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Solinst.TXT
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Installation Guide for the LSI Logic Fusion-MPT Solaris X86 driver
and utility package V5.05.00 that supports LSI Ultra320 SCSI and LSI
Fibre Channel host adapter products.
This file contains these sections:
Introduction for Solaris X86
Driver Features
Utility Features
LSI Logic Devices Supported
Installing the Host Adapter
System Requirements
Verifying Correct Installation
Identifying FC Disks
Installing the Driver(s)
Existing System Installation
Network System Installation
Troubleshooting
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1.0 Introduction for Solaris X86
The LSI Logic driver, itmpt, allows the Solaris X86 operating system
to interface with the devices connected to the LSI Ultra320 SCSI and
LSI Fibre Channel host adapters. The LSI Logic driver is optimized for
low CPU overhead and high I/O throughput, making use of the LSI Logic
Fusion-MPT architecture. This driver takes advantage of new hardware
features in the LSI Ultra320 SCSI and LSI Fibre Channel chips to
minimize CPU utilization, including interrupt coalescing, which can
result in less than one interrupt per I/O.
Ultra320 SCSI and Fibre Channel Utility
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This utility, lsiutil, provides a wealth of functionality
for displaying and modifying settings for LSI MPT adapters.
Execute lsiutil with no arguments to begin an interactive session or
try "lsiutil -h" to get help with the command line options that are
available. lsiutil is installed to usr/bin/lsiutil.
In order to preserve a consistent mapping between Solaris target IDs
and FC target devices, the driver maintains a configuration file with
entries that map each Solaris target ID to an FC target World Wide
Name. Note that this is done for all FC target devices, and is in
addition to the Root Boot persistent target ID selection, which is
configurable through the BIOS. By default, the itmpt driver does not
maintain persistent bindings between targets and WWNs. However,
persistent bindings are recommended for most RAID controllers such as
the Engenio RAID. The lsiutil utility can be used to modify
persistent bindings similarly to the BIOS. Additional entries can
be made in the /kernel/drv/itmpt.conf configuration file. See that
file for syntax and examples.
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1.1 Driver Features
The Solaris X86 driver supports these features:
o Uses state of the art Fusion-MPT interface, providing support for FC,
SCSI, and RAID devices with a single binary image.
o Provides highly efficient, low CPU usage architecture.
o 66 MHz/64-bit PCI interface support provides maximum I/O bandwidth.
o Supports multiple host adapters.
o Supports multiple Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs)
o Supports Scatter-Gather
o Supports disk array configurations with no LUN 0
o Supports disk array configurations with non-contiguous LUNs
o Supports multiprocessor environments.
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1.2 LSI Logic Devices Supported
The LSI Solaris X86 driver supports the following LSI host adapters:
Fibre Channel
o LSI7102XP LSI7202XP LSI7402XP LSI7402EP
o LSI7102XLP LSI7202XLP
o LSI44929 LSI44919
SCSI
o LSI22320-R LSI21320-R LSI20320-R
The LSI Solaris X86 driver supports the following LSI microchip controllers:
o LSIFC929X LSIFC919X LSIFC929 LSIFC919
o LSI53C1030 LSI53C1020
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2.0 Installing the Host Adapter
This section provides installation instructions for new and existing systems.
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2.1 System Requirements
Your X86 Solaris system must have the available resources as listed
below in order to install the LSI Host Adapter.
Resource Requirement
Host Bus Slot Sun Solaris system with available PCI slot
Operating System Solaris 8.0 release or later
After installing the module in an appropriate PCI slot and making all the
necessary internal and external connections to the module, power on the
host system.
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3.0 Installing the Driver
This section provides installation instructions for new and existing systems.
NOTE: When the itmpt driver initializes an LSI Ultra320 SCSI host
adapter's disks, it attaches under the Sun 'sd' target driver.
To alter the probing of target ID's and probing for non-zero
LUN's on devices attached to an LSI adapter,
modify the /kernel/drv/sd.conf file.
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3.1 Existing System Installation
These instructions provide details to install the LSI Logic
itmpt driver to an existing Solaris operating system installation.
Note: You must be logged on as root to perform the installation.
Step 1. Uncompress and untar the itmpt-x86-XXX.tar.Z file by typing the
following commands in order to create a directory named
install:
uncompress itmpt-x86-XXX.tar.Z
tar -xvf itmpt-x86-XXX.tar
cd install
Step 2. Execute the pkgadd procedure to add the itmpt driver to the
operating system.
Example: pkgadd -d .
You will see the display on the screen as shown below.
The following packages are available:
1 ITImpt LSI Logic FusionMPT(tm) Fibrechannel/SCSI drivers
(X86) itmpt kit version 5.05.00
Select package(s) you wish to process (or 'all' to process all packages).
(default: all) [?,??,q]: 1
Processing package instance <ITImpt> from </floppy/lsilogic>
LSI Logic FusionMPT(tm) Fibrechannel/SCSI drivers (X86)
itmpt kit version 5.05.00
LSI Logic
Using </> as the package base directory.
## Processing package information.
## Processing system information.
2 package pathnames are already properly installed.
## Verifying disk space requirements.
## Checking for conflicts with packages already installed.
## Checking for setuid/setgid programs.
This package contains scripts which will be executed with
superuser permission during the process of installing this
package.
Do you want to continue with the installation of <ITImpt>
[y,n,?] y
Installing LSI Logic FusionMPT(tm)
Fibrechannel/SCSI drivers as <ITImpt>
## Installing part 1 of 1.
/kernel/drv/itmpt
/kernel/drv/itmpt.conf
[ verifying class <none> ]
## Executing postinstall script.
Following installation, please reboot the system to properly
configure and load the drivers.
Installation of <ITImpt> was successful.
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3.2 Initial System Installation
If you are using your LSI Logic adapter to support your X86 Solaris system
disk, you must build an Install Time Update (ITU) diskette using the
itmpt-x86-XXX-itu.dd file. Instructions for creating the diskette are
contained in the file bldsol.txt.
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4.0 Troubleshooting
Please refer to the User Guide for troubleshooting techniques.
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.