Qlogic QLA12160 Manual

Hardware Installation Guide for the
QLA12160 Board
64-Bit PCI Dual SCSI Host Adapter Board
for the PCI Bus
DC8151101-00 C
September 14, 2001
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their respective owners.Document Revision History
Rev. A initial release, 6/22/99
Rev. B, update, 5/24/00 (QL12160L board added)
Rev. C, update, 9/14/01 (QLA12160L board deleted)
Boards Affected
QLA12160 (DC8110402)
Changes Sections Affected
Deleted QLA12160L All
Added 4 GB Addressingand Fast CommandPosting
to host adapter settings A.2.1
Moved SCSI ID, SCSI bus reset, SCSI bus reset
delay, and SCSI termination from host adapter
settings to SCSI bus settings
A.2.1, A.2.3
Deleted Host Adapter and Concurrent Command/
Data from host adapter settings A.2.1
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DC8151101-00 C Page iii
Table of Contents
Section 1 Introduction
1.1 Product Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.2 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
1.2.1 Mixed Peripheral Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Section 2 Hardware Installation
2.1 Preinstallation Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2.2 What You Need for Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2.3 Setting the SCSI Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2.4 SCSI Termination Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2.5 Installing the Device Activity Light. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2.6 Installation in the Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2.7 Installation Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Section 3 Troubleshooting
3.1 Problems After Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.2 Hardware Problem Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.3 System Configuration Problem Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.4 SCSI Problem Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Appendix A Fast!UTIL
A.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
A.2 Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
A.2.1 Host Adapter Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
A.2.2 SCSI Device Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
A.2.3 SCSI Bus Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
A.2.4 Autoconfigure SCSI Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7
A.2.5 Selectable Boot Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7
A.2.6 Restore Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8
A.2.7 Raw NVRAM Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8
A.3 Scan SCSI Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8
A.4 SCSI Disk Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8
A.5 Using SCSI-1 Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8
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Table of Contents QLA12160 Hardware Installation Guide
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Appendix B SCSI Termination
B.1 Setting the SCSI Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
B.2 Termination (Jumpers) for the QLA12160 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Appendix C Specifications
FIGURES
Figure Page
2-1 QLA12160 Board Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
B-1 QLA12160 Jumper Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
TABLES
Table Page
1-1 SCSI Data Transfer Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
3-1 Maximum Cable Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
A-1 Host Adapter Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
A-2 SCSI Device Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
A-3 SCSI Bus Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
A-4 QLA12160 Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6
C-1 QLA12160 Board Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
C-2 QLA12160 Board Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
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DC8151101-00 C 1-1
Section 1
Introduction
NOTE: This installation guide applies to thefollowing QLogic host adapter boards,
collectively referred to as the QLA12160 board unless otherwise noted:
■QLA12160/33 (DC8110402-06)
■QLA12160/66 (DC8110402-07)
The QLA12160 board (wide, low voltage differential [LVD]), dual port,
Ultra3, 64-bit PCI) contains the ISP12160A/33 or ISP12160A/66 chip.
1.1
Product Description
The QLA12160 board is an intelligent, high-performance, DMA bus master SCSI
hostadapterdesignedforhigh-endsystems.Theintelligenceandperformanceare
derived from the ISP chip, making the QLA12160 board a high performance host
adapter. The ISP chip combines a powerful RISC processor, two SCSI executive
processors (SXPs), and a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) local bus
interface in asingle-chip solution.The QLA12160 board supports bootabledevices
(hard disk drivesand CD-ROM drives) and can be used with tape drivesand other
SCSI devices. Installation of the QLA12160 board is quick and easy.
The QLA12160 board is for use only with UL listed computers that have detailed
instructions for user installation of accessory cards.
The QLA12160 board is designed to operate with multiple data transfer speeds
under SCSI specifications (see table 1-1).
NOTE: Only single-ended and LVD devices (Ultra2 and Ultra3) can be connected
to the QLA12160 board.
Table 1-1. SCSI Data Transfer Rates
SCSI Mode Maximum Data Rate
Narrow (8-bit) Maximum Data Rate Wide (16-bit)
SCSI (or parallel SCSI) 5 MBps (asynchronous) —
Fast SCSI 10 MBps 20 MBps
Ultra SCSI 20 MBps 40 MBps
Ultra2, LVD SCSI 40 MBps 80 MBps
Ultra3, LVD SCSI 80 MBps 160 MBps
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Features 1 –Introduction
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TheQLA12160boardsupportsUltra,Ultra2,and Ultra3transferspeeds.Theboard
can connect computers to other computers or to peripheral devices such as
CD-ROM drives, tape drives, and hard disk drives. SCSI allows connecting the
following numbers and types of devices to a single port by daisy chaining:
■15 fast, wide SCSI devices
■15 Ultra2 or Ultra3, LVD SCSI devices
■6 Ultra SCSI devices (QLA12160 board in single-ended mode)
A daisy chain is a series of connections where the first device is connected to the
host adapter board, the second device is connected to the first device, and so on.
A daisy chain can be created either by using a daisy chain cable (one cable with
multiple connectors) or by using multiple cables. Each SCSI device must have a
unique SCSI ID.
Because SCSI allows the computer to use a standard set of commands to
communicate with peripherals, adding a variety of peripherals to your computer
using one host adapter board is easy.
1.2
Features
■Compliance with Intel PCI version 2.2 specification
■Compliance with ANSI X3.131-1994 SCSI-2 standard
■Compliance with ANSI X3T10/1071D SCSI-3Fast-20 standard(Ultra SCSI)
■Compliance with ANSI X3T10/1142D Fast-40 draft (Ultra2 SCSI)
■CompliancewithANSIT10project855D,InformationTechnology—SCSI-3
Parallel Interface (SPI)
■Compliance with ANSI T10 project 1142D, Information Technology—SCSI
Parallel Interface-2 (SPI-2)
■Compliance with ANSI T10 project 1302D, Information Technology—SCSI
Parallel Interface-3 (SPI-3)
■Compliance with U.S. and international safety and emissions standards
■Support for asynchronous and synchronous transfer modes
■Support for synchronous SCSI data transfer rates:
❑Ultra3, LVD SCSI (160 MBps)
❑Ultra2, LVD SCSI (80 MBps)
❑Ultra SCSI wide (40 MBps)
❑Ultra SCSI narrow (20 MBps)
❑Fast SCSI wide (20 MBps)
❑Fast SCSI narrow (10 MBps)
❑SCSI narrow (5 MBps)
■Support for single-ended mode
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1 –Introduction Features
DC8151101-00 C 1-3
■Support for LVD mode
■Support for up to 30 LVD SCSI devices (15 per channel)
■Support for logical unit numbers (LUNs) 0–15
■Support for bus master DMA
■Fast!UTIL BIOS utility to customize the configuration parameters on the
QLA12160 board and attached drives
■Active termination
■Active negation
1.2.1
Mixed Peripheral Support
■Support for hard disk, removable disk, optical disk, scanner, tape drive,
CD-ROM, and other SCSI devices
■Simultaneous mixed-peripheral configurations support
■Bootable device support for disk and CD-ROM
■DOSadvancedSCSI programminginterface(ASPI)managerfordisk,tape,
and other devices
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Features 1 –Introduction
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BC8151101-00 C 2-1
Section 2
Hardware Installation
2.1
Preinstallation Procedures
Before installing your QLA12160 board, take the time to read this instruction guide.
CAUTION!
■Your computer, the QLA12160 board, and each SCSI device must
be configured properly for optimum performance. Refer to the
appropriate documentation to configure your computer and SCSI
devices.
■PayparticularattentiontotheSCSIIDassignment.TheQLA12160
board is set at the factory for SCSI ID 7. The QLA12160 board
and each SCSI device attached to the board must have
different SCSI IDs.
■The QLA12160 board contains parts that can be damaged by
electrostatic discharge (ESD). Before handling the QLA12160
board, use standard methods to discharge static electricity. Keep
the QLA12160 board in the antistatic bag until you are ready to
installit.Placetheboardonthebagwhenyouexamineorconfigure
it. Retain the bag for future use.
2.2
What You Need for Installation
Before you install the QLA12160 board in your computer, you need the following:
■A screwdriver (usually a Phillips #1)
■One or more of the following cables:
❑Internal narrow (68-pin to 50-pin)
❑Internal wide (68-pin to 68-pin)
❑External narrow (68-pin very high density cable [VHDC] to 50-pin)
❑External wide (68-pin VHDC)
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Setting the SCSI Termination 2 –Hardware Installation
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Figure 2-1 identifies the QLA12160 board components referenced throughout this
section.
Figure 2-1. QLA12160 Board Layout
2.3
Setting the SCSI Termination
Termination for the QLA12160 board is set automatically in most cases. You can
change the termination using the Fast!UTIL software (see section A.2.3).
Termination for the QLA12160 board also can be set using jumpers (see
section B.2).
2.4
SCSI Termination Power
The QLA12160 board suppliestermination power to itself and to theSCSI bus.The
circuit is protected by a self-restoring fuse.
2.5
Installing the Device Activity Light
If the SCSI disk is assigned as drive C (boot drive), you can connect the device
activity light on thefront panelof the PC to indicate boot drive activity. Connect the
J9
1
J2
J1
J6J7J8
J3
SCSI LED
4
J5
ISP CHIP
3333
DC8110402
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