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General description
CHARON-AXP supports emulation of DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter via CHARON PCI Pass Through mode (using a specific CHARON PCI Pass Through driver).
CHARON PCI Pass Through mode enables connection between the virtual DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter and the physical DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter plugged into a hosting server PCI bus.
Loading DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter
Syntax for loading DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter:
load defpa <name> |
Example:
load defpa FDDI |
By default DEFPA adapter uses first available PCI slot. If instead some particular slot is needed, refer to this section for details of specific placement of PCI peripherals on CHARON-AXP PCI bus.
Configuration parameters
The DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter emulation has only one configuration parameter:
Parameter | Type | Value | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| host_bus_location | Text String | Establish connection between virtual DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter and physical DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter installed on CHARON-AXP host (pass through mode) Syntax:
where:
Example:
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Installation of DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter
- Install the EMULEX LightPulse PCI/PCI-X/PCIe FDDI adapter (see below for a list of supported models) to some spare PCI/PCI-X/PCIe slot of the host system
- Boot a Windows operating system
- Install the EMULEX LightPulse PCI/PCI-X/PCIe FDDI adapter driver from the following directory "C:\Program Files\CHARON\Drivers\EMULEX_X.X.0.XXXXX" by choosing the "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)" option and then selecting the "emulex_lp_ppt_amd64.inf" file.
- Reboot the host
Mapping to host DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter
There are 2 ways of getting the required parametrs for mapping virtual DEFPA to EMULEX LightPulse PCI/PCI-X/PCIe FDDI adapter plugged into host’s PCI/PCI-X/PCIe slot:
- Usage of "HOST Device Check" utility. Follow the link for details.
- Collecting the parameters directly using "Device Manager" applet
To collect the parameters directly using "Device Manager" applet:
Open “Computer Management” application and select “Device Manager”:
On the right panel select desired physical EMULEX LP FibreChannel adapter under "CHARON PCI Pass Through":
Open its property sheet by double-click on selected adapter:
The “Location:” on the above picture gives X, Y, and Z for the "host_bus_location" parameter, for example:
load DEFPA FGA host_bus_location = "PCI bus 3, device 1, function 0" |
Non-US-EN installations of Windows may present “Location:” string in local language, but "host_bus_location" parameter requires English notation, so the words “PCI”, “bus”, “device”, and “function” must be specified in English.