Setting the topology for qla22xx/23xx and windows – EMC QLogic User Manual

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EMC HBA Settings

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Installing and Configuring the HBA Driver

Setting the Topology
for QLA22xx/23xx
and Windows

While using a QLA22xx or QLA23xx HBA for Windows NT,
Windows 2000, or Windows 2003, the default EMC configured
topology is set for “loop preferred, otherwise point to point.” If you
want to change this value, you can manually set the adapter topology.

Follow these steps to set the topology:

Current 64-bit systems can be updated only from within Windows 2003 using
the SANSurfer SANBlade Manager. Refer to QLogic SANSurfer SANBlade
Manager
on page A-2 for
further instructions.

1. Boot the Windows host and press

CTRL-Q

when prompted to

Press <CTRL-Q> for Fast!UTIL

. (This prompt appears with the

QLogic startup banner.)

2. After the Fast!UTIL program loads, the initial display will depend

on whether there are multiple QLogic HBAs installed in the
server:

• If there is only one QLogic HBA, the Fast!UTIL Options menu

appears.

• If there are multiple QLogic HBAs, a list of memory addresses

occupied by those HBAs appears. Using the arrow keys, select
the desired HBA and press

ENTER

. The Fast!UTIL Options

menu appears.

3. Select Configuration Settings from the Fast!UTIL Options menu

and press

ENTER

.

4. Select Extended Firmware Settings from the Configuration

Settings

menu and press

ENTER

.

5. Select Connection Options and press

ENTER

.

6. Select the topology desired for your configuration.

7. Press

ESC

to return to the Configuration Settings menu.

8. Press

ESC

to return to the Fast!UTIL Options menu.

9. When prompted to save changes made to the current adapter,

select Save Changes and press

ENTER

.

10. If there are more adapters to configure, choose Select Host

Adapter

and repeat steps 3 through 9 for each adapter.

11. Press

ESC

to exit Fast!UTIL.

12. Reboot the host.

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