HP Hewlett Packard Network Card AB232A User Manual
Installation  
Guide  
hp StorageWorks  
AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter  
Third Edition (June 2004)  
Part Number: AA–RU1ZC–TE  
This guide describes how to install, configure, and use the diagnostic utilities for the AB232A  
PCI-X host bus adapter for 64-bit Windows operating systems.  
 
 
contents  
About this Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7  
Contents  
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8  
Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8  
Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8  
Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9  
Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9  
Text Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9  
Equipment Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10  
Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11  
HP Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11  
HP Storage Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12  
HP Authorized Reseller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12  
1 Adapter Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13  
Product Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14  
Performance Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16  
2 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17  
Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18  
Recording Reference Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19  
Installing the HBA into a Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20  
Verifying the Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22  
Configuration Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23  
3 Installing the SCSI Miniport Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25  
Device Driver Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26  
System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26  
Installing or Upgrading a New Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26  
Installing the LightPulse Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27  
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4 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29  
POST Conditions and Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30  
Using The Event Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31  
Windows Miniport Event Log Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32  
5 Diagnostic and Configuration Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37  
Using LightPulse Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38  
View HBA Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38  
Modify Diagnostic Driver Parameters in the Windows Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40  
Modify the Driver Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40  
Set Up Persistent Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44  
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45  
Setting Up Persistent Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45  
Global Automap and Unmasking Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46  
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46  
Mapping and Masking LUNs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47  
Test Host Bus Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47  
Modify Test Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48  
Restart Host Bus Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48  
Input/Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48  
Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48  
Show Host Bus Adapter Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49  
Quit the LightPulse Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49  
A Regulatory Compliance Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51  
Federal Communications Commission Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52  
Class A Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52  
Declaration of Conformity for Products Marked with FCC Logo—United States Only 52  
Network and Serial Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53  
IEC EMC Statement (Worldwide). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53  
Spécification ATI Classe A (France). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53  
Canadian Notice (Avis Canadien) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54  
Class A Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54  
European Union Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55  
Japanese Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56  
Harmonics Conformance (Japan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57  
German Noise Declaration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57  
Laser Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58  
Certification and Classification Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58  
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B Electrostatic Discharge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59  
Grounding Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60  
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61  
Figures  
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AB232A HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15  
Add Binding window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43  
Lunmap window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45  
Tables  
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Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9  
AB232A HBA Diagram Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15  
Normal POST LED Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22  
Normal POST LED Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28  
SCSI Port Error Log Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30  
CmdStat Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32  
Parameter Error Values Valid only when CmdStat=0x3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33  
Drive Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39  
AL-PA Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42  
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about this  
guide  
This installation guide provides information to help you:  
About this Guide  
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Install, configure, andAubsoeutththeisdGiuaigdenostic utilities for the AB232A PCI-X host  
bus adapter for 64-bit Windows systems.  
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Contact technical support for additional assistance.  
“About this Guide” topics include:  
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Overview, page 8  
Conventions, page 9  
Getting Help, page 11  
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About this Guide  
Overview  
This section covers the following topics:  
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Intended Audience  
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Related Documentation  
Intended Audience  
This book is intended for use by system administrators who are experienced with  
the following:  
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Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, 64-bit version  
Host bus adapters  
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Related Documentation  
In addition to this guide, refer to the HP StorageWorks AB232A PCI-X Host Bus  
Adapter Release Notes.  
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About this Guide  
Conventions  
Conventions consist of the following:  
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Document Conventions  
Text Symbols  
Equipment Symbols  
Document Conventions  
The document conventions included in Table 1 apply in most cases.  
Table 1: Document Conventions  
Element  
Convention  
Cross-reference links  
Blue text: Figure 1  
Key and field names, menu items,  
buttons, and dialog box titles  
Bold  
File names, application names, and text  
emphasis  
Italics  
User input, command and directory  
names, and system responses (output  
and messages)  
Monospace font  
COMMAND NAMES are uppercase  
monospace font unless they are case  
sensitive  
Variables  
<monospace, italic font>  
Website addresses  
Blue, underlined sans serif font text:  
http://www.hp.com  
Text Symbols  
The following symbols may be found in the text of this guide. They have the  
following meanings.  
WARNING: Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow  
directions in the warning could result in bodily harm or death.  
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About this Guide  
Caution: Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow directions  
could result in damage to equipment or data.  
Note: Text set off in this manner presents commentary, sidelights, or interesting points  
of information.  
Equipment Symbols  
The following equipment symbols may be found on hardware for which this guide  
pertains. They have the following meanings.  
Any enclosed surface or area of the equipment marked with these  
symbols indicates the presence of electrical shock hazards. Enclosed  
area contains no operator serviceable parts.  
WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury from electrical shock  
hazards, do not open this enclosure.  
Any RJ-45 receptacle marked with these symbols indicates a network  
interface connection.  
WARNING: To reduce the risk of electrical shock, fire, or damage to  
the equipment, do not plug telephone or telecommunications  
connectors into this receptacle.  
Any surface or area of the equipment marked with these symbols  
indicates the presence of a hot surface or hot component. Contact with  
this surface could result in injury.  
WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury from a hot  
component, allow the surface to cool before touching.  
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About this Guide  
Power supplies or systems marked with these symbols indicate  
the presence of multiple sources of power.  
WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury from electrical  
shock, remove all power cords to completely disconnect power  
from the power supplies and systems.  
Any product or assembly marked with these symbols indicates that the  
component exceeds the recommended weight for one individual to  
handle safely.  
WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to the  
equipment, observe local occupational health and safety requirements  
and guidelines for manually handling material.  
Getting Help  
If you still have a question after reading this guide, contact an HP authorized  
service provider or access our website http://www.hp.com  
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HP Technical Support  
Telephone numbers for worldwide technical support are listed on the HP website  
http://www.hp.com/support/. From this website, select the country of origin.  
Note: For continuous quality improvement, calls may be recorded or monitored.  
Be sure to have the following information available before calling:  
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Technical support registration number (if applicable)  
Product serial numbers  
Product model names and numbers  
Applicable error messages  
Operating system type and revision level  
Detailed, specific questions  
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About this Guide  
HP Storage Website  
The HP website has the latest information on this product, as well as the latest  
drivers. Access storage at  
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure.html  
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From this website, select the appropriate product or solution.  
HP Authorized Reseller  
For the name of your nearest HP authorized reseller:  
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In the United States, call 1-800-345-1518  
In Canada, call 1-800-263-5868  
Elsewhere, see the HP website for locations and telephone numbers:  
http://www.hp.com  
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Adapter Features  
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This introduction to the AB232A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter (HBA) includes:  
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Product Description, page 14  
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Performance Specifications, page 16  
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Adapter Features  
Product Description  
The AB232A HBA has the following characteristics:  
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Robust suite of software supporting Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition,  
64-bit version.  
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Optical small form factor (LC) interface LC Fibre connector.  
Embedded optical shortwave laser, multi-mode Fibre Channel interface.  
AB232A is designed using a single custom Application Specific Integrated  
Circuit (ASIC). The custom ASIC implements a very high performance,  
multiclass, multiprotocol Fibre Channel host adapter with a 64-bit PCI-X bus  
connection.  
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66/100/133MHz PCI-X 1.0a compatibility.  
AB232A has a 266MIPs onboard processor, an embedded 1GB/2GB  
SERDES, and a high performance unified QDR SRAM.  
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