Intel SBFCM, SBCEFCSW Using Fast!UTIL, Starting Fast!UTIL, Configuration Settings menu options

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Using Fast!UTIL

This chapter provides detailed configuration information for advanced users who want to customize the configuration of the Expansion Card. You can configure the expansion card using the Fast!UTIL utility.

Starting Fast!UTIL

Start or restart the blade server. On the blade server control panel, press the keyboard/video/mouse select button.To access Fast!UTIL, press Ctrl+Q during the expansion card BIOS initialization (it might take a few seconds for the Fast!UTIL menu to be displayed). The Expansion Card has dual adapter ports that can be configured separately with Fast!UTIL. After changing the settings that are described in the “Configuration Settings menu options,” Fast!UTIL restarts the blade server to enable the new parameters.

Important: If the configuration settings are incorrect, the Expansion Card might not function properly.

Configuration Settings menu options

NOTE

For information about Remote Boot options, contact your

Intel technical-support representative.

Use the options described in this section to configure the Expansion Card. The Configuration Settings menu displays several options that you can use to configure your expansion card.

Select host adapter

Use this option to select, configure, or view either of the two I/O port addresses on the Expansion Card.

Host Adapter Settings

To access this option, select Host Adapter Settings. The default settings and the modifiable settings for the expansion card are listed in Table <$elemparanumonly and are described in this section. The Expansion Card is always point-to-point connected in the blade server with the Fibre Channel switch module.

NOTE

The loop reset delay, adapter hard loop ID, and hard loop ID settings are not applicable.

Table 39. Modifiable expansion card default settings

Setting

Options

Default

 

 

 

Host adapter BIOS

Enabled or disabled

Disabled

 

 

 

Frame size

512, 1024, 2048

2048

 

 

 

Loop reset delay

0-60 seconds

5 seconds

 

 

 

Adapter hard loop ID

Enabled or disabled

Enabled

 

 

 

Hard loop ID

0-125

125

 

 

 

Spin up delay

Enabled or disabled

Disabled

 

 

 

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