User`s guide

17 – SANblade Control FX Application for Windows NT/ Windows 2000
Configurating the HBA
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n Perform loopback and read/write buffer tests (see section 17.7.3)
n Update the NVRAM and BIOS (see section 17.7.4)
17.7.1
Configure the HBAs
Configure the HBAs using the HBA Options tabbed page. To access the HBA
Options tabbed page, perform the following steps:
1. Click an adapter in the HBA tree on the left side of the screen. The HBA tabbed
pages are displayed on the right side of the screen.
2. Click the HBA Options tab.
The top of the HBA Options tabbed page is read-only; it displays information about
the selected adapter. Select one of the following options from the Select Parameter
Section drop-down list:
n Host Parameters
n Advanced Host Parameters
n Advanced Firmware Parameters
These parameters are described in the following sections.
After configuring the parameters in the HBA Options tabbed pages, click one of the
following:
n Save. Saves the values in all three parameter sections.
n Current. Restores the three sections’ settings that were previously saved.
n Initial. Restores the three sections’ settings to their values when the SANblade
Control FX Application was first started.
In the following sections, when referring to options that are selected by a check box,
selected means enabled; cleared means disabled.