terminator 3 Fibre cable ...

Page 19: ...nd service guide 19 5 Connect each power cord Turn on the master power switch for each power supply see Figure 12 Figure 12 Power supply and power cord 6 Turn the library on by pressing the Power button on the GUI control panel see Figure 3 on page 14 ...

Page 20: ...oth the interface card and the port to which it is connected The interface card supports various Fibre Channel media types through the use of external Small Form Factor Pluggable Transceivers SFPs Supported media type Multi Mode Fiber 4 25 Gbit Dual LC connectors To connect the interface card to the Fibre Channel SAN 1 Locate the Fibre Channel port on the interface card see Figure 1 on page 9 2 Re...

Page 21: ...port connection The 3 pin connector on the interface card provides a serial port that is compatible with RS 232 signaling levels The interface card is designed to communicate with a terminal or any operating system using a terminal emulator The baud rate data bits stop bits parity and flow control of both the interface card and the host system must use the same settings The Autobaud feature descri...

Page 22: ...erial cable into one of the host computer s serial ports COM1 or COM2 and then plug the other end of the serial cable into the interface card s serial port 2 Start the terminal emulator 3 Set the terminal emulator to use the appropriate COM port 4 Specify the following settings for the port NOTE Before initially applying power to the library make sure all the FC devices are powered on first and th...

Page 23: ... a soft address the interface card acquires the first available loop address starting from address 01 and moving up the list of available AL_PAs in the chart from 01 to EF In this mode the interface card obtains an available address automatically and then participates on the FC loop as long as there is at least one address available on the loop connected to the interface card Fibre Channel support...

Page 24: ...hat the HBA will map to an ID with a value less than 16 For example depending on the FC HBA if the hard AL_PA selection is 1 the interface card address is 1 If the selection is 125 the interface card address is 0xEF Some FC HBAs configure differently so verify the AL_PA by reviewing the documentation for the HBA Logical unit management Because SAN resources can be shared multiple hosts can have ac...

Page 25: ...ry LUN 0 is an interface card LUN and access to devices behind the controller is handled by using SCC logical unit addressing When a host sends a command to the interface card the interface card selects which map to use based on the ID of the host sending the command For FC ports the host ID is the World Wide Name For SCSI buses the host ID is the initiator ID 0 15 When a host is unknown to the in...

Page 26: ...26 Device management ...

Page 27: ...ssion discussed later is already open If a user attempts to open a serial connection while a Telnet session is already open the following message appears over the serial interface System in use via Telnet Shell restarted The serial interface resumes working when the Telnet session closes Out of band Ethernet management access DHCP is enabled by default and the default network settings that are cur...

Page 28: ...prompt enter the following command TELNET IP address where IP address is the IP address of the interface card This starts a Telnet session window for the interface card 3 Enter root for the default user name and password for the default password HP recommends that you change the user name and password as soon as possible see System menu on page 34 4 Access configuration options in the same way use...

Page 29: ... If using Internet Explorer use revision 6 0 or later FTP The interface card includes support of File Transfer Protocol FTP for updating firmware saving trace buffers and backing up restoring of configuration settings FTP functionality is described in more detail in Using the Command Line Interface on page 57 There is also an FTP Utility available within Visual Manager VM that is described in FTP ...

Page 30: ...30 Interface card management ...

Page 31: ...l the next time the interface card reboots You can force the interface card to reboot by selecting the Reboot option NOTE For the VM interface s dynamic display of the interface card configuration to be presented properly use version 6 2 or later of Netscape s browser on non Solaris platforms or Netscape version 6 2 3 for Solaris platforms If using Internet Explorer use revision 6 0 or later Visua...

Page 32: ...t and the default password is password Figure 13 Password dialog box NOTE HP recommends changing the user name and password from the defaults NOTE To end the current session of VM the browser window must be closed Navigating the browser to another URL does not end the current session Main menu Visual Manager menu structure Figure 14 Visual Manager menu ...

Page 33: ...te An illustration of the interface card is located near the top of the home page Figure 16 is an example of this portion of the home page screen Figure 16 Interface card image The interface card image is interactive allowing quick access to configuration menus To display current settings and status for a port click the corresponding port shown in the interface card image To open a menu for making...

Page 34: ...ettings Report displays system information Reboot restarts the interface card System menu The System menu is accessed from the Main menu and is used to view and configure serial network active fabric user real time clock and factory settings reset see Figure 17 Figure 17 System page System menu Serial configures the baud rate Network configures Ethernet settings Active Fabric configures Active Fab...

Page 35: ... to change the baud rate for the serial port see Figure 18 NOTE If the Autobaud feature is being used it may not be necessary to set the baud rate Figure 18 Serial screen The current baud rate setting is displayed Baud rate choices are 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 NOTE HP recommends setting the baud rate to 115200 ...

Page 36: ... is the default 10 Mps Only 10 100Mps Auto Neg Default 100Mps half duplex Only 100Mps full duplex Only NOTE The Ethernet physical address is assigned by DHCP by default IP Address is the IP address of the interface card Subnet mask is the IP subnet mask for the interface card IP Gateway is the IP address of the gateway for the Ethernet network connected to the interface card DHCP enables or disabl...

Page 37: ...tting up an extended lease reservation varies depending on the DHCP server being used Contact the Network Administrator for assistance Active fabric configuration The Active Fabric AF screen allows setup of a fibre target LUN for the interface card see Figure 20 Figure 20 Active Fabric screen NOTE Increasing the number of Controller LUNS takes effect immediately For all other changes the interface...

Page 38: ...any alphanumeric combination Passwords must be 8 to 11 characters in length Password default password is any alphanumeric combination Confirm Password The user name and password should be unique and kept confidential HP recommends using a combination of letters and numbers when creating the user name and password NOTE These security settings affect all user interfaces of the interface card ...

Page 39: ...and date see Figure 22 Figure 22 Real Time Clock screen Date time settings Date Settings sets the month day and year use a four digit number to represent the year Day of Week sets the day of the week Time Settings sets the hours minutes and seconds The system clock is a 24 hour clock There is no a m or p m designation Example 1 00 p m is 13 hours 00 minutes ...

Page 40: ...e card activities are disrupted while the unit resets the configuration to the factory defaults and saves those options to FLASH memory CAUTION Resetting the interface card configuration to the factory defaults deletes custom maps or map changes NOTE Resetting to factory defaults through VM does not affect Ethernet connectivity User configured values for the IP address and gateway are retained ...

Page 41: ...ation about each Fibre Channel port and SCSI bus in the interface card Ports menu tasks Fibre Channel Port 0 configuration changes the Fibre Channel port settings SCSI Bus 0 1 configuration changes SCSI bus settings Each Ports menu option is discussed in the following subsections To view or make changes to a specific port or bus 1 Select the port or bus from the menu bar on the left side of the sc...

Page 42: ...de is selected an error in communication may occur Use Hard AL_PA enables or disables Hard AL_PA usage Hard AL_PA Settings displays the AL_PA Lookup Table Use the table to find the node number This unique one byte valid value derived from an Arbitrated Loop Topology defined in ANSI specification FC_AL version 4 5 is used for the Fibre Channel configuration Discovery Mode default Manual Discovery O...

Page 43: ... Buffered Tape Writes return status on consecutive write commands prior to the tape device receiving data Buffered Tape Queue Depth sets the Buffered Tape Queue Depth Select a setting of 0 through 10 from the drop down list Default Map default indexed sets the current mapping mode for the selected port The current map can be set to Indexed default HP recommends that this map NOT be edited even tho...

Page 44: ... library Discovery Delay is the wait time after a power up or reboot before discovering SCSI devices HP recommends setting the value to at least 30 seconds to ensure that all SCSI devices complete their individual power ups SCSI Override Settings Overrides Discovery menu Accessed from the Main menu the Discovery menu is used to view existing and discover new Target devices see Figure 27 Figure 27 ...

Page 45: ...e1200 320 4Gb Fibre Channel Interface Card user and service guide 45 2 Select Go Figure 28 Perform discovery on FC Port 0 screen Figure 29 Perform discovery on SCSI Bus 0 screen ...

Page 46: ... on the interface card can have the following maps Each map has a unique name and map ID one of the maps must be identified as the current map Fibre Channel mapping tasks Configuration tasks for Fibre Channel mapping includes Viewing and changing Fibre Channel map information Viewing and changing Fibre Channel host information Each task is discussed in the following paragraphs Table 5 Device map t...

Page 47: ...Discovery stops the discovery process whenever an empty LUN position is found NOTE Auto Assigned and SCC maps cannot be modified cleared filled or have entries removed NOTE Map settings are saved to memory when any button within the page is selected Viewing and changing Fibre Channel host information NOTE HP recommends setting the Index map as the default and allowing it to remain empty while fill...

Page 48: ...istics menu is used to display Fibre Channel port and SCSI bus information see Figure 31 Figure 31 Statistics menu To view information for a specific port or bus click the component on the menu bar or the interface card image To refresh the display select Reset FC SCSI System Statistics ...

Page 49: ...ures trace settings Current Traces displays current trace information Previous Traces displays previous trace information Last Assert Traces displays last assert trace information Clear Current Traces clears current trace information Clear Assert Traces clear current trace information Event Log Settings configures Event Log settings Event Log displays the Event Log Clear Event Log clears the Event...

Page 50: ...ug in for your browser If the applet does not load obtain the latest version of JRE Java Runtime Environment from www java com To open an FTP session 1 Enter the User Name Password and the IP address of the interface card 2 Click Connect 3 Select the local file to upload or download If necessary click Browse to scroll through a file list The following file types can be uploaded to the interface ca...

Page 51: ...ription General Errors Displays the most serious error and exception conditions FCP Transport Fibre Channel Protocol transport functionality is monitored and recorded PS Transport Parallel SCSI transport functionality is monitored and recorded PS Driver Parallel SCSI driver functionality is monitored and recorded Timing Timer functions are monitored and recorded AF Active Fabric firmware is monito...

Page 52: ...t Traces option or the Clear Assert Traces option When the Clear Current Traces option is selected a confirmation message appears to verify the selection If a response of Yes is given the unit clears the current trace buffer Current interface card activities are not disrupted while the buffer is cleared Select the Submit button to finalize your choice Event log settings The Event Log Settings scre...

Page 53: ...Events Log All Events Event logging captures the last 215 events and then starts overwriting the log NOTE To correlate event logging correctly set the clock and date in the Real Time Clock configuration menu Event log display The Event Log screen is used to view the Event Log see Figure 36 Figure 36 Event log display ...

Page 54: ...urrent interface card activities are not disrupted Figure 37 Clear event log screen SCSI command tracking This menu provides options for setting up and logging SCSI commands that are received or transmitted by the interface card Results are displayed in the Host Device ID Table see Figure 38 Figure 38 SCSI command tracking ...

Page 55: ...nd selecting the Submit button clears all previous entries The settings for the Host Device ID Table are used to filter the trace data such that a sub set of the total logged information is displayed under the SCSI Commands section Logged data can be defined according to the Protocol FC Other or ALL Type Device Host or ALL and Value ID or ALL For the ID this can be a specific FC LUN or Switch ID S...

Page 56: ...activities will be disrupted Interface card reboots are executed using this Main menu option see Figure 39 When the library is rebooted current interface card activities are disrupted All submitted configuration changes are activated during the boot up process Figure 39 Reboot screen The system automatically returns to the home page after the reboot has completed ...

Page 57: ...appear on the terminal or terminal emulation program for the serial port or the Telnet utility for Telnet sessions A series of power up self tests are performed while the library starts which can take up to 90 seconds and messages related to these tests are visible from the serial port If completed successfully the main menu appears as shown in Figure 40 NOTE The illustrations in this chapter use ...

Page 58: ...ware data from the serial port Perform configuration The Perform Configuration menu allows the administrator to configure the various options on the interface card For most configuration changes to take effect you must reboot the interface card NOTE Menus are not case sensitive You can enter uppercase and lowercase characters interchangeably whenever menus indicate letters as choices Figure 41 Con...

Page 59: ...eature it may not be necessary to set a baud rate See Autobaud feature on page 21 for more information on using the Autobaud feature The default setting for the baud rate is 115200 Figure 42 Baud rate configuration menu NOTE The asterisk symbol indicates the current setting for the baud rate Baud Rate Configuration Menu X XX XX XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 07 7 2005 08 56 22 1 9600 2 19200 3 38400 4 57...

Page 60: ...to toggle the Ethernet mode among the following options 10Mps Only 100Mps half duplex Only 100Mps full duplex Only 10 100Mps Auto Neg Default Select 6 to change the host name This is an alphanumeric entry of one word up to 8 characters long NOTE Do not use a capital Z as a part of the host name because this is the autobaud hot key used by the MS Windows terminal utility for serial connections Ethe...

Page 61: ...if DHCP has been successfully activated Note that the IP address may also appear different than the former non DHCP IP address NOTE To use the DHCP feature a DHCP server must be operational on the Ethernet network used by the interface card If the DHCP feature is used when there is no DHCP server the standard for DHCP requires that the interface card wait three minutes for a response from a DHCP s...

Page 62: ...any value a user has previously manually entered for the WWN Select 2 to enter a new value for the World Wide Name Low Ordinarily this value should not be changed NOTE Resetting factory defaults overwrites any value a user has previously manually entered for the WWN Fibre Channel Configuration Menu X XX XX XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 07 7 2005 08 56 22 Current Fibre Channel Configuration Port 0 FC Lin...

Page 63: ...d reboots Reboot Events discovers both the ports and the devices behind the ports Link up Events discovers both the ports and the devices behind the ports for the first link up event which is the first reboot of the interface card Subsequent link up events only discover the ports and not the devices behind the ports Manual Discovery is the default selection and sets discovery of new devices to onl...

Page 64: ...GET Bit Set INITIATOR TARGET Bits Set and INITIATOR TARGET Bits CLEAR This should be configured to one of the options for SET on both interface card routers when using the interface card in an interface card to router configuration a configuration where at least one interface card router appears as a target to at least one other interface card router that appears as an initiator The default settin...

Page 65: ...Discovery enabled the Discovery Delay lengthens the time taken by the interface card to reboot Select 5 to toggle the SCSI termination mode between Enabled and Disabled This option is automatically set to Enabled for Internal termination The Internal setting allows the interface card to internally terminate a SCSI connection Setting this option to Disabled allows the SCSI bus not the interface car...

Page 66: ...lternate SCSI Initiator ID Select 3 to select an alternate SCSI Initiator ID This should be a unique ID on the bus The default value is 6 This option is used to enhance the performance of status agent commands issued to a serial device SCSI Initiator Menu X XX XX XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 07 7 2005 08 56 22 Current Initiator Configuration Bus 0 Initiator ID 07 1 Select primary SCSI Initiator ID 2 En...

Page 67: ...ect 2 to set the maximum SCSI bus speed to Fast 160 This setting provides support for transfer rates of up to 160 Megabytes per second Select 3 to set the maximum SCSI bus speed to Ultra 2 This setting provides support for transfer rates of up to 80 Megabytes per second Select X to return to the Target ID selection prompt where a different Target ID can be selected SCSI Bus Speed Configuration Men...

Page 68: ...or P to go back and forth between screens displaying more maps Select X to return to the Device Mapping Main menu Enter the number from the column on the left side of the table to select a map and make it Current For example entering 3 from the picture above would select the map named SCC Map on Fibre Channel Port 0 and make it a Current map Select 2 from the Device Mapping Main menu to display th...

Page 69: ...lows the user to navigate up and down the map entries and create or remove entries Device lists are also available to the user to make it easier to identify the device to be mapped Mapping device to its native port bus is not allowed The information needed to create entries is protocol port dependent NOTE Control of the editing process is done with simple single letter commands Select N and P to s...

Page 70: ... based on the current map protocol The user is asked to Select the LUN address for a device The protocol port on which device it resides The Name for the device which can be left empty And the type of device Figure 50 Creating an entry for FCP port map NOTE If the device being added is a SCSI device the user is also asked to enter Target ID and LUN ID for the device Target ID must already be defin...

Page 71: ...t and appends all unmapped devices at the end of the current map Devices marked as DOWN are not mapped After this operation completes the Edit Map Entries screen appears Select 6 from the Device Mapping Main menu to clone current map This option allows the user to make an exact copy of an already existing map complete with all entries Cloning of Auto Assigned or SCC Map is not allowed The new map ...

Page 72: ...ID the host won t be added to the host list Duplicate hosts won t be added to the list Figure 53 Adding a FCP host Host List Edit Display X XX XX XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 07 7 2005 08 56 22 Current Map FCP Port 0 Name Indexed FCP Port 0 Host List Num Port WWN Node WWN Host Name Active Map Name 1 Hi 0x210000E0 Hi 0x200000E0 built at runtime Indexed Lo 0x8B02C20E Lo 0x8B02C20E PortID 0x0000EF Page 1 ...

Page 73: ... Figure 54 Editing host list for FCP port Host List Edit Display X XX XX XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 07 7 2005 08 56 22 Current Map FCP Port 0 Name Indexed FCP Port 0 Host List Num Port WWN Node WWN Host Name Active Map Name 1 Hi 0x210000E0 Hi 0x200000E0 Default Lo 0x8B02C20E Lo 0x8B02C20E PortID 0x0000EF Page 1 out of 1 pages Total Number of Hosts 1 Select Host Number 1 1 to associate host with the C...

Page 74: ...O transfers with that device It is the user s responsibility to ensure that no operations are negatively impacted due to the activation of mapping changes NOTE All current mapping settings take effect immediately If another management interface has made unsaved mapping changes those changes are lost Current mapping settings are also not visible in other interfaces until the interface card is reboo...

Page 75: ...be modified in normal operation as performance degradation may result There are two pages of trace levels Figure 57 Trace settings Utility Settings X XX XX XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 07 7 2005 08 56 22 1 Trace Settings Configuration 2 Event Settings Configuration 3 Special Event Logging Configuration X Return to previous menu Trace Settings X XX XX XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 07 7 2005 08 56 22 0 General...

Page 76: ...his option allows selecting the event threshold for filtering event logging The asterisk denotes the current setting Figure 59 Event filter settings Trace Settings X XX XX XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 07 7 2005 08 56 22 0 SG List OFF 1 Timing OFF 2 FCP RMI OFF 3 AF OFF 4 INBAND OFF 5 Multi Host Lib OFF 6 Queue Element OFF U Update Current Operating Trace Levels X Return to previous menu Enter the trace...

Page 77: ...ion This option allows selecting the special event log settings Figure 60 Special event log settings Enter 1 to toggle Abort Event Logging Enter 2 to toggle Reservation Release Event Logging Enter 3 to toggle Prevent Media Removal Event Logging Select U to send event configuration changes to the interface card now Special Event Log Settings X XX XX XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 07 7 2005 08 56 45 Abort ...

Page 78: ...or instance 6 instead of 06 Active fabric configuration When this option is selected from the Perform Configuration menu from the Main menu the Active Fabric menu appears NOTE An Active Fabric Controller LUN is needed when using Library Tape Tools to upgrade the interface card firmware and to generate support tickets Figure 62 Active fabric configuration menu System Clock Setup Menu X XX XX XXXXXX...

Page 79: ...nfiguration options to the factory defaults and saves those options to FLASH memory as the current configuration The changes take effect after the interface card has rebooted System utilities Figure 63 System utility menu Select 1 to display the System Statistics menu described later in this chapter Select 2 to display the Event Log menu described later in this chapter Select 3 to view the Runtime...

Page 80: ...y SCSI Protocol Resources Select 2 from the System Status Statistics menu to display Fibre Channel Protocol Status System Status Statistics menu X XX XX XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 07 7 2005 08 56 22 1 Display System Status 2 Display Fibre Channel Protocol Status 3 Display Parallel SCSI Protocol Status X Return to main menu System Status Menu X XX XX XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 07 7 2005 08 56 22 1 Displa...

Page 81: ... x00000000 UnderflowErrs x00000000 A Autorepeat C Clear Statistics X Return to previous menu Command Table 7 Fibre Channel status LinkState is the current FC link status AL_PA is the arbitrated loop physical address InDevDataSeqs is the number of device data sequences received by this port OutDevDataSeq is the number of device data sequences transmitted by this port InLnkDataSeqs is the number of ...

Page 82: ... received LinkFailures is the number of link failure conditions BadCRCFrames is the number of frames received with a bad CRC ProtocolErrs is the number of protocol errors detected BadSCSIFrames is the number of bad SCSI frames detected UnderflowErrs is the number of underflow errors detected Fibre Channel Device Display X XX XX XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 07 7 2005 08 56 22 FC Port 0 Port id 0x000001 ...

Page 83: ... discovery includes resets and delays Select 4 to display all local SCSI devices Select 5 to display local devices on specified SCSI bus Select 3 from the Parallel SCSI Protocol Status menu to display SCSI Resource Status Parallel SCSI Protocol Status menu X XX XX XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 07 7 2005 08 56 22 1 Display SCSI Statistics 2 Display Attached SCSI Devices 3 Display SCSI Resource Status X R...

Page 84: ...this option is selected from the System Utilities menu the Runtime Report prompt is displayed Figure 71 Runtime Report The Runtime Report presents a consolidated listing of all system information traces and the event log Event Log Menu X XX XX XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 07 7 2005 08 56 22 1 Display event log 2 Clear event log X Return to previous menu To save the Report to a file enable your terminal...

Page 85: ...card s Ethernet port before selecting this option Select 2 to perform a loopback test of the Fibre Channel connection on the interface card unit For the test to be performed correctly a Fibre Channel loopback connector must be attached to the interface card s Fibre Channel port before selecting this option Selecting X exit from System Diagnostics Mode has a confirmation message to verify the selec...

Page 86: ...t logged When set to ON menu options 2 through 4 are also available from this menu Select 2 to display all selected hosts and devices Select 3 to set the data to be displayed in terms of Type Device Host ALL Protocol FC SCSI Other ALL and Specific ID or ALL If ID is selected for Specific this ID can be an FC LUN Switch ID S_ID Special FC Link Control X XX XX XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 07 7 2005 15 05...

Page 87: ... data Get a copy of trace buffer To save copies of the trace buffers over FTP 1 Connect the interface card to the Ethernet network used by your computer 2 Start your FTP program using the interface card s IP address ftp IP address NOTE If the IP address of the interface card is not known or needs to be changed connect to the interface card using a serial connection The current interface card IP ad...

Page 88: ...rface card starts the download process 3 Use the Transfer Send File option in the terminal emulator utility 4 Select the location of the firmware Use the Browse button if you need help finding it 5 The download transfer protocol should use 1K XMODEM if the terminal emulator supports it Otherwise use just XMODEM as the transfer protocol 6 Press the Send button The firmware begins to download to the...

Page 89: ...ter or network where your FTP program will store the backup file 3 Enter the user name and password The default values for user name and password are root for the user name and password for the password 4 Specify binary mode bin 5 Specify the filename cfg file with the get command get filename cfg where filename cfg can be any name for the configuration file The file will transfer to the current d...

Page 90: ... or event log Using the following procedure you can save copies of the trace buffers or event log over FTP 1 Connect the interface card to the ethernet network used by your computer 2 Start your FTP program using the interface card s IP address ftp IP address IMPORTANT The network settings set to use DHCP need to be set to default If the IP address is not known use the serial interface to obtain t...

Page 91: ...t known use the serial interface to obtain the network settings See Setting up serial port communications on page 22 NOTE If the interface card is to use a static IP address the pre filled in address when DHCP is disabled is 1 1 1 1 and should be changed to an address that is appropriate for the IP network it will reside on 3 Enter the user name and password The default values for user name and pa...

Page 92: ...92 Using the FTP interface ...

Page 93: ... check that the Ethernet cable is securely connected to the interface card 3 Check the configuration of the interface card including the gateway address and assign values manually if needed If the above list all appear to be in order but DHCP is still not working attempt to reset the interface card to factory defaults any current configuration settings will be reset reboot the interface card and t...

Page 94: ...r a device driver this situation occurs because the Active Fabric LUN of the interface card is enabled Solutions to this request for a driver include the following options Disable Active Fabric or the target LUN for the interface card in order to eliminate further Windows driver requests You can also accept the Windows prompts and disable the device in the device manager Optionally an HP device dr...

Page 95: ...r total length distance between devices and stub length must be adhered to Connections should also be checked and reseated if necessary Ensure that the SCSI cables are Multimode or rated for the SCSI speed of the drive SCSI Devices Verify that the SCSI devices on a particular SCSI bus can be seen in the configuration menu of the interface card Select System Utilities System Statistics Parallel SCS...

Page 96: ...s you are attempting to use to the native SCSI interface to verify that the devices are functional SCSI target devices can be connected to a host SCSI bus to verify they are functional Verify host configuration In some cases it may be that the FC host bus adapter or host device driver may not be working properly Check the configuration of these elements It may be useful to check the release notes ...

Page 97: ...al interface Technical support If you are unable to resolve an issue contact your authorized service representative and ask for technical support HP technical support Telephone numbers for worldwide technical support are listed on the HP support web site http www hp com support Collect the following information before calling Technical support registration number if applicable Product serial numbe...

Page 98: ...98 Troubleshooting ...

Page 99: ...erence to the serial receptacle on the rear panel of the HP e1200 320 4Gb FC Interface Card Use an RS 232 null modem cable to connect the HP e1200 320 4Gb FC Interface Card to the host system Figure 77 RJ 11 pin assignments Table 9 RJ 11 pin descriptions Number Description 1 Receive data to HP e1200 320 4Gb Interface Card 2 Serial common Ground 3 Transmit data from HP e1200 320 4Gb Interface Card ...

Page 100: ...the DB 9 serial connection are in reference to the serial connector at the end of the cable Use an RS 232 null modem cable to connect the HP e1200 320 4Gb Interface Card to the host system NOTE To connect the Interface interface card to a host system use the RS 232 Serial3 Pin to DB 9 cable included in the shipping container for this product Figure 78 Corresponding pin outs of the DB 9 connector T...

Page 101: ...tacle on the back panel of the HP e1200 320 4Gb Interface Card The HP e1200 320 4Gb Interface Card Ethernet connection supports the IEEE specifications for 10BASE T and 100BASE TX Ethernet standards Figure 79 RJ 45 pin assignments Table 11 RJ 45 pin descriptions Number Description 1 Transmit out 2 Transmit out 3 Receive in 4 No connection 5 No connection 6 Receive in 7 No connection 8 No connectio...

Page 102: ...102 Serial and Ethernet pin assignments ...

Page 103: ...s A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates 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 Operati...

Page 104: ...ns made to this device that are not expressly approved by Hewlett Packard Company may void the user s authority to operate the equipment Cables Connections to this device must be made with shielded cables with metallic RFI EMI connector hoods in order to maintain compliance with FCC Rules and Regulations Laser device All HP systems equipped with a laser device comply with safety standards includin...

Page 105: ...ean Union notice Products bearing the CE marking comply with the EMC Directive 89 336 EEC and the Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC issued by the Commission of the European Community and if this product has telecommunication functionality the R TTE Directive 1999 5 EC Compliance with these directives implies conformity to the following European Norms in parentheses are the equivalent international s...

Page 106: ...deral laws In addition Do not attempt to recharge the battery if removed from the interface card Do not expose the battery to water or to temperatures higher than 60 C 140 F Do not disassemble crush puncture short external contacts or dispose of in fire or water Replace batteries only with the designated HP spares Batteries battery packs and accumulators should not be disposed of together with gen...

Page 107: ...ycling notice The Taiwan EPA requires dry battery manufacturing or importing firms in accordance with Article 15 of the Waste Disposal Act to indicate the recovery marks on the batteries used in sales giveaway or promotion Contact a qualified Taiwanese recycler for proper battery disposal ...

Page 108: ...108 Regulatory compliance and safety ...

Page 109: ...s of SCSI 3 commands can be found in the SCSI 3 standard available from the American National Standards Institute ANSI General Commands REPORT LUNS INQUIRY General commands Following is a description of a general use SCSI 3 command For more information about the other general use commands please contact your service representative Report LUNs command The interface card supports the Report LUNs com...

Page 110: ...uiry command The format of the Inquiry command is shown in Table 14 Table 14 Format of LUN Inquiry command The interface card returns the LUN Inquiry Data as defined in Table 16 Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 MSB LUN list length LSB 1 2 3 4 Reserved 5 Reserved 6 Reserved 7 Reserved LUN list 0 7 First LUN 0 7 Last LUN Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code 12h 1 Reserved EVPD 2 Page Code or Operatio...

Page 111: ... 4 4 Table 16 HP e1200 320 4Gb Interface Card LUN Inquiry Data The interface card will only reply to a SCSI Inquiry when using 8 byte LUN field of 0x00 s Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Device Type 0ch 1 Page Code 80h 3 Reserved 4 Page Length 5 20 Serial Number Item Value Peripheral Qualifier 0x00 Peripheral Device Type 0x0C Indicates Router interface card function RMB 0x00 Device Type Qualifier 0x00 I...

Page 112: ...112 Inband SCSI 3 commands NOTE The Revision Level comes from the last four characters of the build string which appears in the headings for most menu screens ...

Page 113: ...al units The logical units are the actual devices that the operating system will address When an initiator addresses a logical unit the LUN field used is consistent in form with the SCC defined fields All current Fibre Channel host bus adapter drivers are consistent with these methods The addressing used is the SCC Logical Unit Addressing and Peripheral Device Addressing methods shown in Table 17 ...

Page 114: ...configuration in environments where SCSI device ordering is not important and where hot plugging of SCSI devices will not occur Configuration options provide for the SCSI discovery to be performed in order of bus target or LUN as desired for the specific environment 0 0x01 21 0x2E 42 0x52 63 0x74 84 0xA6 105 0xC9 1 0x02 22 0x31 43 0x53 64 0x75 85 0xA7 106 0xCA 2 0x04 23 0x32 44 0x54 65 0x76 86 0xA...

Page 115: ...T LUN When a request using the Peripheral Device addressing method is received an FCP command with the LUN field with bits 7 and 6 of byte 0 are set to 0 the unit routes the request to the internal processor which acts on the command directly When a request using the Logical Unit addressing method is received bits 7 and 6 set to 10b the request is routed to the BUS TARGET LUN as specified in the d...

Page 116: ...structures and operations attached devices The host can then perform actions on these interface card attached devices directly without having to perform discovery by issuing commands through all possible combinations ...

Page 117: ...void duplicate use and changes must be applied to clients by hand Configuration information is not centralized and it is difficult to get a view of all interface card or host configurations The use of TCP IP and DHCP both contribute to networking and the growth of the Internet TCP IP uses open protocol standards that enable the forming of wide area networks WANS For each interface card to identify...

Page 118: ...nterface card the system reboots and displays the following Main menu on the terminal window Figure 80 Main menu Select 1 The following menu appears Figure 81 Configuration menu HP StorageWorks e1200 320 4Gb Interface interface card X X XX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXX_XXXXXXXXXXXXXX 07 7 2005 08 56 22 1 Perform Configuration 2 System Utilities 3 Display Trace and Assertion History 4 Reboot 5 Download a New R...

Page 119: ...mation for that setting See the note below for more information Use the following steps to save the current settings and reboot the system 1 Select X Return to previous menu 2 Select A Save Configuration 3 Select X Return to previous menu 4 Select 4 Reboot After the interface card finishes rebooting the Main Menu will appear DHCP status can be verified from the Ethernet Configuration Menu where DH...

Page 120: ...se 3 options before reboot The Ethernet Configuration Menu will also not allow these 3 options to be changed while DHCP is enabled since they are automatically configured by DHCP Here s an example of the DHCP enabled menu Figure 83 Ethernet configuration menu Ethernet Configuration Menu X XX XX XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 07 7 2005 08 56 22 IP Address 192 168 60 203 DHCP Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 IP G...

Page 121: ...manipulating DHCP within Visual Manager 1 To change the current state of DHCP change its status to enabled or disabled submit the change and then reboot 2 To reboot click the Reboot link from the main menu select Yes in the confirmation message and then submit 3 The gateway address should have the same subnetwork 1st three bytes as the IP address For example an IP address of 192 168 100 93 may hav...

Page 122: ...122 Enabling DHCP on the HP e1200 320 4Gb FC Interface Card ...

Page 123: ...tronic signals travel clusters Two or more computers sharing the same resources on a communication link interface card An intelligent device within the SAN storage area network infrastructure that can handle multiple protocols such as Fibre Channel and SCSI The routing decision is based on paths between address mappings among dispersed initiators and targets interface card to router Configuration ...

Page 124: ...ated loop Fibre Channel is a generalized transport mechanism that has no protocol of its own or native input output command set but can transport any existing Upper Level Protocols ULPs such as SCSI and IP fibre channel arbitrated loop FC AL One of three existing Fibre Channel topologies in which 2 to 126 devices are interconnected serially in a single loop circuit The arbitrated loop topology sup...

Page 125: ...ports loops LUN Logical Unit Number or Logical Unit a subdivision of a SCSI target For SCSI 2 each SCSI target supports up to sixteen LUNs LUN 0 to LUN 15 Using LUNs the FC host can address multiple peripheral devices that may share a common interface card LVD SE Low Voltage Differential Single Ended mapping table A table which is indexed by sequential LUN values indicating selected BUS TARGET LUN...

Page 126: ...ame A field value under the FC Status Menu the FC port identifier a 64 bit value the factory assigns to each FC adapter post See Power On Self Test power on self test POST A group of tests run when the interface card is powered on processor Contains the arithmetic and logic control and internal memory units that control the interface card reset SCSI For a specific SCSI bus the host clears all inpu...

Page 127: ...0 nm When using multimode fibre 50 nm shortwave lasers can be used with FC links less than 500m To achieve longer lengths single mode fibre is required The preferred fibre core size is 50 micron as this fibre has large bandwidth so that the distance is limited by the fibre attenuation A 62 5 micron core size is also supported for compatibility with existing FDDI installations Fibre of this type ha...

Page 128: ... view port name A status type in the FC Status Menu showing the identification of the port world wide name WWN A Name_Identifier which is worldwide unique and represented by a 64 bit unsigned binary value ...

Page 129: ...remove gaps 71 Ethernet 60 Fibre Channel 62 max SCSI bus speed 67 parallel SCSI 65 real time clock 78 SCSI initiator 66 trace and event 75 event 76 special event 77 trace 75 power up messages 57 conventions document 7 text symbols 7 current map default Fibre Channel Visual Manager 43 D date configuration Visual Manager 39 declaration of conformity 104 device management 23 discovery 24 FC arbitrate...

Page 130: ...ubscriber s choice web site 8 technical support 8 telephone number FCC questions 104 I I O configuration Visual Manager 41 identifying product components 13 IEC EMC worldwide regulatory compliance notice 105 inband SCSI 3 commands 109 initiator IDs SCSI Visual Manager 44 installation 14 installing an interface card 16 interface card connections 20 interfaces 20 Ethernet 21 Fibre Channel 20 SCSI 20...

Page 131: ... event log 84 FC link control 86 runtime report 84 SCSI command tracking 86 system statistics 80 T Taiwan EPA battery recycling and disposal 107 technical support HP 8 telephone numbers FCC questions 104 text symbols 7 traces clearing buffers Visual Manager 52 configuration of Visual Manager 51 troubleshooting 93 basic verification 94 configuration 96 devices 96 Fibre Channel 95 HBA 97 host 96 PRL...

Page 132: ...eport options 55 Report screen illustrated 55 Reset to Factory Default screen illustrated 40 SCSI bus reset on boot 44 configuration of 43 discovery mode 44 initiator IDs 44 settings 44 SCSI bus configuration screen illustrated 43 serial configuration 35 Serial screen illustrated 35 statistics information viewing 48 Statistics menu illustrated 48 System Menu 34 System Menu illustrated 34 Trace Set...