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Stephan Weber
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 Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:09 pm Post subject: QLA2342 - PCI Configuration Error |
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Hello group !
i bought a used QLA2342. The card seems to work fine, because the
sansurfer-application recognizes it correct, but i can't connect to the
disk i connected to it for testing. Also i can't enter the BIOS of the
card. When i press Ctrl-Q nothing happens. When i boot my system i get
the message "PCI CONFIGURATION ERROR". I found out that the nvram should
be corupted and need to reset. QLOGIC didn't gave the needed information
(and files) to me, because the card is an OEM-Card.
So i want to ask if there is any guy here who can tell me how to reset
the nvram ?
kind regardes, Stephan |
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Cydrome Leader
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:01 pm Post subject: Re: QLA2342 - PCI Configuration Error |
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Stephan Weber <news@weber-friedberg.de> wrote:
| Quote: | Hello group !
i bought a used QLA2342. The card seems to work fine, because the
sansurfer-application recognizes it correct, but i can't connect to the
disk i connected to it for testing. Also i can't enter the BIOS of the
card. When i press Ctrl-Q nothing happens. When i boot my system i get
the message "PCI CONFIGURATION ERROR". I found out that the nvram should
be corupted and need to reset. QLOGIC didn't gave the needed information
(and files) to me, because the card is an OEM-Card.
So i want to ask if there is any guy here who can tell me how to reset
the nvram ?
kind regardes, Stephan
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so what type system is the card made for? It may not even have a BIOS like
a card for an intel based server might expect. |
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Stephan Weber
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 5:58 am Post subject: Re: QLA2342 - PCI Configuration Error |
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Am Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:01:09 +0000 schrieb Cydrome Leader:
| Quote: | Stephan Weber <news@weber-friedberg.de> wrote:
Hello group !
i bought a used QLA2342. The card seems to work fine, because the
sansurfer-application recognizes it correct, but i can't connect to the
disk i connected to it for testing. Also i can't enter the BIOS of the
card. When i press Ctrl-Q nothing happens. When i boot my system i get
the message "PCI CONFIGURATION ERROR". I found out that the nvram
should be corupted and need to reset. QLOGIC didn't gave the needed
information (and files) to me, because the card is an OEM-Card. So i
want to ask if there is any guy here who can tell me how to reset the
nvram ?
kind regardes, Stephan
so what type system is the card made for? It may not even have a BIOS
like a card for an intel based server might expect.
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I don't know if the card was for an intel server or not. On the card is
only the serial number and, what i found out in the last days, the OEM-
Product-ID (the card was sold by NetApp, or in a NetApp-System).
When i have boot my system, the card is found by the sansurfer-
application and shows the BIOS-Version and the settings. |
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Cydrome Leader
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:42 pm Post subject: Re: QLA2342 - PCI Configuration Error |
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Stephan Weber <news@weber-friedberg.de> wrote:
| Quote: | Am Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:01:09 +0000 schrieb Cydrome Leader:
Stephan Weber <news@weber-friedberg.de> wrote:
Hello group !
i bought a used QLA2342. The card seems to work fine, because the
sansurfer-application recognizes it correct, but i can't connect to the
disk i connected to it for testing. Also i can't enter the BIOS of the
card. When i press Ctrl-Q nothing happens. When i boot my system i get
the message "PCI CONFIGURATION ERROR". I found out that the nvram
should be corupted and need to reset. QLOGIC didn't gave the needed
information (and files) to me, because the card is an OEM-Card. So i
want to ask if there is any guy here who can tell me how to reset the
nvram ?
kind regardes, Stephan
so what type system is the card made for? It may not even have a BIOS
like a card for an intel based server might expect.
I don't know if the card was for an intel server or not. On the card is
only the serial number and, what i found out in the last days, the OEM-
Product-ID (the card was sold by NetApp, or in a NetApp-System).
When i have boot my system, the card is found by the sansurfer-
application and shows the BIOS-Version and the settings.
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so it's a Netapp card. Its not going to have a BIOS like you expect to
find. This card was made for a dedicated NAS/SAN device, not a PC.
Your best bet it to just sell the thing to a netapp dealer or user and
get a normal FC card. If it has a Netapp sticker on it, it's likely to be
worth more than a normal and plain FC card. |
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Stephan Weber
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:54 pm Post subject: Re: QLA2342 - PCI Configuration Error |
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Am Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:42:12 +0000 schrieb Cydrome Leader:
| Quote: | Stephan Weber <news@weber-friedberg.de> wrote:
Am Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:01:09 +0000 schrieb Cydrome Leader:
Stephan Weber <news@weber-friedberg.de> wrote:
Hello group !
i bought a used QLA2342. The card seems to work fine, because the
sansurfer-application recognizes it correct, but i can't connect to
the disk i connected to it for testing. Also i can't enter the BIOS
of the card. When i press Ctrl-Q nothing happens. When i boot my
system i get the message "PCI CONFIGURATION ERROR". I found out that
the nvram should be corupted and need to reset. QLOGIC didn't gave
the needed information (and files) to me, because the card is an
OEM-Card. So i want to ask if there is any guy here who can tell me
how to reset the nvram ?
kind regardes, Stephan
so what type system is the card made for? It may not even have a BIOS
like a card for an intel based server might expect.
I don't know if the card was for an intel server or not. On the card is
only the serial number and, what i found out in the last days, the OEM-
Product-ID (the card was sold by NetApp, or in a NetApp-System). When i
have boot my system, the card is found by the sansurfer- application
and shows the BIOS-Version and the settings.
so it's a Netapp card. Its not going to have a BIOS like you expect to
find. This card was made for a dedicated NAS/SAN device, not a PC.
Your best bet it to just sell the thing to a netapp dealer or user and
get a normal FC card. If it has a Netapp sticker on it, it's likely to
be worth more than a normal and plain FC card.
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thanks for the tip ! But at least i bring it to work :)
If anybody else get into the same trouble:
-i first updated to the latest BIOS Version for my board (ASUS P5WDG2 WS
Pro; V0905)
-after that the order of the PCI-X-Slots had changed, so i did what i
have planed befor: change the cards in the PCI-X-Slots
-so now i have the Adaptec 39160 in PCI-X-1 and the QLA2342 in PCI-X-2
and both are working fine. |
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