Configuring the Brocade HBA for hosts that run a Windows Server operating system

After you install the Brocade host bus adapter (HBA) and the driver on a Microsoft Windows Server operating system host, you must configure the HBA.

For more information about supported Brocade models, see the following website:

www.ibm.com/support

To configure the HBA BIOS, either use the Brocade Host Connectivity Manager (HCM) software or reboot into the Brocade configuration tool. Configure the following settings:
  • Host Adapter BIOS: Disabled (unless the machine is configured for SAN Boot)
  • Queue depth: 4
You can disable the BIOS by using the command-line configuration tool:
  • bcu bios —disable 1/0
  • bcu bios —disable 1/0
You can set the queue depth by using the command-line configuration tool:
  • bcu fcpim —qdepth 1/04
  • bcu fcpim —qdepth 1/14
You can query the settings by using the command-line configuration tool:
  • bcu port —query 1/0
  • bcu port —query 1/1