Specifications

26 MDR User Guide

5.2 Installing the Fibre Channel driver for Windows or

Solaris

The Fibre Channel driver is optional. The drivers are located in the mdr/mdr-host-

sw/fibre-channel-drivers

directory on the VMETRO Software CD-ROM.

The MDR software has been tested with the VMETRO VMFC-2100(P) and VMFC-

2200(P) boards for the following operating systems:

• Windows NT and Windows 2000

• Solaris 2.6, 7 and 8

However, the MDR Host Software relies on the QLogic driver (which uses the operating

system and standard SCSI driver). Therefore, other FC boards using a standard SCSI FC

driver may also work (although they are not supported by VMETRO).

5.2.1 Reprogramming the VMFC-2X00(P) board

In order to access directly the MDR Disk Subsystem, the MDR Host Software uses the

Fibre Channel QLogic driver (for both Windows and Solaris). This driver requires the

VMFC-2X00(P) board to have the QLogic identifiers for the System and Sub-System

ids. Therefore, it is required to reprogram the EEPROM on the VMFC-2X00(P) using a

QLogic tool.

Please follow the procedure below to reprogram your VMFC-2X00(P) board:

• On a Windows PC, install the VMFC-2X00(P) you want to reprogram

• Got to the directory called

mdr/mdr-host-sw/fibre-channel-drivers/vmfc-

update

• Insert a blank floppy disk in the floppy disk drive and execute the program called

RawWrite. In the Write tab, select the image file called vmfc-update.img and click

on the Write button. This will copy the image file on the floppy disk. Wait for the

operation to complete and exit the program.

• Reboot your computer (The floppy disk MUST still be located in the floppy disk

drive) and boot on the floppy disk.

• Execute ql2100 if you have a VMFC-2100(P) board or ql2200 if you have a VMFC-

2200(P). The QLogic tool should find you VMFC board (Typically, you should see

“QLA2X00 adapter has been found …”). Choose the Write NOVRAM option (L op-

tion) in the menu. Wait for the completion of the following operations and check for

any error message.

• If you don’t see any error message then your VMFC-2X00(P) board has been up-

dated successfully. Remove the floppy disk from its drive, shutdown the computer

and remove the VMFC-2X00(P) board (if required).

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