User's Manual

3-2 Firmware Installation Procedure

3.1 FC Firmware

This section includes the features, description, installation, and

conﬁguration of the FC ﬁrmware. The installation method varies

depending on the operating system. LSI Logic provides ﬁrmware

installation tools for the Windows, Linux, and Solaris operating systems.

3.1.1 Features

The FC ﬁrmware for the LSI Logic FC chips supports the

following features:

• 1 Gbit/s and 2 Gbit/s FC transfers, with AutoNegotiation

(select 1 Gbit/s, 2 Gbit/s, or Auto)

• 64-bit/66 MHz host PCI bus and 133 MHz PCI-X bus

(backward-compatible with 32-bit/33 MHz)

• Transaction performance capability of > 70,000 I/Os per second

(both channels)

• Throughput capability of ~400 Mbytes/s, across 64-bit/66 MHz PCI

(both channels)

• Low host CPU utilization

• Interrupt coalescing, tunable to system requirements

• Auto Topology Detection for Arbitrated Loop, Fabric Loop, or

Direct Fabric attachment (user selects N_Port, NL_Port, or Auto)

• FC Class 3 support

• FC-Tape/FC-AL2 Class 3 conﬁrmed delivery support

• Fusion-MPT common software interface

• Initiator, Target, and FC LAN capability

3.1.2 Description

The LSIFC929X and LSIFC919X controllers operate in an environment

where one or more host drivers serve as the interface layer between the

operating system and the Fusion-MPT services provided by the

LSI Logic FC ﬁrmware. The host driver is responsible for initializing the

controller, building request message frames, issuing request message