Stephan Weber 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.

Am Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:01:09 +0000 schrieb Cydrome Leader:

> Stephan Weber 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.

Stephan Weber wrote:
> Am Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:01:09 +0000 schrieb Cydrome Leader:
>
>> Stephan Weber 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.

Am Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:42:12 +0000 schrieb Cydrome Leader:

> Stephan Weber wrote:
>> Am Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:01:09 +0000 schrieb Cydrome Leader:
>>
>>> Stephan Weber 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.

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.