Configuring bios using hcm or bcu commands – Dell Brocade Adapters User Manual
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Configuring BIOS using HCM or BCU commands
You can enable or disable BIOS for booting over the SAN, set adapter port speed (HBAs and Fabric
Adapter port configured in HBA mode only), display BIOS configuration parameters, select boot
LUNs, and enable automatic discovery of the boot LUN from the fabric using HCM dialog box
options and BCU commands,
NOTE
You can only designate bootable devices (LUNs) using the Boot Device Settings feature of the
Brocade BIOS Configuration Utility,
Configuring BIOS using HCM
To configure BIOS using HCM, perform the following steps.
1. Select an adapter in the device tree.
2. Select Configure > Basic Port Configuration to display the Basic Port Configuration dialog box.
3. Click the Boot-over-SAN tab to display the Boot over SAN dialog box.
4. Perform any or all of the following actions as appropriate for your needs:
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Enable or disable BIOS.
Click the BIOS Enable check box to enable boot over SAN. You must enable BIOS to
support boot over SAN for an adapter port. If disabled, the host system cannot boot from
Fibre Channel disk drives. The default setting for the adapter boot BIOS is enabled.
NOTE
For mezzanine adapters only, if BIOS was enabled through a blade system management
application, the Pre-boot BIOS Enable option will be selected and cannot be changed.The
BIOS Enable option will also be disabled.
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Set port speed for adapter ports.
NOTE
Auto Negotiate allows the port to automatically negotiate link speed with the connected
port. This is the only speed option for the 10 Gbps CNA and for Fabric Adapter ports
configured in CNA or NIC mode.
NOTE
For mezzanine adapters only, if speed was set through another application, such as the
blade system management application, a Pre-boot BIOS Speed will be indicated and
cannot be changed.
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Enable one of the following boot options:
NOTE
For booting from direct-attached Fibre Channel targets, select the First Visible LUN or User
Configurable LUN options.
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Fabric Discovered - When enabled, the boot LUN identification is provided by the fabric
(refer to