Hba Efi Driver Setting - Hitachi Compute Blade 2000 User Manual

HBA EFI driver setting

The following table shows LPAR manager EFI driver setting items.
Setting screen & Setting field
EFI shell
drivers command: checks the driver handle.
drvdfg command: checks the controller handle, and starts HBA option setting shell.
HBA setting shell (HBA EFI driver)
select command: Selects an adapter to set the option parameter.
Basic option (set command)
Boot Function
Connection Type
Data Rate
Spinup Delay
Login Delay Time
Persistent Bindings
Force Default Parameter
Select Boot Device
Boot Device List
Description for setting field
Set "SAN boot" function to Enabled or
Disabled per port. Make sure to set the FC
port to Enabled.
Specify the connecting form of the FC
interface:
- When connected via FC switch, set "Auto"
or "Point to Point" as a connection type.
- When connected direct to the disk array
device, set Loop as a connection type.
(Only setting value reference is available in
the FC shared mode.)
Specify the data transmission rate for the
FC interface: usually "Auto". (Only setting
value reference is available in the FC
shared mode.)
Set "Spinup Delay" to Enabled or Disabled
and also wait time for a disk.
When login delay is necessary in
configuration with multiple nodes
connected to the FC-SW such, as cascade
connection, specify the time to delay.
Can specify whether or not the OS driver
performs following the Persistent Bindings
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function in the Linux system.
When it is necessary for the OS driver
(Windows or Linux) to boot with the default
setting instead of the setting saved on the
OS, set it to Enabled.
Set "Boot Device List" to Enabled or
Disabled.
- Enabled: Boot device search is limited
to devices registered in the Boot
Device List.
- Disabled: Searches the device
currently connected, ignoring the Boot
Device List.
Registers the Boot Device List used when
Select Boot Device is set to "Enabled".
Only devices registered in the list are
searched. If all devices cannot be detected,
the currently connected device will not be
searched.
1423
Default
Disabled
Auto
Auto
Disabled
3 sec
Enabled.
"
Disabled
Disabled
(All Zero)