Step 1
| In the
Navigation pane, click the
Server tab.
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Step 2
| On the
Server tab, click
Inventory.
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Step 3
| In the Inventory pane, click the Cisco VIC Adapters tab. |
Step 4
| In the
Adapter Cards area, select the adapter card.
If the server
is powered on, the resources of the selected adapter card appear in the tabbed
menu below the
Adapter Cards area.
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Step 5
| In the tabbed
menu below the
Adapter Cards area, click the
vHBAs tab.
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Step 6
| In the
Host
Fibre Channel Interfaces area, select a vHBA from the table.
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Step 7
| Click Properties to open the vHBA Properties dialog box. |
Step 8
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In the General area, review the information in the following fields:
Name
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Description
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Name field
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The name of the virtual HBA.
This name cannot be changed after the vHBA has been created.
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World Wide Node Name field
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The WWNN associated with the vHBA.
To let the system generate the WWNN, select AUTO. To specify a WWNN, click the second radio button and enter the WWNN in the corresponding field.
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World Wide Port Name field
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The WWPN associated with the vHBA.
To let the system generate the WWPN, select AUTO. To specify a WWPN, click the second radio button and enter the WWPN in the corresponding field.
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FC SAN Boot check box
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If checked, the vHBA can be used to perform a SAN boot.
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Enable Persistent LUN Binding check box
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If checked, any LUN ID associations are retained in memory until they are manually cleared.
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Uplink Port field
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The uplink port associated with the vHBA.
Note
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This value cannot be changed for the system-defined vHBAs fc0 and fc1.
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MAC Address field
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The MAC address associated with the vHBA.
To let the system generate the MAC address, select AUTO. To specify an address, click the second radio button and enter the MAC address in the corresponding field.
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Default VLAN field
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If there is no default VLAN for this vHBA, click NONE. Otherwise, click the second radio button and enter a VLAN ID between 1 and 4094 in the field.
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Class of Service drop-down list
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The CoS for the vHBA.
Select an integer between 0 and 6, with 0 being lowest priority and 6 being the highest priority.
Note
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This
option cannot be used in VNTAG mode.
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Rate Limit field
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The data rate limit for traffic on this vHBA, in Mbps.
If you want this vHBA to have an unlimited data rate, select OFF. Otherwise, click the second radio button and enter an integer between 1 and 10,000.
Note
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This
option cannot be used in VNTAG mode.
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PCIe Device Order field
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The order in which this vHBA will be used.
To let the system set the order, select ANY. To specify an order, select the second radio button and enter an integer between 0 and 17.
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EDTOV field
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The error detect timeout value (EDTOV), which is the number of milliseconds to wait before the system assumes that an error has occurred.
Enter an integer between 1,000 and 100,000. The default is 2,000 milliseconds.
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RATOV field
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The resource allocation timeout value (RATOV), which is the number of milliseconds to wait before the system assumes that a resource cannot be properly allocated.
Enter an integer between 5,000 and 100,000. The default is 10,000 milliseconds.
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Max Data Field Size field
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The maximum size of the Fibre Channel frame payload bytes that the vHBA supports.
Enter an integer between 256 and 2112.
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Channel Number field
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The channel number that will be assigned to this vHBA.
Enter an integer between 1 and 1,000.
Note
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VNTAG
mode is required for this option.
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Port Profile drop-down list
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The port profile that should be associated with the vHBA, if any.
This field displays the port profiles defined on the switch to which this server is connected.
Note
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VNTAG
mode is required for this option.
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Step 9
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In the Error Recovery area, review the information in the following fields:
Name
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Description
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Enable FCP Error Recovery check box
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If checked, the system uses FCP Sequence Level Error Recovery protocol (FC-TAPE).
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Link Down Timeout field
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The number of milliseconds the uplink port should be offline before it informs the system that the uplink port is down and fabric connectivity has been lost.
Enter an integer between 0 and 240,000.
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Port Down I/O Retries field
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The number of times an I/O request to a port is returned because the port is busy before the system decides the port is unavailable.
Enter an integer between 0 and 255.
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Port Down Timeout field
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The number of milliseconds a remote Fibre Channel port should be offline before informing the SCSI upper layer that the port is unavailable.
Enter an integer between 0 and 240,000.
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Step 10
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In the Fibre Channel Interrupt area, review the information in the following fields:
Name
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Description
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Interrupt Mode drop-down list
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The preferred driver interrupt mode. This can be one of the following:
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MSIx—Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) with the optional extension. This is the recommended option.
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MSI—MSI only.
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INTx—PCI INTx interrupts.
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Step 11
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In the Fibre Channel Port area, review the information in the following fields:
Name
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Description
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I/O Throttle Count field
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The number of I/O operations that can be pending in the vHBA at one time.
Enter an integer between 1 and 1,024.
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LUNs per Target field
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The maximum number of LUNs that the driver will export. This is usually an operating system platform limitation.
Enter an integer between 1 and 1,024. The recommended value is 1024.
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Step 12
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In the Fibre Channel Port FLOGI area, review the information in the following fields:
Name
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Description
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FLOGI Retries field
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The number of times that the system tries to log in to the fabric after the first failure.
To specify an unlimited number of retries, select the INFINITE radio button. Otherwise select the second radio button and enter an integer into the corresponding field.
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FLOGI Timeout field
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The number of milliseconds that the system waits before it tries to log in again.
Enter an integer between 1,000 and 255,000.
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Step 13
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In the Fibre Channel Port PLOGI area, review the information in the following fields:
Name
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Description
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PLOGI Retries field
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The number of times that the system tries to log in to a port after the first failure.
Enter an integer between 0 and 255.
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PLOGI Timeout field
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The number of milliseconds that the system waits before it tries to log in again.
Enter an integer between 1,000 and 255,000.
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Step 14
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In the SCSI I/O area, review the information in the following fields:
Name
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Description
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CDB Transmit Queue Count field
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The number of SCSI I/O queue resources the system should allocate.
Enter an integer between 1 and 8.
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CDB Work Queue Ring Size field
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The number of descriptors in each SCSI I/O queue.
Enter an integer between 64 and 512.
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Step 15
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In the Receive/Transmit Queues area, review the information in the following fields:
Name
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Description
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FC Work Queue Ring Size field
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The number of descriptors in each transmit queue.
Enter an integer between 64 and 128.
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FC Receive Queue Ring Size field
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The number of descriptors in each receive queue.
Enter an integer between 64 and 128.
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