10–Configuring Fibre Channel Over Ethernet
Configuring FCoE
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In other cases, the error message may indicate a need to ensure that the disk's
controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu.
To avoid any of the above error messages, you must ensure that there is no USB
flash drive attached until the setup asks for the drivers. After you load the drivers
and see your SAN disk or disks, detach or disconnect the USB flash drive
immediately before selecting the disk for further installation.
Configuring FCoE
By default, DCB is enabled on Cavium 8400 Series FCoE- and DCB-compatible
C-NICs. Cavium 8400 Series FCoE requires a DCB-enabled interface:
For FCoE on the VMware operating system, see
.
For FCoE on the Linux operating system, see
.
For Windows operating systems, use Cavium’s CCM preboot utility or the
server pre-boot BIOS UEFI HII device configuration page to configure the
DCB parameters. Use the QCC GUI, QCS CLI, or QCC PowerKit to enable
or disable the FCoE-Offload instance per port on Windows in Single
Function mode. To configure iSCSI-offload in NPAR mode, use the NPAR
configuration page in any of the following applications:
QCC GUI
QCS CLI
QCC PowerKit
Pre-boot server UEFI HII
Pre-boot CCM
To enable and disable the FCoE-Offload instance on Windows using the
QCC GUI:
1.
Open QCC GUI.
2.
In the tree pane on the left, under the port node, select the port’s virtual bus
device instance.
3.
In the configuration pane on the right, click the
Resource Config
tab.
4.
Complete the Resource Config page for each selected port (see
a.
To enable FCoE-Offload for that port, for the
FCoE
parameter, select
the
Value
check box.
b.
Or, to disable FCoE-Offload for that port, for the
FCoE
parameter, clear
the
Value
check box.
