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9 Booting VMware ESXi from FCoE

5. Select FCoE Configuration, and then click FCoE General Parameters.

6. To enable Boot to FCoE target, in FCoE General Parameters, select Enabled. Following are the

options available in the FCoE General Parameters:

• Boot to FCoE Target: Enable/Disable booting to FCoE target after logging in.

• Target as First HDD: Target appears as a first Hard disk drive (HDD) in the system.

• Link Up Delay Time: The time (in seconds) of the FCoE initiator that waits after an Ethernet link

is established before sending any data over the network. By default, it is set to 0.

• LUN busy retry count: The number of connections retries that the FCoE initiator attempts when

the FCoE target LUN is busy. By default, it is set to 0.

• Fabric Discovery Retry Count: The retry count for FCoE fabric discovery. By default, it is set to