Installation guide

Special instructions for the EMC CLARiiON CX200 series
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Miscellaneous Planning and Procedures
Special instructions for the EMC CLARiiON CX200 series
This section contains the following information:
◆ “Set the adapter FC-AL loop ID” on page 174
◆ “Direct-connect dual-host clustering configurations” on page 176
Set the adapter FC-AL loop ID
While configuring a QLA234x adapter for Windows 2000 and
connection to CLARiiON CX200 series for direct-connect cluster
configurations, you must manually set the adapter FC-AL Loop ID.
Follow these steps to enable loop hard addressing and set the loop ID
on each adapter:
Perform this procedure on all nodes in the cluster connected to the CX200
series array.
1. Boot the Windows host; press Ctrl-Q when prompted to Press
<CTRL-Q> for Fast!UTIL. (This prompt appears with the QLogic
startup banner.)
2. After the Fast!UTIL program loads, the initial display depends on
whether there are multiple QLogic adapters installed in the
server:
• If there is only one QLogic adapter, the Fast!UTIL Options
menu appears.
• If there are multiple QLogic adapters, a list of memory
addresses occupied by those adapters appears.
Using the arrow keys, select the desired adapter and press
Enter. The Fast!UTIL Options menu appears.
3. Select Configuration Settings from the Fast!UTIL Options menu,
and press Enter.
4. Select Host Adapter Settings from the Configuration Settings
menu.
5. Select Adapter Hard Loop ID from the Host Adapter Settings
menu and press
ENTER until the value is Enabled.
6. Select Hard Loop ID and press Enter.