IBM FAStT Host Adapter Driver and IBM FAStT FC-2 Host Bus Adapter Driver version 6.50n for NetWare Last Update: 03/21/02 =================================================== Contents -------- 1. OS Support 2. Supported Features 3. Release History 4. Creating the Driver Diskette 5. Host Adapter configuration 5.1 Update IBM FAStT Host Adapter BIOS 5.2 Configure the NOVRAM settings for the IBM FAStT Host Adapter 6. Installing the Driver 6.1. Initial OS installation with the QLogic Controller as Boot 6.2. Initial OS installation with the QLogic Controller as Add-On 6.3. Adding the QLogic Controller to the Existing OS 6.3.1. Adding the Driver for the First Time 6.3.2. Adding Additional QLogic QLA2x00 Controller 6.4. Updating the Existing QLogic Driver 7. Install FAStT_MSJ 8. Removing the Driver 9. Driver Optional Parameters 9.1. System Parameters 10. Limitations 11. Additional Notes 11.1. PCI Hot Plug 11.2. 256 LUN Support 11.3. Server Memory Recommendations 11.4 Debug Driver Information 12. Diskette Content 13. WEB Sites and Support Phone Number 14. Trademarks and Notices 15. Disclaimer ====================================================================== 1. OS Support ------------- This driver has been tested with NetWare 5.1. ====================================================================== 2. Supported Features --------------------- * NetWare Multi-Processor Compliance * NetWare PCI Hot Plug Compliance * Driver 256 LUN Support * Driver Adapter/Lun Failover * Driver DMI and QMS Support ====================================================================== 3. Release History ------------------ Please refer to Release Notes. ====================================================================== 4. Creating the Driver Diskette ------------------------------- 1. Download the IBM FAStT Host Adapter Device Driver: - Refer to the IBM website at http://www.pc.ibm.com and locate the IBM FAStT Host Adapter Device Driver. Click "Link to driver." 2. If prompted with "What would you like to do with this file?” choose "Save this program to disk". 3. Specify a temporary location on your hard drive and download the IBM FAStT Host Adapter device driver. 4. Insert a blank diskette in the diskette drive. Run the self-extracting file you just downloaded specifying A:\ for "Unzip To Folder:” ======================================================================= 5. Host Adapter configuration ------------------------------ 5.1 Update IBM FAStT Host Adapter BIOS -------------------------------------- The adapter BIOS can be updated by booting the server to the BIOS update diskette, available from the IBM Support website, then run the following commands: flasutil /f /l flasutil /u This will update the IBM FAStT Host Adapters or IBM FAStT FC-2 Host Bus Adapters in this server. Note: The FAStT adapter BIOS update program will only update like adapters. If you have a server that contains IBM FAStT Host Adapters and IBM FAStT FC-2 Host Bus Adapters you may only update one adapter type at a time. ====================================================================== 5.2 Configure the NOVRAM settings for the IBM FAStT Host Adapter ---------------------------------------------------------------- All the settings should maintain the IBM defaults except the following. - Advanced Adapter Settings LUNs per target - 32 1. As the host boots, press CTRL-Q when prompted Press for Fast!Util. 2. After the Fast!Util program loads, the display will depend on whether there are multiple IBM FAStT Adapters installed: If there are multiple IBM FAStT Adapters, a list of addresses occupied by those Host Adapters will appear. Using the arrow keys, select the desired adapter and press ENTER. The Fast!Util Options menu will then appear. For further information refer to the IBM FAStT Host Adapter publication. ====================================================================== 6. Installing the Driver ------------------------ This section is divided into the following four sections. · Initial operating system installation with the IBM FAStT Host Adapter as Boot · Initial operating system installation with the IBM FAStT Host Adapter as Add-on · Adding the IBM FAStT Host Adapter to the existing operating system · Updating the existing IBM FAStT Host Adapter Device Driver ====================================================================== 6.1. Initial OS installation with the IBM FAStT Host Adapter as Boot -------------------------------------------------------------------- Perform the following steps to initially install NetWare on a Fibre Channel (FC) disk drive attached to the IBM FAStT Host Adapter. 1. Enable the BIOS on the IBM FAStT Host adapter, and select the FC as the boot device. 2. If you haven't already done so, install DOS on the boot disk. 3. Follow the standard NetWare instructions to begin the installation. 4. When prompted to "Choose Storage Drivers - Disk Drivers", press to install an unlisted driver. 5. Insert the IBM FAStT Host Adapter driver diskette and press to specify the path to the QLogic HAM driver: A:\NETWARE 6. Press to select the QLogic HAM driver. 7. Follow the standard NetWare installation procedure and complete the installation. ====================================================================== 6.2. Initial OS installation with the IBM FAStT Host Adapter as Add-On ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Perform the following steps to install Netware and the IBM FAStT Host Adapter driver on the device not attached to the IBM FAStT Host Adapter. Same as section 5.1, except that at step 1, the IBM FAStT Host Adapter BIOS should be disabled. ====================================================================== 6.3. Adding the IBM FAStT Host Adapter to the Existing OS --------------------------------------------------------- Perform the following steps to add the driver to the existing NetWare system. 6.3.1. Adding the Driver for the First Time ------------------------------------------- 1. From the NetWare server prompt, load the appropriate NetWare program: LOAD NWCONFIG 2. Select "Driver options" from the main menu. 3. Select "Configure disk and storage device drivers". 4. Select "Select an additional driver". 5. Press to install an unlisted driver. 6. Insert the IBM FAStT Host Adpater driver diskette and press to specify the path to the HAM driver: A:\NETWARE 7. Press to select the QLogic HAM driver and select "Yes" to copy the driver from the diskette to the server directory. 8. At the server console type: Load edit c:\nwserver\startup.ncf The load statement for the IBM FAStT Host adapter should read as follows if the IBMSAN.CDM is used for multi-path failover: LOAD QL2200.HAM SLOT=n /LUNS /ALLPATHS /PORTNAMES /XRETRY=400 or LOAD QL2300.HAM SLOT=n /LUNS /ALLPATHS /PORTNAMES /XRETRY=400 ====================================================================== 6.3.2. Adding Additional IBM FAStT Host Adapter ----------------------------------------------- To support multiple adapters, add one LOAD command per adapter to your STARTUP.NCF file (LOAD QL2x00.HAM SLOT=n). The "SLOT=n" command line parameter is provided for specifying which adapter to configure for each load instance. If the driver is loaded manually from the server prompt and there are multiple adapters, the user will be required to pick a slot number from a list. The IBM FAStT Host Adapter driver reads the onboard NVRAM and supports all of the customized configuration parameters for the adapter and the attached Fibre Channel devices. Use the key combination during boot to access the adapter's configuration options. ====================================================================== 6.4. Updating the Existing IBM FAStT Host Adapter Driver -------------------------------------------------------- Perform the following steps if the driver is already installed and you want to install an updated version of the driver. 1. From the NetWare server prompt, load the appropriate NetWare program: LOAD NWCONFIG 2. Select "Driver options" from the main menu. 3. Select "Configure disk and storage device drivers". 4. Select "Deselect a selected driver". 5. Choose the QL2x00 HAM driver 6. Select "Select an additional driver". 7. Press to install an unlisted driver. 8. Insert the IBM FAStT Host Adapter driver diskette and press to specify the path to the HAM driver: A:\NETWARE 9. Press to select the QLogic HAM driver and select "Yes" to copy the driver from the diskette to the server directory. 10. Select "Select/Modify drivers parameter". 11. Insert the Slot Number and press . 12. Select "Save parameters and load driver". ====================================================================== 7. Install FAStT_MSJ -------------------- If FAStT_MSJ for Linux is not currently installed you will need to Install it now. FAStT_MSJ and the qlremote agent are needed to configure this device driver and the host adapters for Multi-path failover. See the FAStT_MSJ publications for instructions on the installation procedure for FAStT_MSJ and the qlremote agent for Linux. FAStT_MSJ is required for proper multi-path and failover configuration. ====================================================================== 8. Removing the Driver ---------------------- 1. From the NetWare server prompt, load the appropriate NetWare program: LOAD NWCONFIG 2. Select "Driver options" from the main menu. 3. Select "Configure disk and storage device drivers". 4. Select "Deselect a selected driver". ====================================================================== 9. Driver Optional Parameters ----------------------------- The HAM driver has two types of optional parameters: 1. System parameters (specified at driver load time) 2. NVRAM parameters (stored in the adapter nvram) These are described in the following subsections. ====================================================================== 9.1. System Parameters ---------------------- Driver optional system parameters are specified on the driver load line. There are two types of driver opional parameters: 1. Global - the parameter acts on all driver instances. 2. Instance - the parameter acts only on the individual driver instance in which it is specified. NOTE: "QL2x00" below refers to one of the following: 2300, 2200. The exception to this is the configuration file "QL2x00.CFG" where the "x" character is literal. SLOT=n (Instance) Specifies to NetWare the PCI slot number n of the adapter for which to load this driver instance. LOAD QL2x00.HAM SLOT=3 /LUNS (Instance) Specifies to NetWare to scan for all luns during the load of this driver instance (otherwise NetWare will only scan for lun zero devices); this is required for all RAID susbsystems. LOAD QL2x00.HAM SLOT=3 /LUNS /ALLPATHS (Global) Disables failover and reports to NetWare all devices on all adapter paths; this is required when failover is being handled by an upper layer driver or CDM such as the IBMSAN driver. LOAD QL2x00.HAM SLOT=3 /LUNS /ALLPATHS /PORTNAMES (Global) Internally tracks devices by portname rather than nodename; this is required when storage luns do not have a 1:1 correspondence across portnames. LOAD QL2x00.HAM SLOT=3 /LUNS /PORTNAMES /GNNFT (Instance) Uses a single GNNFT rather than a GAN sequence to query the fabric name server. LOAD QL2x00.HAM SLOT=3 /LUNS /GNNFT /XRETRY This will extend the retry count for any I/O command that experiences failure with one of the following SK/ASC/ASCQ codes: 2/04/01 6/8B/02 ====================================================================== 10. Limitations -------------- - PCI Hot Plug is not supported when the IBMSAN.CDM device driver is in use. - The Storage Manager Agent should be unloaded when not used for system configuration. When the Storage Manager Agent is loaded and a fibre path suffers a failure it is possible for the NetWare server to abend. The Storage Manager Agent can be unloaded by following these steps. 1. At the server console type: java -show look for the line "devmgr.versioned.agent.AgentServer.......................QQQ" where QQQ is the process id. 2. At the server console type: java -killQQQ where QQQ is the process id from the java -show command.. ====================================================================== 11. Additional Notes -------------------- 11.1. PCI Hot Plug ------------------ NOTE: This procedure addresses only the driver-related portion of the PCI Hot Swap operation. The server must have PCI slots that are capable of being powered up and down independently. Depending on the server platform, this entire operation may be controlled by a platform specific software module supplied by the platform vendor. In such a case, these commands are issued directly to the driver and do not require the operator to enter them. The IBM Netfinity PCI Hot Plug System Bus Driver for Novell NetWare V5.1 can be downloaded from the IBM Support Site for your specific server model at http://www.pc.ibm.com/support/us. PCI Hot Plug is not supported when the IBMSAN.CDM driver is in use. PCI Hot Plug works by unloading a specific instance of the driver associated with a specific host adapter. It allows a failed adapter to be removed and replaced by an adapter of the same type without disrupting the operation of other adapters of the same type. The steps necessary to perform a hot swap operation are listed below. 1. Type "List Devices" or "List Storage Adapters" at the server console. You will see a list similar to this example: [V591-A0-D0:0] SCSI HARD DISK [V591-A0-D1:0] SCSI HARD DISK [V591-A1-D3:0] SCSI HARD DISK [V591-A1-D4:0] SCSI HARD DISK 2. If it were desired to remove host adapter instance 0 controlling the first two hard drives, the operator would enter the following command: REMOVE STORAGE ADAPTER A0 3. After the host adapter has been replaced, the operator would make the new adapter operational by loading another instance of the driver using the normal load command syntax. For example: LOAD QL2x00.HAM SLOT=3 ====================================================================== 11.2. 256 LUN Support --------------------- To find all LUNS, load the driver with the /LUNS qualifier. For example: LOAD QL2x00.HAM SLOT=3 /LUNS Or, if the driver is already loaded, use the command SCAN ALL LUNS at the server console prompt to find all LUNS (new and existing LUNS). ** To set the LUNs Per Target parameter: 1. Reboot the hardware, and do CTRL - Q when QL2x00 banner appears. 2. Select the desired adapter. 3. Select Configuration Settings. 4. Select Advanced Adapter Settings. 5. Select LUNs Per Target and change the LUNs Range. 6. Press ESC twice and select Save. 7. Press ESC again and select Reboot. ====================================================================== 11.3 Server Memory Recommendations ---------------------------------- In general, at least 256MB of memory is recommended. For large numbers of large volumes, in excess of 512MB is required. ====================================================================== 11.4 Debug Driver Information ------------------------------ This package also includes the debug version of the QL2100 and QL2200 adapter driver. These drivers are identified as ql2100d.HAM and ql2200d.HAM. The debug driver provides additional driver information that is dumped to an additional console screen. The format for the debug information is as followes. HAM DRIVER DEBUG SCREEN ======================= Every 1 second: A0=0/1234 <0,0> {0,0} 5678 A1=0/1234 <0,0> {0,0} 5678 A0 adapter instance index 0 A1 adapter instance index 1 0/1234 0 unresolved interrupts / 1234 total number of interrupts <0,0> 0 io command timeouts ,0 mailbox command timeouts {0,0} 0 io commands in pending queue structures , 0 io commands currently executing on fibre 5678 5678 seconds since last interrupt occurred Notes: a. Unresolved interrupt is when the isp indicates that it has an interrupt pending, but when the driver reads the completion registers it finds no work to do. b. The total number of io commands outstanding from Netware is the sum x+y of the numbers inside braces {x,y}. Every 10 seconds: FindTimedOutCommands(An): Searching... An adapter instance index n This indicates that the driver is searching for any IO commands that have not completed and have expired their timeout counter; when none are found, nothing is printed; otherwise the timed out IO commands are identfied and then requeued for retry. ====================================================================== 12. Diskette Content -------------------- \NETWARE\QL2200.DDI Driver installation description file \NETWARE\QL2200.HAM NetWare HAM driver for supporting the IBM FAStT Host Adapter. \NETWARE\QL2200d.DDI Debug Driver installation description file \NETWARE\QL2200d.HAM Debug HAM driver for supporting the IBM FAStT Host Adapter. \NETWARE\QL2300.DDI Driver installation description file \NETWARE\QL2300.HAM NetWare HAM driver for supporting the IBM FAStT FC-2 Host Adapter. \NETWARE\QL2300d.DDI Debug Driver installation description file \NETWARE\QL2300d.HAM Debug HAM driver for supporting the IBM FAStT FC-2 Host Adapter. \NETWARE\RELEASE.TXT Release notes (change history) \NETWARE\README.TXT This file ====================================================================== 13. WEB Sites and Support Phone Number -------------------------------------- 13.1 IBM Support Web Site: http://www.ibm.com/pc/support 13.2 IBM eServer xSeries Marketing Web Site: http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/eserver/xseries/index.html 13.3 If you have any questions about this update, or problem applying the update go to the following Help Center World Telephone Numbers URL: http://www.ibm.com/planetwide ====================================================================== 14. Trademarks and Notices -------------------------- 14.1 The following terms are trademarks of the IBM Corporation in the United States or other countries or both: IBM Microsoft, Windows, and Windows 2000 are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. ====================================================================== 15. 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