Dell PowerVault MD3260 Support Matrix - Page 15

Required Timeout Settings for Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters, HBA Manufacturer, Timeout Parameter

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Required Timeout Settings for Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters This table shows required timeout settings for all Dell-supported fibre channel (FC) HBAs, by manufacturer and OS. Make sure that any FC HBA connected to your MD3660f storage array has these timeout values set as shown. 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 HBA Manufacturer Timeout Parameter Required Value (in seconds) Qlogic Windows Server 2003 Release LinkDownTimeout 70 2 (with Service Pack 2) PortDownRetryCount 70 Windows Server 2008 Release LinkDownTimeout 10 2 PortDownRetryCount 10 Windows Server 2008 Release LinkDownTimeout 10 2 (with Service Pack 2) 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 15

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Required Timeout Settings for Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters
This table shows required timeout settings for all Dell-supported fibre channel (FC) HBAs, by manufacturer and OS. Make sure that any
FC HBA connected to your MD3660f storage array has these timeout values set as shown.
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
HBA Manufacturer
Timeout Parameter
Required Value (in seconds)
Qlogic
Windows Server 2003 Release
2
(with Service Pack 2)
LinkDownTimeout
PortDownRetryCount
70
70
Windows Server 2008 Release
2
LinkDownTimeout
PortDownRetryCount
10
10
Windows Server 2008 Release
2
(with Service Pack 2)
LinkDownTimeout
PortDownRetryCount
10
10
Linux only
qlport_down_retry
10
Emulex
Windows only
LinkTimeout
NodeTimeout
10
10
Linux only
lpfc_devloss_tmo
10
Brocade
Windows and Linux
pathtov
10