7 – Software Applications and Utilities
Configuration Settings
7.2
Configuration Settings
The first selection on the Fast!UTIL Options menu is Configuration Settings.
These settings configure the FC devices and the QLA200 HBA to which they are
attached.
7.2.1
Adapter Settings
From the Configuration Settings menu in Fast!UTIL, select Adapter Settings.
The default settings for the QLA200 HBA are listed in
the following paragraphs.
Host Adapter BIOS
Spinup Delay
Extended Error Logging
Host Adapter BIOS. When this setting is Disabled, the ROM BIOS on the
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QLA200 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 QLA200 HBA.
The default is Disabled.
Spinup Delay. When this setting is enabled, the BIOS waits for up to five minutes
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for a device to become ready. The default is Disabled.
Extended Error Logging. This setting provides additional error and debug
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information to the operating system. The default is Disabled.
7.2.2
Selectable Boot Settings
The Selectable Boot Settings option is accessed from the Configuration Settings
menu. From the Selectable Boot Settings menu, enable the selectable boot option
and insert a device into the primary boot device location, as described in this section.
Only a single device can be inserted in the Selectable Boot Settings menu.
NOTE:
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Table 7-1. Adapter Settings
Setting
The QLA200 HBA BIOS must be enabled (in additional to enabling the
Selectable Boot option) to boot from the selected device.
table 7-1
Options
Enabled, Disabled
Enabled, Disabled
Enabled, Disabled
and described in
Default
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
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