Quantum Scalar 218FC User Manual page 34

Certain Host Bus Adapters (HBA's) may require that you change
the Use Hard ALPA: No (default) to Use Hard ALPA: Yes. Call
ADIC Technical Support at (425) 883-HELP (4357) for additional
information.
World Wide Name High
This is the high-order word of the World Wide Name associated with a Fibre Channel entity.
To change the high-order word of the World Wide Name:
1. Press 1 in the Fibre Channel Configuration Menu. The Scalar 218FC Fibre Channel Serial Interface
displays the following prompt:
Enter new World Wide Name High value >
2.
Enter the high-order word of your new World Wide Name.
If the value you specify is not a valid World Wide Name, the system will display the following warning:
ERROR:
Invalid World Wide Name Value!
Press Any Key to Continue...
World Wide Name Low
This is the low-order word of the World Wide Name associated with the Fibre Channel entity.
To change the low-order word of the World Wide Name:
3. Press 2 in the Fibre Channel Configuration Menu. The Scalar 218FC Fibre Channel Serial Interface will
display the following prompt:
Enter new World Wide Name Low value >
4. Enter the low-order word of your new World Wide Name.
If the value you specify is not a valid World Wide Name, the system will display the following
warning:
ERROR:
Invalid World Wide Name Value!
Press Any Key to Continue...
Hard ALPA Usage. This setting allows you to specify whether you can change the Fibre Channel Source
ID. If Use Hard ALPA is set to Yes (TRUE), then the Source ID may be changed. If Use Hard ALPA is
set to No (FALSE), then the Source ID may not be changed.
To change the Use Hard ALPA:
5.
Press 3 in the Fibre Channel Configuration Menu.
This toggles the setting of Use Hard ALPA between Yes and No. If you toggle to yes, the menu adds a
selector to allow a hard address value and an address value of 0x1 is set.
6. Press X to return to the Configuration Menu.
24 Configuring the Fibre Channel Subsystem
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