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HP StorageWorks A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itanium Linux systems installation guide Part number: AA–RV12C– TE Third edition: October 2005.
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A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itanium Linux systems installation guid e 3 Contents About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Intended audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 B Building a driver from sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Building a uniprocesso r version of the driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Building a multiprocesso r version of the d river .
A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 5 About this guide This guide provides information about: • Installing, configuring, and troubleshooting the A6826A PC I-X host bus adapter (HBA) for Linux® operating systems.
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A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 7 TIP: Provides helpful hints and shortcuts. HP technical support Telephone numbers for worldwide technical s upport are listed on the HP support we b site: http://www.hp.com/support .
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A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 9 1 HBA features This chapter describes the features of the A6826A PCI-X HBA for Lin ux includes: • Performan ce specif ic.
HBA features 10 Physical specifications Table 3 lists the HBA specifications. Table 3 HBA Specifications Type Specification Host bus Conforms to PCI Local Bus Specification , Revision 2.
A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 11 2 Installing the HBA This chapter describes the procedure for insta lling the A682 6A HBA. This chapter incl udes: • Installation prerequisites , page 12 • Installing the HBA , page 13 See the host documentation for installing the HBA.
Installing the HBA 12 Installation prerequisites Before you begin, make sure you have the following: • A screwdriver (Phillips #1). • An optical multimode cable with an LC-style duplex connector. • Each HBA has a unique serial number that is located on the bottom of the HBA.
A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 13 Jumpers The jumpers on the HBA are set to the default stat e of the laser and are set at the factory with a jumper plug on pi ns 1-2 of the J3 jumpe r and on pins 1-2 of the J4 jumper.
Installing the HBA 14 11. Apply the power: a. Verify that the HBA is secure ly installed in the computer. b. Verify that the correct media is attached. c. Plug in and turn on the computer. d. Observe LEDs for Powe r On Self Test (POST) results. See ” POST conditions and results ” on page 25 for information about the LED indicators.
A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 15 3 Installing the Linux driver This chapter provides instructions for installi ng the Linux qla2300 driver fo r the A6826A HBA on an already installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Red Hat EL) or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SUSE SLES) for 64-bit Itanium systems.
Installing the Linux driver 16 Installing the driver kit HP recommends installing the comple te driver kit for this HBA. The kit contains the HBA driver and the utilities that you need to d eploy the A6826A HBA on Linux. NOTE: Using the following procedure installs the RPM and fibreutils.
A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 17 Using fibreutils RPM HP recommends using the fibreutils utility that is inst alled by the driver kit. It contains useful utilities for managing fibre-attached storage. To manually install this RPM, enter the following command: # rpm -ivh fibreutils-<version>.
Installing the Linux driver 18 Perform the following steps to install the qla2300 driver on the boot drive: 1. Build the driver binary file. To build a driver binary from source files, see ” Building a driver from sourc es ” on page 31. 2. Copy the qla2300.
A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 19 4. Build the ramdisk image file: • For a single-process or system, enter the following commands, rep lacing x.x.xx–x.x with your Linux version number: /sbin/mkinitrd /boot/newinitrd-image x.
Installing the Linux driver 20 e. If your system has a previous versi on of the ql a driver, rename the old binary included in the original distribution to ensure that it does not interfere with the u pdated version as follows: # cd /lib/module s/<kernel_release_ version>/kernel/ drivers/addon/qla2300 # mv qla2300.
A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 21 Driver command line parameters Several command line options are available. For example: • Verbose — This option provide s detailed debug information. For example: # insmod qla2300.
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A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 23 4 Troubleshooting This chapter includes the following informatio n to help you determine why the HBA is not functioning properly.
Trouble shooting 24 Hardware problem checklist Check the following to determi ne if there is a hardware problem: • Are all of the circuit cards installed secu rely in the system? • Are all of the .
A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 25 POST conditions and results Figure 1 on page 12 shows the position of the POST LED indi cators. If the LEDs indicate a failure during POST: 1. Make sure the HBA is seated firmly in the PCI slo t.
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A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 27 AC o n f i g u r i n g t h e H B A This appendix describes how to configure the A68 26A HBA on Linux system s using the Configuration protocol Driver Configuration menu.
Configuring the HBA 28 The following example shows the Driver Configuration menu. Main Menu NVRAM Parameters 1. Edit Adapter Settings 2. Edit Advanced Settings 3. Edit Database 4. Edit Boot Settings Information 5. Show Database 6. Show Translation 7. Show NVRAM Buffer 8.
A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 29 Table 5 describes the Driver Co nfiguration components. Table 5 Driver Configuration menu components Menu Option Description NVRAM Parameters 1. Edit Adapter Settings Displays the Edit Adapter Settings menu.
Configuring the HBA 30 Information 10. Abandon Abandons the changes in the current Configuration protocol local buffer and reloads its contents from the HBA’s NVRAM. 11. Write Writes the current Configuration protocol local buffer to the HBA’s NVRAM.
A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 31 B Building a driver from sources This appendix describes how to build a Linux driver from sources. In some cases, it may be necess ary to build the driver in your config uration locall y.
Building a driver from sources 32 Building a uniprocessor version of the driver Perform the following steps to build a uniprocessor version of the qla2300 drive r: 1. If not already installed, extract the kernel-he ader and kernel-sou rce RPM files from your Linux CD-ROM distribution.
A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 33 Building a multiprocessor vers ion of the driver Perform the following steps to build an SMP version of the qla2300 driver: 1. If not already installed, extract the kernel-he ader and kernel-sou rce RPM files from your Linux CD-ROM distribution.
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35 A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itanium Linux systems installation guid e C Regulatory compliance and safety Laser device All HP systems equipped with a laser device comply with safe ty standards, including International Electrotechni cal Commission (IEC) 82 5.
Regulatory compliance and safety 36 Laser product label The optional label in Figure 2 or equivalent may be located on the surface of the HP-supplied laser device.
37 A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itanium Linux systems installation guid e BSMI notice Japanese notice Korean notices.
Regulatory compliance and safety 38 Electrostatic discharge To prevent damage to the system, be aware of th e precautions you need to follow when setting up the system or handling parts. A discharge of static electricity from a finger or other conductor may damage system boar ds or other static-sensitive devices.
A6826A PCI-X host bus adapter for Itan ium Linux systems installation guide 39 Index A audience 5 authorized reseller, HP 7 B boot drive, installing drivers on 17 BSMI, regulatory compliance notice 37.
40 J Japan, regulatory compliance notice 37 K Korean, regulatory compliance notice 37 L label, laser 36 laser internationa l certificat ion and classification inform ation 35 product label 36 radiatio.
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