Specifications
8. From the Configuration Settings menu, scroll down to Extended Firmware
Settings. Press Enter.
9. From the Extended Firmware Settings menu, scroll down to Connection
Options to open the Option and Type of Connection window.
10. Press Enter.
11. Select the option:
v 0: Loop only
v 1: Point-to-point
v 2: Loop preferred (If you cannot use arbitrated loop, then default to
point-to-point.)
v 3: Point-to point, otherwise loop (If you cannot use point-to-point, default to
arbitrated loop.)
Note: If you connect the ESS directly to the host system, the option you select
must match the port connections on the ESS.
12. Press Esc.
13. To save the changes, click Yes. Press Enter.
14. Restart the server.
Loading the current adapter driver
Perform the following steps to load the current driver onto the QLogic adapter card:
1. Go to the following Web site:
www.qlogic.com/
2. From the home page, click Driver Download.
3. Click Drivers.
4. Click Fibre-Channel Adapter Drivers.
5. Click QLA2xxx drivers.
6. Click Novell NetWare.
7. Click Qlogic Vx.xxx where V is the version and x.xxx is the version level of the
file name.
8. In the Save As window, find the current driver file, xxxxxxx.exe, where xxxxxxx
is the driver file name. Before you proceed to step 9, decide whether you want
to store the file on your hard drive or a floppy diskette.
Note: IBM recommends that you save the file to a floppy diskette.
9. Click Save.
10. Close the Web site.
11. From your host system Start menu, click Run.
12. In the Run window, ensure the drive letter in the field is the same as the drive
letter where you saved the xxxxxxx.exe file in step 8. If no drive letter appears,
type the letter of the drive where you saved the driver file.
13. Type the driver file name after x:, where x is the drive letter you specified to
save the file.
14. Type the directory name where you want to put the file. Click Zip.
Note: IBM recommends that you save the file to a floppy diskette.
15. Click OK to unzip the current driver file.
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