Chapter 6
SharpSwitch™ PCIE-9205 Installation and Use (6806800U18D)
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Software Information
This chapter provides PCIE-9205 card specific software information.
6.1
Host OS
The PCIE-9205 card exposes one or more network interface instances (physical and/or virtual
functions) depending on how the PCIe resources of the FM10840 switch have been routed
within the MaxCore chassis.
The Host OS to which resources have been assigned requires a standard network driver for the
FM10840 (not specific to the PCIE-9205 card). Under Linux this driver is named
fm10k
and it is
capable to operate both physical and virtual functions.
6.2
PCIE-9205 Software
The PCIE-9205 card comes pre-installed with CentOS 7.3 and various additional packages.
The following are Artesyn-specific extensions:
Firmware update utilities
Access utilities to card logic
Monitoring thermal sensors and reporting to chassis fan control
Kernel modifications
Fm10k switch management
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PCIE-9205 platform layer for Intel IES library
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SSF agent for switch management
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Switch Software
Summary of Contents for SharpSwitch PCIE-9205
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