Managing Network Adapters

Viewing vHBA Properties

Name

Description

RATOV field

The resource allocation timeout value (RATOV), which is the number

 

of milliseconds to wait before the system assumes that a resource cannot

 

be properly allocated.

 

Enter an integer between 5,000 and 100,000. The default is 10,000

 

milliseconds.

Max Data Field Size field

The maximum size of the Fibre Channel frame payload bytes that the

 

vHBA supports.

 

Enter an integer between 256 and 2112.

Channel Number field

The channel number that will be assigned to this vHBA.

 

Enter an integer between 1 and 1,000.

 

Note

NIV mode is required for this

 

 

option.

Port Profile drop-down list

The port profile that should be associated with the vHBA, if any.

 

This field displays the port profiles defined on the switch to which this

 

server is connected.

 

Note

NIV mode is required for this

 

 

option.

Step 9 In the Error Recovery area, review the information in the following fields:

Name

Description

Enable FCP Error Recovery

If checked, the system uses FCP Sequence Level Error Recovery

check box

protocol (FC-TAPE).

Link Down Timeout field

The number of milliseconds the uplink port should be offline before it

 

informs the system that the uplink port is down and fabric connectivity

 

has been lost.

 

Enter an integer between 0 and 240,000.

Port Down I/O Retries field

The number of times an I/O request to a port is returned because the

 

port is busy before the system decides the port is unavailable.

 

Enter an integer between 0 and 255.

Port Down Timeout field

The number of milliseconds a remote Fibre Channel port should be

 

offline before informing the SCSI upper layer that the port is unavailable.

 

Enter an integer between 0 and 240,000.

Step 10 In the Fibre Channel Interrupt area, review the information in the following fields:

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