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Table 8 Adapter Settings
Setting Options
Default
Host Adapter BIOS Enabled, Disabled Disabled
Frame Size
512, 1024 , 2048 2048
Loop Reset Delay 0–60 seconds
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Adapter Hard Loop ID Enabled, Disabled Disabled
Hard Loop ID
0–125 0
Spin Up Delay Enabled, Dis
abled
Disabled
Connection Options 0, 1, 2 2
Fibre Channel Tape Support Enabled, Disabled Enabled
Data Rate
0, 1, 2, 3 2
The following section describes the settings:
• Adapter BIOS—When this setting is Disabled, the ROM BIOS on the HBA is disabled, freeing
space in upper memory. This setting must be enabled if you are booting from an FC hard disk
attached to the HBA. The default is Disabled.
• Frame Size—Sspecifies the maximum frame length supported by the HBA. The default size is
2048, which provides maximum performance for F-Por t (point-to-point) connections.
• Loop Reset Delay—After resetting the loop, the firmware refrains from initiating any loop activity
for the number of seconds specified in this setting. The default is 5 seconds.
• Adapter Hard Loop I D —Forces the adapter to attempt 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.
• Spin Up Delay—When set, the BIOS waits up to t wo minutes to find the firstdrive. Thedefault is
Disabled,
• Connection Options—Defines the type of connection. The default is 2. The options are:
•0: loop
•1: point-to-point
• 2: loop preferred, then point-to-point
• Fibre Channel Tape Support— Enables FCP-2 recovery. The default is Enabled.
• Data Rate—Determines the data rate. The default is 2. The options are:
•0: 1 Gb/s
•1: 2 Gb/s
• 2: Auto-negotiates and determines the data rate.
•3: 4 Gb/s
Selectable Boot Settings
This option enables you to select the node name from which you want to boot. Once enabled, this option
forces the system to boot on the selected FC hard disk, ignoring any IDE hard disks attached to your
system. If you d isable this option, the system looks for a boot device (as selected in the system BIOS). In
dis
abled mode, the Boot ID and Boot LUN parameters have no effect.
Some new system BIOS support selectable boot, which supersedes the Fast!UTIL selectable boot setting.
To boot from an FC hard disk attached to the HBA, select the HBA Fibre Channel hard disk on the
system BIOS.
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