Qlogic Hba Cards - Dell SC4020 Deployment Manual

Configure Emulex HBA Settings
Configure Emulex HBA card settings to enable an Emulex HBA card to communicate more effectively
with Storage Center. Configure Emulex HBA settings with the Emulex HBAnywhere utility or the Emulex
LightPulse BIOS.
Configure an Emulex HBA card to match the following settings.
Field
NodeTimeOut
QueueDepth
Topology
NOTE: For more information regarding the compatibility of an HBA card, see the
Compatibility Matrix. For more information about Emulex, see http://www.emulex.com.

QLogic HBA Cards

Qlogic manufactures HBA cards for iSCSI, Fibre Channel, and FCoE connections.
NOTE: For more information regarding the compatibility of an HBA card, see the
Compatibility Matrix.
Configure Qlogic HBA Settings
Configure Qlogic HBA card settings to enable the server to communicate more effectively with Storage
Center. The following settings can be configured on any of the compatible Qlogic HBA cards from the
Qlogic Fast!UTIL BIOS or the Qlogic SANsurfer. After configuring the settings based on the manufacturer
of the HBA card, configure the settings that apply to the operating system running on the server.
Configure a Qlogic HBA card to match the following settings.
Field
Connection options
Login retry count
Port down retry count
Link down timeout
Execution Throttle
Field
ARP Redirect
NOTE: For more information regarding the compatibility of an HBA card, see the
Compatibility Matrix. For more information about Qlogic, see http://www.qlogic.com.
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Setting
60
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1
Fibre Channel Adapters
Settings
1 for point-to-point only
60 attempts
60 attempts
30 seconds
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iSCSI Adapters
Settings
Enabled
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