Configuration
Configuring the Driver Parameters
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Configuring the Driver Parameters
Use the
esxcfg-module
command to configure the QLogic FC adapter driver
parameters.
To configure driver parameters:
1.
To list the driver parameters, execute the following command:
#
esxcfg-module -g qla2300_707_vmw
2.
To set the driver parameters, execute the following command:
#
esxcfg-module -s <
options
> qla2300_707_vmw
where
<
options
>
is one of the configurable parameters listed in
Table 3-1
on page 3-7
.
For example, the following command sets the maximum device queue depth
reported by the QLogic to a value of 32:
#
esxcfg-module -s ql2xmaxqdepth=32 qla2300_707_vmw
3.
To update the ESX bootstrap image, execute following command:
#
esxcfg-boot -b
4.
For the preceding changes to take effect, reboot the server as follows:
#
reboot
Table 3-1
lists all the QLogic driver configurable parameters and provides a brief
description of each.
NOTE:
All configuration changes made using the
esxcfg-module -s
command
are
persistent
, meaning that the configuration changes will be saved across
system reboots.