Storage Driver-Level Parameters; Linux And Vmware Driver Configuration Parameters - Dell Brocade Adapters Installation And Reference Manual

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Storage driver-level parameters

Modifying PCIe max read request size
Refer to the comment section in the /kernel/drv/bfa.conf file on your system for an example.
Storage driver-level parameters
The driver-level configuration parameters are global parameters used by all storage driver
instances. The default values for the driver configuration parameters are compiled into the driver.
NOTE
These parameters are should only be changed by power users with great caution.

Linux and VMware driver configuration parameters

The driver-level configuration values in
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Table 34
TABLE 34
Parameter
bfa_ioc_queue_depth
bfa_io_max_sge
bfa_lun_queue_depth
fdmi_enable
host_name
ioc_auto_recover
log_level
msix_disable
num_fcxps
num_ios
num_rports
num_sgpgs
num_tms
num_ufbufs
os_name
206
Linux - /etc/modprobe.conf
VMware - /etc/vmware/esx.conf
describes the Linux and VMware configuration parameters.
Linux and VMware driver configuration parameters
Default Value
2048
128
32
1 (enabled)
NULL
1 (enabled)
2 (Error)
1
64
512
512
512
128
64
NULL
Table 34 are in the following locations on your system:
Notes
Maximum I/O requests that can be queued by the SCSI transport
layer. This parameter is passed to the SCSI layer during SCSI
transport attach.
Maximum Scatter gather elements supported (per I/O request).
This parameter is passed to the SCSI layer during SCSI transport
attach.
Maximum SCSI requests per LUN. This parameter is passed to the
SCSI layer during SCSI transport attach.
Enables or disables Fabric Device Management Interface (FDMI)
registrations. To disable, set this parameter to 0.
Host name.
Auto-recover IOC (IO Controller) on heartbeat failure.
BFA log level setting. See bcu log --level information in the Brocade
Administrator's Guide your adapter for more information.
Disable MSIx interrupt (and use INTx).
Maximum number of unassisted FC exchanges.
Maximum number of FCP IO requests.
Maximum number of remote ports.
Maximum number of scatter gather pages.
Maximum number of task management commands.
Maximum number of unsolicited Fibre Channel receive buffers.
OS name.
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