Installing and Configuring the Linux Host with the QLogic Driver
Failover-specific parameters
◆ql2xintrdelaytimer: defines the amount of time for the firmware to wait before generating an interrupt to the host as notification of the request completion.
◆retry_gnnft: defines the number of times to retry GNN_FT in order to obtain the Node Name and PortID of the device list.
◆ConfigRequired: If set to 1, then only devices configured and passed through the ql2xopts parameter are presented to the OS.
◆Bind: defines the method for target persistent binding method. If set to 0, then the Portname is used; if set to 1, the PortID is used.
◆ql2xsuspendcount: defines the number of
◆ql2xdevflag: defines whether to display the abbreviated persistent binding statements.
◆qfull_retry_count: defines the number of retries to perform on a queue full status from a device.
◆qfull_retry_delay: defines the number of seconds to delay on queue full status from a device.
◆extended_error_logging: defines whether to enable extended error logging.
◆ql2xplogiabsentdevice: defines whether to enable a PLOGI to devices that are not present after a fabric scan. Per QLogic, this is needed for several broken switches.
◆ql2xfdmienable: defines whether FDMI registration is enabled.
◆qlogin_retry_count: defines whether the login retry count will be modified.
◆ql2xioctltimeout: defines the IOCTL timeout value in seconds for
◆ql2xprocessnotready: defines whether the driver handles
NOT_READYs.
◆ql2xuseextopts: defines whether the driver will use the extended options saved in the module object itself, even if a string is defined via ql2xopts.
◆MaxPathsPerDevice: defines the maximum number of paths to a device.
◆MaxRetriesPerPath: defines the number of retries to perform on the current path before failing over to the next path in the list.
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EMC Host Connectivity with QLogic FC and iSCSI HBAs and FCoE CNAs for the Linux Environment
