3–Fibre Channel Configuration
Using Fast!UTIL for Custom Configuration
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Scan Fibre Devices
The
Scan Fibre Devices
option scans the Fibre Channel loop and lists all the
connected devices by loop ID. It lists information about each device; for example,
vendor name, product name, and revision. This information helps when
configuring your 2700 Series Adapter and attached devices.
Enable
Target
Reset
Yes, No
Yes
When this setting is Yes, the drivers issue a Target Reset
command to all devices on the loop when a SCSI Bus Reset
command is issued.
Login
Retry
Count
0–255
8
This setting specifies the number of times the software tries
to log in to a device.
Port Down
Retry
Count
0–255
seconds
30
seconds
This setting specifies the number of seconds the software
waits before resending a command to a port whose status
indicates that the port is down.
Link Down
Timeout
0–255
seconds
30
seconds
This setting specifies the number of seconds the software
waits for a link that is down to come up.
Operation
Mode
0, 5, 6
6
This setting specifies the reduced interrupt operation (RIO)
modes if they are supported by the software driver. The RIO
modes allow posting multiple command completions in a
single interrupt. This setting supports the following modes:
0—Interrupt for every I/O completion
5—Interrupt when the interrupt delay timer expires
6—Interrupt when the interrupt delay timer expires or no
active I/Os
Interrupt
Delay
Timer
0–255
(100
μ
s
units)
2 (200
μ
s)
This setting contains the value used by a timer to set the
wait time before generating an interrupt.
Enable
Interrupt
Yes, No
No
This setting enables or disables the interrupt:
Yes—This setting enables the BIOS to use the interrupt
request (IRQ) assigned to the 2700 Series Adapter.
No—The BIOS polls for the 2700 Series Adapter's RISC
controller mailbox command completion status.
a
Loop support is available only at port speeds up to 16Gbps. At 32Gbps, loop is not supported.
Table 3-3. Advanced Adapter Settings (Continued)
Setting
Values
Default
Description
