AE311A and AD300A -- HBA Installation Guide

Table 5 describes the Driver Configuration components.
Table 5 Driver Configuration menu components
Menu Option Description
NVRAM Paramete
rs
1. Edit Adapter Settings Displays the Edit Adapter Settings menu.
2. Edit Advanced Settings Displays the Edit Advanced Settings menu.
3. Edit Database Displays the Edit Database screen.
4. Edit Boot Settings Displays the Edit Boot Settings menu.
Information
5. Show Database
Displays the c
ontents of the world wide name (WWN) database in table
form.
6. Show Translation
Displays the SCSI target ID translation table. This table is a list of SCSI
TID and Fibre Channel loop id mapping pairs. Each entry in the table
consists of the following information about each device:
• SCSI id (TID)
• Fibre channel loop id (LID)
• Worldwideportname(WWPN)
• Worldwide nodename(WWNN)
All numbers are in hexadecimal.
Tid values from 0x00 to 0x0A are persistent, and TID values greater
than 0x0A are assigned sequentially as devices are discovered. Tid
values greater than 0x80 are fabric-attached while those below 0x7F
are arbitrated-loop-attached.
7. Show NVRAM Buffer Displays the contents of the local NVRAM buffer in hexadecimal. This
is the local buffer containing changes made prior to using the Write
selectiontocommitthemtothe HBA’sNVRAM.
8. Info Display
s the following HBA information:
• EFI devi
ce path
• Port WWP
N
• Serial
number
• SSVID a
nd SSDID from NVRAM
Use the
device path to determine which HBA configuration is displayed.
9. Help
Displays a brief description of the menu selections.
Operation
10. Aba
ndon
Abandons the changes in the current Configuration protocol local buffer
and rel
oads itscontentsfrom the HBA’sNVRAM.
11. W r i t e
Writes the current Configuration protocol local buffer to the HBA’s
NVRAM. Usethisfunctionany time youuse amenu selection to modify
configuration data. When the NVRAM has been successfully written, the
Configuration protocol local buffer is reloaded from the HBA’s NVRAM.
12. Q u it
Quits the Configuration protocol and returns to the EFI shell. You must use
the Write selection to write any changes to the HBA’s NVRAM before
quitting.
Troubleshooting Linux
For troubleshooting Linux driver-related information, check the var/log/messages file. If the qla2xxx
driver detects any fabric or driver events, the information about these events reside in this file.
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