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EMC Fibre Channel with
Qlogic Host Bus Adapters in the
Windows Environment
P/N 300-000-164
REV A01
AUGUST 2003
EMC Corporation
Corporate Headquarters:
Hopkinton, MA 01748 -9103
1-508 -435 -1000
www.EMC.com
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Copyright © 2001–2003 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. EMC believes the information in this publication is accurate as of its publication date. The information is subject to change without notice. THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS." EMC CORPORATION MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION, AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Use, copying,
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Contents Preface........................................................................................................................... vii Chapter 1 Introduction Understanding Persistent Binding in a Fabric Environment .... 1-2 Chapter 2 Installing and Configuring the HBA Driver Introduction ...................................................................................... 2-2 Downloading QLogic Drivers and Firmware ...................... 2-2 Verifying and Downloading the Documentation
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Contents Installation Procedure for Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Hosts................................................................................ 2-15 Updating the HBA Driver in a Windows 2000 or Windows 2003 Host......................................................................................... 2-17 Upgrading to Windows 2003 from Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0 ............................................................................ 2-19 Chapter 3 Configuring an EMC Boot Devic
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Contents Appendix A Third-Party Software QLogic SANSurfer SANBlade Manager v2.0.21 ....................... A-2 Veritas Volume Manager 3.x for Windows 2000 ....................... A-3 Appendix B Troubleshooting Problems and Solutions ................................................................. B-2 Problem...................................................................................... B-2 Problem...................................................................................... B-2 P
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Contents vi EMC Fibre Channel with QLogic HBAs in Windows Hosts
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Preface Conventions Used in EMC uses the following conventions for notes, cautions, and This Guide warnings. A note presents information that is important, but not hazard-related. CAUTION ! A caution contains information essential to avoid data loss or damage to the system or equipment. The caution may apply to hardware or software. WARNING A warning contains information essential to avoid a hazard that can cause severe personal injury, death, or substantial property damage if you ignore th
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Preface Typographical Conventions EMC uses the following type style conventions in this guide: AVANT GARDE Keystrokes Palatino, ◆ Dialog box, button, icon, and menu items in text bold ◆ Selections you can make from the user interface, including buttons, icons, options, and field names Palatino, ◆ New terms or unique word usage in text italic ◆ Command line arguments when used in text ◆ Book titles Courier, Arguments used in examples of command line italic syntax. Courier System prompts and d
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1 Invisible Body Tag Introduction This document describes the procedures for installing an EMC-approved QLogic host bus adapter (HBA) into a Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows 2003 host environment and configuring the Windows host for connection to an EMC storage array over Fibre Channel. Review the EMC Support Matrix for the latest information on approved HBAs and drivers. ◆ Understanding Persistent Binding in a Fabric Environment ......1-2 Introduction 1-1
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Introduction 1 Understanding Persistent Binding in a Fabric Environment Persistent binding is the mechanism to create a continuous logical route from a storage device object in the Windows host to a volume in ® the EMC storage array across the fabric. Without a persistent binding mechanism, the host cannot maintain persistent logical routing of the communication from a storage device object across the fabric to an EMC storage array volume. If the physical configuration of the switch is chan
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Introduction 1 \\PHYSICALDRIVE0, \\PHYSICALDRIVE1, and \\PHYSICALDRIVE2. The number is assigned during the disk discovery part of the Windows boot process. During boot-up, the Windows OS loads the driver for the storage HBAs. Once loaded, the OS performs a SCSI Inquiry command to get information about all of the attached storage devices. Each disk drive that it discovers is assigned a number in a semi-biased first come, first serve fashion based on HBA. (Semi-biased means that the Windows
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Introduction 1 PHYSICALDRIVE0 HBA 0 Windows PHYSICALDRIVE4 Host HBA 1 HBA 2 PHYSICALDRIVE8 The next figure shows the same host after the cable attached to HBA0 has been removed and the host rebooted. Since Windows was not able to do a discovery on HBA0, it assigned \\PHYSICALDRIVE0 to the first device it discovered. In this case, that first device is connected to HBA1. Due to the shift, any software application accessing \\PHYSICALDRIVE0 will not find data previously written on the origina
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2 Invisible Body Tag Installing and Configuring the HBA Driver This chapter describes the procedures for installing an EMC-approved QLogic host bus adapter (HBA) into a Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows 2003 host environment and configuring the Windows host for connection to an EMC storage array over Fibre Channel. ◆ Introduction ........................................................................................2-2 ◆ Installing an HBA.............................................
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Installing and Configuring the HBA Driver 2 Introduction The procedure described here was written specifically for the QLA22xx and QLA23xx families of Fibre Channel HBAs; however, the procedures for installing the adapter BIOS and Windows drivers are identical for QLA21xx, QLA22xx, and QLA23xx. When installing or upgrading the BIOS and drivers, be sure to use the latest versions supported by EMC. Review the EMC Support Matrix for the latest information on approved HBAs and drivers. Also re
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Installing and Configuring the HBA Driver 2 Installing an HBA Follow the instructions included with your adapter. The adapter installs into a single slot, and has no user-configurable jumpers or switches. Follow these steps to connect the cable to the HBA: 1. (Optical cable only) Remove the protective covers on each fiber-optic cable. 2. Plug one end of the cable into the connector on the HBA as shown in the appropriate figure. (The hardware might be rotated 90 degrees clockwise from the or
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Installing and Configuring the HBA Driver 2 4. Label each cable to identify the HBA and the storage/switch/hub port to which it connects. 5. After connecting all HBAs in the server, power up the server. Special Installation Sequence for Stratus ftServers and EMC CLARiiON Arrays A specific installation sequence is required when installing QLogic ® HBAs with the Stratus ftServers and EMC CLARiiON storage. Failure to follow this sequence may result in a STOP: 0X0000007B bugcheck error when bo
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Installing and Configuring the HBA Driver 2 fields to select the correct CX200-Series direct-connect dual-host cluster-compatible files. Reconfigure the HBA For CLARiiON CX200-Series direct-connect dual-host cluster Jumper configurations with only QLA234x HBAs, you must change the default HBA optic jumper position: CAUTION ! Modifying the jumper setting without using the recommended firmware/drivers can cause the HBA to lose connectivity. 1. Remove the HBA from the server as instructed by yo
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Installing and Configuring the HBA Driver 2 If later you wish to return the jumper(s) to the default factory position, repeat step 2, returning the jumper to pins 2–3. Set the HBA FC-AL While configuring a QLA234x HBA for Windows NT or Windows Loop ID 2000 and connection to EMC CLARiiON CX200-Series for direct-connect cluster configurations, you must manually set the HBA FC-AL Loop ID. Follow these steps to enable loop hard addressing and set the loop ID on each HBA: Perform this procedure
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Installing and Configuring the HBA Driver 2 7. Enter a value for the loop ID and press ENTER. 8. Press ESC to return to the Configuration Settings menu. 9. Press ESC to return to the Fast!UTIL Options menu. 10. When prompted to save changes made to the current adapter, select Save Changes and press ENTER. 11. If there are more adapters to configure, choose Select Host Adapter, and repeat steps 3 through 11 for each adapter. 12. Press ESC to exit Fast!UTIL. 13. Reboot the host. 14. Repeat this
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Installing and Configuring the HBA Driver 2 EMC HBA Settings EMC requires configuring the QLogic BIOS settings with the EMC-approved NVRAM settings file. This file contains all of the BIOS settings for the QLogic adapters that have been tested and approved for connection to the EMC storage array. The QLogic CD-ROM contains the latest EMC-approved BIOS and NVRAM settings files at the time of creation of the CD-ROM. If more recent files exist, you can find them on the QLogic website. Refer to
