Dell QLA2200 Network Card User Manual


 
Fast!UTIL A-1
APPENDIX A
Fa s t!
UTIL
Introduction
This appendix provides detailed configuration information for advanced users who want to custom-
ize the configuration of the QLA2
xxx
board and the connected devices.
The board can be configured using
Fast!
UTIL. Access
Fast!
UTIL by pressing <ALT>-<Q> during
the QLA2
xxx
board BIOS initialization (it may take a few seconds for the
Fast!
UTIL menu to
appear). If you have more than one QLA2
xxx
board,
Fast!
UTIL asks you to select the board you
want to configure. After changing the settings,
Fast!
UTIL reboots your system to load the new
parameters.
CAUTION: If the configuration settings are incorrect, your QLA2
xxx
board will not function
properly.
The following sections describe the
Fast!
UTIL options.
Configuration Settings
The first selection on the
Fast!
UTIL
Options
menu is
Configuration Settings
. These settings con-
figure the Fibre Channel (FC) devices and the QLA2
xxx
board to which they are attached.
Host Adapter Settings
From the Configuration Settings menu in
Fast!
UTIL, select
Host Adapter Settings.
The default set-
tings for the QLA2
xxx
host adapter board are listed in table A-1 and described in the following
paragraphs.
Table A-1. Host Adapter Settings
Setting Options Default
Host Adapter BIOS
Enabled
or
Disabled Disabled
Frame Size
512
,
1024
,
2048 2048
Loop Reset Delay
0-15 seconds 5 seconds
Adapter Hard Loop ID
Enabled
or
Disabled Enabled