Configuring the Brocade HBA for hosts that run a Windows Server operating system

After you install the Brocade host bus adapter (HBA) and the driver on a Microsoft Windows Server operating system host, you must configure the HBA.

To configure the HBA BIOS, either use the Brocade Host Connectivity Manager (HCM) software or reboot into the Brocade configuration tool. Configure the following settings:
  • Host Adapter BIOS: Disabled (unless the machine is configured for SAN Boot)
  • Queue depth: 4
You can disable the BIOS by using the command-line configuration tool:
  • bcu bios disable 1/0
  • bcu bios disable 1/0
You can set the queue depth by using the command-line configuration tool:
  • bcu fcpim qdepth 1/04
  • bcu fcpim qdepth 1/14
You can query the settings by using the command-line configuration tool:
  • bcu port query 1/0
  • bcu port query 1/1