Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Booting from SAN
- Chapter 3: Updating and Enabling Boot Code
- Chapter 4: Emulex LightPulse FC BIOS utility
- 4.1 Navigating the Emulex LightPulse FC BIOS Utility
- 4.2 Starting the Emulex LightPulse FC BIOS Utility
- 4.3 Enabling an Adapter to BFS
- 4.4 Scanning for Target Devices
- 4.5 Configuring Boot Devices
- 4.6 Configuring Advanced Adapter Parameters
- 4.6.1 Changing the Default AL_PA
- 4.6.2 Changing the PLOGI Retry Timer
- 4.6.3 Enabling or Disabling the Spinup Delay
- 4.6.4 Setting Auto Scan
- 4.6.5 Enabling or Disabling EDD 3.0
- 4.6.6 Enabling or Disabling the Start Unit Command
- 4.6.7 Enabling or Disabling the Environment Variable
- 4.6.8 Enabling or Disabling Auto Boot Sector
- 4.7 Configuring Adapter Firmware Parameters
- 4.8 Resetting the Adapter to Default Values
- 4.9 Using Multipath BFS
- Chapter 5: OpenBoot
- Chapter 6: Configuring Boot Using the UEFI HII
- 6.1 Prerequisites
- 6.2 Starting the UEFI HII
- 6.3 Configuring Boot in the UEFI HII
- 6.4 Setting Boot from SAN
- 6.5 Scanning for Fibre Devices
- 6.6 Adding Boot Devices
- 6.7 Deleting Boot Devices
- 6.8 Changing the Boot Device Order
- 6.9 Configuring HBA and Boot Parameters
- 6.9.1 Changing the Topology
- 6.9.2 Changing the PLOGI Retry Timer
- 6.9.3 Changing the Link Speed
- 6.9.4 Changing the Maximum LUNs per Target
- 6.9.5 Changing the Boot Target Scan Method
- 6.9.6 Changing the Device Discovery Delay
- 6.9.7 Configuring the Brocade FA-PWWN
- 6.9.8 Configuring the Brocade Boot LUN
- 6.9.9 Configuring 16G Forward Error Correction
- 6.9.10 Selecting Trunking
- 6.10 Resetting Emulex Adapters to Their Default Values
- 6.11 Displaying Adapter Information
- 6.12 Legacy-Only Configuration Settings
- 6.13 Requesting a Reset or Reconnect
- 6.14 Emulex Firmware Update Utility
- 6.15 NVMe over FC Boot Settings
- 6.16 Enabling or Disabling the HPE Shared Memory Feature (HPE Systems Only)
- Chapter 7: Troubleshooting
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Emulex Boot for the Fibre Channel Protocol User Guide
1.2 Abbreviations
The following table lists the acronyms and abbreviations used in this document.
Table 1: Acronyms and Abbreviations
Acronym/Abbreviation Description
BBS BIOS Boot Specification
BFS boot from SAN
D_ID destination identifier
DUD driver update disk
EDD enhanced disk device
EUID effective unique identifier
FA-PWWN Fabric Assigned Port Word Wide Name
FCA Fibre Channel adapter
FCP Fibre Channel Protocol
FEC forward error correction
FL_Port fabric loop port
GPT GUID partition table
GUID globally unique identifier
HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise
I/O input/output
IDE Integrated Drive Electronics
MBR master boot record
MPIO multipath I/O
MSA Modular Smart Array
NGUID Namespace globally unique identifier
NIS/NIS+ Network Information Service/Network Information Service Plus
NQN NVMe qualified name
OBP OpenBoot PROM
PLOGI Port Login
SFS SAN foundation software
SPARC Scalable Processor Architecture
UUID universally unique identifier