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(Command Lines)

Using the Exclusion of Devices Option
Command line option: xcl=[:device ...]
Default value:

All devices recognized by the driver, i.e. no devices are
excluded.

Valid options:

p,i,l (You may specify multiple devices with a colon
separator) where p is the Path designator, and is in the range
0 -7, i is the SCSI ID designator, and is in the range 0 -31, l
is the LUN designator, and in the range 0 -7. The LUN
parameter is optional. You may exclude multiple devices so
long as the string does not exceed 35 characters in length
and devices are separated by colons.

Examples:

xcl=1,2,3 to exclude LUN 3 of the device at SCSI ID 2 on
Path 1.
xcl=1,2,3:2,5 to exclude LUN 3 of the device at SCSI ID 2 on
Path 1, and all LUNs on the device at SCSI ID 5 on Path 2.

Function:

Allows for specifying that the driver not recognize certain
devices.

Possible Impact:

Cannot directly access devices via the SDMSNETx.DSK
driver.

This option is available to exclude recognition and direct access of specific devices
by the SDMSNETx.DSK drivers. These excluded devices are not registered with
the operating system for use by the driver. Other applications/drivers can then take
over the control of such devices. This option is available for support of third party
vendors who write their own SCSI control applications. You may exclude a maxi-
mum of five devices.

Using the Maximum Block Size for Concatenation Option
Command line option: max_kb=

Default value:

32767

Valid options:

0-32767

Function:

Set the maximum number of KB written to disk at one time.

Possible Impact:

A high number may result in more data transferred in a single

data phase.

Specify the maximum size block in Kilobytes which is written to disk in one data
transfer phase. This ensures that when requests are concatenated, the maximum size
of the concatenated request does not exceed the specified value. If individual re-
quests are greater than this specified value, no action is taken.