EMC P/N 300-002-803 manual Contents

Contents

Preface		11
Chapter 1	Introduction
	Purpose of this document	16
	Host connectivity	16
	Fibre Channel	16
	Fibre Channel over Ethernet	16
	iSCSI	17
	Boot device support	18
	Zoning	19
	FC and FCoE	19
	iSCSI	19
	EMC storage array-specific settings	20
Chapter 2	Installation Steps
	Prerequisites for first-time installation	22
	Summary of installation steps	24
	Installing the adapter	27
	Matching the adapter with the correct PCI slot	28
Chapter 3	Installing and Configuring the BIOS Settings
	Verifying and configuring the BIOS settings	36
	Verifying the correct BIOS version	36
	Upgrading the adapter BIOS	37
	EMC recommended adapter BIOS settings	39
	EMC recommended NVRAM settings for Linux	39

EMC Host Connectivity with QLogic FC and iSCSI HBAs and FCoE CNAs for the Linux Environment

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