Host Bus Adapters

[clay bowman]

Can anyone tell me if the LP8000 and the LP 950 HBA's use the driver and firmware. LP8000 is connected to a MA-8000 and the LP 950 is connected to a MSA1000. Both servers and Windows 2003.

[Mike Naime · Accepted solution]

Different hardware = Different Firmware.

LP8000's were 1GIG adapters. The 950 is a 2 GIG HBA I believe. They may use the same driver on your 2003 Server.

[clay bowman]

Could you point me to the firmware for the LP 950?

[Mike Naime]

I can't seem to find the LP950 by that name on the HP website.

Is it on this list?
for ProLiant Servers
» FCA2101 2Gb PCI FC HBA for Windows
» FCA2210 2Gb PCI-X FC HBA for NetWare
» FCA2214 2Gb PCI-X FC HBA for Windows and Linux
» FCA2214DC 2Gb Dual Channel PCI-X FC HBA for Windows
and Linux
» FCA2355 Dual Channel 2Gb PCI FC HBA for Windows
» FCA2404 2Gb PCI-X HBA for W2K and Windows Server 2003
» FCA2404DC 2Gb PCI-X-to-FC HBA for W2K and Windows
Server 2003
» FCA2408 2Gb PCI-X-to-FC HBA for W2K and Windows
Server 2003

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfra

[Uwe Zessin]

Clay,

I have a reference that the LP952 is Emulex' name for the FCA2101.

It looks like Mike's URL is a bit truncated, here is the full one:
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure.html

Last time I checked the driver for the DS-KGPSA-CB (LP8000) and the FCA2101 (LP952) was the same. The download page currently says: 'DRIVER for FCA2101, FCA2355, FCA2404, FCA2404DC, FCA2408, and DS-KGPSA-CB'. Firmware for the FCA2101 is on that page, too.

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp?pnameOID=315735&locale=en_US&taskId=135&prodSeriesId=315733&prodTypeId=12169&swEnvOID=181

And here is an extra link to the downloads of the DS-KGPSA-CB (LP8000):

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp?pnameOID=327010&locale=en_US&taskId=135&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=327008&swEnvOID=181

Happy flashing and patching!