Multiboot flash image version 1.29 QLogic 4 Gbps FC Single-Port and Dual-Port PCIe HBAs for IBM System Note: This Multiboot image version 1.29 is a single flash image of the adapter RISC/BIOS/EFI/FCODE firmware. The version of these firmware components are as followed: adapter RISC firmware version 4.0.0.18, the BIOS version 1.12, the IA64 EFI code version 1.04 and the Solaris FCODE version 1.16. NOTE TO SERVICE – Reference RETAIN # N/A (C) Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 1999, 2005. All rights reserved. US Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication, or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the general information in "Notices and trademarks” in this document. Last Update: 10/18/2006 Products Supported: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | IBM Adapter | Qlogic Adapter |IBM Feature Code|IBM Option P/N| -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Qlogic 4Gb Single-Port | QLE2460-IBM-SP | NA | 39M5xxx | |Qlogic 4Gb Dual-Port | QLE2462-IBM-SP | NA | 39M5xxx | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS -------- 1.0 Overview 2.0 Installation and Setup Instructions 3.0 Configuration Information 4.0 Unattended Mode 5.0 Web Sites and Support Phone Number 6.0 Trademarks and Notices 7.0 Disclaimer 1.0 Overview -------------- 1.1 Overview: This README file contains instructions for updating the following HBAs: QLogic 4 Gbps FC Single-Port and Dual-Port PCIe HBAs for IBM System x Multiboot flash image to version 1.29. The Multiboot image version 1.29 is a single flash image consisting of the adapter RISC firmware version 4.0.0.18, the BIOS version 1.12, the IA64 EFI code version 1.04 and the Solaris FCODE version 1.16. The new features and changes are described in the corresponding Change History document. Please refer to this document for information on new features and modifications to different firmware components of this Multiboot image. Note: For more information about the QLogic 4 Gbps FC Single-Port and Dual-Port PCIe HBAs for IBM System x, please refer to the QLogic 4 Gbps FC Single-Port and Dual-Port PCIe HBAs for IBM System x Installation and User's Guide. The latest versions of this publication is available on IBM System x Support website as PDF file. 1.2 Limitations: None 2.0 Installation and Setup Instructions ----------------------------------------- Note: 1. The web-download Multiboot image package for the QLogic 4 Gbps FC Single-Port and Dual-Port PCIe HBAs for IBM System x (FC HBA) must be first unpacked (unzipped) into a user-defined directory. Then, go to this directory, locate the *.exe file and run it to extract the bootable diskette image into a blank diskette. Once the image is put on the diskette, boot the server with the IBM FC HBA with this diskette and follow the instructions to update the Multiboot image and NVRAM. 2. One can also boot the server to the support CD that is shipped with the Qlogic 4 Gbps FC single and dual port PCIe HBA and follow the instructions to update the Multiboot image and NVRAM. Note: The BIOS directory of the support CD also has the *.exe file that can be used to extract the bootable diskette image into a blank diskette. An alternative to using the bootable diskette or the Qlogic 4 Gbps FC HBA support CD or for servers that do not have diskette drive, the Qlogic SANsurfer program can be used to update the BIOS flash and NVRAM. The flash *.bin and NVRAM *.dat file are included in the web- download BIOS package or in the BIOS directory of the support CD for this purpose. These files are used in conjunction with the QLogic SANsurfer program to update the Qlogic 4 Gbps single and dual port PCIe FC HBA Multiboot flash and NVRAM data without the need to reboot the servers to the diskette or to the Qlogic 4 Gbps FC HBA support CD (use the password config when prompted) However, the server must be rebooted after the Multiboot image flash or NVRAM update via QLogic SANsurfer program to enable it. The SANsurfer program is available at the IBM System x Technical Support web site: http://www.ibm.com/servers/system/x/ QLogic 4 Gbps FC Single-Port and Dual-Port PCIe HBAs for IBM System x Perform the following steps for updating the Qlogic 4 Gbps single and dual port PCIe FC HBA Multiboot flash image to version 1.29 in the x86(IA32) and x64(EM64T and AMD64) processor based servers using the bootable diskette or support CD. This procedure assumes that you have either the single port or the dual port version of the QLogic 4 Gbps FC PCIe HBAs for IBM System x installed in the servers and you do not have a mix of the Qlogic 4Gbps FC single and dual port PCIe HBAs in the same server or a mix of the Qlogic 4 Gbps FC single and/or dual port PCIe HBAs in the same server with the other IBM Fibre Channel Host Adapters. 1. Insert either the bootable Qlogic 4 Gbps FC single and dual port PCIe HBA support CD that was shipped with your adapter into the CD-ROM drive or the bootable diskette that was created from the self-extractable file that was downloaded from IBM support website into the diskette drive. Restart the server. 2. The server will boot to a "A:\" prompt. Review the information that is displayed on the screen. 3. From a command line, type one of the following commands at the command prompt and press depending on whether you have the Qlogic 4 Gbps FC single or dual port PCIe HBA installed in this server: - For the Qlogic 4 Gbps FC single port PCIe HBA for System x: ibm2460 - For the Qlogic 4 Gbps FC dual port PCIe HBA for System x: ibm2462 4. Remove either the CD or the diskette and restart the server. The "ibm2460"and "ibm2462" batch command files use the FLASUTIL and VPD programs to update the Qlogic 4 Gbps FC single and dual port PCIe FC HBA Multiboot flash and NVRAM data. The file switches.txt in the bootable CD or diskette listed the supported command line options for the FLASUTIL and VPD programs. If you do have a mix of the Qlogic 4 Gbps FC single and dual port PCIe HBAs in the same server or a mix of the Qlogic 4 Gbps FC single and/or dual port PCIe HBAs in the same server, you must manually program each adapter port at a time. Type one of the following commands at the command prompt and press for each of the 4 Gbps FC HBA port depending on whether you have the Qlogic 4 Gbps FC single or dual port PCIe HBAs installed in this server: - For the Qlogic 4 Gbps FC single port PCIe HBA for System x: ibm2460 xxxx where xxxx is the IO address of the Qlogic 4 Gbps single port PCIe HBA port - For the Qlogic 4 Gbps FC dual port PCIe HBA for System x: ibm2462 xxxx where xxxx is the IO address of the Qlogic 4 Gbps dual port PCIe HBA port. Note: Because there is only one firmware(BIOS)flash region for BOTH ports of a 4Gbps dual port adapter, there will not be any output from the flasutil program when trying to flash the BIOS area using the IO address of the second port of the Qlogic 4 Gbps FC dual port PCIe HBA. The NVRAM settings in the Host Adapter are optimized, tested and supported for use in IBM supported SAN configurations. Please refer to the Readme.txt files that are included with the Qlogic 4 Gbps FC PCIe HBA Operating System specific device drivers for information on how to modify the NVRAM settings for a given Operating System environment. IMPORTANT: You can also configure most of the adapter NVRAM settings and download the Multiboot image to the adapter using the QLogic SANsurfer program. The only adapter NVRAM settings that can not be configured using the QLogic SANsurfer program are "root boot" or "remote boot" settings. The QLogic SANsurfer is available at the IBM System x Technical Support web site: http://www.ibm.com/servers/system/x/ Additional Adapter Configuration Notes ------------------------------------------- * For 2Gb FC Drives, change the Data Rate (Extended Firmware Settings) to 1 (2Gbps only) or 2 (auto negotiate) * If FC RAID target was used in a Cluster Environment, IBM recommends the Enable Target Reset setting of Enabled (Advanced Adapter Settings) and the Port Down Retry Count setting of 70. * BIOS scan (BIOS enabled) will not list devices attached to Fabric Fibre Channel Switch. If you want to boot to a single device attach to Fabric, please refer to note 6.1.2 (Selectable Boot Setting). * Use /I option if FlasUtil does not detect your controller. * Flasutil supports up to 16 QLx24XX controllers at a time. 3.0 Configuration Information: ------------------------------------------ You can configure the Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter NVRAM settings using the adapter Fast!UTIL utility or the QLogic SANsurfer Pro (SANsurfer) program. To access Fast!UTIL utility, press Ctrl+Q or Alt+Q during host BIOS initialization. It may take a few seconds for the Fast!UTIL menu to appear. If you have more than one Qlogic 4 Gbps FC PCIe adapter, Fast!UTIL will asks you to select the adapter you want to configure. After changing the settings, Fast!UTIL reboots your system to load the new parameters. The Fast!Util BIOS utility does not run on Sun SOLARIS SPARC systems or IA-64 servers. The QLogic SANsurfer program is available for Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems at the IBM System x Technical Support web site. Using this program, one can view the adapter NVRAM settings without the need to reboot the Microsoft Windows or Linux servers. However, the server will have to be rebooted to activate the change in NVRAM settings or BIOS. For Netware operating system environments, a QLogic SANsurfer Netware agent can be installed in the Netware servers. This agent will allow a QLogic SANsurfer program running from either the Windows or Linux host to manage the Qlogic 4 Gbps FC PCIe HBAs installed in the Netware servers. This section provides detailed configuration information for advanced users who want to customize the configuration of the Qlogic 4 Gbps FC PCIe Host Bus Adapter NVRAM. The information is presented assuming the user uses the Fast!UTIL utility. The configuration settings are divided into three categories: 1. Host Adapter Settings 2. Selectable Boot Settings 3. Advanced Adapter Settings CAUTION! If the configuration settings are incorrect, the Qlogic 4 Gbps FC PCIe HBA may not function properly. 3.1 Host Adapter Settings ----------------------------- The Host Adapter Settings is accessed from the Configuration Settings menu. Host Adapter BIOS When this setting is disabled, the ROM BIOS on the Qlogic 4 Gbps FC HBA is disabled, freeing space in upper memory. This setting must be enabled if you are booting from an FC disk drive attached to the Qlogic 4 Gbps FC PCIe adapter. The default is Disabled. Frame Size This setting specifies the maximum frame length supported by the Qlogic 4 Gbps FC HBA. The default size is 2048, which provides maximum performance for F-Port (point-to-point) connections. Loop Reset Delay After resetting the loop, the firmware refrains from initiating any loop activity for the number of seconds specified in this setting. The default is 5 seconds. Adapter Hard Loop ID This setting forces the adapter to attempt to use the ID specified in the Hard Loop ID setting. The default is Disabled. Hard Loop ID If the Adapter Hard Loop ID setting is enabled, the adapter attempts to use the ID specified in this setting. The default ID is 125. It is recommended to set this ID to a unique value from 0-125 if there are more than one adapters connected to a FC-AL loop and the Adapter Hard Loop ID setting is Enabled. Spin Up Delay When this bit is set, the BIOS will wait up to five minutes to find the first drive. The default setting is Disabled. Connection Options This setting defines the type of connection (loop(0) or point to point (1)) or connection preference(2). The default is 2 - which is loop preferred unless point-to-point. Fibre Channel Tape Support This setting enables FCP-2 recovery. The default is Disabled. It is recommended to change this setting to Disabled if the HBA is not connected to a Tape device. Data Rate This setting determines the data rate. When this setting is 0, the Qlogic 4 Gbps FC HBA runs at 1 gigabit/sec. When this setting is 1, the Qlogic 4 Gbps FC HBA runs at 2 gigabits/sec. When this setting is 2, the adapter determines what rate your system can accommodate and sets the rate accordingly. When this setting is 3, the Qlogic 4 Gbps FC HBA runs at 4 gigabits/sec. The default is 2 (auto-configure.) 3.2 Selectable Boot Settings ------------------------------- The Selectable Boot Settings option is accessed from the Configuration Settings menu. If you enable this option, you can select the World Wide Name from which you want to boot. Once enabled, this option forces the system to boot on the selected FC drive. If you disable this option, the system looks for a boot device (as selected in the system BIOS). In disabled mode, the Boot ID and Boot LUN parameters have no effect. NOTE: 1. This option applies only to disk devices; it does not apply to tape drives and other nondisk devices. For new systems with Phoenix and AMI Multiboot BIOS the Selectable boot settings for the HBA will not work, unless the System BIOS "Hard Drive Boot" option is in the correct order. 2. Booting to FC Target attached to Fabric FC Switch such as IBM 2109-F16, you must enable Selectable Booting Settings and select the Node Name that you wish to boot to. 3. IBM recommends that when the Qlogic 4 Gbps FC adapter BIOS is enabled and the Selectable Boot option is enabled, you always select a device and put it in the Primary boot device location of the Selectable Boot menu list. Important: Please contact IBM support for the availability of remote boot support. If you enable the Host Adapter BIOS in the Adapter Settings, this option allows you to select the boot device as follows: Enable Selectable Boot WWPN/LUN Boot Device Boot List ----------------- ------------- ----------- No X BIOS configures the first disk drive it finds as boot device. Yes none specified BIOS configures the first disk drive it finds that is also a LUN 0 as boot device. Yes specified BIOS scans through the specified Boot WWPN/LUN list until it finds a disk drive. This is configured as boot device. This option allows you to specify up to four World-Wide-Port- Names(WWPNs)/LUNs as boot devices. Follow these steps to enable the Selectable Boot option and insert devices into the boot device locations: 1. From the Configuration Settings menu, use the arrow keys to choose Host Adapter Settings. Enable the HBA BIOS, then press ESC to return to the Configuration Settings menu. 2. From the Configuration Settings menu, use the arrow keys to choose Selectable Boot Settings. 3. Press ENTER to enable or disable (toggle) the Selectable Boot option. Use the down arrow key to move to the Primary location of the Selectable Boot List menu. 4. Press ENTER to see a list of accessible devices (these are the devices in the Select Fibre Channel Device menu). 5. Select a drive by using the arrow keys to scroll down to the device you want to put into your Selectable Boot menu list. Press ENTER. This step selects the requested device and loads it into the Selectable Boot menu list. 6. Repeat this step to specify up to three alternate boot devices. 3.3 Advanced Adapter Settings ------------------------------- From the Configuration Settings menu in Fast!UTIL, select Advanced Adapter Settings. The default settings for the Qlogic 4 Gbps FC HBA are as follows: Execution Throttle This setting specifies the maximum number of commands executing on any one port. When a port’s execution throttle is reached, no new commands are executed until the current command finishes executing. The valid options for this setting are 1-256. The default is 256. LUNs per Target This setting specifies the number of LUNs per target. Multiple LUN support is typically for redundant array of independent disks (RAID) boxes that use LUNs to map drives. The default is 256. Enable LIP Reset This setting determines the type of loop initialization process (LIP) reset that is used when the operating system initiates a bus reset routine. When this setting is yes, the driver initiates a global LIP reset to clear the target device reservations. When this setting is no, the driver initiates a global LIP reset with full login. The default is No. Enable LIP Full Login This setting instructs the ISP chip to re-login to all ports after any LIP. The default is Yes. Enable Target Reset This setting enables the drivers to issue a Target Reset command to all devices on the loop when a SCSI Bus Reset command is issued. The default is Yes. Login Retry Count This setting specifies the number of times the software tries to log in to a device. The default is 30 retries. Port Down Retry Count This setting specifies the number of seconds the software retries a command to a port returning port down status. The default is 30 seconds. In Microsoft Windows Cluster (MSCS) configurations, this setting should be changed to 70 secs. Link Down Timeout This setting specifies the number of seconds the software waits for a link down to come up. The default is 30 seconds. RIO Operation Mode This setting specifies the reduced interrupt operation (RIO) modes, if supported by the software driver. RIO modes allow posting multiple command completions in a single interrupt. The default is 0. 0 - Interrupt for every I/O completion 5 - Interrupt when Interrupt Delay Timer expires 6 - Interrupt when Interrupt Delay Timer expires or no active I/Os. Interrupt Delay Timer This setting contains the value (in 100-microsecond increments) used by a timer to set the wait time between accessing (DMA) a set of handles and generating an interrupt. The default is 0. Enable Interrupt This setting when set to YES will enable the BIOS to use the IRQ assigned to the ISP24xx ASIC in the FC 4Gbps HBA. When set to NO the BIOS will poll for ISP mailbox command completion status. The default is no. 3.4 Other functions in the Configuration Settings menu ------------------------------------------------------- Restore Default Settings ------------------------------ The Restore Defaults option from the Configuration Settings menu restores the Qlogic 4 Gbps FC HBA default settings. Raw NVRAM Data -------------------- This option displays the adapter’s NVRAM contents in hexadecimal format. This is a QLogic troubleshooting tool, you cannot modify the data. 3.5 Other FAStT!Util menu options ---------------------------------- Scan Fibre Channel Devices ------------------------------- This option scans the FC loop and lists all the connected devices by loop ID. Information about each device is listed, for example, vendor name, product name, and revision. This information is useful when configuring your Qlogic 4 Gbps FC HBA and attached devices. Fibre Disk Utility ----------------------- This option scans the FC loop and lists all the connected devices by loop ID. 1) Perform a low-level format 2) Verify the disk media. 3) Verify the disk data. 4) Select a disk device CAUTION! Performing a low-level format destroys all data on the disk. Loopback Data Test ---------------------- This option allows you to perform a Loopback test. Make sure that the FC loop is up or a Loopback plug is attached to the adapter before starting the test. - Do not do Loopback Data Test - Continue with Loopback Data Test Select Host Adapter ------------------------ If you have multiple Qlogic 4 Gbps FC HBAs in your system, use this setting to select and then configure or view the settings of a specific Qlogic 4 Gbps FC HBA. 4.0 Unattended Mode: ------------------------------- None. 5.0 WEB Sites and Support Phone Number ---------------------------------------- 5.1 IBM System x Technical Support web site: http://www.ibm.com/servers/system/x/ 5.2 You can receive hardware service through IBM Services or through your IBM reseller, if your reseller is authorized by IBM to provide warranty service. See http://www.ibm.com/planetwide/ for support telephone numbers, or in the U.S. and Canada, call 1-800-IBM-SERV (1-800-426- 7378). ======================================================================= 6.0 Trademarks and Notices -------------------------- The following terms are trademarks of the IBM Corporation in the United States or other countries or both: IBM System Storage the e-business logo xSeries, pSeries HelpCenter UNIX is a registered of The Open Group in the United States and other countries. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are of Microsoft Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States, other countries, or both. Java and all Java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States, other countries, or both. QLogic and SANsurfer are trademarks of QLogic Corporation. 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