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EMC Host Connectivity with QLogic Fibre Channel HBAs and CNAs in the Windows Environment
Miscellaneous Planning and Procedures
The loop ID value entered here is the decimal representation of
the FC-AL loop ID. You do not need to perform any FC-AL
AL_PA hexadecimal translation.
adapters connected to the same SP should all have unique hard loop IDs.
Select 0 for all adapters on one node, select 1 for all adapters on the next
node, and so on.
7. Enter a value for the loop ID and press Enter.
8. Press
Esc to return to the Configuration Settings menu.
9. Press
Esc to return to the Fast!UTIL Options menu.
10. When prompted to save changes made to the current adapter,
select Save Changes and press
ENTER.
11. If there are more adapters to configure, choose Select Host
Adapter, and repeat steps 3 through 11 for each adapter.
12. Press
Esc to exit Fast!UTIL.
13. Reboot the host.
14. Repeat this procedure on all nodes in the cluster connected to the
CX200 series array.
15. While you are in the BIOS, you can verify that the topology is set
correctly for direct connect (FC-AL).
IMPORTANT
Future use of the firmware NVRAM file to apply settings will
overwrite and possibly invalidate the changes made above. If you
will later update using a firmware NVRAM file, be sure it is listed
and supports this CX200 series direct-connect cluster configuration.
Note: To restore EMC default adapter settings, either reload the approved
EMC NVRAM file, or return to step 5 and ensure Adapter Hard Loop ID is
set to Disabled.