Qlogic QLE2560 Software Manual

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FACT SHEET
Solaris
®
Support
for FC HBAs
Drivers and Utilities for FC SAN
Connectivity
Quick Facts (qla and qlc Drivers)
The qlc driver is a native Fibre Channel (FC) driver •
for the Sun Leadville stack. This driver works with
both Sun and QLogic branded HBAs.
The qla driver is a SCSI-to-FC emulation driver (an •
“sd” attached driver), and attaches only to QLogic
branded HBAs
A qla driver installed on a system that already has •
a qlc driver installed will only attach to QLogic
branded HBAs, leaving Sun branded HBAs to the qlc
driver
Topology support includes Point-To-Point F_port, •
FL_port, N_port, and Arbitrated Loop
Protocol support includes SCSI-FC, FC-IP, and FC- •
Tape
MSI-X enabled for 4/8Gb HBAs •
Supports 256 LUNs/target (qla) •
Supports 16K LUNs/target (qlc) •
Enhanced loop ID support (2048 loop IDs) in F_port •
configuration
FC Tape device support •
Beacon support (except QLA200 and QLA210) •
Quick Facts (qla Driver)
Processes RSCN without I/O interruption of other targets •
Persistent name binding by WWPN and fabric port ID •
Attended installation using • pkgadd
Unattended installation using QLogic SANsurfer Solaris Driver Installer •
(ql_autoinstall) utility
FC-SP •
High Availability
MPxIO failover (qlc) •
Integrated failover (qla) •
Manageability
Tools to configure and manage QLogic FC HBAs: •
SANsurfer FC HBA Manager (GUI) –
SANsurfer FC HBA CLI support for both interactive and scriptable –
modes of operation
Wizards for configuring failover, persistent binding, LUN masking, and •
updating the HBA parameters during HBA installation
Other
“Solaris Ready” qualified (qla) •
Fully Solaris qualified (qlc) •
FACT SHEET
Corporate Headquarters QLogic Corporation 26650 Aliso Viejo Parkway Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 949.389.6000 www.qlogic.com
Europe Headquarters QLogic (UK) LTD. Quatro House Lyon Way, Frimley Camberley Surrey, GU16 7ER UK +44 (0) 1276 804 670
Solaris Support for FC HBAs Driver and Utilities for FC SAN Connectivity
© 2008 QLogic Corporation. Specifications are subject to change without notice. All rights reserved worldwide. QLogic, the QLogic logo, and SANsurfer are registered trademarks of QLogic Corporation. Solaris is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems,
Inc. SPARC is a registered trademark of SPARC International, Inc. in the USA and other countries. ADIC is a registered trademark of Advanced Digital Information Corporation. Brocade is a registered trademark of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Cisco
is a registered trademark of Cisco Systems, Inc. Dell is a registered trademark of Dell Inc. IBM is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation. LSI Logic is a registered trademark of LSI Logic Corp. EMC is a registered trademark of EMC Corporation. NetApp is a
registered trademark of Network Appliance, Inc. Quantum is a trademark of Quantum Corporation. Sun is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Symantec and Veritas are trademarks of Symantec Corporation. All other brand and product names are trademarks
or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Information supplied by QLogic Corporation is believed to be accurate and reliable. QLogic Corporation assumes no responsibility for any errors in this brochure. QLogic Corporation reserves the right, without
notice, to make changes in product design or specifications.
HSG-FS08002 FC0032904-00 A 2
Hardware and Software Support Specifications
FC HBAs 8Gb: QLE25 •
xx
4Gb: QLA24 •
xx
, QLE24
xx
, QME24
xx
,
QMH24
xx
, QMI24
xx
, QMI34
xx,
QEM2462,
QEM3472 (FC + Ethernet)
2Gb: QLA23 •
xx
, QM
x
23
xx
Supported
Server Hardware
Platforms
SPARC, x86/x64 •
Supported
Operating
Systems
1
Solaris 10 •
Support for 2/4/8Gb (qlc and qla) –
SPARC not supported with QLA2 –
xx
,
QLE220, QL
x
2440
PCIe and PCI-X support –
Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 •
Support for 1/2/4Gb (qlc) –
Support for 2/4Gb (qla) –
PCI-X only (SPARC –
®
not supported with
QLA2
xx
, QLE220, QL
x
2440)
Management
Tools/API
SANsurfer •
®
FC HBA Manager (GUI)
and SANsurfer FC HBA Command Line
Interface (CLI)
SNIA HBA API, FDMI •
Inbox Driver
Distribution
Fibre Channel (Leadville) qlc drivers and •
update patches on SunSolve web site
Standard Driver
Distribution
SCSI emulation FC driver (qla) on QLogic •
web sites
Diagnostics Loopback tests (driver and boot code) •
Read/Write buffer tests (driver and boot •
code)
Link statistics •
Boot Support BIOS, UEFI, FCode •
Boot from SAN •
Hardware and Software Support Specifications
PCI Form
Factors
Standard, Mezzanine, and ExpressModule •
form factors for PCIe and PCI-X bus
interfaces
Server and
Storage
Interoperability
Interoperable with servers, storage, •
and networking products from ADIC
®
,
Brocade
®
, Cisco
®
, Computer Associates,
Dell
®
, EMC
®
, HDS, HP, IBM
®
, LSI
®
Logic,
NetApp
®
, Quantum™, Sun™, Symantec™
(Veritas™), etc.
1. For latest list of supported operating systems, visit:
http://support.qlogic.com/support/drivers_software.aspx
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