Dell EMC Host Bus Adapter User's Guide HBA345 Regulatory Model: UCSF-1050, UCSA-1051 May 2021 Rev.
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Contents Chapter 1: Overview...................................................................................................................... 4 Dell HBA345 adapter.......................................................................................................................................................... 4 Dell HBA345 front card......................................................................................................................................................
1 Overview The Dell EMC Host Bus Adapter (HBA) card family consists of the Dell HBA345 adapter and Dell HBA345 front card.
Dell HBA345 front card The Dell HBA345 front card is a host bus adapter (HBA) that directly mounts on the front backplane, provides PCIe connectivity to the host through a slim-line connector cable and physical disk drive interface for internal storage with no-RAID capability. The HBA345 front card is a part of the Dell serial-attached SCSI (SAS) controller solutions family. Figure 2. Features of the HBA345 front card 1. PCIe input connector 3. Secondary SAS output connector port B 5.
Supported operating systems See Dell EMC Enterprise operating systems support for a list of supported operating systems by a specific server for the HBA345 card. NOTE: For the latest list of supported operating systems and driver installation instructions, see the operating system documentation at www.dell.com/operatingsystemmanuals. For specific operating system service pack requirements, see the Drivers and Downloads section at www.dell.com/manuals.
2 Features The Dell HBA345 card supports the following features and is applicable to both adapter and front form factors. LED activity The Dell HBA345 controller is equipped with status LEDs. Table 2.
3 Deploying Dell HBA cards CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the system.
Figure 3. Removing and installing the HBA345 adapter 1. Heat sink 3. Primary SAS output port A 5. HBA345 adapter connector 2. Primary SAS output port B 4. Card edge connector on the system board Installing the HBA345 adapter CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or telephone service and support team.
Removing the HBA345 front card CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that are shipped with your product. 1.
Figure 4. Removing and installing the HBA345 front card 1. PCIe input connector 3. Secondary SAS output connector port B 5. Power edge connector 2. Heat sink 4. Primary SAS output card edge connector port A Installing the HBA345 front card CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or telephone service and support team.
4 Driver installation Dell HBA cards require software drivers to operate with the supported operating systems. This chapter contains the procedures for installing the drivers for the Dell HBA controllers. NOTE: The drivers for the Dell HBA controller for VMware ESXi are packaged within the VMware ESXi ISO image that is downloaded from the Dell support site. For more information, see the VMware documentation at Dell.com/ virtualizationsolutions.
3. Click Continue. 4. From the list of drivers displayed, select the driver you require. 5. Select the self-extracting zip file and click Run. 6. Copy the driver to a hard drive, CD, DVD, or USB drive. 7. Repeat steps 1 to 6 for all the drivers you require. Windows driver installation Before you install the Windows driver for the Dell HBA controller, you must first create a device driver media. ● Read the Microsoft Getting Started document that shipped with your operating system.
Updating the Dell HBA controller driver for existing Windows Server 2016/2019 and newer NOTE: Close all applications on your system before you update the driver. 1. Insert the media containing the driver. 2. Click Start > Settings > Control Panel > System. The System Properties screen is displayed. NOTE: The path to System might vary on the basis of operating system family. 3. Click the Hardware tab. 4. Click Device Manager. The Device Manager screen is displayed.
Installing or updating the RPM driver package with KMP support NOTE: This procedure is also applicable to SUSE Enterprise Linux 15 SP1, SLES11, and SLES 11 SP3. Perform the following steps to install the RPM package with KMP support: 1. Expand the gzipped tarball driver release package. 2. Install the driver package using the command: rpm –ihv lsi-mpt3sas-kmp-default-.rpm. NOTE: Use rpm -Uvh when updating an existing package. 3.
5 Human Interface Infrastructure configuration utility The HII configuration utility is a standardized way of viewing and setting device configuration. The HII configuration utility provides pre-operating system functionality and management for the following: ● Viewing physical device properties. ● Running physical device operations. ● Retrieving debug information.
Navigating to the Dell HBA345 configuration utility 1. Enter the HII configuration utility. See Entering the HII configuration utility. The Device Settings screen displays a list of NIC ports and the Dell HBA345 front configuration utility. 2. To access the Dell HBA345 front configuration utility, click Dell HBA345 Front Configuration Utility.
Device Properties Device properties allows you to view the properties of the device. 1. To view the Device Properties screen, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu > Device Settings > Dell HBA345 Front Configuration Utility > Device Properties > Enclosure (Bay ID=1, Enclosure Level=1). Table 5.
6 Updating the firmware Perform the below procedures to download and run the DUP and update the firmware: 1. Go to https://www.dell.com/support. 2. Enter your system Service Tag, and click Submit. The product support page is displayed. 3. Click Drivers and Downloads. 4. Select the operating system, category, and the update importance. The list of applicable updates is displayed. 5. Click Download. 6. When the download is complete, run the DUP by double-clicking the filename.
7 Getting help You can get help with your Dell product by contacting Dell, or send feedback on product documentation. Topics: • • • • Contacting Dell Locating the Express Service Code and Service Tag Related documentation Documentation feedback Contacting Dell Dell provides online and telephone based support and service options. If you do not have an active internet connection, you can find Dell contact information on your purchase invoice, packing slip, bill or Dell product catalog.
Figure 5. Locating the Express Service Code and Service tag 1. Information tag (front view) 3. OpenManage Mobile (OMM) label 5. Service Tag, Express Service Code, QRL label 2. Information tag (back view) 4. iDRAC MAC address and iDRAC secure password label The Mini Enterprise Service Tag (MEST) label is located on the rear of the system that includes Service Tag (ST), Express Service Code (Exp Svc Code), and Manufacture Date (Mfg. Date).
