Dell 530F manual Installing QLDirect, Setting the Execution Throttle Value

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13.To add a shortcut to your desktop, click Yes.

14.You are prompted to reboot the system. While it is possible to reboot at this time, you can also wait to reboot until you have finished installing QLDirect (see “Installing QLDirect” in the next section).

NOTE: If you are uninstalling the QLogic Fibre Channel Configuration Utility, or you replace or uninstall a QLogic HBA, you must delete the appropriate server's registry settings. To delete these settings, from the QLogic Fibre Channel Configuration Util- ity, right-click on the server's icon, and then select Delete Machine Configuration Registry and click Delete All Adapters Registry Data.

Installing QLDirect

QLDirect is a filter driver that enables host failover. This driver must be installed on every host server that will be connected to the PowerVault 530F. Specific primary and failover paths are configured using the QLogic Fibre Channel Configuration Utility.

Installing QLDirect on a Host Server

To install QLDirect on a host server, perform the following steps:

1.Insert the Dell PowerVault Fibre Channel Utilities CD or the Dell PowerVault Fibre Channel Update CD into the CD-ROM drive.

NOTE: Run the installation program once for each host server connected to the PowerVault 530F.

2.Start the QLDirect installation.

3.Read the component information, and click Next.

4.Select SERVICE_BOOT_START before disk class driver, and click Next.

5.Select 1024 commands, and click Next.

6.Select Yes, I want to restart my computer now, and click Finish.

Setting the Execution Throttle Value

The execution throttle value field instructs the firmware on how many input/output (I/Os) per port can be active at any point in time.

If five or more servers are attached to the PowerVault 530F, it is necessary to calcu- late and set execution throttle values for each server.

In a SAN configuration with five or more servers, you must change the default execu- tion throttle value in the non-volatile random-access memory (NVRAM) for each HBA.

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Contents Installing the HBA on Windows NT and Windows Setting Up Host ServersSystem Administrator’s Guide Setting the Execution Throttle Value Installing QLDirectSystem Administrator’s Guide Enter Decimal Number screen appears Setting Failover PathsPrimary Paths and Failover Paths Click Connect to a New Machine Click Machine ConfigurationPrimary Failover Failover PrimaryRegistering Host Servers Setting Up Host Servers Highlight Current Boot Device Node Name and press Enter Setting Up Host Servers System Administrator’s Guide
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