Selectable Boot Settings; Restore Default Settings; Raw Nvram Data; Advanced Adapter Settings - IBM totalstorage 326 User Reference

Hard Loop ID

Selectable boot settings

Though you can access this option from the Configuration Settings menu, do not
change the settings as booting from Fibre Channel is not supported.

Restore default settings

You can access this option from the Configuration Settings menu. It restores the
FAStT Host Adapter default settings.

Raw NVRAM data

This option displays the adapter's NVRAM contents in hexadecimal format. This is a
QLogic troubleshooting tool; you cannot modify the data.

Advanced adapter settings

You can access this option from the Configuration Settings menu. The default
settings for the FAStT Host Adapter are listed in Table 34 and described in the
following paragraphs.
Execution Throttle
Fast Command Posting
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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.
Table 34. Advanced adapter settings
Setting
Execution Throttle
Fast Command Posting
>4 GByte Addressing
LUNs per Target
Enable LIP Reset
Enable LIP Full Login
Enable Target Reset
Login Retry Count
Port Down Retry Count
Drivers Load RISC Code
Enable Database Updates
Disable Database Load
IOCB Allocation
Extended Error Logging
Specifies the maximum number of commands executing on any one port.
When a port's execution throttle is reached, no new commands are
executed until the current command finishes executing. The valid options
for this setting are 1-256. The default (optimum) is 256.
Decreases command execution time by minimizing the number of interrupts.
The default is Enabled.
Options
1-256
Enabled or Disabled
Enabled or Disabled
0, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256
Yes or No
Yes or No
Yes or No
0-255
0-255
Enabled or Disabled
Yes or No
Yes or No
1-512 buffers
Enabled or Disabled
Default
256
Enabled
Disabled
0
No
Yes
Yes
30
30
Enabled
No
No
256 buffers
Disabled