Users Guide

User’s Guide—Fibre Channel Adapter
QLE274x-DEL, QLE274xL-DEL, and QME2742-DEL
vi BK3254601-00 J
Setting the FA-PWWN from the Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Setting FA-PWWN with QConvergeConsole GUI. . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Setting FA-PWWN with QConvergeConsole CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Setting FA-PWWN with QConvergeConsole VMware Plug-ins . 69
Setting the FA-PWWN from the Brocade Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Setting the FA-PWWN from the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Setting the Static FA-PWWN from the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Configuring and Verifying FA-BLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Configuring FA-BLD from the Adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Enabling Host Bus Adapter Port BIOS and Fabric-assigned Boot LUN
with QConvergeConsole GUI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Configuring the Adapter and Boot Devices with QConvergeConsole
CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Configuring a Zone in a Brocade Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Verifying that FA-BLD is Operational. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Adapter Side Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Using a Fabric-Assigned Boot LUN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Using a Fabric-Assigned Boot LUN in QConvergeConsole GUI. . . . . 77
Using a Fabric-Assigned Boot LUN in Interactive QConvergeConsole CLI77
Using a Fabric-Assigned Boot LUN with Noninteractive QConvergeConsole
CLI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Using a Fabric-Assigned Boot LUN with QConvergeConsole Plug-ins 78
Running Diagnostics—Fibre Channel Ping and Trace Route . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Pinging and Viewing Trace of Routing Using Topology Map . . . . . . . . 79
Running a Fibre Channel CT Ping Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Running a Fibre Channel CT Ping from QConvergeConsole GUI 80
Running a Fibre Channel CT Ping from QConvergeConsole CLI 81
Running a Fibre Channel CT Ping from QConvergeConsole VMware
Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Fibre Channel Trace Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Configuring CS_CTL QoS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
CS_CTL QoS Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Enabling CS_CTL QoS Mode for the Initiator and Target Ports . . . . . 85
Verifying and Confirming CS_CTL Mode Setup for Each Port . . . . . . 85
Creating a Virtual Port from the Adapter’s Port in QConvergeConsole GUI
85
Setting the QoS Priority Level for a Virtual Port in QConvergeConsole GUI
87
Configuring End-to-End CS_CTL QoS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Configuring CS_CTL QoS on the Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88