EMC P/N 300-002-803 manual EMC recommended adapter Bios settings, Fibre Channel HBAs

Installing and Configuring the BIOS Settings

Method 3: Upgrading the adapter BIOS using QLogic SANsurfer CLI

The SANsurfer CLI (scli) is installed as part of the qlinstaller or may be downloaded from the EMC-approved section of the QLogic website. To update the BIOS using the SANsurfer CLI, refer to the QLogic provided documentation on their website for detailed instructions.

To invoke the CLI, run the following command:

/opt/QLogic_Corporation/SANsurferCLI/scli

When upgrading the BIOS for QLogic 4 GB adapters, the minimum required version of the QLogic SANsurfer CLI is 1.06.16build23.

When using QLogic QLA40xx-series HBAs, te minimum required version of the QLogic SANsurfer CLI is 1.0.30.00.

EMC recommended adapter BIOS settings

EMC requires configuring the QLogic BIOS settings with the EMC-approved NVRAM settings file. This file contains all of the BIOS settings for the QLogic adapters that have been tested and approved for connection to EMC storage arrays.

Refer to the EMC Support Matrix for required NVRAM versions for qualified adapters.

EMC recommended NVRAM settings for Linux

This section contains the recommended NVRAM settings for Linux for the following adapters:

◆“Fibre Channel HBAs” on page 39

◆“Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) CNAs” on page 42

◆“iSCSI HBAs” on page 42

Fibre Channel HBAs

Table 3 on page 40 lists the NVRAM parameters and their values. The QLogic default values are those that ship with a standard adapter that was not included in an EMC package. The EMC-recommended settings depend upon whether failover functionality is used. The settings listed under the No Failover Functionality heading are those that have been pre-configured in the EMC-approved NVRAM file. The settings listed under the With PowerPath® or VEERITAS DMP

Verifying and configuring the BIOS settings

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