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Enhance Windows NT SCSI driver performance
Advanced users only. Configure registry to enhance performance when using a
Windows NT SCSI driver.
Enhance Window NT IP driver performance
Modify class, topology or MTU values or the way Windows NT TCP/IP
services transmits Ethernet packets (802.3 SNAP) by changing registry values.
Perform LUN mapping
This procedure requires the use of the Emulex Configuration Utility. This
Utility is installed along with the Windows NT 4.0 SCSI Port driver.
Perform manual SCSI mapping
This procedure requires the use of the Emulex Configuration Utility. This
Utility is installed along with the Windows NT 4.0 SCSI Port driver.
Upgrade host adapter firmware using the Emulex Configuration Utility
This procedure requires the use of the Emulex Configuration Utility. This
Utility is installed along with the Windows NT 4.0 SCSI Port driver.
Designate a fibre channel drive as the boot drive
Boot BIOS is a set of x86 instructions in the host adapter Flash ROM that allows a user to
designate a Fibre Channel hard drive as the boot drive. Boot BIOS works with the existing
system BIOS on Intel Pentium PCI motherboards.
Note
The examples in this chapter use the Windows NT
4.x operating system.
Supported Host Adapters
LP6000, LP7000/E, LP8000, and LP850.
Requirements
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Intel Pentium computer system, with system BIOS copyrighted 1995 or later
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MS-DOS 6.0 or higher
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Windows NT 4.x installation media
