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3. Attach signal cables to connectors. 4. Attach power cords to outlet. 5. Turn device ON. Statement 2: IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA: Installation and User’s Guide To Disconnect: 1. Turn everything OFF. 2. First, remove power cords from outlet.
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CAUTION: When laser products (such as CD-ROMs, DVD drives, fiber optic devices, or transmitters) are installed, note the following: v Do not remove the covers. Removing the covers of the laser product could result in exposure to hazardous laser radiation. There are no serviceable parts inside the device.
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About this document This book provides instructions for installing and customizing the configuration of your IBM System Storage connected devices. It also provides information on troubleshooting your IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA. Who should read this document This document is intended for system operators and service technicians who have extensive knowledge of fibre channel and network technology.
Route the host server Fibre Channel cables IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA: Installation and User’s Guide Start Guide provides an excellent overview of the installation process. Where to find information or procedures v DS4000 Storage Manager Concepts Guide...
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Table 2. Where to find DS4000 installation and configuration procedures (continued) Installation task Where to find information or procedures Power up the v DS4100 Storage Server Installation, User’s, and Maintenance subsystem Guide v DS4300 Fibre Channel Storage Server Installation and User’s Guide v DS4400 Fibre Channel Storage Server Installation and Support Guide...
If you need help, service, or technical assistance or just want more information about IBM products, you will find a wide variety of sources available from IBM to assist you. This section contains information about where to go for additional...
Web site: www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk/ v Use an IBM discussion forum on the IBM Web site to ask questions. You can solve many problems without outside assistance by following the troubleshooting procedures that IBM provides in the online help or in the documents that are provided with your system and software.
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Appendix F, “Additional DS4000 documentation,” on page 45 provides references to other DS4000 publications. xxii IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA: Installation and User’s Guide...
Notices used in this document The caution and danger statements used in this book also appear in the multilingual Safety Information book provided with your IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA. Each caution and danger statement is numbered for easy reference to the corresponding statements in the safety book.
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HBA is referred to throughout this book as the FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter. Overview The IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA is a 4Gbps high-performance, direct memory access (DMA), bus master, Fibre Channel host adapter designed for high-end systems. The function and performance are derived from the ISP2422 chip (see Figure 2 on page 4) making this FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter a leading-edge host adapter.
NOVRAM) is damaged, the system prompts you for the FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter serial number. Figure 1 on page 3 shows the serial number label location. IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA: Installation and User’s Guide ® FC HBA Manager.
Do not place the device on your system unit cover or on a metal table. Chapter 1. Preparing and installing the IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA only. Static electricity can damage electronic devices and your system. To...
1. This option does not come with the FC 4Gbps PCI-X Host Bus Adapter. It must be ordered separately. IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA: Installation and User’s Guide (enables you to connect Fibre Channel nodes to...
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Low Profile 2U bracket, continue with step 1. Otherwise, go to step 2. 1. Complete the following steps to install the Fibre Channel Low Profile 2U adapter bracket: IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA: Installation and User’s Guide To avoid damage to your fiber-optic cables, follow these guidelines:...
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8. Align the adapter with the expansion slot. Carefully press the adapter into the PCI bus-master slot until it is fully seated and secure. Chapter 1. Preparing and installing the IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA...
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PCI-X Adapter device drivers and updating the BIOS code,” on page 9 for detailed instructions on how to update the FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter BIOS code. IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA: Installation and User’s Guide an Intel 64-Bit processor (IA-64) or a Sun SPARC processor architecture.
NVRAM. Installing the FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter device drivers The device drivers and installation instructions for the following supported operating systems are provided on the IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Support CD: v Microsoft ®...
\SYSTEM directory on the NetWare SYS volume. The installer will automatically save the agent in the appropriate NetWare volume. IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA: Installation and User’s Guide select the ″SANsurfer FC Windows NT you are presented with the ″Choose Product Component″ window.
Note: Remember, the drive letter must be mapped to the root of the NetWare 5. When you are prompted to enable the QLogic failover configuration, do not enable it. (IBM recommends the use of the RDAC multipath driver as the DS4000 LUN failover/failback driver, in a Microsoft Windows environment or the Novell NetWare native multipath device driver in a NetWare environment.)
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If you want to perform a command-line installation of the QLogic SANsurfer Pro Utility, or a command-line installation of only the qlremote agent, or if you have IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA: Installation and User’s Guide Manager GUI. This option is for managing QLogic switches only.
4Gbps PCI-X Adapter when it is installed in a server. QLogic SANsurfer Pro Utility overview The SANsurfer Pro Utility program is used to manage the IBM FC 4Gbps and 2Gbps PCI-X Adapters (FC HBAs) in a storage area network (SAN). It is a...
3. When the Connect to Host window is displayed, click ″Connect,″ to connect to the preferred host. 4. Next, a configuration wizard window displays, asking you to start the wizard. Click ″No,″ and the configuration wizard window closes. IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA: Installation and User’s Guide...
Use the Update NVRAM Utility in the SANsurfer Pro Utility program to update the adapter NVRAM firmware. The latest version of 4Gbps Fibre Channel Adapter NVRAM firmware is available from http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/ disk/. The NVRAM firmware file is a data (.dat) file; for example, nvram200.dat.
Caution: If the /FB option is not specified when attempting to flash the FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter BIOS, the BIOS image will not be correctly flashed into the adapter’s BIOS area. IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA: Installation and User’s Guide...
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3. The flasutil program will display the existing version of the BIOS, the newer BIOS version, and a message telling you if the update was successful or unsuccessful. The following output example resembles the output you might see upon execution of the flasutil /i /FB xxxx /o BiosFirmwarefile.bin command, where, for this example, 2300 is substituted for xxxx.
This section describes additional command-line options that you can use. Complete the following steps to review these command-line options: IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA: Installation and User’s Guide QLA2462 adapter installed in the server, with port I/O addresses 2300...
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2. Caution: Do not use the /F or /FR options to update the FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter BIOS (Flash). The /F option is used for updating the BIOS of the IBM FC2 or FC2-133 2 Gb Host Bus Adapters, only.
7. If you have additional adapters installed, or if you want to configure your adapter with more than one option, continue with Step 8; otherwise, go to Step IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA: Installation and User’s Guide...
Complete the following steps to create a BIOS Update Utility diskette for Microsoft ® Windows PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Support CD: 1. Insert the IBM System Storage DS4000 PCI-X Host Bus Adapter Support CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. Insert a diskette into the diskette drive. 3. At the command prompt, type: d:\tools\dsk4w32 d:\images\biosnvrm\24xx\246x_xxx.img a:...
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Use this method to type in command-line options. v flasutil BIOS Update Utility menu. Use this method to select a command-line option from the menu. IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA: Installation and User’s Guide...
Important: If the configuration settings are incorrect, the FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter will not function properly. Do not modify the default configuration settings unless you are instructed to do so by an IBM technical support representative or by the installation instructions. The default NVRAM settings, which were loaded in the adapter at the factory, are for a typical Microsoft Windows installation.
The default is 5 seconds. IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA: Installation and User’s Guide the server recognizes. This code is used for all remaining DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single Port and DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Dual Port adapters in the same bus or server.
FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter hard loop ID This setting forces the adapter to attempt to use the ID specified in the Hard Loop ID setting. The default is Disabled. Hard loop ID If the FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter Hard Loop ID setting is Enabled, the adapter attempts to use the ID specified in this setting.
The BIOS code in some new systems supports selectable start up, which supersedes the Fast!UTIL selectable start up setting. To start from a fibre-channel IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA: Installation and User’s Guide...
hard disk that is attached to the DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X, select the attached fibre-channel hard disk from the system BIOS menu. Note: The Selectable Boot Settings option for the DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X applies to only fibre-channel hard disk drives. Restore default settings You can use the Restore Default Settings option to restore the DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X default settings and NVRAM.
ExitFast!UTIL After you complete the configuration, use the ExitFast!UTIL option to exit the menu and restart the system. IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA: Installation and User’s Guide...
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NVRAM Connectors (external) Form factor Operating power IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA: Installation and User’s Guide Specification RAM 1 M of SRAM supporting parity protection BIOS ROM 1 M of flash ROM, field programmable NVRAM 2 KB, field programmable...
If you are having problems, use the following information to help you determine the cause of the problem and the action to take. Note: Additional troubleshooting and debugging procedures are available in the IBM System Storage DS4000 Hardware Maintenance Manual and IBM System Storage DS4000 Problem Determination Guide at http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk/.
PCI-X HBA matches the target device. For example, if the target device is operating at 2Gbps, set the FC 4Gbps PCI-X HBA data rate to 2Gbps. IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA: Installation and User’s Guide...
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Appendix F. Additional DS4000 documentation The following tables present an overview of the IBM System Storage DS4000 Storage Manager, Storage Subsystem, and Storage Expansion Enclosure product libraries, as well as other related documents. Each table lists documents that are included in the libraries and what common tasks they address.
IBM System Storage DS4800 Installation and Cabling Overview IBM TotalStorage DS4800 Controller Cache Upgrade Kit Instructions IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA: Installation and User’s Guide User Tasks Software Configuration Installation Operation and Diagnosis and Administration...
Table 10 associates each document in the DS4700 Storage Subsystem library with its related common user tasks. Table 10. DS4700 Storage Subsystem document titles by user tasks Title Planning Hardware Installation IBM System Storage DS4700 Installation, User’s and Maintenance Guide IBM System Storage DS4700 Storage Subsystem Fibre...
Channel Cabling Instructions IBM TotalStorage DS4500 Storage Server User’s Guide IBM TotalStorage DS4500 Rack Mounting Instructions IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA: Installation and User’s Guide User Tasks Software Configuration Installation Operation and Diagnosis and Administration Maintenance...
Channel Storage Server library with its related common user tasks. Table 12. DS4400 Fibre Channel Storage Server document titles by user tasks Title Planning Hardware Installation IBM DS4400 Fibre Channel Storage Server User’s Guide IBM DS4400 Fibre Channel Storage Server Installation...
Upgrade Kit IBM TotalStorage DS4300 SCU Turbo Upgrade Kit IBM TotalStorage DS4300 Turbo Models 6LU/6LX Upgrade Kit IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA: Installation and User’s Guide User Tasks Software Configuration Installation Operation and Diagnosis and Administration...
Table 14 associates each document in the DS4100 (previously FAStT100) SATA Storage Server library with its related common user tasks. Table 14. DS4100 SATA Storage Server document titles by user tasks Title Planning Hardware Installation IBM TotalStorage DS4100 Installation, User’s and Maintenance Guide IBM TotalStorage DS4100 Cabling Guide...
User’s Guide IBM System Storage DS4000 Hard Drive and Storage Expansion Enclosures Installation and Migration Guide IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA: Installation and User’s Guide User Tasks Software Configuration Installation Operation and Diagnosis and Administration...
Hardware Installation IBM Safety Information IBM TotalStorage DS4000 Quick Start Guide IBM TotalStorage DS4000 Hardware Maintenance Manual IBM System Storage DS4000 Problem Determination Guide IBM Fibre Channel Planning and Integration: User’s Guide and Service Information IBM TotalStorage DS4000 FC2-133 Host Bus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide...
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BIOS code using the command prompt 9 using the utility diskette 20 Using the flasutil command prompt updating the BIOS and NVRAM 16 Web sites, related xix IBM System Storage DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single/Dual Port HBA: Installation and User’s Guide...
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