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.
For more information about supported Brocade models, see
the following website:
https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/
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