Support Matrix

Required timeout settings for Fibre Channel

host bus adapters

This table lists required timeout settings for all Dell EMC-supported Fibre Channel (FC) HBAs, by manufacturer and OS. Ensure that any

FC HBA connected to your MD36xxf storage array has these timeout values set as listed in Table 23.

Use one of these manufacturer utilities to set these values on your HBA:

• Brocade command line utility (BCU)

• Emulex HBAnyware or OneCommand Manager

• QLogic SANsurfer FC HBA Manager

Table 23. Fibre Channel HBA timeout values (by manufacturer)

HBA manufacturer Timeout parameter Required value (in

seconds)

QLogic

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 LinkDownTimeout 10

PortDownRetryCount 10

Linux only qlport_down_retry 10

Emulex

Windows only LinkTimeout 10

NodeTimeout 10

Linux only lpfc_devloss_tmo 10

Brocade

Windows and Linux pathtov 10

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