User manual HP EMULEX LPE1105 FIBRE CHANNEL HBA STORAGEWORKS EMULEX FIBRE CHANNEL HOST BUS ADAPTERS FOR PROLIANT AND INTEGRITY

[. . . ] · If you are installing the Linux operating system for the first time, load the operating system and then download and install the supported Linux HBA driver from the HP website http://welcome. hp. com/country/us/en/support. html. Please refer to the section below for a list of HBA and Mezzanine part numbers. Product models The following HBAs and Mezzanine cards support Linux on ProLiant servers: · HP Emulex LPe1105­HP 4Gb FC HBA for HP c-Class BladeSystem (product number 403621­B21) · HP Emulex-based BL20p fibre channel Mezz HBA (product number 394757­B21) · HP Emulex-based BL25/30/35/45p fibre channel Mezz HBA (product number 394588­B21) The following HBAs support Linux on ProLiant and Integrity servers: · HP StorageWorks FC2143 (product number AD167A) · HP StorageWorks FC2243 (product number AD168A) · HP StorageWorks FC2142SR (product number A8002A) · HP StorageWorks FC2242SR (product number A8003A) Devices supported The Emulex HBAs for Linux are supported on HP servers that: · Support the Linux operating systems described in"Operating systems" on page 4. · Support the servers listed on the HP website http://www. hp. com/products1/serverconnectivity/ support_matrices. html. · Support B-Series, C-Series, and M-Series switch products. [. . . ] If you have a previous driver kit installed, you can invoke the INSTALL command without any arguments as the script will use the currently loaded configuration: # . /INSTALL For SLES 10 SP1 only: Use #. /INSTALL -p If you want to force the installation to failover mode, use the -m flag: #. /INSTALL -m · Use #. /INSTALL -mp · If you want to force the installation to single-path mode, use the -s flag: # . /INSTALL ­s Use #. /INSTALL -sp The INSTALL script will install the appropriate driver RPM for your configuration, as well as the appropriate fibreutils RPM. Once the INSTALL script is finished, you will either have to reload the Emulex driver modules (lpfc, lpfcdfc and lpfcmpl) or reboot your server. To unload the driver, enter the following command: # modprobe ­r lpfcmpl NOTE: modprobe ­r lpfcmpl is for MultiPulse configuration only. # modprobe ­r lpfcdfc # modprobe ­r lpfc The commands to load the driver are: # modprobe lpfc # modprobe lpfcdfc # modprobe lpfcmpl NOTE: modprobe lpfcmpl is for MultiPulse configuration only. The command to reboot the server is: #reboot If your boot device is a SAN attached device, you will have to reboot your server. To verify what RPM driver version is installed, use the RPM command with the -q option. 6 Example 1. # rpm -q hp-lpfc # rpm -q hp-multipulse For MultiPulse configuration only: # rpm -q fibreutils Installing HBAnyware To install HBAnyware: 1. Download the file HP_ElxApps-<Kernel Version>-<HBAnyware Version>-<Driver Version>. zip to the target system. HP_ElxApps-26-3. 2a16-8. 1. 10. 11. zip NOTE: Please refer to Table 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 for HBAnyware and Driver version info. Kernel Version : 26 for 2. 6 Kernels and 24 for 2. 4 Kernels. # unzip HP_ElxApps-26-3. 2a16-8. 1. 10. 11. zip 3. # chmod +x HP_ElxApps-26-3. 2a16-8. 1. 10. 11. bin 4. #. /HP_ElxApps-26-3. 2a16-8. 1. 10. 11. bin 5. # HBAnyware or # /usr/sbin/hbanyware/hbanyware NOTE: Refer to application's online help for more information. Languages American English Important information Restrictions This section describes restrictions that apply to Linux and this release of HBAs: · SuSE10 SP1 has a known issue related to Boot hang and udev timeout. To correct the issue, use the . /INSTALL script with the ­p flag. See the above section, ???for more installation options. · The Emulex MultiPulse 2. 2. 22 driver only supports active/active storage arrays. HP StorageWorks Emulex fibre channel host bus adapters for ProLiant and Integrity servers using Linux and VMware operating systems release notes 7 · If using MultiPulse 2. 1. x, you can have a maximum of four physical paths to a LUN. More than four paths can cause improper failure. [. . . ] · XP LUNs presented to Linux hosts must start with LUN 0. · MultiPulse can coexist with multipathing products such as QLogic® failover driver, Secure Path, or Device Mapper. However, note that MultiPulse only works with Emulex-based HBAs; it will not configure multiple paths for other HBAs in the system. · HP recommends that you implement zoning with HBA, as described in the HP StorageWorks SAN design reference guide, available on the websitehttp://h18006. www1. hp. com/products/ storageworks/san/documentation. html · When running the scsi_info command on older XP arrays such as XP1024/128, you may see output similar to that shown in the following example. [. . . ]