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Installing and Configuring the HBA Driver
EMC HBA Settings
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| EMC requires configuring the QLogic BIOS settings with the | ||||
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| BIOS settings for the QLogic adapters that have been tested and | ||||
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| The QLogic | ||||
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| NVRAM settings files at the time of creation of the | ||||
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| recent files exist, you can find them on the QLogic website. Refer to | ||||
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| Downloading QLogic Drivers and Firmware on page | ||||
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| The following parameters are preconfigured in the | ||||
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| These menus and selections, when viewed in SANSurfer v2.0.25 and later, | ||||
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| These settings apply to PowerPath®/ATF and | ||||
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| Data Rate | 0 (1 Gb/s) | 2 (Auto Select) |
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| Execution Throttle | 16 | 256 |
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| Connection options (topology) | 2 (Loop preferred, | 2 (Loop preferred, |
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| otherwise | otherwise |
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| Enable LIP Full Login | Yes | Yes |
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| Enable Target Reset | No | Yes |
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| Port Down Retry Count | 8 | 45 |
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| Luns Per Target | 8 | 256 |
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| Adapter Hard Loop ID | Enabled | Disabled |
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| Hard Loop ID | 125 | 0 |
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| Descending Search LoopID | 0 | 1 |
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EMC Fibre Channel with QLogic HBAs in the Windows Environment | |
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