Verifying and configuring the BIOS settings
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Installing and Configuring the BIOS Settings
* The WWNN of the server's boot LUN must be listed in this field.
Note: The QLogic driver may override the EMC-recommended NVRAM
values. Unless otherwise specified, use the default implemented by the
driver.
The values for the Connection Options parameter are as follows:
◆ 0 for Loop Only
◆ 1 for Point-to-Point
◆ 2 for Loop preferred, otherwise Point-to-Point
Enable LIP Full Login Yes Yes Yes
Enable Target Reset Yes Yes Yes
Login Retry Count 8 8 8
Port Down Retry Count 8 45 30
Link Down Timeout 15 45 15
Extended Error Logging Disabled • Disabled (Do not use
debugging)
• Enable (Use debugging)
• Disabled (Do not use
debugging)
• Enable (Use debugging)
Operation Mode 0 0 0
Interrupt Delay Timer 0 0 0
Selectable Boot settings
Selectable Boot Disabled Disabled Disabled
(Primary) Boot Port Name, LUN WWNN* WWNN* WWNN*
Boot Port Name, LUN 0 0 0
Boot Port Name, LUN 0 0 0
Boot Port Name, LUN 0 0 0
Table 3 QLogic BIOS settings for Fibre Channel HBAs (page 2 of 2)
EMC recommended settings
QLogic default No Multipath functionality With Multipath functionality