This README file contains the latest information about updating the IBM FC2-133 Host Bus Adapter EFI Flash to version 1.37. Products supported: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | FAStT Adapter | Qlogic Adapter | IBM Feature Code | IBM Option P/N | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |FAStT FC2-133 | QLA2340-IBM-SP | FC2104 | 24P0960 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last Update: 05/17/2005 CONTENTS --------- 1.0 Overview 2.0 Change History 3.0 Installation and Setup Instructions 4.0 Configuration Information 5.0 Unattended Mode 6.0 Web Sites and Support Phone Number 7.0 Trademarks and Notices 8.0 Disclaimer ============================================================================= 1.0 Overview --------------- 1.1 Description ------------------ This is the latest release of the QLogic EFI BIOS update utility. The EFI package enables users to load EFI boot code on their IBM FAStT Host Adapters - QLA2340. The package consists of EFI drivers, Auxilliary Drivers and EFI Flash Utility. EFI Boot code is for use on Intel based 64 bit architecture servers using EFI rather than BIOS. The contents of the release: - Driver Files - generic driver version 1.37 RICS firmware 3.02.170. NOTE: The following two files are intended to be flashed to the adapter. Select the file which matches your adapter type and use the efiutil.efi utility to flash it to the adapter. ql2312ef.bin - EFI driver image file for qla234x adapter. ql2312fw.bin - Adapter firmware file. - Utilities: efiutil.efi - EFI utility v1.28. Used to flash the adapter with EFI image file. Native IA64. efiaux.drv - EFI auxiliary driver (used by efiutil.efi when no driver were loaded. Automatically loaded if needed.) - Doc files: EfiCfg.pdf - A pdf document that describes how to start and use the EFI configuration protocol to configure configuration parameters in the Adapter NVRAM. It is also used to configure EFIFCScanLevel parameter in the System NVRAM. EfiUtil.txt - A pdf document that describes how to use efiUtil utility program. qlefireadme.txt - A more detailed version of this readme. 1.2 Requirements: --------------------- This version of the driver is an EFI Byte Code image. You must have an EFI Shell with a revision level of at least 1.10.14.57. Anything earlier than .57 will not work, and may crash your machine. 2.0 Change History ----------------------------- Changes between 1.33 and 1.37 packages: - Added support for the HP AB465A HBA. - Fixed ER37315. Invalid data entry will no longer zero out numeric fields. - Disabled the Beacon feature in the driver and in Efiutil. - The driver now does range checking for numeric fields in DriverConfiguration and DriverDiagnostics. - The driver now prints error messages for invalid answers to y/n questions. These questions are in DriverConfiguration and DriverDiagnostics. - Efiutil changes: * Added test to only do inquiry page 83h on disk devices. * Added test to only do read capacity on disk devices. * Changed scsi passthru call to print error reason instead of error code. 3.0 Installation and Setup Instructions ----------------------------------------- Please refer to the efiutil.pdf document that is included in this EFI driver file for information on flashing the driver image into the adapter flash memory. Please follow the instructions in the eficfg.pdf to modify the NVSRAM settings. You may also use the IA-32 FAStT-MSJ diagnostic program to view and modify the adapter NVSRAM settings. Note: incorrect NVSRAM settings might affect the performance and/or the functionality of the Host Bus Adapters. 4.0 Configuration Information ---------------------------------------- N/A 5.0 Unattended Mode ---------------------------------------- N/A 6.0 WEB Sites and Support Phone Number ---------------------------------------- 6.1 IBM TotalStorage™ Disk Storage Systems Technical Support web site: http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk/ 6.2 IBM TotalStorage™ Marketing Web Site: http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/disk 6.3 If you have any questions about this update, or problem applying the update go to the following HelpCenter World Telephone Numbers URL: http://www.ibm.com/planetwide 7.0 Trademarks and Notices ---------------------------- The following terms are trademarks of the IBM Corporation in the United States or other countries or both: IBM FAStT TotalStorage™ the e-business logo xSeries HelpCenter Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. Java and all Java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United states, other countries, or both. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. 8.0 Disclaimer ---------------------------- 8.1 THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. IBM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND MERCHANTABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT. BY FURNISHING THIS DOCUMENT, IBM GRANTS NO LICENSES TO ANY PATENTS OR COPYRIGHTS. 8.2 Note to Government Users Include the following note after the disclaimer paragraph. 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