2006-05-16 11:39:31 Kernel.Warning 10.10.50.13 kernel: 0x298 (fabos): Switch: 0, Warning FW-ABOVE, 3, fcuportState005 (FCU Port 005 State Changes) is above high boundary. current value : 18 Change(s)/minute. (faulty):

"Switch: 0" = This is the switch with Domain ID 0

"Warning FW-ABOVE, 3" = This is a warning above a threshold that has been set with a severity level of 3. Levels range from 0 being critical to 4 being lowest.

"fcuportState005 (FCU Port 005 State Changes)" = This represents a state change on port 5

"is above high boundary. current value : 18 Change(s)/minute. (faulty)" = This means that 18 changes per minute are occurring and that is above the threshold value set.

These errors are no cause for concern if they happen at boot or shutdown of the system.  They represent the initialization or closure of the fibrechannel ports, the self test of the switch ASIC and state changes on the ports.  If the number of changes exceeds the thresholds configured on the fibrechannel switch, this is flagged by an entry "is above high boundary".

If you see such errors during the day to day operation of the blade server, or notice an impact on fibrechannel performance, please contact Intel Customer Support.

• Installing and configuring the expansion card
• Updating the BIOS code and device drivers of the expansion card

• Installing the Intel Optical Pass-thru Module
• Connecting the Intel Optical Pass-thru Module to your existing network infrastructure.

For installation details, please see “Installing and removing an Intel® Optical Pass-thru Module SBCEOPM” on page 5.

Please refer to the document below for more details.

• Setting up and installing or replacing the Brocade* 4Gb SAN Switch Module in an Intel® Blade Server Chassis
• Configuring the switch module through the Telnet interface
• Configuring the switch module through the Advanced Web Tools interface
  
  Please refer to the Installation Guide for more details.
  
  

2) Features and Specifications
The 4 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card has the following features:

• Compliance with U.S. and international safety and emissions standards
• Support for direct memory access (DMA)
• Support for bus mastering
• Fast!UTIL basic input/output system (BIOS) utility program to customize the configuration
• parameters on the Expansion Card and attached drives
• Support for Fibre Channel protocol SCSI (FCP-SCSI) and Fibre Channel Internet protocol
• (FCP-IP)
• Support for point-to-point fabric connection (F-port fabric login)
• Support for Fibre Channel service (classes 2 and 3)

The Fibre Channel Expansion Card has the following specifications:


 
3) What items are included in the Expansion Card Option package?
The Expansion Card option package includes the following items:

•  Intel® Blade Server Fibre Channel Expansion Card SBEFCM4, 4 Gbps
• Intel® Blade Server Fibre Channel Expansion Card SBEFCM4, 4 Gbps Resource CD

4) Host Adapter Settings
To access this option, select Host Adapter Settings. The default settings and the modifiable settings for the Fibre Channel Expansion Card are listed in Table 2 and are described in this section. The Fibre Channel Expansion Card is always point-to-point connected in a blade server with I/O module that supports fibre channel operation.


 Note: The loop reset delay, adapter hard loop ID, and hard loop ID settings are not applicable.

Host adapter BIOS: When this option is disabled, the read-only memory (ROM) BIOS code on the
Fibre Channel Expansion Card is disabled, freeing space in upper memory.
Frame size: This setting specifies the maximum frame length supported by the Fibre Channel
Expansion Card.
Spin up delay: When this option is enabled, the BIOS code waits up to 5 minutes to find the first
drive.
Connection options: This setting defines the type of connection (loop or point-to-point) or connection preference (see Table 3).



Fibre Channel tape support: This setting is reserved for Fibre Channel tape support. The default is Enabled.
Data rate: This setting determines the data rate.

Note: The Fibre Channel Expansion Card settings and default values will vary, based on the
version of BIOS code installed for the expansion card.
There are specific Fibre Channel Expansion Card settings that you cannot modify. Table 5 describes these settings and gives examples.

Note: See the device driver installation instructions for the required operating system specific
modifications to the NVRAM.



BIOS address: The BIOS address is the Fibre Channel Expansion Card I/O address where the
code is stored when you press Ctrl+Q. This is the address of the BIOS code in ROM shadow
memory.
BIOS revision: The BIOS revision is the revision number of the loaded BIOS code on the Fibre
Channel Expansion Card.
Adapter Serial Number: This number is for manufacturing use only. It does not correlate to
external labels or to the adapter port name of the Fibre Channel Expansion Card.
Interrupt level: The interrupt level is the interrupt that is used by the Fibre Channel Expansion
Card. The interrupt level can change when the operating system is installed.
Adapter port name: This is the worldwide port name of the Fibre Channel Expansion Card.