Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 1015)

Emulex Drivers Version 10.2 for VMware ESXi User Manual P010087-01A Rev. A
3. Configuration
FC and FCoE Driver Configuration
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use_mq Use MQ Kernel API for ESXi
5.x operating systems.
0 = Disable MQ
1 = Enable MQ
Def = 1
Min = 0
Max = 1 Deprecated in the
native mode driver
Replaced with
disable_mq
fcp_wq_count Set the number of fast-path
FCP work queues, if
possible Def = 8
Min = 1
Max = 31 Deprecated in the
native mode driver
Replaced with
fcp_io_channel
fcp_eq_count Set the number of fast-path
FCP event queues, if
possible Def = 8
Min = 1
Max = 31 Deprecated in the
native mode driver
Replaced with
fcp_io_channel
enable_fcp_
priority Enable (1) or disable (0)
FCP Priority. Def = 0
Min = 0
Max = 1 Def = 0
Min = 0
Max = 1 No changes
iocb_cnt IOCBs allocated for ELS, CT,
and ABTS in 1024
increments. Def = 1
Min = 1
Max = 5 Def = 1
Min = 1
Max = 5 No changes
sli_mode SLI mode selector:
0 – auto
2 - SLI-2
3 - SLI-3
Def = 0
Min = 0
Max = 3 Deprecated in the
native mode driver
devloss_tmo The number of seconds the
driver holds I/O waiting for
a loss device to return Def = 10
Min = 1
Max = 255 Def = 10
Min = 1
Max = 255 No changes
log_verbose Verbose logging bit-mask Def = 0
Min = 0
Max =
0x7fffffff Def = 0
Min = 0
Max = 0x7fffffff No changes
lun_queue_
depth The maximum number of
FCP commands that can
queue to a specific LUN Def = 30
Min = 1
Max = 128 Def = 30
Min = 1
Max = 512 No changes
tgt_queue_
depth The maximum number of
FCP commands queued to a
specific target port Def = 8192
Min = 10
Max = 8192 Def = 65535
Min = 10
Max = 65535 Default and maximum
values increased
hba_queue_
depth The maximum number of
FCP commands queued to
an LPFC adapter Def = 8192
Min = 32
Max = 8192 Def = 8192
Min = 32
Max = 8192 No changes
Table 3-1 FC and FCoE Driver Parameters (Continued)
Module
Parameter
Description
ESXi 5.0, 5.1
Legacy
Driver Model
Values ESXi 5.5 OP
Native Mode
Driver Model
Values
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