User manual HP STORAGEWORKS 64-BIT/33-MHZ PCI-TO-FC HBA

[. . . ] 64-Bit PCI-To-Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter User Guide Second Edition March 2001 Part Number AA-RKPDB-TE Compaq Computer Corporation Notice The information in this publication is subject to change without notice. COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR TECHNICAL OR EDITORIAL ERRORS OR OMISSIONS CONTAINED HEREIN, NOR FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE FURNISHING, PERFORMANCE, OR USE OF THIS MATERIAL. THIS INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE AND AGAINST INFRINGEMENT. This publication contains information protected by copyright. [. . . ] All values are in hexadecimal. The menu options and descriptions are described in the following sections. Firmware and Diagnostic Utility 5-7 Test Host Bus Adapters Select this option to run host-based internal and external loopback tests on the HBAs. Internal BIU PCI loopback and other loopback tests are run automatically. External loopback tests are disabled by default: 0 = No, 1 = Yes. Choose 0 (No) if you do not have an external loopback connector. NOTE: Testing the HBA while it is connected to an arbitrated loop is not recommended. Modify Test Options Select Test and specify the number of passes on one or more of these tests: PCI loopback, Internal loopback, External Loopback, or all 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 to reset the HBA. When a restart HBA occurs, the HBA will perform POST testing and will reload functional firmware. Input/Output Select this option to open or close input and output files. The contents of the Input file are interpreted and executed by the program. The output file contains a log of all messages. Note that nesting of input files is not supported. Maintenance Select this option to update firmware or non-volatile parameters in the flash ROM. This option also displays program images (load list) stored in the HBA's memory. You must reboot the HBA for the new firmware to take effect. 5-8 Compaq StorageWorks 64-Bit PCI-To-Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter User Guide Show Host Bus Adapter Info Select this option to display HBA data in these areas: s s s s s s s s BIU PCI Configuration Parameters Host Bus Adapter Info and Status Adapter Revisions Display Configuration Data Service Parameters Status/Counters Info Link Status Link Attention Quit Select this 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 equipped with a diskette drive or Alpha Server 8x00 series machines running under OpenVMS, the Console CD contains the LP8ldr. exe file. To start LP8ldr. exe program from a Console CD under the Alpha Server 8x00 series ARC emulator, issue the following commands. Perform a system initialization. Firmware and Diagnostic Utility 5-9 5. Run iso9660:[utility]lp8ldr. exe ­ d dkd400 ­ p 2 Where ­ d = CD-ROM Device (at the SRM prompt type " show dev" to display the value for your systems CD-ROM) -p = the PCI bus number where the HBAs are located. If you choose to download 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 PCI busses, it is necessary to run the LP8ldr Utility once for each PCI bus that has an HBA to be upgraded. Therefore if your system has two HBAs the utility will be run twice. The ­ P parameter must be set to the new PCI bus number each time the utility is run. 5-10 Compaq StorageWorks 64-Bit PCI-To-Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter User Guide The LP8ldr. exe file contains the HBA's firmware download utility and the latest version of the firmware at the time the Console CD was released. 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 LP8ldr. exe file. [. . . ] An optical waveguide in which light travels in multiple modes. Typical core/cladding sized (measured in microns) are 50/125, 62. 5/125, and 100/140. The process by which two or more signals are transmitted over a single communications channel. Link Longwave LUN Mb/s MB/s Media Manager (MM) MIA Micron (mm) Mode Multi-initiators Multi-Mode Fiber Multiplexing Glossary 5 nm Non-OFC OFC Nanometer. A unit of measurement equal to one billionth of a meter. [. . . ]