Ubuntu Manpage: isp — Qlogic based SPI and FibreChannel SCSI Host Adapters

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NAME

     isp — Qlogic based SPI and FibreChannel SCSI Host Adapters

SYNOPSIS

     To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel
     configuration file:

           device scbus
           device isp
           device ispfw

     Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following lines in
     loader.conf(5):

           isp_load="YES"
           ispfw_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION

     This driver provides access to SPI or FibreChannel SCSI devices.

     SPI supports initiator mode for Ultra SCSI and wide mode transactions for SCSI, Ultra2 LVD
     (1080, 1280), and Ultra3 LVD (10160, 12160).

     Fibre Channel supports initiator and target modes of FCP SCSI profile, utilizing Class 3 and
     Class 2 (2200 and later) connections.  Support is available for Public and Private loops,
     Point-to-Point and Fabric connections.

     FC-Tape is supported on 4Gb (2400) and newer controllers.  FC-Tape is highly recommended for
     connections to tape drives that support it.  It encompasses four elements from the the T-10
     FCP-4 specification:

           •   Precise Delivery of Commands

           •   Confirmed Completion of FCP I/O Operations

           •   Retransmission of Unsuccessfully Transmitted IUs

           •   Task Retry Identification

     Together these features allow for link level error recovery with tape devices.  Without it,
     an initiator cannot, for instance, tell whether a tape write command that has timed out
     resulted in all, part or none of the data going to the tape drive.  FC-Tape is automatically
     enabled when connecting controller that supports it to a target that supports it.  It may be
     disabled using configuration and hint options described below.

FIRMWARE

     Firmware loading is supported if the ispfw(4) module is loaded.  It is strongly recommended
     that you use the firmware available from ispfw(4) as it is the most likely to have been
     tested with this driver.

HARDWARE

Cards supported by the isp driver include:

Qlogic 1000
Fast Wide, Ultra Fast Wide cards, Single Ended or Differential SBus cards.

Qlogic 1020
Fast Wide and Differential Fast Wide SCSI PCI cards.

Qlogic 1040
Ultra Wide and Differential Ultra Wide SCSI PCI cards. Also known as the DEC
KZPBA-CA (single ended) and KZPBA-CB (HVD differential).

Qlogic 1080
LVD Ultra2 Wide SCSI PCI cards.

Qlogic 10160
LVD Ultra3 Wide SCSI PCI cards.

Qlogic 1240
Dual Bus Ultra Wide and Differential Ultra Wide SCSI PCI cards.

Qlogic 1280
Dual Bus LVD Ultra2 Wide SCSI PCI cards.

Qlogic 12160
Dual Bus LVD Ultra3 Wide SCSI PCI cards.

Qlogic 210X
Copper and Optical Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop PCI cards (single, dual).

Qlogic 220X
Copper and Optical Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop PCI cards (single, dual,
quad).

Qlogic 2300
Optical 2Gb Fibre Channel PCI cards.

Qlogic 2312
Optical 2Gb Fibre Channel PCI cards.

Qlogic 234X
Optical 2Gb Fibre Channel PCI cards (2312 chipset, single and dual attach).

Qlogic 2322
Optical 2Gb Fibre Channel PCIe cards.

Qlogic 200
Dell branded version of the QLogic 2312.

Qlogic 2422
Optical 4Gb Fibre Channel PCI cards.

Qlogic 246x (aka 2432)
Optical 4Gb Fibre Channel PCIe cards.

Qlogic 256x (aka 2532)
Optical 8Gb Fibre Channel PCIe cards.

Qlogic 267x/836x (aka 2031/8031)
Optical 16Gb FC/FCoE PCIe cards.

CONFIGURATION OPTIONS

     Target mode support for Fibre Channel adapters may be enabled with the

     options ISP_TARGET_MODE

     option.

     To disable FC-Tape, use the following configuration option:

     options ISP_FCTAPE_OFF

     Note that even if the ISP_FCTAPE_OFF option is used, it may be overridden by the fctape hint
     described below.

BOOT OPTIONS

The following options are switchable by setting values in /boot/device.hints.

They are:

hint.isp.0.fwload_disable
A hint value to disable loading of firmware ispfw(4).

hint.isp.0.ignore_nvram
A hint value to ignore board NVRAM settings for. Otherwise use NVRAM settings.

hint.isp.0.fullduplex
A hint value to set full duplex mode.

hint.isp.0.topology
A hint value to select topology of connection. Supported values are:

lport Prefer loopback and fallback to point to point.
nport Prefer point to point and fallback to loopback.
lport-only Loopback only.
nport-only Point to point only.

hint.isp.0.portwwn
This should be the full 64 bit World Wide Port Name you would like to use,
overriding the value in NVRAM for the card.

hint.isp.0.nodewwn
This should be the full 64 bit World Wide Node Name you would like to use,
overriding the value in NVRAM for the card.

hint.isp.0.iid
A hint to override or set the Initiator ID or Loop ID. For Fibre Channel cards in
Local Loop topologies it is strongly recommended that you set this value to non-
zero.

hint.isp.0.role
A hint to define default role for isp instance (0 -- none, 1 -- target, 2 --
initiator, 3 -- both).

hint.isp.0.debug
A hint value for a driver debug level (see the file /usr/src/sys/dev/isp/ispvar.h
for the values.

hint.isp.0.vports
A hint to create specified number of additional virtual ports.

hint.isp.0.nofctape
Set this to 1 to disable FC-Tape operation on the given isp instance.

hint.isp.0.fctape
Set this to 1 to enable FC-Tape operation on the given isp instance for targets that
support it.

SYSCTL OPTIONS

     dev.isp.N.loop_down_limit
             This value says how long to wait in seconds after loop has gone down before giving
             up and expiring all of the devices that were visible.  The default is 300 seconds (5
             minutes).  A separate (nonadjustable) timeout is used when booting to not stop
             booting on lack of FC connectivity.

     dev.isp.N.gone_device_time
             This value says how long to wait for devices to reappear if they (temporarily)
             disappear due to loop or fabric events.  While this timeout is running, I/O to those
             devices will simply be held.

     dev.isp.N.wwnn
             This is the readonly World Wide Node Name value for this port.

     dev.isp.N.wwpn
             This is the readonly World Wide Port Name value for this port.

AUTHORS

     The isp driver was written by Matthew Jacob originally for NetBSD at NASA/Ames Research
     Center.  Some later improvement was done by
     Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org>.

BUGS

     The driver currently ignores some NVRAM settings.

     Fabric support for 2100 cards has been so problematic, and these cards are so old now that
     it is just not worth your time to try it.