Dell PowerVault MD3260 - Manual (Page 24)

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* See Required Timeout Settings for Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters for required timeout settings by
manufacturer.
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 MD36xxf 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
Table 24. Fibre Channel HBA Timeout Values (by Manufacturer)
HBA Manufacturer Timeout Parameter Required Value (in seconds)
Qlogic
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
LinkDownTimeout 10
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