Dell 2200F Network Card User Manual


 
A-2 QLA2xxx User’s Guide
Host Adapter BIOS.
When this setting is disabled, the ROM BIOS on the QLA2
xxx
board is
disabled, freeing space in upper memory. Do not disable this setting if you are booting from an
FC disk drive attached to the QLA2
xxx
board. The default is
Disabled
.
Frame Size.
This setting specifies the maximum frame length supported by the QLA2
xxx
board. The default size is
1024
.
Loop Reset Delay.
After resetting the loops, the firmware refrains from initiating any loop
activity for the number of seconds specified in this setting. The default is
5seconds
.
Adapter Hard Loop ID.
This setting forces the adapter to use the ID specified in the Hard
Loop ID setting. The default is
Disabled
.
Hard Loop ID.
If the Adapter Hard Loop ID setting is enabled, the adapter attempts to use the
ID specified in this setting. The default ID is
0
.
Advanced Adapter Settings
From the Configuration Settings menu in
Fast!
UTIL, select
Advanced Adapter Settings
. The
default setting for the QLA2
xxx
host adapter board is listed in table A-2 and described in the follow-
ing paragraphs.
>4GByte Addressing.
This option should be enabled if the system has more than 4 gigabytes
(GB) of memory available. The default is
Disabled
.
Scan Fibre Channel Devices
This option scans the FC loop and lists all the connected devices by loop ID. Information about each
device is listed, for example, vendor name, product name, and revision. This information is useful
when configuring your QLA2
xxx
board and attached devices.
Select Host Adapter
Use this setting to select a specific QLA2
xxx
board if you have multiple QLA2
xxx
boards in your
system.
Hard Loop ID
0-125 125
Table A-2. Advanced Adapter Setting
Setting Options Default
>4GByte Addressing
Enabled
or
Disabled Disabled
Table A-1. Host Adapter Settings
(continued)
Setting Options Default