This README file contains the latest information about updating the
IBM FAStT FC2-133 Host Bus Adapter EFI Flash update to version 1.03.

Products supported:  
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| FAStT Adapter      | Qlogic Adapter     | IBM Feature Code | IBM Option P/N |
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|FAStT Host Adapter  | QLA2200F/66-IBM-SP |    FC2102        |    00N6881     |
|FAStT FC2           | QLA2310FL-IBM-SP	  |    FC2130	     |    19K1246     |
|FAStT FC2-133       | QLA2340-IBM-SP	  |    FC2104	     |    24P0960     |
|FAStT FC2-133 2-port| QLA2342-IBM-SP	  |                  |    24P8053     |
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Last Update:  07/18/2003

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This is the initial release of the QLogic EFI BIOS update utility.

The EFI package enables users to load EFI boot code on their IBM FAStT Host  
Adapters - QLA234x,and QLA2310. 

The package consists of EFI drivers, Auxilliary Drivers and EFI Flash Utility. 
EFI Boot code is for use on Intel based 64 bit servers using EFI rather than 
BIOS. 
 
The contents of the release:

Driver Files - generic driver:

	NOTE: The following two files are intended to be flashed to the 
	adapter. Select the 	file which matches your adapter type and use 
	the efiutil.efi utility to flash it to the adapter.

	ql2312ef.bin - FLASH Rom image of the driver for qla234x adapter. 
	ql23efi.bin - FLASH Rom image of the driver for qla2300, qla2310 
                      adapter.


Utilities:

	efiutil.efi - EFI utility.  Used to flash the adapter with EFI image 
	              file.
	qlcflash.efi - support program used by efiutil.efi. Automatically 
	               loaded if needed.

Doc files:

	eficonfig.txt - A text document that describes how to start and use 
                        the EFI configuration protocol to display and modify 
                        adapter NVRAM parameters.

	efiutil.txt - A text document that describes how to use efi utility 
	              program.

1.0	Requirements:
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This version of the driver is an EFI Byte Code image.  You must have an EFI 
Shell with a revision level of at least 1.10.14.57.  Anything earlier than .57 
will not work, and may crash your machine. 

1.1	Loading the Driver into flash:
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Please refer to the efiutil.txt document for information on flashing the 
driver image into the adapter flash memory.


2.0   WEB Sites and Support Phone Number
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   2.1  IBM TotalStorage Support Web Site:
        http://ssddom02.storage.ibm.com/techsup/webnav.nsf/support/disk

   2.2  IBM TotalStorage Web Site:
        http://www.storage.ibm.com/ssg.html

   2.3  If you have any questions about this update, or problem 
        applying the update go to the following Help Center World
        Telephone Numbers URL:
        http://www.ibm.com/planetwide


3.0   Trademarks and Notices
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   3.1   The following terms are trademarks of the IBM Corporation
         in the United States or other countries or both:

         IBM


         Other company, product, and service names may be
         trademarks or service marks of others.

4.0   Disclaimer
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