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Required Adapter and Server OS Settings
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A Required Adapter and Server OS Settings
Server host bus adapters and converged network adapters (hereafter called adapters) require specific
configuration settings in order to maintain IO during Storage Center controller failovers and network/fabric
path failovers. Some of these settings are identical for all supported operating systems and others vary by
operating system. The information below identifies adapter settings that are identical for all supported
operating systems. If the adapter is not listed below, default settings are acceptable.
A.1 Adapter Settings
A.1.1 Cisco Fibre Channel Adapters
Field
Setting
Flogi Retries
60
Plogi Retries
60
A.1.2 Emulex Fibre Channel Adapters
Field
Settings
Topology
LPe16xxx and earlier: 1 (point to point)
VMware ESXi: Set topology to 2 for Auto
Topology (point to point first)
LPe31xxx and later: N/A, value does not exist
NodeTimeOut Node Time Out field, lpfc_devloss_tmo
(formerly nodev_tmo)
60