Fibre Channel Adapter Testing

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Before running the Fibre Channel adapter tests, you must configure the computer and install the operating system. This section tells you how to complete these steps.

Hardware Requirements

Note  This content applies to the Windows Logo Kit (WLK). For the latest information using the new Windows Hardware Certification Kit (HCK), see Windows HCK User's Guide on the Windows Hardware Dev Center.

  • One computer that meets the general hardware requirements for all adapter or controller testing.

  • One Fibre Channel RAID storage subsystem that can support any one of the following: RAID-0, RAID-1, RAID-5, RAID-10, or RAID-6.

    Warning  Do not test with a storage subsystem that connects via MPIO.

  • If the Fibre Channel adapter is not bootable, one ATA or SCSI controller.

  • If the Fibre Channel adapter is not bootable, one ATA or SCSI disk drive. The disk must have at least 18 GB of space.

  • One bootable floppy disk drive.

  • One floppy disk.

  • Two identical PCI-X or PCIe-based Fibre Channel adapters (the test devices).

  • Two (or three, if testing RAID-5) Fibre Channel hard disk drives or Fibre Channel JBOD.

  • One PCI-to-PCI bridge adapter.

  • One PCI-to-PCI bridge adapter unless you meet the following:

    • The controllers cannot fit into PCI bridge adapters (such as integrated controllers or controllers that can fit only into specially designed slots).
    • The controller is designed and sold only for systems that cannot accept full height PCI-to-PCI bridge adapters (such as blade servers).
    • You can put one of the controllers into a PCI bus slot that is already behind a PCI bridge.

Test System Assembly

Note  This content applies to the Windows Logo Kit (WLK). For the latest information using the new Windows Hardware Certification Kit (HCK), see Windows HCK User's Guide on the Windows Hardware Dev Center.

  1. Turn off the test system.

  2. Install one CD drive in the test system, if the system does not already contain one.

  3. Install one Fibre Channel adapter (Test Device 1).

  4. Connect the Fibre Channel adapter to the RAID system.

  5. If either of the following situations apply, connect two (or three for RAID-5 testing) Fibre Channel hard disk drives, or a Fibre Channel JBOD, to the test device and then skip to step 8:

    • The Fibre Channel adapter test device is an integrated controller, there is only one of these controllers in the system, and an equivalent PCI adapter version of the device does not exist.
    • The Fibre Channel adapter is designed for and sold only in a host test system that accepts only a single version of the controller.

  6. Install a PCI-to-PCI bridge in a PCI slot in the test system.

    Note  You can also use an existing slot behind a bridge.

  7. Install a secondary, identical Fibre Channel adapter (Test Device 2) into the PCI-to-PCI bridge card.

  8. Connect two (or three for RAID-5 testing) Fibre Channel hard disk drives or a Fibre Channel JBOD to Test Device 2.

  9. Turn on the test system.

  10. Configure the JBOD or disks as Array 2, according to the following list:

    • If the test device supports only one RAID level, configure the JBOD or disks by using that level. Otherwise, configure the JBOD or disks to the RAID levels that are specified in the following table.

      If the device supports RAID level Use RAID level
      0 and 1 1
      0 and 5 5
      1 and 5 Either 1 or 5
      0, 1, and 5 Either 1 or 5

       

    • Array 2 should contain at least 60 GB of space.

  11. Configure the RAID system as Array 1 according to the following list:

    • If the RAID system supports only one RAID level, configure it by using that level. Otherwise, configure the RAID system according to the preceding table.
    • Array 2 should contain at least 60 GB of space.

Test System Configuration

Note  This content applies to the Windows Logo Kit (WLK). For the latest information using the new Windows Hardware Certification Kit (HCK), see Windows HCK User's Guide on the Windows Hardware Dev Center.

  1. If the test Fibre Channel adapter is not bootable, install an ATA or SCSI hard disk drive and an alternate ATA or SCSI boot controller if they are not present.
  2. Turn on the machine.
  3. Install any HBA or RAID system drivers that are necessary to connect to or manage the peripheral devices.
  4. Do one of the following to install the operating system:
    • If the test Fibre Channel adapter is bootable, install the operating system onto a NTFS, 364-GB partition on the RAID system.
    • Install the operating system onto a NTFS-formatted, 36-GB partition on the ATA or SCSI hard disk drive that is connected to the alternate ATA or SCSI boot controller in the test system
  5. Start the test system in the Microsoft Windows operating system.
  6. Use the Windows Disk Management utility to set up three 4 GB NTFS partitions on Array 1. For more information, see the first diagram in the Add-in RAID Controller Configuration topic.
  7. Use the Windows Disk Management utility to mirror one of the volumes created in step 6 to Array 2. For more information, see the first diagiram in the Add-in RAID Controller Configuration topic.
  8. Use the following procedure to set the system page file and enable crashdump:

    1. Click the Start button, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.

    2. Click the General tab, and then note the amount of RAM that the computer has.

    3. Click the Advanced tab (or click Advanced system settings in the left pane for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008), and then, in the Performance area, click Settings.

      Note  If you are prompted to enter Administrative credentials or allow the action, enter the credentials or allow the action.

    4. Click the Advanced tab, and then, in the Virtual Memory area, click Change.

    5. Select Custom Size, and then enter a number in the Initial size (MB) box that is larger than the size of RAM that you noted in step b.

    6. In the Maximum size (MB) text box, enter a maximum size value that is larger than the initial size that you entered in the Initial size (MB) box. (The maximum size is typically 1.5 to 2 times the initial size.)

    7. Click Set, and then click OK two times.

    8. Click OK, and then restart the computer to update the page file size.

  9. Copy the Windows Symbol files to %SystemDrive%\Symbols.
  10. Install DTM client.

 

 

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