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x86_Bios_ReadMe.txt
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Installation Guide for the LSI Logic Fusion-MPT (TM) x86 Fibre Channel
This file describes the features and use of the LSI Logic Fusion-MPT Fibre
Channel BIOS. It is divided into the following sections:
Introduction
Features
Installation
Configuration Utility
Main Menu
Adapter Properties Menu
Device properties Menu
Persistent IDs
Quitting the Utility
1.0 Introduction
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The Fusion-MPT x86 BIOS is a standard Intel INT13 Option ROM that provides pre-OS
support for LSI Fibre Channel chips and HBAs.
Note that the x86 BIOS is required ONLY IF Fibre Channel devices are to be used as
OS Boot devices. If the OS is not booting from Fibre Channel, the x86 BIOS is not
required to be present on the host adapter.
2.0 Features
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The x86 BIOS supports these features:
o 256 Host Adapter channels (PCI Functions)
o Up to (8 Buses X 128 Targets X 8 LUNs) per Fibre Port.
o Configurable Boot from SAN options
o Configurable firmware options
3.0 Installation
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The x86 BIOS "mptbios.rom" is installed on the HBA using the LsiUtil utility.
Please refer to the LsiUtil readme for the installation procedure.
4.0 Configuration Utility
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The x86 BIOS includes an embedded configuration utility which may be used
to change the default configuration of the host adapter.
The Configuration utility is invoked from the system BIOS shell by entering Cntrl-C
during the system start-up process.
command.
Special keys are provided for the following functions:
F1/Shift+1 = Help
Context sensitive help for the cursor-resident field.
F2/Shift+2 = Menu
Sets cursor context to the menu selection area.
Select a menu item and press Enter.
F3/Shift+3 = Used in the RAID properties menu to save existing disk
data when creating an Integrated RAID array.
Delete(D) = Used in the RAID properties menu to erase existing disk
data when creating an Integrated RAID array.
Arrow Keys/H,J,K,L = Select Item
Home(I)/End(O) = Select Item
Up, down, left, right movement to position the cursor.
+/- = Change [Item]
Items with values in [] brackets are modifiable.
Numeric keypad '+' and numeric keypad '-', update a modifiable field to
its next relative value.
Esc = Abort/Exit
Escape aborts the current context operation and/or exits the current
screen. User confirmation is solicited as required.
Enter = Execute <Item>
Items with values in <> brackets are executable.
Press Enter to execute the field's associated function.
5.0 Main Menu
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The Main Menu displays a scrolling list of LSI host adapters in the system, and
basic information about each of them.
Use the arrow keys to select an adapter, then press Enter to launch the Adapter
Properties Menu for the adapter.
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| LSI Logic MPT Setup Utility Version vx.xx |
| |
| |
| LSI Logic Host Bus Adapters |
| Adapter PCI PCI PCI RAID FW Revision Pro- LSI RAID IRQ |
| Bus Dev Fnc Alert duct Control Status |
| |
| 53C1030 0 1 0 None 1.03.00.00 IME Enabled Optimal 10 |
| 53C1030 0 2 1 ----- 1.03.00.00 IME Enabled ----- 12 |
| 53C1030 0 3 0 ----- 1.03.07.00 IO Enabled ----- 7 |
| 53C1030 0 3 1 ----- 1.03.07.00 IO Enabled ----- 7 |
| LSI929X 0 5 0 ----- 1.01.00.00 FC Enabled ----- 3 |
| LSI929X 0 5 1 ----- 1.01.00.00 FC Enabled ----- 3 |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
6.0 Adapter Properties Menu
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The Adapter Properties Menu is used to view and modify the adapter's properties,
and to gain access to the adapter's device settings.
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| LSI Logic MPT Setup Utility Version vx.xx |
| |
| Adapter Properties |
| |
| Adapter PCI PCI PCI |
| Bus Dev Fnc |
| LSIFC929X 0 3 0 |
| |
| <Device Properties> |
| <Persistent IDs> |
| Controllers WWNode Name 10012233FCA08BC0 |
| Controllers WWPort Name 12012233FCA08BC0 |
| |
| Boot Support [Enabled BIOS & OS] |
| Link Configuration [Auto] |
| Topology Configuration [Auto] |
| Multi-Pathing [No] |
| Persistent ID Type [WWN] |
| Hard ALPA [EF] |
| <Restore Defaults> |
| |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
<Device Properties>
Press Enter to view and modify device properties.
<Persistent IDs>
Press Enter to invoke the adapter's Persistent ID menu.
Controllers WWNode Name
Displays the World Wide Node name for this controller.
Controllers WWPort Name
Displays the World Wide Port name for this controller.
Boot Support
Specifies whether an adapter and it's attached devices will be used
as an OS boot device. If yes, the default "Enabled BIOS & OS" should
be selected. If the OS will not be booted from one of the attached devices,
"Disabled" should be selected.
Link Configuration
Determines whether the port will set itself to the selected link speed or
auto-negotiate instead. (1Gb, 2Gb, 4Gb, Auto, default Auto)
Topology Configuration
Determines whether the port will default to N-Port or NL-Port operation, or
auto-detect the link topology. (N-Port, NL-Port, Auto, default Auto)
Multi-Pathing
This field is used to enable/disable Multi Pathing to devices found on
the controller. (Yes, No, default No).
Persistent ID Type
This field is used to set the Persistent Mapping Type to WWN or DID. The
Persistent ID Type is used to determine what type of mappings are displayed
or may be entered on the Persistent IDs screen.
Hard ALPA
This field identifies the Hard ALPA value that the user has assigned to
the controller.
Restore Defaults
Press Enter to restore default settings.
7.0 Device Properties
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The Device Properties screen provides viewing and updating of individual
device settings for an adapter.
Here is an example of the Device Properties screen:
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| LSI Logic MPT Setup Utility Version vx.xx |
| |
| Device Properties |
| SCSI Device Identifier World Wide Name DID |
| ID |
| 0 - |
| 1 - |
| 2 - |
| 3 SEAGATE ST31055N 2000FCBA0023FF44:2100FCBA0023FF44 0000E4 |
| 4 - |
| 5 - |
| 6 - |
| 7 - |
| 8 - |
| 9 - |
| 10 - |
| 11 - |
| 12 - |
| 13 - |
| 14 - |
| 15 LSIFC919X |
| << Scroll Indicator >> |
| Device Properties |
| SCSI Device Identifier DID Format Verify |
| ID |
| 0 - <Format> <Verify> |
| 1 - <Format> <Verify> |
| 2 - <Format> <Verify> |
| 3 SEAGATE ST31055N 0000E4 <Format> <Verify> |
| 4 - <Format> <Verify> |
| 5 - <Format> <Verify> |
| 6 - <Format> <Verify> |
| 7 - <Format> <Verify> |
| 8 - <Format> <Verify> |
| 9 - <Format> <Verify> |
| 10 - <Format> <Verify> |
| 11 - <Format> <Verify> |
| 12 - <Format> <Verify> |
| 13 - <Format> <Verify> |
| 14 - <Format> <Verify> |
| 15 LSIFC919X 0000EF <Format> <Verify> |
| << Scroll Indicator >> |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
SCSI ID
This field indicates the device's logical SCSI Id, assigned by the firmware.
Device Identifier
This field indicates the ASCII device identifier string extracted from
the device's Inquiry Data.
World Wide Name
Displays the full World Wide Name of the device
DID
Displays the Destination Identifier for the device.
Format
Press Enter to low-level format the device.
If enabled, this option starts low-level formatting on a disk drive.
Low-level formatting will completely and irreversibly erase all data on the
drive.
Note: Formatting will default the drive to a 512-byte sector size even if
the drive had previously been formatted to another sector size.
Verify
Press Enter to verify all sectors on the device and to reassign defective
Logical Block Addresses (LBAs).
8.0 Persistent IDs
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Persistent IDs mappings may be assigned at the HBA level using the Persistent ID
menu.
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| LSI Logic MPT Setup Utility Version vx.xx |
| |
| Persisten IDs for adapter LSIFC929 Pci Bus 02 Device 00 Function 01 |
| Scan Scan |
| Loc Typ WWN (or DID) Bus TID ID LUNS >0 |
| 0 - [--] [---] [---] [---] |
| 1 - [--] [---] [---] [---] |
| 2 - [--] [---] [---] [---] |
| 3 WWN 2000FCBA0023FF44:2100FCBA0023FF44 [ 0] [107] [Yes] [Yes] |
| 4 - [--] [---] [---] [---] |
| 5 - [--] [---] [---] [---] |
| 6 - [--] [---] [---] [---] |
| 7 - [--] [---] [---] [---] |
| 8 - [--] [---] [---] [---] |
| 9 - [--] [---] [---] [---] |
| 10 - [--] [---] [---] [---] |
| 11 - [--] [---] [---] [---] |
| 12 - [--] [---] [---] [---] |
| 13 - [--] [---] [---] [---] |
| 14 - [--] [---] [---] [---] |
| 15 - [--] [---] [---] [---] |
| << Scroll Indicator >> |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Loc
Location index into the persistent ID storage area.
Typ
Displays whether the entry specifies a valid WWN or DID number.
WWN (or DID)
Displays and allows the user to enter a valid WWN or DID number.
To enter a WWN or DID value, move the cursor to this field and press enter.
The field will then allow the entry of the hexidecimal value that designate
the WWN or DID value.
For WWN values the user should enter the World Wide Node Name first, hit
enter and then enter the World Wide Port Name. A final press of the enter
key will save the value.
For DID values the user can enter the entire value at once. Pressing the
enter key at any time will save the value.
If an incorrect value is entered, the <Erase> option can be used to remove
the value.
Bus
The SCSI bus number reserved for the entry. The max bus value is
limited by the amount of memory on the controller. (0-7)
TID
The SCSI target id reserved for the entry. (0-127)
Scan ID
This field indicates whether to scan for this SCSI identifier at boot time.
This item can be used to ignore a device and to decrease boot time by
disabling the inquiry of unused SCSI identifiers.
Set this option to "No" if there is a device that you do not want to be
available to the system.
The default value for this field is Yes.
Scan LUNs > 0
This field indicates whether to scan for LUNs greater than zero for a
device. LUN zero is always queried. This option should be used if a
multi-LUN device responds to unoccupied LUNs or if it is desired to reduce
the visibility of a multi-LUN device to LUN zero only.
Set this option to "No" if you have problems with a device that responds to
all LUNs whether they are occupied or not. Also, if a device with
multiple LUNs exists on your system but you do not want all of those LUNs to
be available to the system, then set this option to "No." This will limit
the scan to LUN 0 only.
The default for this field is Yes.
<Erase>
This function will erase the selected entry. The erase takes place
immediately.
<Restore>
This function will restore the selected entry. The restore takes place
immediately.
<Add DID>
This function will add/replace the current entry with a DID one specified by
the user.
<Add WWN>
This function will add/replace the current entry with a WWN one specified by
the user.
<Defaults>
Press Enter to obtain default settings.
9.0 Quitting the Utility
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Since some changes only take effect after your system reboots, it is
important that you exit this setup utility properly. To exit, press
Esc (Escape key) and respond to the verification prompts that follow.
Important: If you reboot the system without properly exiting from this
utility, some changes may not take effect.
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.