Installing And Configuring The Netfinity Adapter Card For Windows 2000 - IBM TotalStorage DS6000 Attachment Manual
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Installing and configuring the Netfinity adapter card for Windows 2000
The following section describes how to download, install, and configure the Netfinity
adapter card for Windows 2000.
Installing the Netfinity adapter card for Windows 2000
This section provides instructions for installing the Netfinity adapter card for the
Windows 2000 host system.
10. Connect one end of the fiber cable from the devices to the J1 connector on the
Table 14. Recommended configuration file parameters for the Emulex LP9002L, LP9002DC,
LP9402DC, LP9802, LP10000, and LP10000DC adapters (continued)
Parameters
Maximum number of LUNs
Maximum queue depth
Link Timer
Retries
E_D_TOV
AL_TOV
Wait ready timer
Retry timer
R_A_TOV
ARB_TOV
Link Control
Topology
Link speed
Host pointers in SLIM
1. Obtain an optical multimode cable with a standard-connector style of duplex
connector.
2. Write down the serial number of the adapter card.
In the unlikely event that the nonvolatile random access memory is damaged,
the system will prompt you for the Netfinityadapter serial number.
3. Check the system board and make any configuration changes necessary to
accommodate the Netfinity adapter.
4. Turn off the peripheral devices and then the host.
5. Disconnect the power cord.
6. Remove the cover to the host.
7. Choose any PCI bus slot that supports 32- or 64-bit adapters.
You can install the adapter in a 64-bit PCI slot if one is available. If a 64-bit
slot is not available, use a 32-bit PCI slot.
8. Align the adapter with the expansion slot, and carefully press the adapter into
the slot until you hear the adapter snap into place.
9. Secure the adapter.
adapter.
Recommended settings
Equal to or greater than the number of the
storage unit LUNs available to the host bus
adapter
8
30 seconds
64
2000 milliseconds
15 milliseconds
45 seconds
2000 milliseconds
2 seconds
1000 milliseconds
v Point-to-point (fabric)
v Arbitrated loop (direct attachment)
Auto
Not checked (disabled)
Chapter 19. Attaching to a Windows 2000 host
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