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8–Configuring FCoE in a Linux Environment FCoE Driver Parameters for Linux

Table 8-1. FCoE Driver Parameters for Linux

Parameter

Description

Default

Range

Configuration

Method

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enable OoOFR

Enables or disables

0

0—Disabled

QConverge-

 

out-of-order frame reassembly.

 

1—Enabled

Console GUI or

 

This parameter reassembles

 

QConverge-

 

 

 

 

out-of-order frames as they are

 

 

Console CLI

 

received, minimizing network

 

 

 

 

congestion by eliminating the

 

 

 

 

re-transmission of frames and

 

 

 

 

exchanges.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enable HBA Port

This setting forces the adapter

0

0–125

QConverge-

Hard Loop ID

to attempt to use the ID that is

 

 

Console GUI or

 

specified in the Hard Loop ID

 

 

QConverge-

 

setting. If the host bus adapter

 

 

Console CLI

 

hard loop ID is enabled, the

 

 

 

 

adapter attempts to use the ID

 

 

 

 

that is specified in this setting.

 

 

 

 

The default ID is 0. Set this ID

 

 

 

 

to a unique value from 0

 

 

 

 

through 125, if more than one

 

 

 

 

adapter is connected to a

 

 

 

 

FC-AL loop and the host bus

 

 

 

 

adapter hard loop ID is

 

 

 

 

enabled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enable HBA Port

Enables or disables the host

0

0—Disabled

Fast!UTIL,

BIOS

bus adapter BIOS. You must

 

1—Enabled

QConverge-

 

enable this parameter if you

 

 

Console GUI,

 

are starting from a Fibre Chan-

 

 

or QConverge-

 

nel disk drive that is attached

 

 

Console CLI

 

to the PCIe slot. Disabling this

 

 

 

 

parameter disables the ROM

 

 

 

 

BIOS on the adapter, freeing

 

 

 

 

space in upper memory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loop Reset Delay

Time to wait before initiating

5

0–255 sec-

Fast!UTIL,

 

loop activity after the firmware

 

onds

QConverge-

 

resets the loop.

 

 

Console GUI,

 

 

 

 

or QConverge-

 

 

 

 

Console CLI

 

 

 

 

 

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