Qlogic QLE2460

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06-11-2009, 05:53 PM
fowlen

Qlogic QLE2460

I'm testing the latest version of the DSS and am particlarly interested in the ST SC support for the qlogic cards.

I began testing with a QLA2310 pci-x card, with good results.

I have spent 2 days trying to get my HPAE311A a OEM QLE2460 card working. The card is listed in the console but never gets a link when setup as a target.

If configured as initiator the link is up and the card is visable from /sys/class... on my SLES11
linux box using a QLA2310.

Out of interest I used a copy of DSS lite from Jan last year and the card does seam to work however the problem shifts to the nic in my HP ML110 im using to test.

Any ideas, and is there any chance of looking at a beta of version 6.

Thanks

Nige
06-11-2009, 05:58 PM
To-M

I know the 2462's should work in Target mode. Try setting it again from the GUI and restart the system.

I will send you the new DSS V6 beta version as well - check your Forum email inbox.
06-11-2009, 06:45 PM
fowlen

Downloading

Thanks for the link Tod, downloading now.

If i set the card to inisiator mode in the gui it is not listed, strange but on reboot my card gets a link up led. If I then use the drop down and select target mode the card and wwn are reported ok but i never get a link.

The C A F console reporps the card with no tools. My old copy of lite see's the card and lets me manage it from the console.

Nige
06-11-2009, 07:01 PM
To-M

I know this card works.... strange that this is not working - did you restart again after setting to Target mode. Try with the new DSS V6 and see if that works.
06-11-2009, 10:07 PM
fowlen

point to point modenot supported

Hi Todd,

looks like the ips driver will not support point to point topology, thats a real pain.

I have been testing clustering with 3 servers and 4 hda's connected point to point, this works
great with the qla2xxx driver, requiring no switch.

The qle2460 does support this topology, the limitation must be the driver.

Once i connected through my switch all worked.

Is this a fault in the ISP driver from the stsc project and any chance it will get fixed.

thanks

Nigel
06-11-2009, 10:15 PM
To-M

This is strange as I checked on the forum here and found several working with this HBA - http://forum.open-e.com/showthread.php?t=423&page=4

Is the HBA set to defaults and lets try to update to the latest version of DSS build 3513 or 3518 unless you have this already.
06-12-2009, 01:56 AM
symm

Hi Fowlen

Is the firmware up to date on the card ?
06-12-2009, 09:10 AM
fowlen

firmware

Firmware latest as per qlogic

# 4Gb BIOS version 2.10
# 4Gb FCode version 2.04
# 4Gb EFI version 2.04
# Firmware version 4.06.02
# FlasUtil version 2.62
# EFIUtil version 2.62

Any ideas on getting this top work Point To Point.

Nige
06-12-2009, 09:18 AM
fowlen

Settings

Todd,

I have found snppets of this fault around and about.

card is default at moment, but i have only changed the topology and speed options to
P2P and 2gb to match my qla2310.

I have tried latest version and beta 6. The lite version from last jan does appear to load the driver but need to check again. Was that version of the software using the qla2xxx or the ips driver

Nige
06-12-2009, 02:10 PM
To-M

Sorry to say I dont have this old Lite version on any of my systems. But you can look at the test.log to verify them. We would only look at the DSS V6 logs not the DSS Lite as we dont provide support for free versions.

We will need you to send in the logs to our engineers at support@open-e.com so they can look into this.
06-12-2009, 04:41 PM
jmo

that's possibly a regression in V5?

Hm,

we're using 2462s (dual-port version) behind a SAN switch, but upon installing the Atlanta trial I've had severe problems getting target mode to work.

I haven't had too much time (yet) to investigate further. I only got it working when starting the DSS *without any active fiber connection* (I unplugged the DSS' FC ports until the system was up) and only then booting the FC initiators. I had these symptoms before, but they got fixed a few releases ago.

Maybe you could try if this special boot sequence gets target mode working for you. I'll have to wait for the next maintanace window (at max 35 days away, that's when the trial is going to expire :D ) to check for myself.

Regards,
Jens

PS: Everything else in the Atlanta release is working for us, and better (it fixes quite a few problems that have been causing us major headaches). Therefore we had changed plans and have Atlanta in production use, without giving me a chance to flash the USB module ;-)