IBM FC5022 User manual

IBM Flex System FC5022 2-Port 16Gb FC Adapter
User’s Guide

IBM Flex System FC5022 2-Port 16Gb FC Adapter
User’s Guide

Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the general information in Appendix C, “Notices,” the Safety
Information and Environmental Notices and User Guide documents on the IBM Documentation CD, and the Warranty Information
document that comes with the product.
Second Edition (May 2012)
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Contents
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Safety statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vi
Chapter 1 IBM Flex System FC5022 2-Port 16Gb FC Adapter
Related documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
General features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Fibre Channel features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
I/O virtualization features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Adapter specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 2 Installing the adapter
Installing the device drivers, utilities, and HCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing software on Windows and Linux systems. . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing software on VMware systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Configuring the adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Brocade BIOS Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Configuring storage drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Managing the adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using HCM and BCU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 3 Updating drivers, firmware, and boot code
Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Updating drivers with HCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Determining firmware level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Boot code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Determining boot code level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Updating boot code using BCU commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Updating boot code using HCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Updating firmware and device drivers through IBM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Chapter 4 Solving problems
Basic troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Detailed troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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Parts listing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Appendix A Using the BIOS Configuration Utility
Appendix B Getting help and technical assistance
Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using the documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Getting help and information from the World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . . 36
Software service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Hardware service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
IBM Taiwan product service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Appendix C Notices
Trademarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Documentation format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Electronic emission notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Australia and New Zealand Class A statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
European Union EMC Directive conformance statement. . . . . . .42
Index

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