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FUJITSU ULTRA LVD SCSI Host Bus Adapter Driver 3.0 User's Guide C120-E285-10ENZ2 FUJITSU ULTRA LVD SCSI Host Bus Adapter Driver 3.0 User’s Guide - for Oracle Solaris - Preface Preface Purpose This guide provides information about FUJITSU ULTRA LVD SCSI Host Bus Adapter Driver (fjulsa driver). Intended Readers This guide is intended for following persons: System administrators who use low voltage differential (LVD) SCSI devices with the Ultra320 SCSI card (SE0X7SC1X, SE0X7SC2X) and SAS devices with the SAS card (SE0X7SA1X). Readers of the guide must have a general knowledge of Solaris system administration. Organization This manual is organized as follows: Chapter1: Overview This chapter contains specifications for Ultra320 SCSI/SAS card. Chapter2: Configuration This chapter explains how to set configuration information. Chapter3: Troubleshooting This chapter explains how to deal with problems. Appendix A Messages The appendix lists messages displayed by the driver. Appendix B PCI slot number and device name The appendix shows correspondence between PCI slot number and device name. Scope The extent of procedures in this guide is to enable SCSI to recognize connected SCSI devices. For instructions on formatting (writing a disk label and defining a partition) after recognition of such a device, refer to the manuals supplied with the device and the standard manual for Solaris. Notation The following notations are used in this manual: "Oracle Solaris 10" is indicated as "Solaris 10." "Oracle Solaris" is indicated as "Solaris OS." The bold letter has described the actual command input. # cd /cdrom/cdrom0/s0/Solaris_10/Tools <Return> Trademark Acknowledgements Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. i Preface FUJITSU LIMITED October 2011 7th Edition: October 2011 Attention ● The contents of this manual shall not be disclosed in any way or reproduced in any media without the express written permission of Fujitsu Limited. ● The contents of this manual may be revised without prior notice. All Rights Reserved, Copyright (C) FUJITSU LIMITED 2007-2011 ii Revision History Revision History Edition Date Details 1 Feb 1, 2007 First Edition 2 Apr 9, 2007 Add 914572-01 patch 3 Jun 13, 2007 Add 914572-02 patch 4 May 16, 2008 Add 914572-05 patch 5 Sep 2, 2008 Support SAS card(SE0X7SA1X) Add 914572-06 patch 6 Jan 8, 2010 Changed the Version 3.0 7 Oct 27, 2011 Support SPARC Enterprise Software DVD iii Contents Contents Chapter 1 Overview ···················································· 1 1.1 Function Overview ····························································2 1.2 Hardware Support ·····························································3 1.2.1 Ultra320 SCSI card (SE0X7SC1X, SE0X7SC2X) ································ 3 1.2.2 SAS card (SE0X7SA1X) ····················································· 5 Chapter 2 Configuration ··············································· 6 2.1 Installing the Driver ························································7 2.2 Configuring the Driver Software ··············································8 2.2.1 disable-u320 property setting ············································ 8 2.2.2 Property setting for each port ··········································· 8 2.2.3 max-throttle property setting ············································ 8 2.3 Configuring I/O devices ·····················································10 2.3.1 Collecting infomation about the devices to be connected ················· 10 2.3.2 Editing the sd.conf ····················································· 10 2.3.3 Editing the ses.conf (File Unit) ········································ 11 2.3.4 Reconfiguring the kernel ················································ 12 2.4 Network Install ·····························································13 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting············································· 14 Appendix A Messages ···················································· 16 A.1 Warning messages ····························································17 A.2 PANIC messages ······························································27 A.3 Information messages ························································28 Appendix B PCI Slot Number and Device Name ····························· 31 viii Chapter 1 Overview Chapter 1 Overview This chapter covers the following: Functions of Fujitsu ULTRA LVD SCSI Host Bus Adapter Driver 3.0 Specification for the SCSI card supported by Fujitsu ULTRA LVD SCSI Host Bus Adapter Driver 3.0 Specification for the SAS card supported by Fujitsu ULTRA LVD SCSI Host Bus Adapter Driver 3.0 1 Chapter 1 Overview 1.1 Function Overview Fujitsu ULTRA LVD SCSI Host Bus Adapter Driver 3.0 is a SCSI/SAS host bus adapter (HBA) driver [Figure 1-1 Form of SCSI connection] [Figure 1-2 Form of SAS connection] 2 Chapter 1 Overview 1.2 Hardware Support This section describes hardware supported by this software. 1.2.1 Ultra320 SCSI card (SE0X7SC1X, SE0X7SC2X) To use this adapter, it must be installed in a PCI-X/PCI-Express slot in a server. The adapter has two VHDCI ports for connections to LVD devices. 1.2.1.1 Specifications Specifications for the adapter are given below. [Table 1_1 Ultra320 SCSI specifications] Interface port Ultra 320 SCSI SCSI bus width 8 bits or 16 bits Electrical interface Low voltage differential Connector type VHDCI 68-pin Transfer rate Async mode: Maximum 7MB/s(per SCSI port) Sync mode: Maximum: 320 MB/s (per SCSI port) Maximum Cable Length 12m Number of SCSI devices Up to 14 (per SCSI port) Multi-Initiator Support Number of Initiator Maximum:2(per SCSI port) [Table 1_2 PCI-X bus specifications] Specification compliance PCI-X 1.0 Bus width 64 bit Operating clock 133 MHz Card form Low profile, MD2 Bracket form Standard Bracket [Table 1_3 PCI Express specification] Specification compliance PCI Express Line speed 2.5Gbps Number of lane x4 Card form Low profile, MD2 Bracket form Standard Bracket 1.2.1.2 Physical description Figure 1_3 and Figure 1_4 show the top of the Ultra320 SCSI cards. The different parts together with their features are described below. 3 Chapter 1 Overview Port A is a LVD SCSI VHDCI connector. “FJSV,(e)ulsa@#”indicates that it is a SCSI bus. Port B is a LVD SCSI VHDCI connector. “FJSV,(e)ulsa@#,1”indicates that it is a SCSI bus. (“#”is a variable representing the PCI slot location of this card.) [Figure 1_3 Top view of the Ultra320 SCSI card (SE0X7SC1X)] [Figure 1_4 Top view of the Ultra320 SCSI card (SE0X7SC2X)] 4 Chapter 1 Overview 1.2.2 SAS card (SE0X7SA1X) To use this adapter, it must be installed in a PCI Express slot in a server. The adapter has one SAS x4 port for connections to SAS devices. 1.2.2.1 Specifications Specifications for the adapter are given below. [Table 1_4 SAS specifications] Interface port Serial Attached SCSI Transfer rate Max 3.0 Gbps x 4 Medium Interface Specification compliance：SAS-1.1 (3Gbps) Connector：SAS x4 connector Maximum Cable Length Max 6 m [Table 1_5 PCI Express specification] Specification compliance PCI Express Line speed 2.5Gbps Number of lane x4 Card form Low profile, MD2 Bracket form Standard Bracket 1.2.2.2 Physical description Figure 1_5 show the top of the SAS cards. The different parts together with their features are described below. [Figure 1_5 Top view of the SAS card (SE0X7SA1X)] 5 Chapter 2 Configuration Chapter 2 Configuration This chapter explains, the tasks required after installation of this software, so that SCSI/SAS target driver can recognize devices. Explanations of tasks are given in the following sequence: Installing the driver Configuring the driver software Configuring I/O devices 6 Chapter 2 Configuration 2.1 Installing the Driver To use FUJITSU ULTRA LVD SCSI Host Bus Adapter Driver 3.0, install the package stored on the SPARC Enterprise Software DVD. For the installation procedure, refer to the “Installation Guide – FUJITSU ULTRA LVD SCSI Host Bus Adapter Driver 3.0”. 7 Chapter 2 Configuration 2.2 Configuring the Driver Software The section describes the settings required for the driver software. 2.2.1 disable-u320 property setting The disable-u320 property setting must be configured as shown below in the fjulsa driver definition file. Adding the following line to the /platform/{sun4v|SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise} /kernel/drv/fjulsa.conf file makes the disable-u320 property effective: disable-u320=0x1: 2.2.2 Property setting for each port When the properties in the fjulsa driver definition file (/platform/{sun4v| SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise}/kernel/drv/fjulsa.conf) are set according to explanations in Section 2.2.1, the property setting are applied to each port of all Ultra320 SCSI/SAS cards mounted in the server. To make the properties valid only for a specific port of a specific SCSI/SAS card, define the properties as follows: name=”driver_name” parent=”/pci@##,####” unit-address=”#” The name of the adapter driver corresponding to the SCSI/SAS card is defined in driver_name of the name property. Specify fjulsa for the Ultra320 SCSI/SAS card. The parent node of the SCSI/SAS card as named in a device name is defined in /pci@##,#### of the parent property. For example, if a device name shows that the SCSI/SAS card port is “/pci@1d,4000/FJSV,(e)ulsa@3”, specify “/pci@1d,4000”. The device number of the SCSI/SAS card in the device name is specified for # of the unit-address property. For example, if a device name shows that the SCSI/SAS card port is “/pci@1d,4000/FJSV(e)ulsa@3”, specify “3” immediately following “FJSV,(e)ulsa@”.
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