***************************************************************************** FCBOOTRM.TXT ***************************************************************************** This file presents general information about the LSI Logic FC BIOS and Configuration Utility Version 1.00.00. This text file is divided into these sections: Fibre Channel BIOS Features Boot Initialization with FC BIOS Boot Specification CD-ROM Boot Initialization FC BIOS Configuration Utility Screen Format Main Menu Boot Adapter List Global Properties Adapter Properties Device Properties Quitting the FC BIOS Configuration Utility Problem Solving ............................................................................ 1.0 Fibre Channel BIOS A Fibre Channel BIOS is the bootable ROM code that manages Fibre Channel hardware resources. It is specific to a family of LSI Logic FC controllers or processors. The LSI Logic BIOS integrates with a standard system BIOS, extending the standard disk service routine provided through INT13h. During the boot time initialization, the FC BIOS determines if there are other hard disks, such as an IDE drive, already installed by the system BIOS. If there are, the FC BIOS maps any FC drives it finds behind the drive(s) already installed. Otherwise, the FC BIOS installs drives starting with the system boot drive. In this case, the system boots from a drive controlled by the FC BIOS. LSI Logic supports the BIOS Boot Specification (BBS). The next section, "Boot Initialization with BIOS Boot Specification (BBS)," discusses selecting boot and drive order. ............................................................................ 1.1 Features The LSI Logic FC BIOS features include: o Configuration for up to 256 adapters-any 4 can be chosen for INT13 (bootrom) support o Automatic INT13 drive mapping for Fibre Channel drives o All LSI Logic Fibre Channel devices are supported o Shared User Interface with LSI Logic SCSI BIOS and Configuration Utility ............................................................................ 1.2 Boot Initialization with BIOS Boot Specification (BBS) The LSI Logic FC BIOS provides support for the BIOS Boot Specification (BBS), which allows you to choose which device to boot from by selecting the priority. To use this feature, the system BIOS must also be compatible with the BBS. If your system supports the BBS, then you will use the system BIOS setup menu to select the boot and drive order. In the system BIOS setup, the Boot Connection Devices menu appears with a list of available boot options. Use that menu to select the device and rearrange the order. Then exit to continue the boot process. ............................................................................ 1.3 CD-ROM Boot Initialization The LSI Logic FC BIOS supports boot initialization from a CD-ROM drive. The five types of emulation are: o No emulation disk o Floppy 1.2 Mbyte emulation disk o Floppy 1.44 Mbyte emulation disk o Floppy 2.88 Mbyte emulation disk o Hard disk emulation The type of emulation assigns the drive letter for the CD-ROM. For example, if a 1.44 Mbyte floppy emulation CD was loaded, then the CD-ROM drive would become the designated A: drive, and the existing floppy would become drive B:. ............................................................................ 2.0 FC BIOS Configuration Utility The LSI Logic FC BIOS allows you to change the default configuration of your host adapters, using the embedded BIOS Configuration Utility. When the BIOS loads, the following message will appear on your monitor: Press Ctrl-C to start LSI Logic Configuration Utility... This message remains on your screen for about five seconds, giving you time to start the utility. After you press "Ctrl-C", the message changes to: Please wait, invoking LSI Logic Configuration Utility... After a brief pause, your computer monitor displays the Main Menu of the BIOS Configuration Utility. NOTE: Not all devices detected by the Configuration Utility can be controlled by the BIOS. Devices such as tape drives and scanners require that a device driver specific to that peripheral be loaded. The FC BIOS Configuration Utility does allow parameters to be modified for these devices. ............................................................................ 2.1 Screen Format All FC BIOS Configuration Utility screens are partitioned into the fixed areas. Here is an example: X 0 79 Y ---------------------------------------- 0 | Header Area | ---------------------------------------- 1 | Menu Area | ---------------------------------------- 2 | | | | ... Main Area ... | | 21 | | ---------------------------------------- 22 | | | Footer Area | 24 | | ---------------------------------------- Header Area This area provides static information text, which is typically the product title and version. Menu Area This area provides the current Main Area's menu, if any. This area has a cursor for menu item selection. Main Area This is the main area for presenting data. This area has a cursor for item selection, horizontal scrolling, and vertical scrolling. The horizontal and vertical scroll bars appear here. Footer Area This area provides general help information text. Throughout the GUI, selections that are not permissible are grayed out. F1 = Help Context sensitive help for the cursor-resident field. F2 = Menu Sets cursor context to the menu selection area. Select a menu item and press Enter. Arrow Keys = Select Item Home/End = 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 Items with values in <> brackets are executable. Press Enter to execute the field's associated function. ............................................................................ 2.2 Main Menu When you invoke the LSI Logic FC BIOS Configuration Utility, the Main Menu appears. This screen displays a scrolling list of up to 256 host adapters in the system and information about each of them. Use the arrow keys to select an adapter, then press Enter to view and modify the selected adapter's properties (and to gain access to the attached devices). After selecting an adapter and pressing Enter, the FC Link bus is scanned and the Adapter Properties screen appears. An example is shown below. On the Main Menu, two selections are: Boot Adapter List and Global Properties. Boot Adapter List allows selection and ordering of boot adapters. Refer to the section on Boot Adapter List below. Global Properties allows changes to global scope settings. Refer to the section on Global Properties below. To execute an item, select it and press Enter. Here is an example of the Main Menu: |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | LSI Logic PCI Configuration Utility Version MPTBIOS-x.xx | | | | | | LSI Logic Host Bus Adapters | | Adapter PCI Dev/ Port IRQ NVM Boot LSI Logic | | Bus Func Number Order Control | | F600 5 yes 2 Enabled | | F400 10 Yes 0 Disabled | | F800 9 Yes 1 Enabled | | E800 11 Yes 3 Enabled | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| ............................................................................ 2.2.1 Field Descriptions Adapter Indicates the specific LSI Logic Host Adapter. PCI Bus Indicates the PCI Bus number (range 0x00 - 0xFF, 0 - 255 decimal) assigned by the system BIOS to an adapter. Dev/Func Indicates the PCI Device/Function assigned by the system BIOS to an adapter. An 8-bit value mapped as follows: Bit # 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 |___________| |_____| | |> Bits 2-0: Function (range 0 - 7) |> Bits 7-3: Device (range 0x00 - 0x1F, 0 - 31 decimal). Port Number Indicates the I/O Port Number that communicates with an adapter. The system BIOS assigns this number. IRQ Indicates the Interrupt Request Line used by an adapter. The system BIOS also assigns this value. NVM Indicates whether an adapter has non-volatile memory (NVM) associated with it. An adapter's configuration is stored in its associated NVM. NVM can refer to NVRAM that is resident on a host adapter or to system NVS. Boot Order Indicates the relative boot order (0 to 3) of an adapter. The LSI Logic FC BIOS traverses up to four adapters in the specified order in search of bootable media. Access the "Boot Adapter List" Menu to modify this item. LSI Logic Indicates whether an adapter is eligible for LSI Logic software Control control or is reserved for control by non-LSI Logic software. Global Indicates global properties that are not associated with a Properties specific adapter or device. ............................................................................ 2.3 Boot Adapter List The adapter boot order specifies the order in which adapters will boot when more than one LSI Logic adapter is in a system. Up to four of the total adapters in a system may be selected as bootable. To add an adapter to the boot list, press Insert while on the Boot Adapter List. This puts the cursor on the adapter select list. Use the arrow keys to select the desired adapter and press Enter to add it to the end of Boot Adapter List. To remove an adapter from the boot list, press Delete while on the desired adapter in the Boot Adapter List. Here is an example of the Boot Adapter List Menu: |-------------------------------------------------------------| | LSI Logic PCI Configuration Utility Version MPTBIOS-x.xx | | | | Boot Adapter List | | Insert=Add an adapter Delete=Remove an adapter | | | | Adapter PCI Dev/ Boot Current Next | | Bus Func Order Status Boot | | SYMFC909 0 60 [0] On [On] | | SYMxxxxxx 0 90 [1] Off [Off] | | SYMxxxxxx 0 98 [2] On [On] | | SYMxxxxxx 0 A0 [3] On [On] | | | | Press Insert to select an adapter from this list: | | | | | | | | | |-------------------------------------------------------------| ............................................................................ 2.3.1 Field Descriptions Adapter Indicates the specific LSI Logic Host Bus Adapter. PCI Bus Indicates the PCI Bus number (range 0x00 - 0xFF, 0 - 255 decimal) assigned by the system BIOS to an adapter. Dev/Func Indicates the PCI Device/Function assigned by the System BIOS to an adapter. An 8-bit value mapped as follows: Bit # 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 |___________| |_____| | |> Bits 2-0: Function (range 0 - 7) |> Bits 7-3: Device (range 0x00 - 0x1F, 0 - 31 decimal). Boot Order Specifies the relative boot order (0 to 3) of an adapter. - : decreases an adapter's relative boot order. + : increases an adapter's relative boot order. Current Indicates whether an adapter in the boot list was enabled during Status the most recent boot. Disabled adapters and their attached devices are ignored by the LSI Logic PCI FC BIOS, they are still visible to the Configuration Utility. Next Boot Specifies whether to enable an adapter upon the next boot. The LSI Logic FC BIOS ignores disabled adapters and their attached devices although they are still visible to the Configuration Utility. ............................................................................ 2.4 Global Properties The Global Properties option on the Main Menu allows you to set Display and Video modes as well as a pause if an alert message has been displayed. Here is an example of the Global Properties Menu: |-----------------------------------------------------------| | LSI Logic PCI Configuration Utility Version MPTBIOS-x.xx | | | | Global Properties | | | | Pause When Boot Alert Displayed [Yes] | | Boot Information Display Mode [Verbose] | | Negotiate with devices [Supported] | | Video Mode [Color] | | | | | |-----------------------------------------------------------| ............................................................................ 2.4.1 Field Descriptions Pause When Boot Alert Displayed This option specifies whether to pause for user acknowledgement after displaying an alert message during boot. The Boot Alert setting can be either No or Yes. To continue after displaying a message, specify No. To wait for any key after displaying a message, specify Yes. Boot Information Display Mode This option specifies the information display mode of the BIOS during boot. It controls how much information about adapters and devices are displayed during boot. The Display Mode setting can be either Terse or Verbose. To display minimum information, specify Terse mode. To display detailed information, specify Verbose mode. Negotiate with devices For parallel SCSI, this option sets the default value for synchronous and wide negotiations with specified devices. For Fibre Channel, this option is not used, but will always display as "Supported". Video Mode This option specifies the default video mode for the Configuration Utility. The Video Mode setting can be either Color or Monochrome. The monochrome setting enhances readability on a monochrome monitor. Press Enter to obtain default settings. ............................................................................ 2.5 Adapter Properties The Adapter Properties Menu allows you to view and modify adapter settings. It also provides access to an adapter's device settings. Here is an example of the Adapter Properties Menu: |--------------------------------------------------------------| | LSI Logic PCI Configuration Utility Version MPTBIOS-x.xx | | | | Adapter Properties | | | | Adapter PCI Dev/ | | Bus Func | | SYMFC909 0 60 | | | | | | | | SCSI Parity [Yes] | | Host SCSI ID [15] | | SCSI Bus Scan Order [Low to High (0..Max)] | | Removable Media Support [None] | | CHS Mapping [SCSI Plug and Play Mapping] | | Spinup Delay (Secs) [ 0] | | Secondary Cluster Server [No] | | Termination Control [Auto] | | | | | |--------------------------------------------------------------| ............................................................................ 2.5.1 Field Descriptions To view and modify device properties, press Enter. SCSI Parity This field indicates whether SCSI parity is enabled for an adapter. When disabled, it is also necessary to disable disconnects for all devices, as parity checking for the reselection phase is NOT disabled. If a non-parity generating device disconnects, its operation will never complete because the reselection fails due to parity error. Host SCSI ID This field indicates the SCSI identifier of an adapter [0-7] or [0-15]. It is recommended that this field be set to the highest priority SCSI identifier, which is 7. Note: 8-bit SCSI devices cannot see identifiers greater than 7. SCSI Bus Scan Order This field indicates the order in which to scan SCSI identifiers on an adapter. Changing this item will affect drive letter assignment(s) if more than one device is attached to an adapter. Note: Changing this item may conflict with an operating system that automatically assigns drive order. Removable Media Support This field specifies the removable media support option for an adapter. Three settings are allowed: None indicates no removable media support whether the drive is selected as first (BBS), or is first in the scan order (non-BBS). Boot Drive Only provides removable media support for a removable hard drive if it is first in the scan order. With Media Installed provides removable media regardless of the drive ordering. CHS Mapping This field defines how the Cylinder Head Sector values are mapped onto a disk without pre-existing partition information. CHS Mapping allows two settings: SCSI Plug and Play Mapping (default value) and Alternate CHS Mapping. SCSI Plug and Play Mapping automatically determines the most efficient and compatible mapping. Alternate CHS Mapping utilizes an alternate, possibly less efficient mapping that may be required if a device is moved between adapters from different vendors. Note: Neither of these options has any effect after a disk has been partitioned using the FDISK command. To change the CHS Mapping on a partitioned disk, use FDISK command to delete all partitions. Then reboot the system to clear memory or the old partitioning data will be reused, thus nullifying the previous operation. CAUTION: Use care to ensure that the correct disk is the target of an FDISK command. Spinup Delay (Secs) This field indicates the number of seconds to wait between spinups of devices attached to an adapter. Staggered spinups will balance the total electrical current load on the system during boot. The default value is 2 seconds with choices between 1 and 10 seconds. Secondary Cluster Server This field indicates whether an adapter has one or more devices attached that are shared with one or more other adapters and therefore, the LSI Logic PCI FC BIOS should avoid SCSI Bus resets as much as possible. This option allows the user to enable an adapter to join a cluster of adapters without doing any SCSI bus resets. This is a requirement for Microsoft Cluster Server. The default value is No with an alternate option of Yes. Termination Control This field indicates whether an adapter has automatic termination control, and if so, its current status. Two settings are: Auto : The adapter automatically determines whether it should enable or disable its termination. Off : Termination at the adapter is off, the devices at the ends of the SCSI bus must terminate the bus. Note: If Auto is grayed out, it means that termination is automatic, not programmable. Restore Defaults To obtain default settings, press Enter. ............................................................................ 2.6 Device Properties The Device Properties screen provides viewing and updating of individual device settings for an adapter. Changing a setting for the host device (for example, SCSI ID 7) changes the setting for all devices. Here is an example of the Device Properties screen: |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | LSI Logic PCI Configuration Utility Version MPTBIOS-x.xx | | | | | | SCSI Device Identifier MB/sec MT/sec Data Scan Scan Dis- | | ID Width Id LUNs > 0 connect | | 0 SEAGATE ST31055FC [160] [40] [--] [Yes] [Yes] [On] | | 1 - [160] [40] [--] [Yes] [Yes] [On] | | 2 - [160] [40] [--] [Yes] [Yes] [On] | | 3 - [160] [40] [--] [Yes] [Yes] [On] | | 4 - [160] [40] [--] [Yes] [Yes] [On] | | 5 - [160] [40] [--] [Yes] [Yes] [On] | | 6 - [160] [40] [--] [Yes] [Yes] [On] | | 7 - [160] [40] [--] [Yes] [Yes] [On] | | 8 - [160] [40] [--] [Yes] [Yes] [On] | | 9 - [160] [40] [--] [Yes] [Yes] [On] | | 10 - [160] [40] [--] [Yes] [Yes] [On] | | 11 - [160] [40] [--] [Yes] [Yes] [On] | | 12 - [160] [40] [--] [Yes] [Yes] [On] | | 13 - [160] [40] [--] [Yes] [Yes] [On] | | 14 - [160] [40] [--] [Yes] [Yes] [On] | | 15 SYMFC909 [160] [40] [--] [Yes] [Yes] [On] | | << Scroll Indicator >> | | | | SCSI Device Identifier SCSI Queue Boot Format | | ID Timeout Tags Choice | | 0 SEAGATE ST31055FC < 10> [On] [No] | | 1 - < 10> [On] [No] | | 2 - < 10> [On] [No] | | 3 - < 10> [On] [No] | | 4 - < 10> [On] [No] | | 5 - < 10> [On] [No] | | 6 - < 10> [On] [No] | | 7 - < 10> [On] [No] | | 8 - < 10> [On] [No] | | 9 - < 10> [On] [No] | | 10 - < 10> [On] [No] | | 11 - < 10> [On] [No] | | 12 - < 10> [On] [No] | | 13 - < 10> [On] [No] | | 14 - < 10> [On] [No] | | 15 SYMFC909 < 10> [On] [No] | | << Scroll Indicator >> | | | | SCSI Device Identifier Verify Restore | | ID Defaults | | 0 SEAGATE ST31055FC | | 1 - | | 2 - | | 3 - | | 4 - | | 5 - | | 6 - | | 7 - | | 8 - | | 9 - | | 10 - | | 11 - | | 12 - | | 13 - | | 14 - | | 15 SYMFC909 | | << Scroll Indicator >> | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ............................................................................ 2.6.1 Field Descriptions SCSI ID This field indicates the device's SCSI Identifier. For Fibre Channel, all target devices are assigned a logical SCSI Bus and Target ID. These logical IDs are shown in this table. Device Identifier This field indicates the ASCII device identifier string extracted from the device's Inquiry Data. Sync Rate For parallel SCSI devices, this field indicates the maximum synchronous data transfer rate, in Mega Transfers per second. For Fibre Channel, this field will always be the value 40. Data Width For parallel SCSI devices, this field indicates the maximum data width in bits. For Fibre Channel, this field is not used, and will always be blank. 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. Also, on a bus with only a few devices attached, the user can speed up boot time by changing this setting to "No" for all unused SCSI IDs. 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 SCSI 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. Disconnect For parallel SCSI devices, this field indicates whether to allow a device to disconnect during SCSI operations. For Fibre Channel devices, this field is not used, and will always display as "On". SCSI Timeout This field indicates the maximum amount of time [0 to 9999] in seconds to wait for a SCSI operation to complete. Since timeouts provide a safeguard that allows the system to recover should an operation fail, it is recommended that a value greater than zero be used. A value of zero allows unlimited time for an operation to complete and could result in the system hanging (waiting forever) should an operation fail. Press Enter, type in a value, and then press Enter again to specify a new timeout value. Queue Tags For parallel SCSI devices, this field indicates whether to allow the use of queue tags for a device. For Fibre Channel devices, queue tags are not used. This value will always display "On". Boot Choice This field indicates whether this device may possibly be selected as the boot device. This option is only applicable to devices attached to adapter number zero (in the boot list) on non-BBS systems. It provides primitive BBS flexibility to non-BBS systems. Format Press Enter to low-level format the device. If enabled, this option allows 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). Restore Defaults Press Enter to obtain default settings. ............................................................................ 2.7 Quitting the BIOS Configuration Utility Since some changes only take effect after your system reboots, it is important that you exit this configuration 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. ............................................................................ 3.0 Problem Solving IMPORTANT: The LSI Logic FC BIOS Configuration Utility is a powerful tool. If, while using it, you somehow disable all of your controllers, pressing Ctrl-A or Ctrl-E after memory initialization during reboot allows you to re-enable and reconfigure. These messages may appear during the boot process: 1. "Adapter removed from boot order, parameters will be updated accordingly" appears when an adapter is removed from the system or relocated behind a PCI bridge. This message is for information only, and no further user action is required. 2. "Configuration data invalid, saving default configuration!" appears if none of the information in the NVRAM is valid. This message is for information only, and can occur when the BIOS is upgraded, or some external event has rendered the NVRAM temporarily unreadable. 3. "Found FC Controller not in following Boot Order List, to Add: Press Ctrl-C to start LSI Logic Configuration Utility..." appears when less than four adapters are in the boot order and more adapters exist than are shown. This message is for information only, and indicates that more than four adapters exist in the system. The additional addapters will not be managed by the Configuration Utility.