AH303A PCIe SC44Ge SAS Host Bus Adapter for Integrity Servers Support Guide, September 2009

Table of Contents
About This Document ........................................................................................................7
Intended Audience.................................................................................................................................7
New and Changed Documentation in This Edition...............................................................................7
Publishing History..................................................................................................................................7
What’s in This Document........................................................................................................................7
Related Documents.................................................................................................................................8
HP Encourages Your Comments............................................................................................................8
1 Adapter Overview..........................................................................................................9
Features...................................................................................................................................................9
2 Installation.....................................................................................................................11
Installation Overview...........................................................................................................................11
Installation Prerequisites......................................................................................................................11
Downloading Software.........................................................................................................................12
Installing Software................................................................................................................................13
Installing the Adapter Hardware Offline.............................................................................................13
Preparing the Server........................................................................................................................13
Installing the Adapter......................................................................................................................13
Completing the Adapter Installation..............................................................................................14
Installing the Adapter Hardware Online..............................................................................................14
Connecting the Adapter to Other Devices............................................................................................15
Updating System Firmware..................................................................................................................16
Updating SAS Controller Firmware Offline.........................................................................................16
3 Configuring the Adapter Offline................................................................................19
EFI Utilities............................................................................................................................................19
The drvcfg Configuration Utility..........................................................................................................19
Starting the drvcfg Utility................................................................................................................19
Using the drvcfg Utility...................................................................................................................19
Configuration Utility Screens..........................................................................................................20
Adapter List Screen.........................................................................................................................20
Adapter Properties Screen...............................................................................................................21
RAID Properties Screen...................................................................................................................22
SAS Topology Screen.......................................................................................................................23
Device Properties Screen.................................................................................................................24
Device Format Screen......................................................................................................................25
Device Verify Screen........................................................................................................................26
Advanced Adapter Properties Screen.............................................................................................27
Advanced Device Properties Screen................................................................................................29
Spinup Properties Screen.................................................................................................................31
PHY Properties Screen.....................................................................................................................32
Resetting the Error Counts.........................................................................................................33
Exiting drvcfg..................................................................................................................................34
The cfggen Utility.................................................................................................................................34
Starting cfggen.................................................................................................................................34
Using cfggen....................................................................................................................................34
The cfggen Command Set................................................................................................................35
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