Configuring the Brocade HBA for hosts running the Windows Server operating system

This section applies to hosts that are running the Windows® Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008 operating system.

After you install the Brocade host bus adapter (HBA) and the driver, you must configure the HBA. See the following Web site for more information about supported Brocade models:

www.ibm.com/storage/support/2145

To configure the HBA BIOS, either use the Brocade Host Connectivity Manager (HCM) software or reboot into the Brocade configuration tool. Configure the following settings:
  • Host Adapter BIOS: Disabled (unless the machine is configured for SAN Boot)
  • Queue depth: 4
You can disable the BIOS by using the command-line configuration tool:
  • bcu bios —disable 1/0
  • bcu bios —disable 1/0
You can set the queue depth by using the command-line configuration tool:
  • bcu fcpim —qdepth 1/04
  • bcu fcpim —qdepth 1/14
You can query the settings by using the command-line configuration tool:
  • bcu port —query 1/0
  • bcu port —query 1/1
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