QLA23XX BIOS Readme Rev C QLogic BIOS for SANblade Series 2300 Contents -------- 1. OS Support 2. Supported Features 3. Creating the Diskette 4. Diskette Content 5. Using FlasUtil 5.1. Flashing the BIOS 5.2. FlasUtil Command line options 6. QLA23XX Configuration Parameters 6.1. Configuration Settings 6.1.1. Host Adapter Settings 6.1.2. Selectable Boot Settings 6.1.3. Advanced Adapter Settings 6.1.4 Restore Default Settings 6.1.5 Raw NVRAM Data 6.2. Scan Fibre Channel Devices 6.3. Fibre Disk Utility 6.4. Loopback Data test 6.5. Select Host Adapter 7. Additional Notes 8. Contacting QLogic ====================================================================== 1. OS Support ------------- This BIOS supports DOS, Windows 9x, Windows NT, Windows 2000/XP, Novell NetWare, Unixware, and RedHat Linux on x86 based systems. ====================================================================== 2. Supported Features --------------------- * LUNs up to 256 * Point-to-point and loop configuration * Booting capability behind the Switch using fabric connection ====================================================================== 3. Creating the Diskette ------------------------ Locate the BIOS you want on the QLogic website and click "Link to BIOS." When prompted "What would you like to do with this file?" choose "Save this program to disk", then specify a temporary location on a hard drive. Insert a blank diskette in the diskette drive. Run the self-extracting file you just downloaded specifying A:\ for "Unzip To Folder:". ====================================================================== 4. Diskette Content ------------------- The following files are provided for the BIOS and NVRAM of QLA23XX. 1. ql23rom.bin - Binary image of the BIOS for QLA2300/QLA2310 or ql2312rm.bin - Binary image of the BIOS for QLA234x 2. Flasutil.exe - Utility program to flash the BIOS and NVRAM 3. Readme.txt - This file ====================================================================== 5. Using Flasutil ----------------- The QLogic flash programming utility is a DOS utility. Please boot to DOS or Floppy to run the utility. Do not run this utility from Drive connected to QLA23XX. Make sure Flasutil.exe and the source files QL23ROM.BIN/QL2312RM.BIN are in the same directory. 5.1. Flashing the BIOS ---------------------- 1. Insert QLA23XX controller in the system. 2. Boot to DOS. 3. Run Flasutil program by typing "flasutil" at the command prompt. 4. If the QLA23XX controller is detected, the following is displayed: QLA23XX Adapter found at I/O address: xxxx Note: If the QLA23XX controller is not detected, run Flasutil again with /I (Ignore Subsystem ID) option. 5. Select "F" to write Flash. Flasutil will write Flash to adapter using QL23ROM.BIN/QL2312RM.BIN found in the same directory. 6. Reboot the system. 5.2. Flasutil Command line options ---------------------------------- QLogic FLASH Programming Utility Command Line Options: /F xxxx = Write BIOS Flash, adapter address = xxxx If no address specified then write Flash to all adapters /O = Use instead of QLxxROM.BIN /I = Ignore Subsystem ID /M = Don't prompt for I/O address /Q = Quiet Mode, no messages will be displayed /C xxxx = Verify Flash of adapter at address xxxx If no address specified then verify Flash of all adapters /W xxxx = Copy BIOS Flash to file: QL1xROM.SAV, adapter address = xxxx /V xxxx = Display current version number of BIOS on adapters at address xxxx If no address specified then display BIOS version of all adapters /S xxxx = Display serial number of adapter at address xxxx If no address specified then display serial number of all adapters /Y xxxx = Display Port Name of adapter at address xxxx If no address specified then display Port Name of all adapters Usage examples: To write FLASH on all QLA23XX adapters in a system without being prompted for I/O address: flasutil /F ====================================================================== 6. QLA23XX Configuration Parameters ----------------------------------- NOTE: The Fast!Util BIOS utility does not run on Sun SPARC systems. Refer to the Software Installation Guide for the QLA23XX Board Family for information regarding adapter configuration settings. Introduction This section provides detailed configuration information for advanced users who want to customize the configuration of the QLA23XX board and the connected devices. The board can be configured using Fast!UTIL. Access Fast!UTIL by pressing - or - during the QLA23XX board BIOS initialization (it may take a few seconds for the Fast!UTIL menu to appear). If you have more than one QLA23XX board, Fast!UTIL asks you to select the board you want to configure. After changing the settings, Fast!UTIL reboots your system to load the new parameters. CAUTION! If the configuration settings are incorrect, your QLA23XX board may not function properly. 6.1. Configuration Settings --------------------------- 6.1.1. Host Adapter Settings ---------------------------- Host Adapter BIOS When this setting is disabled, the ROM BIOS on the QLA23XX board is disabled, freeing space in upper memory. This setting must be enabled if you are booting from an FC disk drive attached to the QLA23XX board. The default is Disabled. Frame Size This setting specifies the maximum frame length supported by the QLA23XX board. 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 0. 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 or point to point) or connection preference. The default is 2. Fibre Channel Tape Support This setting enables FCP-2 recovery. The default is Enabled. Data Rate This setting determines the data rate. When this setting is 0, the QLA23XX board runs at 1 gigabit/sec.When this setting is 1, the QLA23XX board runs at 2 gigabits/sec. When this setting is 2, Fast!UTIL determines what rate your system can accommodate and sets the rate accordingly. The default is 2 (auto-configure) 6.1.2. 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 Switch such as Qlogic SANbox, you must enable Selectable Booting Settings and select the Node Name that you wish to boot to. 6.1.3 Advanced Adapter Settings ------------------------------- From the Configuration Settings menu in Fast!UTIL, select Advanced Adapter Settings. The default settings for the QLA23XX host adapter board are described in the following paragraphs. 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 16. 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 8. 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 8 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. 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. Extended Error Logging This setting provides additional error and debug information to the operating system. When enabled, events are logged into the Windows NT Event Viewer. The default is Disabled. 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. 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. 6.1.4 Restore Default Settings ------------------------------ The Restore Defaults option from the Configuration Settings menu restores the QLA23XX board default settings. 6.1.5 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. 6.2. 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 QLA23XX board and attached devices. 6.3. 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. 6.4. 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 6.5. Select Host Adapter ------------------------ If you have multiple QLA23XX boards in your system, use this setting to select and then configure or view the settings of a specific QLA23XX board. ====================================================================== 7. Additional Notes ------------------- * For 2Gb FC Drives, change the Data Rate (Extended Firmware Settings) to 1. * If FC RAID target was used in a Cluster Environment,We recommend the setting for Enable Target Reset = Enabled (Advanced Adapter Settings). * BIOS scan (BIOS enabled) will not list devices attached to Fabric 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 QLA23XX controllers at a time. * QLA23XXF Jumper Setting Pins Optical Interface ---- ----------------- 1-2 Disabled 2-3 Enabled (default) * QLA23XX LED Setting Amber LED Green LED --------- --------- Power On: On Steady On Steady Loss-of-Sync: 1/2 sec flash Off Signal Acquired: On Steady Off On-line: Off On Steady Firmware Error: 1/2 sec flash 1/2 sec flash Note: "1/2 sec" is only approximate. When I/O is running on the adapter, the LEDs are NOT designed to blink like a Network adapter. ====================================================================== 8. Contacting QLogic -------------------- Please visit QLogic's website (http://www.qlogic.com). On this site you will find product information, our latest drivers and links for technical assistance if needed. ====================================================================== Copyright (c) 2001 QLogic Corporation. All rights reserved.