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Supplemental Guide for VMware ESX/ESXi

The following information should be used by advanced users only. Please consult with our Technical Support
Department before applying any of the following information.

1 Driver Configuration

Use the esxcfg-module command to query and
configure the ATTO adapter driver parameters. In
the examples that follow, <driver name> should be
replaced with the ATTO driver name.

To obtain a list of available driver parameters:

# esxcfg-module -i <driver name>

To list the driver parameters that have been set:

# esxcfg-module -g <driver name>

To set a driver parameter:

# esxcfg-module -s param=value <driver name>

Configuration changes made with the esxcfg-
module -s command are persistent across system
reboots. However, the changes will not take affect
until the system is rebooted.

The following table lists the configurable parameters along with a brief description. Supported driver
abbreviations are: A - All drivers, C - celerityfc, celerity8fc, E - esashba, esas2hba.

PARAMETER

DESCRIPTION

Driver

Support

atto_log_mask

Defines the log mask for sending ATTO driver
information to the system log. Default is 0 (none).

A

atto_max_sectors

Maximum number of disk sectors in a single data
transfer. Default is 65535 (largest possible value).

A

can_queue

Maximum number of commands per adapter
channel. Default is 128.

A

change_notification

Enable notifying the OS of the arrival and departure
of target devices. Default is 1 (on).

A

cmd_per_lun

Maximum number of commands per LUN. Default
is 16.

A

cmd_retry_count

Maximum number of retries allowed for a
command. Default is 20.

A

event_log_mask

A bit mask of events to report to the system log.
Default is 0x00000001 (crtitical events only).

A

fab_alternate_exchanges

Causes the chip to alternate between to exchanges
when it runs out of credits on a fabric. This may
improve performance in multiple initiator/target
environments. Default is 0 (off).

C

heap_initial

Initial heap size allocated for the dirver.

A

heap_max

Maximum attainable heap size of the driver.

A

io_time_out

Time (in seconds) before an I/O command is timed
out by the driver. Set to 0 for no timeout. Default is
30.

A

max_logins

Defines the maximum number of ports that can be
logged in at once. Default is 256.

C

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