HBA test requirements

This section specifies the test requirements for HBA drivers being submitted to SCO for inclusion in the operating system release. Similar procedures are strongly recommended for all HBA drivers, regardless of the distribution method.

The HBA driver must conform to all tests listed on the hbacert manual page. The vendor must show that the HBA driver passes all these tests by doing one of the following:

• Write test cases and provide these test cases and their output to SCO.

• Manually execute each specified test and supply documentary evidence of the test results to SCO.

The driver must pass all hbacert tests. These tests must execute without driver-related failures. If failures occur that are not caused by the driver, the vendor must document the failure and show that it is not caused by the driver. Each failure will be evaluated individually to ensure that this criteria has been met.

Note the following requirements for test configurations:

• The HBA driver must simultaneously support at least four HBA controllers that are installed in the same system.

• It must be possible to install the SVR5 operating system using one of the four controllers supported by this HBA driver as the boot disk.

• If the controllers are autoconfigurable (EISA, MCA, or PCI), the driver should automatically find the controllers.

• If the controllers are not autoconfigurable (ISA), the driver should be able to find the controllers after dcu has been used to add entries for these controllers.

• Each add-on HBA device must be tested with at least one attached SCSI peripheral.

• Each HBA dvice must be able to function simultaneously with the other HBA devices on the system.

• The HBA driver must be tested with at least seven target devices in place on the SCSI bus. These targets must include at least two disk devices; the remaining five devices can be any appropriate mix of supported SCSI target devices.

• When applicable, the HBA driver must be tested with only a tape drive in place on the SCSI bus. When installed on a system as an add-on controller, the HBA driver must work correctly when used only to control a SCSI tape device.

• The HBA driver must be tested on a configuration that has two disk drives, two tape drives, and two CD-ROM drives installed at the same time. If available, a WORM device should also be installed. Each of the target devices must continue to function when all of the target devices are busy.