Installation guide

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EMC Fibre Channel and iSCSI with QLogic HBAs in the Windows Environment
Planning, Miscellaneous Procedures, and Troubleshooting
Editing the Windows Time Out Value
This section applies only to driver version 2.11a2 and below; driver versions
above 2.11a2 include a version of the Emulex Configuration Tool that
automatically updates the Windows I/O timeout value.
Connecting a Windows 2000 host to an EMC storage array over Fibre
Channel requires editing the Windows registry as follows:
1. Open the registry:
a. On the Windows taskbar, click Start.
b. Click Run.
c. Type
regedt32.exe in the Open field and click OK.
2. Follow this path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ System\ CurrentControlSet\,
Services\ Disk
3. Look for the TimeOutValue entry in the right pane of the registry
editor window:
•If the TimeOutValue exists, double-click it, then go to step 4.
•If the TimeOutValue does not exist:
a. Select Add Value from the Edit menu.
b. In the Value Name box, type TimeOutValue (exactly as
shown).
c. For the data type, select REG_DWORD from the pull-down
menu.
d. Click OK.
4. In the DWORD Editor window:
a. Click decimal in the radix box.
b. Change the value in the data box to 60.
5. Click OK.
6. Close the registry editor.
7. Reboot the host.