Installing and Configuring the HBA Driver

Setting the Topology While using a QLA22xx or QLA23xx HBA for Windows NT,

for QLA22xx/23xx Windows 2000, or Windows 2003, the default EMC configured

and Windows topology is set for “loop preferred, otherwise point to point.” If you want to change this value, you can manually set the adapter topology.

Follow these steps to set the topology:

Current 64-bit systems can be updated only from within Windows 2003 using the SANSurfer SANBlade Manager. Refer to QLogic SANSurfer SANBlade Manager on page A-2 for further instructions.

1.Boot the Windows host and press CTRL-Qwhen prompted to Press <CTRL-Q> for Fast!UTIL. (This prompt appears with the QLogic startup banner.)

2.After the Fast!UTIL program loads, the initial display will depend on whether there are multiple QLogic HBAs installed in the server:

If there is only one QLogic HBA, the Fast!UTIL Options menu appears.

If there are multiple QLogic HBAs, a list of memory addresses occupied by those HBAs appears. Using the arrow keys, select the desired HBA and press ENTER. The Fast!UTIL Options menu appears.

3.Select Configuration Settings from the Fast!UTIL Options menu and press ENTER.

4.Select Extended Firmware Settings from the Configuration Settings menu and press ENTER.

5.Select Connection Options and press ENTER.

6.Select the topology desired for your configuration.

7.Press ESC to return to the Configuration Settings menu.

8.Press ESC to return to the Fast!UTIL Options menu.

9.When prompted to save changes made to the current adapter, select Save Changes and press ENTER.

10.If there are more adapters to configure, choose Select Host Adapter and repeat steps 3 through 9 for each adapter.

11.Press ESC to exit Fast!UTIL.

12.Reboot the host.

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