HP Fibre Channel Mass Storage Adapters Support Guide FibrChanl-02 (fclp) Driver, September 2009

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Table of Contents

1 Adapter Overview..........................................................................................................9

HP Fibre Channel Mass Storage Overview............................................................................................9

2 Fibre Channel Adapter Installation............................................................................11

Prerequisites..........................................................................................................................................11

Installing Driver Software.....................................................................................................................11

Installing Adapter Hardware................................................................................................................12

Installing the Fibre Channel Adapter..............................................................................................13

Attaching the Adapter to Other Fibre Channel Devices......................................................................14

Verifying the Fibre Channel Adapter Installation................................................................................14

Verifying Connectivity..........................................................................................................................15

Interpreting Hardware Paths................................................................................................................16

3 Troubleshooting and Maintenance............................................................................19

Introduction..........................................................................................................................................19

Adapter LED States...............................................................................................................................19

Obtaining Card Information after Installation.....................................................................................19

HP Support Tools Manager..................................................................................................................21

Event Monitoring Service.....................................................................................................................22

Fibre Channel Adapter Monitor......................................................................................................22

Supported Products.........................................................................................................................22

Installing and Configuring Support Tools Manager and EMS.......................................................23

System requirements:.................................................................................................................23

Procedure...................................................................................................................................23

Offline Diagnostics Environment (ODE)..............................................................................................23

Diagnostic Flowcharts...........................................................................................................................24

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Flowchart 1: Configuration Test Procedures..............................................................................26

Fibre Channel Connections Test......................................................................................................27

Flowchart 2 Connections Test Procedures.................................................................................28

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Flowchart 3: Boot Test Procedures.............................................................................................29

Firmware Updates................................................................................................................................29

Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Online Firmware Updates.........................................................29

Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters Offline Driver and Firmware Updates.....................................29

Preparing to Update...................................................................................................................29

Updating the Firmware..............................................................................................................29

Fibre Channel Device Scanning Policy Configuration for HP Integrity Systems................................30

Modifying the Scanning Policy........................................................................................................30

A Regulatory Statements.................................................................................................33

Regulatory Statements..........................................................................................................................33

FCC Statement (USA Only).............................................................................................................33

IEC Statement (Worldwide).............................................................................................................33

DOC Statement (Canada)................................................................................................................33

Spécification ATI Classe A (France)................................................................................................33

VCCI Statement (Japan)..................................................................................................................34

Laser Safety Statements........................................................................................................................34

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