Specifications

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Adaptec Fibre Card 9210LP User’s Reference
The following three options have no effect when the FC Card BIOS is
disabled. (The FC Card BIOS is normally Disabled by default.)
■ FC card Hard AL_PA—(Default: 0x01) Each port in an FC
Arbitrated Loop is assigned an Arbitrated Loop Physical
Address (AL_PA). FC card will claim selected AL_PA during
initialization. Lower AL_PA will have a higher priority.
■ Devices scanning—(Default: Backward) Choose FC device
scanning order.
■ Backward—When selected, FC Card will scan the devices
starting from the last valid AL_PA (0xEF) until the first valid
AL_PA (0x01).
■ Forward—When selected, FC Card will scan the devices
starting from the first valid AL_PA (0x01) until the last valid
AL_PA (0xEF).
■ Host Adapter Speed—(Default: 1 Gigabit) Determines the
maximum data transfer rate that the FC Card supports. The
Adaptec Fibre Card 9210LP can perform at 1 Gigabit or
2 Gigabit speeds, or Auto Negotiation, with the default setting
at 1 Gigabit. To operate at full potential in a 2 Gigabit SAN,
change the Host Adapter speed to 2 Gigabit.
FCSelect Settings
The following settings display information about FC Card:
■ Tachyon Chip—Indentifies Tachyon chip present on FC Card.
■ World Wide Name—Displays World Wide Name for FC Card,
a unique identifier within Fibre Channel domain.
■ Interrupt (IRQ) Channel—Displays the IRQ channel used by
FC Card.
■ BIOS Segment Address—Displays BIOS Segment Address of
FC BIOS.