Compaq StorageWorks FCA2257C User manual

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StorageWorks by Compaq
FCA2257C cPCI Host Bus Adapter for
Sun Solaris Installation Guide
Part Number: AA-RRAAA-TE
First Edition (January 2002)
This guide describes how to install and configure the StorageWorks™
FCA2257C cPCI Host Bus Adapter for Sun Solaris by Compaq.

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FCA2257C cPCI Host Bus Adapter for Sun Solaris Installation Guide
First Edition (January 2002)
Part Number: AA-RRAAA-TE

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Contents
About this Guide
Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Symbols in Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vi
Symbols on Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Compaq Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Compaq Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Compaq Authorized Reseller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
1 Adapter Features
Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1
cPCI Adapter Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1
2 Installing the Adapters
Installation Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1
Standard Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2
Hot Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3
Installing the Solaris Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6
3 Troubleshooting Information
Hardware Problem Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1
Fibre Channel Problem Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1
A Using FCode
FCode File Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–1
Supported Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–1
Flashing the Adapter with Fcode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–2

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B Specifications
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B–1
Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B–1
Adapter Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B–2
C Regulatory Compliance Notices
Federal Communications Commission Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C–1
Class A Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C–1
Declaration of Conformity for Products Marked with the FCC Logo—United
States Only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C–2
Modifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C–2
Network and Serial Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C–2
Canadian Notice (Avis Canadien) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C–2
Class A Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C–2
Japanese Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C–3
Japanese Class A Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C–3
Laser Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C–3
Laser Safety Warnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C–3
Compliance with CDRH Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C–4
Compliance with International Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C–4
Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C–4
D Electrostatic Discharge
Grounding Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D–1
Index
Figures
1–1 cPCI Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
Tables
1 Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
B–1 cPCI Adapter Environmental Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B–1
B–2 cPCI Adapter Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B–2

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About this Guide
This installation guide provides information for installing the FCA2257C cPCI to
Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter for Sun Solaris (cPCI adapter).
Intended Audience
This book is intended for use by system administrators who are experienced with the
following:
•Sun Solaris operating system
•Host bus adapters
Related Documentation
In addition to this guide, Compaq provides release notes for late-breaking information.
Document Conventions
The conventions included in Table 1 apply in most cases.
Table 1: Document Conventions
Element Convention
Key names, menu items, buttons,
and dialog box titles
Bold
File names and application names Italics
User input, command names, system
responses (output and messages)
Monospace font
COMMAND NAMES are uppercase
unless they are case sensitive
Variables Monospace, italic font
Website addresses Sans serif font (http://www.compaq.com)

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Symbols in Text
These symbols may be found in the text of this guide. They have the following
meanings.
WARNING: Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow directions
in the warning could result in bodily harm or loss of life.
CAUTION: Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow directions could
result in damage to equipment or data.
IMPORTANT: Text set off in this manner presents clarifying information or specific instructions.
NOTE: Text set off in this manner presents commentary, sidelights, or interesting points of
information.
Symbols on Equipment
Any enclosed surface or area of the equipment marked with these
symbols indicates the presence of electrical shock hazards. Enclosed
area contains no operator serviceable parts.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of injury from electrical shock hazards, do
not open this enclosure.
Any RJ-45 receptacle marked with these symbols indicates a network
interface connection.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of electrical shock, fire, or damage to the
equipment, do not plug telephone or telecommunications connectors into
this receptacle.
Any surface or area of the equipment marked with these symbols
indicates the presence of a hot surface or hot component. Contact with
this surface could result in injury.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of injury from a hot component, allow the
surface to cool before touching.

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Power supplies or systems marked with these symbols indicate the
presence of multiple sources of power.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of injury from electrical shock,
remove all power cords to completely disconnect power from the
power supplies and systems.
Any product or assembly marked with these symbols indicates that the
component exceeds the recommended weight for one individual to
handle safely.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to the
equipment, observe local occupational health and safety requirements
and guidelines for manually handling material.
Getting Help
If you still have a question after reading this guide, contact service representatives or
visit our website.
Compaq Technical Support
In North America, call Compaq technical support at 1-800-OK-COMPAQ, available
24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
NOTE: For continuous quality improvement, calls may be recorded or monitored.
Outside North America, call Compaq technical support at the nearest location.
Telephone numbers for worldwide technical support are listed on the Compaq
website: http://www.compaq.com.
Be sure to have the following information available before calling:
•Technical support registration number (if applicable)
•Product serial numbers
•Product model names and numbers
•Applicable error messages
•Operating system type and revision level
•Detailed, specific questions.

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Compaq Website
The Compaq website has the latest information on this product, as well as the latest
drivers. Access the Compaq website at: http://www.compaq.com/storage. From this
website, select the appropriate product or solution.
Compaq Authorized Reseller
For the name of your nearest Compaq Authorized Reseller:
•In the United States, call 1-800-345-1518.
•In Canada, call 1-800-263-5868.
•Elsewhere, see the Compaq website for locations and telephone numbers.

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Adapter Features
The chapter describes the features of the FCA2257C cPCI to Fibre Channel Host Bus
Adapter for Sun Solaris by Compaq (cPCI adapter).
Descriptions
cPCI Adapter Features
The cPCI adapter is a dual channel high-performance Host Bus Adapter (HBA)
designed for high-end systems. This Fibre Channel (FC) adapter operates over a
compact peripheral component interconnect (cPCI).
This adapter has the following features:
•Combines a powerful RISC processor and a fiber protocol module (FPM) with
gigabit transceivers in a single-chip solution
•Supports Private Loop Disk Attach (PLDA) and Fabric Loop Attach (FLA)
connections
•Supports Sun Solaris Version 8
•Supports bus master DMA
•Supports Fibre Channel Protocol SCSI (FCP-SCSI) protocol
•Supports point-to-point fabric connection (F-PORT FABRIC LOGIN)
•Complies with the following PCI standards:
—PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.1
—PCI Hot Plug Specification, Revision 1.0
—PCI Power Management Interface Specification, Revision 1.0
—PICMG 2.0 Compact PCI Specification, Revision 2.1
—Compact PCI Hot Swap Specification,Revision 2.1

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•Complies with the following Fibre Channel standards:
—Second Generation Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface
(FC-PH-2), Revision 7.4
—Third Generation Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH-3),
Revision 9.2
—Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL-2), Revision 5.4
—Fibre Channel Fabric Loop Attachment (FC-FLA), Revision 2.7
—Fibre Channel Generic Services 2 (FC-GS-2), Revision 5.3
—Fibre Channel Switched Fabric (FC-SW), Revision 3.3
•Complies with U.S. and international safety and emissions standards
Figure 1–1 shows the cPCI adapter.
Figure 1–1: cPCI Adapter
J1
J2
Note: The serial number is on the back.
Switch
Release Button