Efiboot advanced adapter settings dialog box, Figure 11-4 – Dell Emulex Family of Adapters User Manual

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OneCommand™ Manager Application

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11. Configuring Boot from an FC SAN

Configuring Advanced Settings (Boot from SAN)

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EFIBoot Advanced Adapter Settings Dialog Box

Use the EFIBoot Advanced Adapter Settings dialog box to configure the advanced

settings for the selected EFIBoot adapter.

Figure 11-4 EFIBoot Advanced Adapter Settings Dialog Box

EFIBoot Advanced Adapter Settings Field Definitions

Device Path – Makes the Fibre driver appear as a SCSI driver.

Fibre (default)

SCSI

Boot Target Scan – This option is available only if none of the eight boot entries

are configured to boot via DID or WWPN.

NVRAM Targets (default) – Discovers only LUNs that are saved to the

adapter Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (NVRAM).

Discovered Targets – Discovers all devices that are attached to the FC port.

Discovery can take a long time on large SANs.

None

EFIBootFCScanLevel: NVRAM Targets and EFIBootFCScanLevel:

Discovered Targets – Allows 3rd party software to toggle between Boot Path

from NVRAM and Boot Path from Discovered Targets by manipulating an

EFI system NVRAM variable.

Maximum LUNs per Target – Sets the maximum number of LUNs that are

polled during device discovery. The range is 1 to 4096. The default is 256.

Reset Delay Timer in seconds – Sets a value for delay device discovery. The

range is 0 to 255. The default is 0.

PLOGI Retry Timer – Sets the interval for the PLOGI (port log in) retry timer.

This option is especially useful for Tachyon-based RAID arrays. Under very

rare occasions, a Tachyon-based RAID array resets itself and the port goes

offline temporarily in the loop. When the port comes online again the PLOGI

retry interval scans the loop to discover this device.

50 ms

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