Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches
Timeout Values
PAGE 100 QLOGIC SWITCH INTEROPERABILITY GUIDE
VERSION 1.0, MARCH 2003
Timeout Values
As per FC-SW-2 Fibre Channel standards, set all switches to the following timeout values (TOV)
in order to successfully establish an E-port connection:
R_A_TOV = 10 seconds
E_D_TOV = 2 seconds
This section provides the steps to change these values.
Cisco Device Manager
ATTENTION!! The following steps take the switch offline; therefore, do not perform them on a
switch being managed in-band.
1. Start Cisco Device Manager. The Device Manager dialog box displays.
2. From the Device Manager dialog box FC menu, select Timers/Policies.