Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto QLA12160 del fabbricante Q-Logic
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Hardware Instal lation Guide for the QLA12160 Boar d 64-Bit PC I Dual SC SI H ost Adapte r Bo ard for t he PC I Bus DC8151 101-00 C September 14, 2001.
QLogic Corporation Page ii DC8151101-00 C Informat ion furnis hed in thi s manual is believe d to be ac curate an d reliable. Howeve r , QLo gic Corp oration as sumes no r esponsib ility for its us e, nor for a ny infringe ments of paten ts or othe r rights of third part ies which m ay result from it s use.
DC8151101-00 C Page iii Tabl e of Cont en ts Section 1 Introduction 1.1 Produ ct Descriptio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.2 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Table of Contents QLA12160 Hardware Installation Guide Page iv DC8151101-00 C Appendix B SCSI Termination B.1 Setting th e SCSI Termin ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1 B.2 Termina tion (Jumpers ) for the Q LA12160 . . . . . . . .
DC8151101-00 C 1-1 Section 1 Intr oduction NOTE: This in stallati on guide a pplies to the followi ng QLogi c host ad apter boards , collec ti vel y refer red to as the QLA1 2160 board u nless ot herw.
Features 1 – Introduction 1-2 DC8151101-00 C The QL A12160 bo ard supp orts Ul tra, Ultra2, and Ultra3 transfer speeds. The board can co nnect com puters to other compu ters or to p eripheral d evices su ch as CD-RO M drives, t ape driv es, and hard disk dri ves.
1 – Introduction Features DC8151101-00 C 1-3 ■ Support fo r L VD mode ■ Support fo r up to 30 L VD SCSI devices (15 per chan nel) ■ Support fo r logical un it numbers (LU Ns) 0 – 15 ■ Supp.
Features 1 – Introduction 1-4 DC8151101-00 C.
BC8151101-00 C 2-1 Section 2 Hard ware I nst allat ion 2.1 Preinst allation Procedures Before in st alling your QL A12160 b oard, t ake the time to re ad this i nstructio n guide. CAUTION! ■ Y our comp uter , the Q LA12160 board, a nd each SC SI device must be conf ig ured p rop erly for opt imu m pe rf orman ce.
Setting the SCSI Termination 2 – Hardware Installation 2-2 BC8151101-00 C Figure 2 -1 identifi es the QLA121 60 boa rd com ponen ts re ferenc ed throu ghout this secti on. Figure 2-1. Q LA12160 Boar d Layout 2.3 Setting the SCSI T e rmination T erminatio n for the Q LA12160 board is set auto matically i n most c ases.
2 – Hardware Installation Installation in the Computer BC8151101-00 C 2-3 light to the J9 ju mper bloc k on the QLA12160 boa rd (pins 1 and 4 are positi ve).
Installation in the Computer 2 – Hardware Installation 2-4 BC8151101-00 C 5. Unsc rew and remo ve the slo t cove r . Retain the screw to use when y ou inst all the QLA1 2160 boar d. 6. Place the Q LA12160 boar d into the slot. Care fully press the board into the slot un til it sea ts firm ly .
2 – Hardware Installation Installation Help BC8151101-00 C 2-5 See the So ftware Inst allatio n Guide for th e QLA12160 Bo ard on the QLogic we b site http ://www .qlogic.c om/ for det ailed i nstructions o n how to instal l the QLA1216 0 board ’ s software driv e rs.
Installation Help 2 – Hardware Installation 2-6 BC8151101-00 C.
DC8151101-00 B 3-1 Section 3 T roubleshoo ting 3.1 Problems Aft er Inst allation There are three typ es of inst allation p roblems t hat can ca use your Q LA12160 bo ard to fu nction inco rrectly: h ardware p roblems, system con figuration problems , and SCSI pro blems.
SCSI Problem Checkli st 3 – Troubleshooting 3-2 DC8151101-00 B 3.4 SCSI Problem Check list ■ Is the SCSI bus termi nation for the QLA121 60 board set correctly (see appe ndixes A and B )? ■ Is t.
DC8151101-00 C A-1 Appendix A Fast! UTIL A.1 Introduct ion This ap pendix p rovide s deta iled con figuration inform ation for ad vanced users wh o want t o customiz e the con figuration of the QL A12160 boa rd and the connecte d device s. The QLA12 160 bo ard is co nfigured a t the fac tory to pro vide max imum perfo rmance.
Configuration Settings A – Fast! UTIL A-2 DC8151101-00 C A.2.1 Host Adapter Settings From the Configuration Setti ngs menu in Fast! UTIL, select Ho st A da pter Settings . Def ault setti ngs for the Q LA12160 ho st adapte r board are l isted in table A- 1 and describ ed in the f ollowing p aragraphs.
A – Fast ! UTIL Con figuration Settings DC8151101-00 C A-3 ❑ Safe. All o ptimal c onfigurati on settin gs are dis abled an d all att ached device s work in minim al confi guration (na rrow , asynchr onous mo de).
Configuration Settings A – Fast! UTIL A-4 DC8151101-00 C NOTE: These s ettings a pply to e ach SCSI ID individu ally . ■ Discon nect s OK. When s et to Y es, the d evice is notified t hat it can o ptionall y discon nect from the host a dapter .
A – Fast ! UTIL Con figuration Settings DC8151101-00 C A-5 ■ Negotiate Syn chronous. When set t o Y es, the QLA1 2160 board negotiates synch ronous da ta tran sfers wi th the de vice. Wh en set to No, the Q LA12160 board us es only asynchro nous dat a transf ers.
Configuration Settings A – Fast! UTIL A-6 DC8151101-00 C ■ SCSI termination T erminatio n for the QLA1 2160 board can be s et in one of t hree ways: ❑ Automati c (default ) ❑ Manual (through Fast! UT IL) ❑ Jumper s NOTE: The las t SCSI devic e on each end of the SC SI bus mu st be termina ted.
A – Fast ! UTIL Con figuration Settings DC8151101-00 C A-7 connec ted to the other conn ector . Use this s etting for the QLA12 160 board ’ s port two (J2) when th e port two conn ector is not at one end of the SCSI bus and you have narro w devi ces at one en d of th e bus and wide d evices at t he other en d.
Scan SC SI Bus A – Fa st! UTIL A-8 DC8151101-00 C A.2.6 Restore Default Settings The Restore De fault s option from the Configurati on Settings menu restores the QLA1216 0 board de fault sett ings, whic h are dis played in SCSI Device Settings . Use the arrow key s to change sett ings.
A – Fast ! UTIL Using SCSI-1 Devices DC8151101-00 C A-9 3. Select SCSI Dev ice Settings. A wi ndow display s the settings for each SCSI device . Make the fo llowing c hanges fo r each SCSI ID to which a SC SI-1 devi ce is ass igned. a. Chang e the Nego tiat e Wi de setting to No.
Using SCSI-1 Devices A – Fast! UTI L A-10 DC8151101-00 C.
DC8151101-00 C B-1 Appendix B SCSI T ermination B.1 Setting the SCSI T ermination The first and las t physic al SCSI devi ces on ea ch end o f the SCSI b us must be term in ated . T erminati on is se t autom ati ca lly throug h Fast ! UTIL (see sec tion A.
Termination (J umpers) for the QLA12160 B – SCSI T ermination B-2 DC8151101-00 C The QLA1 2160 boa rd jumper b lock is illustrat ed in fig ure B- 1 . . Figure B-1. QLA1 2160 Jumper T ermination The f ollowing p aragrap hs give m anual termi nation ins tructions .
DC8151101-00 C C-1 Appendix C Specifica tions T able C-1. QLA121 60 Board Ope rating Enviro nment Environment Minimum Maximum Operating temperature 0 ° C ( 32 ° F) 55 ° C (131 ° F) S t orage te mperature – 20 ° C ( – 4 ° F) 70 ° C (158 ° F) Relative humidity (noncondensing) 10% 90% S t orage hum idity (noncondensing) 5% 95% T able C-2 .
C – Specifications C-2 DC8151101-00 C Connectors 68-pin, high-density , internal SCSI-2 connector (port one) T wo 68- pin, external VHDCs Form fa ct or 17.
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