1 features, 2 system requirements, 3 verifying correct installation – LSI 40909G-S User Manual

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3-2

Software Installation

3.1.1 Features

The following features of the LSI40909G-S minimize CPU utilization:

Uses state of the art Fusion-MPT interface, providing support for FC,
SCSI, and RAID devices with a single binary image.

Provides highly efficient, low CPU usage architecture.

Multiport functionality minimizes slot usage.

66 MHz/64-bit PCI interface provides maximum I/O bandwidth.

Supports multiple host adapters.

Supports scatter/gather.

Supports multiprocessor environments.

3.1.2 System Requirements

Your SPARC Solaris system must have the available resources as listed
in

Table 3.1

in order to install the LSI40909G-S.

After installing the module in an appropriate PCI slot and making all the
necessary internal and external connections to the module, power on the
host system.

3.1.3 Verifying Correct Installation

Use this procedure to verify installation of your LSI Logic/IntraServer FC
adapter before booting your system:

Step 1.

Power on the system.

Table 3.1

Resource Requirements

Resource

Requirement

Host Bus Slot

Sun Solaris system with available PCI slot

Operating system

Solaris 2.6 release or later

Network Boot Server

Sparc or Intel Solaris boot server

1

1. Only required if you will be using the LSI Logic module to support your

System disk.

Firmware

OpenBoot PROM Version 3.0 or greater

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