Q-Logic 8100 SERIES manual Adapter Setting Parameters, Parameter Description

9–Offline Utilities Fast!UTIL

Table 9-1describes the parameters in the Adapter Settings window.

	Table 9-1. Adapter Setting Parameters
Parameter	Description
BIOS Address	I/O address where the QLogic BIOS code is stored when you start
	the Fast!UTIL utility or when the BIOS code is enabled by default.
	This is the address of the BIOS code in ROM shadow memory. Mul-
	tiple adapters can be installed in the server, but only one BIOS
	instance is loaded for all adapters.
	The BIOS code is loaded from the first port of the first adapter that
	the server recognizes. This code is used for all remaining adapters
	in the same bus or server. The version of BIOS code that is loaded
	does not affect other adapters with earlier versions of BIOS code.
BIOS Revision	Version of BIOS code that is loaded from the first adapter that the
	server recognizes and enumerates. Each adapter in the server has
	the same BIOS code revision, because only one BIOS code instance
	is loaded.
Adapter Mac	Ethernet MAC address for the selected adapter port. This address is
Address	printed on the adapter SFP+ cage. This is not the CEE MAC address
	that is used for LLDP communications between the adapter and the
	FCoE switch.
Interrupt Level	Interrupt that is used by the adapter. The interrupt level might
	change when the operating system is installed. The interrupt level for
	the adapter under the BIOS may be different than the interrupt level
	under the operating system.
Adapter Port	WWPN that identifies the QLogic adapter port in storage area net-
Name	works.
Host Adapter	Enables or disables the adapter BIOS. Disabling the adapter BIOS
BIOS	frees space in upper memory. The adapter BIOS must be enabled
	for boot-from-SAN configurations. The default is disabled. If no Fibre
	Channel targets are discovered at BIOS initialization, the ROM BIOS
	is not installed.
Frame Size	Maximum Fibre Channel frame size supported by the adapter for
	encapsulating in an Ethernet frame. The default is 2,048 bytes,
	which provides maximum performance for most deployments.
Loop Reset	Time, in seconds, to delay the initiation of loop activity after the
Delay	adapter firmware resets the loop. The default is five seconds.
Spinup Delay	Enables or disables the spinup delay. When enabled, the BIOS waits
	up to five minutes to find the first drive (target device LUN). The
	default setting is disabled.

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