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IBM FC5024D User Manual

Manual is about: Flex System FC5024D 4-Port 16Gb FC Adapter

Summary of FC5024D

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    Ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide.

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    Ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide.

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    Note: before using this information and the product it supports, read the general information in appendix c, “notices,” the safety information and environmental notices and user guide documents on the ibm documentation cd, and the warranty information document that comes with the product. First edit...

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    Iv ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide safety statements.

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    Contents v contents safety safety statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Iv chapter 1 ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter related documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 notices and statements ...

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    Vi ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide chapter 4 solving problems basic troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 detailed troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 parts listin...

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    ©copyright ibm corp. 2013 1 chapter 1 ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter the ibm flex system™ fc5024 4-port 16gb fc adapter provides four fibre channel connections capable of providing 8 gbps or 16 gbps to devices on fibre channel (fc) sans. Fc communications are routed through the adapt...

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    2 ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide related documentation 1 related documentation this user's guide contains general information about the adapter and setup and installation instructions, including how to configure, update, and troubleshoot the adapter. For the most up-to-d...

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    Introduction 3 notices and statements in this document 1 for other information on the ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter, refer to sections on the brocade 1869 adapter in documentation located at www.Brocade.Com/adapters-ibm-flex . The following publications are available: • brocade adap...

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    4 ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide features and specifications 1 features and specifications the ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter supports the following features for enhanced performance and connectivity in the san networks. For more information on these feat...

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    Introduction 5 features and specifications 1 • ucm compliance brocade adapters are compliant with ibm unified configuration manager (ucm). • windows management implementation (wmi). • windows server 2008, redhat enterprise linux (rhel), suse linux enterprise (sles), and vmware esx server. • windows ...

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    6 ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide features and specifications 1 • the feature only works in r_rdy mode and not in vc_rdy mode, therefore it is enabled with fa-pwwn and forward error correction (fec), but not supported when n_port trunking or qos are enabled. Note that fec...

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    Introduction 7 features and specifications 1 - interrupt time delay. There is a time delay during which the host generates interrupts. You can increase this delay time and thereby coalesce multiple interrupt events into one. This results in fewer interrupts for interrupt events. - interrupt latency ...

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    8 ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide features and specifications 1 note this feature is not available for direct-attached targets. • lun masking: lun masking establishes access control to shared storage to isolate traffic between different initiators that are zoned in with t...

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    Introduction 9 features and specifications 1 this feature is enabled by default and persists after driver reloads and system reboots. Fec may coexist with other brocade port features such as qos, trl, trunking, bbcr, and faa. Following are limitations of this feature: • fec is supported only hbas co...

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    10 ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide features and specifications 1 adapter specifications table 1 contains additional specifications for the ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter. Table 1 adapter specifications feature description adapters per compute node one or t...

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    Introduction 11 features and specifications 1 note the ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter conforms to environmental and power specifications for the supported compute nodes and ibm flex system chassis in which they are installed. Refer to the documentation provided for these products for...

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    12 ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide features and specifications 1.

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    ©copyright ibm corp. 2013 13 chapter 2 installing the adapter this chapter provides information and instructions to install adapter drivers, utilities, and management software. It also provides information to configure the adapter. To install the adapter in the ibm flex system compute node, see the ...

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    14 ibm flex system fc5024 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide installing the device drivers, utilities, and hcm 2 • installing the wrong firmware or adapter driver update might cause the adapter or switch to malfunction. Before you install a firmware or update the driver, refer to all readme and cha...

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    Installing the adapter 15 installing the device drivers, utilities, and hcm 2 • only one driver installation is required for all brocade adapters installed in a host system. • root or administrator privileges are required for installing the driver package. • software installation or upgrade could ta...

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    16 ibm flex system fc5024 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide installing the device drivers, utilities, and hcm 2 • after installing the adapter driver and software on an sles11 sp1 system, use one of the following methods to update the errata kernel: a. Upgrade the kernel using the rpm -ivh filenam...

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    Installing the adapter 17 installing the device drivers, utilities, and hcm 2 note existing versions of the software components will be overwritten with the current versions you are installing if you continue. 7. If a message displays prompting you to close hcm, close the application if it is runnin...

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    18 ibm flex system fc5024 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide installing hcm to a host from the hcm agent 2 note installing expansion card software creates a brocade command line utility (bcu) desktop shortcut on your system desktop. Use this shortcut instead of other methods to launch the bcu> comm...

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    Installing the adapter 19 configuring the adapter 2 where: server-host is the ip address of a server system with the brocade adapter and driver installed and hcm agent running. 34568 is the tcp/ip port where the hcm agent communicates with hcm. 2. Respond to prompts as required during hcm installati...

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    20 ibm flex system fc5024 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide configuring the adapter 2 - flash values host boots from lun information stored in flash memory. - first lun host boots from the first visible lun. Note to boot from direct-attached targets, you must use the first lun or flash values opti...

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    Installing the adapter 21 configuring the adapter 2 configuring storage drivers this section provides an overview of storage driver functions that you can configure for the ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter on supported operating systems. For detailed information on configuring these pa...

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    22 ibm flex system fc5024 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide configuring the adapter 2 • auto recover ioc on heartbeat failure • bfa log level. • maximum transfer size • maximum logins to initiator and target ports • netqueue enable and disable • msix interrupt enable or disable • maximum number of...

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    Installing the adapter 23 managing the adapter 2 note these parameters should only be changed by power users with great caution. Managing the adapter you can manage the ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter using the following tools: • the brocade host connectivity manager (hcm) and command...

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    24 ibm flex system fc5024 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide managing the adapter 2 • event notifications, which provide asynchronous notification of various conditions and problems through a user-defined event filter. For details on using bcu commands and hcm, refer to the brocade adapters adminis...

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    ©copyright ibm corp. 2013 25 chapter 3 updating drivers, firmware, and boot code note installing the wrong firmware or adapter driver update might cause the adapter or switch to malfunction. Before you install a firmware or update the driver, refer to all readme and change history files that are pro...

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    26 ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide drivers 3 • to make sure that the drivers and adapter boot code are synchronized, be sure to update your adapter with the latest boot image from the brocade adapters website at www.Brocade.Com/adapters-ibm-flex whenever you install or up...

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    Updating the firmware and boot code 27 firmware 3 important notes refer to these notes when using hcm to upgrade drivers: • this feature upgrades existing software installed on the host system. Downgrades are not supported. • during installation, dialog boxes validate installation success. Since the...

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    28 ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide boot code 3 • smbios specification version 2.4 or later system management bios • adapter firmware important notes consider this information when updating boot code: • a single, updatable boot code image, stored in the adapter option read...

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    Updating the firmware and boot code 29 updating firmware and device drivers through ibm 3 updating boot code using hcm to update adapters with the latest boot code using hcm, use the following steps: 1. Obtain the latest boot code from the “boot code” area of www.Brocade.Com/adapters-ibm-flex . 2. E...

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    30 ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide updating firmware and device drivers through ibm 3 • ibm toolscenter bootable media creator you can use ibm toolscenter bootable media creator to create bootable media that is suitable for applying firmware updates and running preboot di...

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    ©copyright ibm corp. 2013 31 chapter 4 solving problems this chapter provides troubleshooting information to help you solve some problems that might occur while you are setting up the ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter. If you cannot locate and correct a problem by using the information ...

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    32 ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide parts listing 4 parts listing table 2 replaceable components and corresponding cru/fru identifiers name of component cru number (tier 1) ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter 95y2382 unit unit unit.

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    ©copyright ibm corp. 2013 33 appendix a configuring adapters with bios and uefi utilities you can use setup screens in the following interfaces to configure adapter storage options, such as boot over san, port speed, lun masking, boot delay, and to display adapter properties such as the bios version...

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    34 ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide using the brocade bios configuration utility a figure 1 bios configuration menu (select the adapter) under the ad no column, the first digits 1/0 and 1/1 refer to adapter number/port number, so these are the first and second ports of the...

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    Using the bios configuration utility 35 using the brocade bios configuration utility a figure 2 bios configuration menu (adapter configuration) 4. Select one of the following: • adapter settings. Use the adapter settings screen to enable bios, adapter port speed (hbas and fabric adapter ports config...

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    36 ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide using the brocade bios configuration utility a figure 3 bios configuration menu (adapter settings) - table 3 brocade bios configuration utility field descriptions field description bios version displays the brocade bios boot code version...

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    Using the bios configuration utility 37 using the brocade bios configuration utility a 6. Change any parameters by following the instructions at the bottom of the bios configuration utility screen. For example, use the following keys to select and change information: • up and down keys - scroll to a...

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    38 ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide using the brocade bios configuration utility a figure 4 bios configuration menu (boot device settlings) 8. Use the up and down arrow keys to select a boot device, and then use one of the following options to configure boot device setting...

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    Using the bios configuration utility 39 using the brocade bios configuration utility a figure 5 bios configuration menu (select port target) 9. Select a target on which you want to designate a boot lun and press enter. A screen similar to the one in figure 6 displays listing device information and l...

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    40 ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide using uefi setup screens a note you only need to select the bootable lun once. After the first boot, the same lun will be used until changed through the bios configuration utility. 11. Press enter. The selected device will be added to th...

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    Using the bios configuration utility 41 using uefi setup screens a figure 8 system configuration and boot management screen 3. Select system settings. The system settings screen displays. Figure 9 systems settings menu.

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    42 ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide using uefi setup screens a 4. Select storage. A list of installed adapters and mac addresses displays. 5. From the list of installed devices, select the adapter and port that you want to configure and press enter. The adapter version dat...

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    Using the bios configuration utility 43 using uefi setup screens a 7. Set the port speed. The auto select option allows the adapter port to automatically negotiate link speed with the connected port. 8. Set the port topology to one of the following: • loop for fibre channel arbitrated loop (fc-al) t...

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    44 ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide using uefi setup screens a.

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    ©copyright ibm corp. 2013 45 appendix b getting help and technical assistance before you call.

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    46 ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide using the documentation b using the documentation getting help and information from the world wide web software service and support hardware service and support.

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    Getting help and technical assistance 47 ibm taiwan product service b ibm taiwan product service.

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    48 ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide ibm taiwan product service b.

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    ©copyright ibm corp. 2013 49 appendix c notices.

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    50 ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide trademarks c trademarks ibm, the ibm logo, and ibm.Com are trademarks of international business machines corp., registered in many jurisdictions worldwide. Other product and service names might be trademarks of ibm or other companies. A ...

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    Notices 51 important notes c important notes this product is not intended to be connected directly or indirectly by any means whatsoever to interfaces of public telecommunications networks, nor is it intended to be used in a public services network..

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    52 ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide electronic emission notices c electronic emission notices.

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    Notices 53 electronic emission notices c ibm deutschland gmbh ibm technical regulations, department m372 ibm-allee 1,71139 ehningen, germany telephone: +49 7032 15 2941 email: lugi@de.Ibm.Com european community contact:.

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    54 ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide electronic emission notices c gmbh abteilung m372 39 41 lugi.

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    Notices 55 electronic emission notices c this is electromagnetic wave compatibility equipment for business (type a). Sellers and users need to pay attention to it. This is for any areas other than home..

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    56 ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide electronic emission notices c.

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    Index 57 index b bb credit recovery , 5 bcu , 23 bios , 27 configuration , 33 configuring with brocade bios utility , 19 support , 4 bios configuration utility information , 20 bios configuration utility field descriptions , 36 boot code updates , 27 boot code updates with bcu , 28 boot code updates...

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    58 ibm flex system fc5024d 4-port 16gb fc adapter user’s guide h hba management applications , 23 throughput per port , 5 hcm , 23 host connectivity manager (hcm) description , 23 human interaction interface , 4 hyper-v , 4 , 8 i i/o transfer rates , 10 ibm flex system fc5024 4-port 16gb fc adapter ...

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    Index 59 trunking , 7 u ucm compliance , 5 uefi , 27 uefi support , 4 update drivers with hcm , 26 v virtual channels per port , 7 w windows 2012 , 5 windows 7 driver support , 5 windows server 2008 , 5 windows server core , 5 , 8 winpe , 5 wmi support , 5.

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    Part number: 00d2348 printed in usa p/n: 00d2348 *00d2348*.