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                      4Gb_Firmware_ReadMe.TXT  
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Firmware and Installation Guide for the LSI Logic chips and HBAs 
                                                 
This file contains these sections:   

	Firmware Features 

	Updating the Firmware on a chip or Host Adapter

	Configuring the chip or Host Adapter


1.0 Firmware Features
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The LSI FC 4Gb Firmware supports these features:

o  Fusion-MPT(tm) v1.5 support (backwards compatible to Fusion-MPT(tm) v1.2)

o  Initiator and Target roles, individually or concurrently

o  4/2/1 Gbps auto-negotiation   

o  Point-to-point (N_Port), arbitrated loop (NL_Port), and switched fabric (N_Port)

o  Greater than 100,000 IO/sec performance

o  2300 active exchanges (single channel) or 1000 active exchanges (dual channel)

o  512 concurrent logins per port

o  Multiple Initiator / Cluster support

o  FC device hot-plug support

o  Virtual Ports, with support for up to 126 Alias IDs

o  Compliance: SCSI-3 Fibre Channel Protocol (SCSI-FCP), Fibre Channel Physical and 
	Signaling Interface (FC-PH), Fibre Channel 2nd Generation (FC-PH-2), 
	Third Generation Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH-3), 
	Fibre ChannelArbitrated Loop (FC-AL-2), Fibre Channel Fabric Loop Attachment 
	Technical Report (FC-FLA), Fibre ChannelPrivate Loop Direct Attach Technical 
	Report (FC-PLDA), Fibre Channel Tape (FC-TAPE) profile, SCSI Fibre Channel 
	Protocol-2 (FCP-2), Second Generation FC Generic Services (FC-GS-3), Third 
	Generation FC Generic Services (FC-GS-3), Fibre Channel Framing and Signaling 
	(FC-FS)



2.0 Updating the Firmware on the Host Adapter
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Please refer to the "LsiUtil User Guide", for installation instructions for 
firmware updates. 


3.0 Configuring the Host Adapter
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Please refer to the "LsiUtil User Guide", for configuration instructions for 
firmware updates.







