Dell PowerEdge 1855 Technical manual

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Information Update
For instructions on installing your Dell ™ 2342M Integrated Fibre Channel Module, refer to the
PowerEdge
™ 1855 Installation and Troubleshooting Guide . Configuration information, drivers, and
a list of EMC-approved software are available on
support.dell.com .
Using the StorPort Driver with the Microsoft®Windows®
Server 2003 Operating System
If you are using the StorPort driver with the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system and
do not have Service Pack 1 or later installed, make sure you are using the latest
storport.sys driver.
Updated StorPort drivers are available from
www.microsoft.com . Refer to the EMC Support Matrix
(ESM) at
www.emc.com for the latest required hotfix.
QLogic SANblade Manager Application
At present, the QLogic SANblade Manager application does not support the Dell 2342M
Integrated Fibre Channel Module daughter card for the PowerEdge 1855. When complete, drivers
will be available at
support.dell.com .
If you need to implement Target Persistent Bindings, download the SANblade CLI available at
www.qlogic.com in the EMC Approved Software section.
High Availability Clustering with Microsoft Cluster Server
High availability clustering with Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) is not supported. Support for
this feature is planned for Q1 2005.
Boot from SAN Option
Under certain SAN configurations, the Hard Disk Drive Sequence setting under BIOS Setup will
display as
Embedded , followed by random ASCII characters. This truncated ASCII string
represents the external SCSI TARGET/LUN combination. Select this string to boot your system.
Despite this message, the Boot from SAN function works properly. A future version of the option
ROM (version 1.46 or later) for your fibre channel module will eliminate this issue. When
completed, this update will be available on
support.dell.com .
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Brocade-based Switches May Cause Panic and Reboot
Fibre channel HBA paths may be dropped on hosts using the QLogic 7.00.03 Red Hat
®
Enterprise
Linux (version 3) driver and Brocade-based fibre channel switches running Brocade firmware
versions prior to 4.4.0 or prior to and including 3.2.0, depending on the switch model being used.
The workaround for this issue requires that you disable the FDMI feature in the QLogic 7.00.03
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (version 3) driver by recompiling the driver after performing the
following steps:
1 Contact Dell Technical Support to obtain the patch_to_fix_mgmt_srv_unresolved_sym
driver patch.
2 In qla_settings.h , change #define REG_FDMI_ENABLE 1 to #define
REG_FDMI_ENABLE 0
.
3 Change to the directory where the QLogic 7.00.03 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (version 3)
driver source is located and apply the patch:
patch -p1 < patch_to_fix_mgmt_srv_unresolved_sym
4 Rebuild the driver as instructed in the README.qla2x00 file.
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