qaucli.exe

The qaucli utility configures Fibre Host Bus Adapters (HBAs).

Two versions of the utility come with ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit:

A 32-bit version for Windows 32-bit operating systems and for the Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) 2.1/3.0 (32-bit)
A 64-bit version for Windows x64 operating systems and for Windows PE 2.1/3.0 (x64).

You can also download this utility from QLogic at http://www.qlogic.com. For additional information about the qaucli utility, refer to the documentation in the sgdeploy\SGTKWinPE\Docs\qaucli directory.

The qaucli utility uses these commands.

Table 1. qaucli command usage examples
Command	Description
`qaucli.exe -pr fc e (view \| ?)`	Shows the current boot device information on all HBAs.
`qaucli.exe -pr fc -e (hba_instance \| hba_wwpn target_wwnn target_wwpn lun_id [prim \| alt1 \| alt2 \| alt3])`	Configures the operating system to boot from a particular target. hba_instance The HBA instance number of an HBA port. hba_wwpn The World Wide Port Name of an HBA port. target_wwnn The World Wide Node Name of a target device, in the format `nn-nn-nn-nn-nn-nn-nn-nn` or `nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn`. target_wwpn The World Wide Port Name of a target device, in the format `nn-nn-nn-nn-nn-nn-nn-nn` or `nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn`. lun_id The Logical Unit Number of a LUN. prim The primary boot port name. alt`n` The name of the alternate boot port. You can specify up to three alternate boot ports.
`qaucli.exe -pr fc -e (hba_instance \| hba_wwpn) (view \| ?)`	Shows the current boot device information for the specified HBA port.
`qaucli.exe -pr fc -e (hba_instance \| hba_wwpn) (enable \| 0 0 0)`	Configures the operating system to boot from the first target found by the BIOS. The default LUN is 0.
`qaucli.exe -pr fc -e (hba_instance \| hba_wwpn) disable [prim \| alt1 \| alt2 \| alt3]`	Clears the selected boot device settings on the indicated HBA port.
`qaucli.exe -pr fc -l (hba_instance \| hba_wwpn)`	Displays information about the LUNs attached to the specified HBA port.

Examples

The following examples provide additional examples of qaucli usage.

Note: While some of these examples are broken across multiple lines, when using, you must enter all of the parameters on a single line.

Table 2. Additional examples of qaucli usage
Example	Description
qaucli.exe -pr fc -e view	Displays the current boot device information on all HBAs.
qaucli.exe -pr fc e E0-FF-EE-DE-CD-34-56-30 E0-00-ED-DE-CD-34-56-30 E0-10-ED-DE-CD-34-56-30 1 prim	Configures HBA E0-FF-EE-DE-CD-34-56-30 E0-00-ED-DE-CD-34-56-30 E0-10-ED-DE-CD-34-56-30 to boot from the primary target.
qaucli.exe -pr fc e E0-FF-EE-DE-CD-34-56-30 view	Displays the current boot setting information for HBA port E0-FF-EE-DE-CD-34-56-30.
qaucli.exe -pr fc e E0-FF-EE-DE-CD-34-56-30 disable prim	Clears the selected boot device setting on HBA port E0-FF-EE-DE-CD-34-56-30.
qaucli.exe -pr fc l E0-FF-EE-DE-CD-34-56-30	Displays information about the LUNs attached to HBA port E0-FF-EE-DE-CD-34-56-30.