Setting The Topology For Qla22Xx/23Xx And Windows - EMC QLogic User Manual

Setting the Topology
for QLA22xx/23xx
and Windows
While using a QLA22xx or QLA23xx HBA for Windows NT,
Windows 2000, or Windows 2003, the default EMC configured
topology is set for "loop preferred, otherwise point to point." If you
want to change this value, you can manually set the adapter topology.
Follow these steps to set the topology:
Current 64-bit systems can be updated only from within Windows 2003 using
the SANSurfer SANBlade Manager. Refer to QLogic SANSurfer SANBlade
Manager on page A-2 for further instructions.
1. Boot the Windows host and press
Press <CTRL-Q> for Fast!UTIL
QLogic startup banner.)
2. After the Fast!UTIL program loads, the initial display will depend
on whether there are multiple QLogic HBAs installed in the
server:
• If there is only one QLogic HBA, the Fast!UTIL Options menu
appears.
• If there are multiple QLogic HBAs, a list of memory addresses
occupied by those HBAs appears. Using the arrow keys, select
the desired HBA and press
menu appears.
3. Select Configuration Settings from the Fast!UTIL Options menu
and press .
ENTER
4. Select Extended Firmware Settings from the Configuration
Settings menu and press
5. Select Connection Options and press
6. Select the topology desired for your configuration.
7. Press to return to the Configuration Settings menu.
ESC
8. Press to return to the Fast!UTIL Options menu.
ESC
9. When prompted to save changes made to the current adapter,
select Save Changes and press
10. If there are more adapters to configure, choose Select Host
Adapter and repeat steps 3 through 9 for each adapter.
11. Press to exit Fast!UTIL.
ESC
12. Reboot the host.
Installing and Configuring the HBA Driver
when prompted to
CTRL-Q
. (This prompt appears with the
. The Fast!UTIL Options
ENTER
.
ENTER
.
ENTER
.
ENTER
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