***************************************************************************** LSIMPTXPX64.TXT ***************************************************************************** Installation Guide for the LSI Fusion-MPT (TM) Drivers: LSI_SCSI.SYS (StorPort) V1.30.02 LSI_FC.SYS (StorPort) V1.30.02 LSI_SAS.SYS (StorPort) V1.30.02 This file describes the features and use of the LSI Fusion-MPT U320 SCSI, Fibre Channel and SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) device drivers for the Windows XP x64 (AMD64/EM64T) operating system environment. It is divided into the following sections: Introduction for Windows XP x64 Features LSI Devices Supported Description Installing the Driver(s) New System Installation CD-ROM Installation Existing System Installation Performance Tuning for Windows XP x64 Miniport Driver Configuration Options Troubleshooting ......................................................................... 1.0 Introduction for Windows XP x64 Windows XP x64 is an operating system designed to run on Extended-64 (x64) (AMD64/EM64T) processors using current technology. It provides a graphical user interface environment incorporating many high-level features. Refer to the Microsoft Windows XP x64 documentation for details. An I/O manager handles I/O requests in Windows XP x64. To address a peripheral, the I/O manager goes through the appropriate drivers. Windows XP x64 provides class drivers for hard disk, optical, CD-ROM, printer, and scanner peripherals. Other class drivers, provided by peripheral manufacturers, may be added to support new devices. Tape device support is built into the operating system itself and does not require a class driver. Microsoft provides the port driver and LSI Corporation provides the miniport drivers, which are called LSI_SCSI.SYS, LSI_FC.SYS and LSI_SAS.SYS. These drivers complete the path to the LSI controller or processor with an optional U320 SCSI, Fibre Channel or SAS BIOS. These miniport drivers use the Microsoft StorPort port driver (rather than the Microsoft ScsiPort driver in earlier versions of Windows). The StorPort driver has architectural enhancements that provide performance improvements on large server systems with many storage adapters. These miniport drivers are designed to take advantage of these enhancements for improved performance. ......................................................................... 1.1 Features The LSI_SCSI.SYS, LSI_FC.SYS and LSI_SAS.SYS miniport drivers support these features: o Supports 320 Mbytes/s parallel SCSI transfers (for LSI53C1020 and LSI53C1030) o Supports 1GB, 2GB and 4GB Fibre Channel transfers (for LSIFC949X, LSIFC949E, LSIFC929X, LSIFC919X, LSIFC929 and LSIFC919) o Supports End-to-End Data Protection (EEDP) for LSIFC949X, LSIFC949E o Supports 1.5GB and 3GB SAS expanders/devices and SATA devices (LSISAS1064, LSISAS1068, LSISAS1064E, LSISAS1068E, LSISAS1078) o Supports PCI, PCI-X, and PCI-Express bus protocols o Supports LSI MPT common software interface o Supports multiple host adapters o Supports multiple Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs) o Supports Scatter-Gather o Supports SCSI pass-through functionality o Supports disk array configurations with no LUN 0 o Supports disk array configurations with non-contiguous LUNs o Auto request sense o Maximum block size support: 1 Mbyte (32-bit), 2 Mbyte (64-bit) o Supports Microsoft WMI HBA API for Fibre Channel devices (LSI_FC.SYS only) ......................................................................... 1.2 LSI Devices Supported The miniport driver names are listed below, along with their supported devices and associated host adapters: LSI_SCSI.SYS - "LSI Fusion-MPT SCSI Miniport Driver" o LSI53C1020 / LSI53C1020A o LSI53C1030 / LSI53C1030T LSI_FC.SYS - "LSI Fusion-MPT FC Miniport Driver" o LSIFC919 o LSIFC919X o LSIFC929 o LSIFC929X o LSIFC949X o LSIFC949E LSI_SAS.SYS - "LSI Fusion-MPT SAS Miniport Driver" o LSISAS1064 o LSISAS1068 o LSISAS1064E o LSISAS1068E o LSISAS1078 ......................................................................... 1.3 Description The LSI_SCSI.SYS, LSI_FC.SYS and LSI_SAS.SYS drivers meet the Microsoft specification for miniport drivers. These drivers allow connection of parallel SCSI, Fibre Channel and SAS devices including disk drives, CD-ROMs, and tape drives for PCI and PCI-X based machines. To support a different parallel SCSI, Fibre Channel or SAS device type, the Windows XP x64 architecture requires that a class driver for that type of device be present (usually supplied by Microsoft, or possibly by the peripheral manufacturer). No changes to the LSI drivers are required. The driver supports only Windows XP x64 and all subsequent Service Packs. A Windows application passes SCSI commands directly to the parallel SCSI, Fibre Channel or SAS Protocol devices by using the SCSI pass-through facility. This facility allows applications to directly control and access devices by filling in a data structure and calling into the port or class driver. Refer to the Microsoft Windows XP x64 documentation for more details. ............................................................................ 2.0 Installing the LSI_SCSI.SYS, LSI_FC.SYS and LSI_SAS.SYS Drivers This procedure installs the LSI_SCSI.SYS, LSI_FC.SYS and LSI_SAS.SYS drivers onto a new or existing Windows XP x64 system. Depending upon the media used to distribute LSI drivers (web or CD-ROM) and the type of adapter, you will create a driver diskette. Copy the files listed in this section to the root directory of a clean diskette as shown below. Label this diskette "Windows XP x64 Driver Diskette". You will use this diskette during the installation process. For LSI_SCSI: txtsetup.oem lsi_scsi.tag pxpam64.cat lsi_scsi.inf lsi_scsi.sys For LSI_FC: txtsetup.oem lsi_fc.tag fxpam64.cat lsi_fc.inf lsi_fc.sys For LSI_SAS: txtsetup.oem lsi_sas.tag sxpam64.cat lsi_sas.inf lsi_sas.sys For a driver upgrade the driver files can also be copied onto a hard drive, CD or DVD, or a USB flash drive. For the following driver installation sections, the designation LSI_xxx is used to indicate the LSI_SCSI, LSI_FC or LSI_SAS driver, depending on which driver is being installed. ............................................................................ 2.1 New System Installation This procedure installs the LSI_xxx.SYS driver onto a Windows XP x64 system. Use this procedure when installing Windows XP x64 onto an unused drive. Windows XP x64 automatically adds the driver to the registry and copies the driver to the appropriate directory. Note: Windows XP x64 contains a SYMMPI.SYS driver that supports the U320, 919 and 929 devices. When performing a fresh installation with a device that is supported by the bundled SYMMPI.SYS driver, loading of the LSI_xxx.SYS driver using the F6 key will have no effect and the SYMMPI.SYS driver will be used. To use the LSI_xxx.SYS driver, upgrade the driver after installation has completed as described in Section 2.2. The method for installing Windows XP x64 on a new system involves using a CD-ROM. Installation using boot floppy diskettes is not supported by Windows XP x64. ............................................................................ 2.1.1 CD-ROM Installation 1. Start the Windows XP x64 installation by booting from the Windows XP x64 CD-ROM: The system BIOS must support booting from a CD-ROM. BIOS settings may need to be changed to allow CD-ROM booting. 2. Press the F6 key to install the LSI_xxx.SYS driver when the screen displays "Windows Setup". This must be done or else the new driver will not be recognized. Note: Be sure to press the F6 key as any driver loaded later in the installation process is not recognized by Windows XP x64 Setup. If F6 is not pressed, all devices controlled by the drivers are not available during Windows XP x64 setup. 3. Choose S to specify an additional device when the screen displays "Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices...". NOTE: If this screen is not displayed as the first user input, then pressing the F6 key was not seen by the setup program. Reboot the system and try again. The system prompts for the manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk. 4. Insert the appropriate driver diskette containing the Windows XP x64 driver required to support your LSI adapter(s) and press Enter. Note: Current Windows XP x64 drivers can be downloaded from the LSI Corporation web site at: http://www.lsi.com/downloads/selectDownload.do After you are connected to this web site, select the product category, family, and the appropriate product. Select the Driver checkbox and click Go. Click on the desired Windows XP x64 driver to begin the download. 5. The screen will display the driver to be installed: "LSI Fusion-MPT xxx Driver (XP x64)" (where xxx is U320, FC, or SAS depending on the driver beign installed) Press Enter to proceed. Return to the Windows XP x64 Setup screen. 6. Press Enter to proceed. The message about setup loading files appears. 7. Follow the Microsoft Windows XP x64 installation procedure at this point. ............................................................................ 2.2 Existing System Installation This procedure installs or upgrades the LSI_xxx.SYS drivers onto an existing Windows XP x64 system. NOTE: When a LSI SCSI, Fibre Channel or SAS adapter is added to an existing system installation, the new adapter is automatically detected at the next reboot. When the Device Driver Wizard appears at boot, click on the Next button and continue at step 8 below. 1. Boot Windows XP x64 and logon as a user that has Administrator privileges. 2. Click on the Start button, then right-click on the My Computer entry in the menu. 3. Click on the Properties selection. 4. Click on the Hardware tab, and then the Device Manager button. 5. Click the "+" to the left of the SCSI and RAID controllers line. Find the adapter desired for the driver upgrade and double-click the entry. Click on the Driver tab. 6. Information on the currently installed driver is displayed, and additional driver details can be viewed by clicking the "Driver Details" button. 7. Click on the "Update Driver" button to update the existing driver. The Hardware Update Wizard begins. 8. Click on the "Install from a list or specific location..." button to select it, then click on the Next button. 9. Click on the "Don't search, I will choose the driver to install." button to select it, then click on the Next button. 10. Click on the "Have Disk" button and type the path to the driver, or click on the Browse button. Click the OK button. 11. Select the driver from the list and click on the Next button. 12. Click on the Next button again to start the driver update. In some cases, a message will display saying that this driver has not passed logo testing. This message informs you that a nonsigned driver is being installed. Note: Drivers are digitally signed by the Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL) on completion of logo testing. Due to the time lag between the general customer release by LSI of Windows drivers and the completion of WHQL logo testing, some drivers distributed with adapters or downloaded from the www.lsi.com web site may not be digitally signed. 13. Click STOP Installation to cancel the installation if a nonsigned driver is not desired. or Click Continue Anyway to continue the installation. The system will load the driver from the Windows XP x64 driver diskette. A message box may display indicating that the target (existing) driver is newer than the source (upgrade) driver. 14. Click No to cancel the driver upgrade at this point. or Click Yes to continue the installation. The system copies the driver to the system disk. For any adapter other than the boot adapter, the updated driver will become active immediately. For the boot adapter, a message box displays indicating that you must reboot your system for the new driver to take effect. 15. Click on the Finish button to complete the driver upgrade. ............................................................................ 2.3 Performance Tuning for Windows XP x64 Windows XP x64 has registry entries that can be used to tune the performance of SCSI I/O for certain configurations. The registry settings of NumberOfRequests and MaximumSGList are not used by StorPort and will have no effect on the LSI_SCSI.SYS, LSI_FC.SYS and LSI_SAS.SYS drivers. ............................................................................ 2.3.1 Miniport Driver Configuration Options The LSI_SCSI.SYS, LSI_FC.SYS and LSI_SAS.SYS drivers are configured by default to provide optimum performance in most standard systems. ............................................................................ 3.0 Troubleshooting The LSI_SCSI.SYS, LSI_FC.SYS and LSI_SAS.SYS driver will log error messages to the system error log. For these errors, the system errorlog EventID will be 11, and the specific error code values will be displayed at offset 0x10. Data should be displayed in words.