Parameter settings for the QLogic QLA23xx and QLA246x adapters for San Surf configuration (4.06+ driver)

The following table provides the parameter settings for the QLogic QLA23xx and QLogic QLA226x adapters for storage units with the San Surf configuration (4.06+ driver).

Table 1. Parameter settings for the QLogic QLA23xx and QLogic QLA246x host adapters for San Surf Configuration (4.06+)
Adapter parameter	Recommended settings
Host Parameters
Execution Throttle	16 (default)
Frame Length	2048
Port Down Retry Count	30
Connection Options	Loop Only Loop Retreived Point-to-Point
Enable Fibre Channel Tape Support	Enable
Enable Fibre Channel Confirm	Enable
Data Rate	2 Auto Negotiate
Advanced Host Parameters (See Note 1)
Persistent Plus New	Enable
Persistent Target Only	Disable
Persistent Bind HBA	Disable
Fast Error Reporting	Disable
Link Down Error	Enable
Extended Logging	Disable
Enable Target Reset	Enable
Enable Fast Command Posting	Disable
Enable 4Gb Addressing	Disable
Maximum LUNs per Target	8 (default)
Loop Down Timeout	60 (default)
Advanced Firmware Parameters (See Note 1)
Enable Adapter Hard Loop ID	Disable
Enable LIP Full Login	Enable
Enable Class 2 Service	Disable
Enable ACKO	Disable
Enable Read Transfer Ready	Disable
Hard Loop ID	<default>
Login Retry Count	8
Interrupt Delay Timer	0
Wizard (for binding) (See Note 2)
Notes: All of the parameters in the Advanced Host Parameters and Advanced Firmware Parameters categories use the default parameter settings. San Surf uses Wizard to update the binding configuration information in the qlaxxxx.conf file. See Figure 1 for an example of the binding inserts.

Figure 1 shows an example qlaxxxx.conf file that contains binding inserts at the end of the file.

Figure 1. Example binding inserts for qlaxxxx.conf

hba3-SCSI-target-id-0-fibre-channel-node-name="5005076300c0863a";
hba3-SCSI-target-id-0-fibre-channel-port-name="5005076300cf863a";
                                                                 
hba3-SCSI-target-id-1-fibre-channel-node-name="5005076300c0863a";
hba3-SCSI-target-id-1-fibre-channel-port-name="5005076300cb863a";
                                                                 
hba2-SCSI-target-id-0-fibre-channel-node-name="5005076300c0863a";
hba2-SCSI-target-id-0-fibre-channel-port-name="5005076300cf863a";
                                                                 
hba2-SCSI-target-id-1-fibre-channel-node-name="5005076300c0863a";
hba2-SCSI-target-id-1-fibre-channel-port-name="5005076300cb863a";
                                                                 
hba1-SCSI-target-id-0-fibre-channel-node-name="5005076300c0863a";
hba1-SCSI-target-id-0-fibre-channel-port-name="5005076300c1863a";
                                                                 
hba1-SCSI-target-id-1-fibre-channel-node-name="5005076300c0863a";
hba1-SCSI-target-id-1-fibre-channel-port-name="5005076300c5863a";
                                                                 
hba0-SCSI-target-id-0-fibre-channel-node-name="5005076300c0863a";
hba0-SCSI-target-id-0-fibre-channel-port-name="5005076300c5863a";
                                                                 
hba0-SCSI-target-id-1-fibre-channel-node-name="5005076300c0863a";
hba0-SCSI-target-id-1-fibre-channel-port-name="5005076300c1863a";