Qlogic 8400 Series, User Manual

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Page 2: ...to exclude QLE3442 RJ adapters Removed universal management port UMP from the list of manageability features Features on page 2 Added the section Adapter Specifications Adapter Specifications on page...

Page 3: ...VMware ESXI 5 5 and 6 0 VMware ESXi FCoE Boot Installation on page 242 Added NPAR support for VMware ESXi 6 0 Supported Operating Systems for NIC Partition ing on page 251 In Table 20 1 removed comman...

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Page 5: ...wledge Database xxviii Legal Notices xxix Warranty xxix Laser Safety xxix FDA Notice xxix Agency Certification xxix EMI and EMC Requirements xxix Product Safety Compliance xxx 1 Product Overview Funct...

Page 6: ...BIOS 14 Setting Up MBA in a Server Environment 14 Red Hat Linux PXE Server 14 MS DOS UNDI Intel APITEST 14 4 Windows Driver Software Installing the Driver Software 15 Using the Installer 16 Using Sil...

Page 7: ...g PCI Files Optional 32 Network Installations 32 Setting Values for Optional Properties 33 bnx2x Driver 33 disable_tpa 33 int_mode 33 dropless_fc 34 disable_iscsi_ooo 34 multi_mode 34 num_queues 34 pr...

Page 8: ...o Network Interface Which Is Down 41 SCSI ML Initiated Host Reset Session Recovery 41 CNIC Detects iSCSI Protocol Violation Fatal Errors 42 CNIC Detects iSCSI Protocol Violation Non FATAL Warning 43 D...

Page 9: ...1 pri_map 51 qs_per_cos 51 cos_min_rate 51 dropless_fc 52 RSS 52 max_vfs 52 enable_vxlan_offld 52 Driver Defaults 52 Unloading and Removing Driver 53 Driver Messages 53 Driver Sign On 53 NIC Detected...

Page 10: ...HTTPS SSL on the Server 68 Additional Server Configuration 70 WS MAN Windows Client 71 Perform HTTP Configuration if you plan to use HTTP 71 Perform HTTPS Configuration if you plan to use HTTPS 72 Co...

Page 11: ...w Pane 91 Menu Bar 92 Discovery Wizard 92 Manage Targets Wizard 93 Manage iSNS Servers 93 Manage Discovery Portals 93 Boot Configuration Wizard 93 Hardware and Resource Configuration Wizard 93 Descrip...

Page 12: ...IEEE 802 3 Statistics 125 Custom Statistics 125 Viewing Resource Reservations 126 Configuring the IP Address for iSCSI Offload 128 Viewing Licenses 128 Configuring Teaming 129 Team Types 130 Smart Loa...

Page 13: ...I Boot Configurations for IPv4 175 DHCP iSCSI Boot Configuration for IPv6 177 Configuring the DHCP Server 178 Preparing the iSCSI Boot Image 178 Booting 187 Configuring VLANs for iSCSI Boot 188 Other...

Page 14: ...SCSI Offload FAQ 212 iSCSI Offload on VMware Server 212 11 Fibre Channel Over Ethernet Overview 215 FCoE Boot from SAN 216 Preparing System BIOS for FCoE Build and Boot 216 Modify System Boot Order 21...

Page 15: ...Physical Link Speed 252 Relative Bandwidth Weight 252 Maximum Bandwidth 252 13 Virtual LANs in Windows VLAN Overview 254 Adding VLANs to Teams 256 14 SR IOV Overview 257 Enabling SR IOV 257 SR IOV an...

Page 16: ...re Requirements 281 Repeater Hub 281 Switching Hub 281 Router 282 Teaming Support by Processor 282 Configuring Teaming 282 Supported Features by Team Type 282 Selecting a Team Type 285 Teaming Mechani...

Page 17: ...802 3ad 309 Teaming with Microsoft NLB 310 Application Considerations 310 Teaming and Clustering 310 Microsoft Cluster Software 310 High Performance Computing Cluster 312 Oracle 313 Teaming and Networ...

Page 18: ...nostics in DOS Introduction 340 System Requirements 340 Performing Diagnostics 341 Diagnostic Test Descriptions 343 21 Troubleshooting Hardware Diagnostics 349 QCS Diagnostic Tests Failures 349 QCS Ne...

Page 19: ...QCS General Statistics 122 8 11 Teaming Wizard 132 8 12 Entering a Team Name 133 8 13 Configuring the Team Type 134 8 14 Adding an Adapter to a Team 135 8 15 Configure Auto Fallback Disable 136 8 16 C...

Page 20: ...ot Variable Enable DCB DCBX 218 11 3 FCoE Boot Variable Select FCoE Boot Protocol 218 11 4 FCoE Boot Variable Target Information 219 11 5 FCoE Boot Variable Specify Target WWPN and Boot LUN 220 11 6 F...

Page 21: ...43 Suboption Definition 176 10 4 DHCP Option 17 Suboption Definition 178 10 5 Offload iSCSI OIS Driver Event Log Messages 203 13 1 Example VLAN Network Topology 255 15 1 Configurable Network Adapter H...

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Page 23: ...are module that allows your network computer to boot with the images provided by remote servers across the network Chapter 4 Windows Driver Software describes Windows driver installation and removal Q...

Page 24: ...guration and requirements Chapter 17 QLogic Teaming Services describes the use of teaming to group multiple physical devices to provide fault tolerance and load balancing Chapter 18 Configuring Teamin...

Page 25: ...For example Table 9 2 lists problems related to the user interface and remote agent See Installation Checklist on page 6 For more information visit www qlogic com Text in bold font indicates user inte...

Page 26: ...are shortcut keys To enter the date type mm dd yyyy where mm is the month dd is the day and yyyy is the year Topic titles between quotation marks identify related topics either within this manual or i...

Page 27: ...oads and Documentation page driverdownloads qlogic com 2 Type the QLogic model name in the search box 3 In the search results list locate and select the firmware software or documentation for your pro...

Page 28: ...ded service consult your plan for available hours For Support phone numbers see the Contact Support link at support qlogic com Knowledge Database The QLogic knowledge database is an extensive collecti...

Page 29: ...ject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation...

Page 30: ...on and Flicker VCCI VCCI 2012 04 Class A AS NZS CISPR22 AS NZS CISPR 22 2009 A1 2010 Class A KCC KC RRA KN22 KN24 2013 Class A Product Safety Compliance UL cUL product safety UL60950 1 2nd Edition 200...

Page 31: ...et FCoE offload and acceleration for Fibre Channel block storage Enterprise networks that use multiple protocols and multiple network fabrics benefit from the network adapter s ability to combine data...

Page 32: ...a list of the QLogic 8400 3400 Series adapters features Some features may not be available on all adapters iSCSI offload FCoE offload NIC partitioning NPAR Data center bridging DCB Enhanced transmiss...

Page 33: ...I support Advanced network features Jumbo frames up to 9 600 bytes The OS and the link partner must support jumbo frames Virtual LANs IEEE Std 802 3ad Teaming Smart Load Balancing SLB teaming Flow con...

Page 34: ...as additional mechanisms beyond the TCP layer iSCSI processing can also be offloaded thereby reducing CPU use even further The QLogic 8400 3400 Series adapters target best system performance maintains...

Page 35: ...host operating systems are enhanced to take advantage of these functions QLogic Control Suite QLogic Control Suite QCS is an integrated utility that provides useful information about each network ada...

Page 36: ...q VLAN IEEE 802 3ad Link Aggregation IEEE 802 3x Flow Control IPv4 RFC 791 IPv6 RFC 2460 IEEE 802 1Qbb Priority based Flow Control IEEE 802 1Qaz data center bridging exchange DCBX and enhanced transmi...

Page 37: ...EMT64 based computer that meets operating system requirements One open PCI Express slot Depending on the PCI Express support on your adapter the slot may be of type PCI Express 1 0a x1 PCI Express 1...

Page 38: ...ter WARNING The adapter is being installed in a system that operates with voltages that can be lethal Before you open the case of your system observe the following precautions to protect yourself and...

Page 39: ...sser width adapter can be seated into a greater width slot x8 in a x16 but a greater width adapter cannot be seated into a lesser width slot x8 in a x4 If you do not know how to identify a PCI Express...

Page 40: ...tach copper cables NOTE The QLogic 3442 RJ adapter supports Automatic MDI Crossover MDIX which eliminates the need for crossover cables when connecting machines back to back A straight through Categor...

Page 41: ...t A network consists of one or more boot servers that provide boot images to multiple computers through the network The QLogic implementation of the MBA module has been tested successfully in the foll...

Page 42: ...ection describes the configuration of the MBA driver on add in NIC models of the QLogic network adapter using the Comprehensive Configuration Management CCM utility To configure the MBA driver on LOM...

Page 43: ...choice if other boot protocols besides PXE are available If available other boot protocols include Remote Program Load RPL iSCSI and BOOTP 4 Use the UP ARROW DOWN ARROW LEFT ARROW and RIGHT ARROW keys...

Page 44: ...img Refer to the Red Hat documentation for instructions on how to install PXE Server on Linux The Initrd img file distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux however does not have a Linux network drive...

Page 45: ...e Using the Installer on page 16 and a command line silent mode for unattended installation see Using Silent Installation on page 17 are available NOTE These instructions assume that your QLogic 8400...

Page 46: ...n click Next to continue 6 Click Install 7 Click Finish to close the wizard 8 The installer will determine if a system restart is necessary Follow the on screen instructions To install the Microsoft i...

Page 47: ...install from within the installer source folder Type the following setup s v qn To perform a silent upgrade from within the installer source folder Type the following setup s v qn Table 4 1 Windows Op...

Page 48: ...ement Programs installation wizard 2 Accept the terms of the license agreement and then click Next 3 In the Custom Setup dialog box review the components to be installed make any necessary changes and...

Page 49: ...e Adapter Properties 19 83840 546 00 D Viewing or Changing the Adapter Properties To view or change the properties of the QLogic network adapter 1 In Control Panel click QLogic Control Suite 4 2 Click...

Page 50: ...the device The operating system attempts to shut down every possible device only when the computer attempts to go into hibernation To have the controller stay on at all times do not click the Allow th...

Page 51: ...4 Windows Driver Software Setting Power Management Options 21 83840 546 00 D CAUTION Do not select Allow the computer to turn off the device to save power for any adapter that is a member of a team...

Page 52: ...n Limitations Packaging Installing Linux Driver Software Unloading Removing the Linux Driver Patching PCI Files Optional Network Installations Setting Values for Optional Properties Driver Defaults Dr...

Page 53: ...is driver also receives and processes device interrupts both on behalf of itself for L2 networking and on behalf of the bnx2fc FCoE and cnic drivers cnic The cnic driver provides the interface between...

Page 54: ...stributions bnx2fc Driver The current version of the driver has been tested on 2 6 x kernels starting from 2 6 32 kernel which is included in RHEL 6 1 distribution This driver may not compile on older...

Page 55: ...txtreme2 version tar gz tar zipped package with 8400 3400 Series bnx2 bnx2x cnic bnx2fc bnx2i libfc libfcoe driver source iscsiuio version tar gz iSCSI user space management tool binary open fcoe qlgc...

Page 56: ...m 2 Change the directory to the RPM path and build the binary RPM for your kernel For RHEL cd rpmbuild rpmbuild bb SPECS netxtreme2 spec For SLES cd usr src packages rpmbuild bb SPECS netxtreme2 spec...

Page 57: ...cally resolve dependencies Otherwise required dependencies can be located on your O S installation media 5 For SLES turn on the fcoe and lldpad services for FCoE offload and just lldpad for iSCSI offl...

Page 58: ...TLV disable lldpad on QLogic converged network adapter interfaces This is required because QLogic uses an offloaded DCBX client lldptool set lldp i ethX adminStatus disasbled 12 For FCoE offload and i...

Page 59: ...MP package rpm ivh file rmmod bnx2x 2 Load the driver modprobe bnx2x Building the Driver from the Source TAR File 1 Create a directory and extract the TAR files to the directory tar xvzf netxtreme2 ve...

Page 60: ...onents on page 30 for instructions on loading the software components required to use the QLogic iSCSI offload feature To configure the network protocol and address after building the driver refer to...

Page 61: ...g make install from the tar file the bnx2x ko driver file has to be manually deleted from the operating system See Installing the Source RPM Package on page 26 for the location of the installed driver...

Page 62: ...a pci ids new Next the old files can be backed up and the new files can be renamed for use cp usr share hwdata pci ids usr share hwdata old pci ids cp usr share hwdata pci ids new usr share hwdata pci...

Page 63: ...the TPA feature on all 8400 3400 Series network adapters in the system The parameter can also be set in modprobe conf See the man page for more information insmod bnx2x ko disable_tpa 1 or modprobe bn...

Page 64: ...mode The optional parameter multi_mode is for use on systems that support multi queue networking Multi queue networking on the receive side depends only on MSI X capability of the system multi queue n...

Page 65: ...es divided into 2 CoS 4 queues in each CoS cos_min_rate The optional parameter cos_min_rate is used to determine the weight of each CoS for round robin scheduling in transmission This parameter is eva...

Page 66: ...yed ACK enables disables TCP delayed ACK feature on offloaded iSCSI connections Defaults TCP delayed ACK is ENABLED For example insmod bnx2i ko en_tcp_dack 0 or modprobe bnx2i en_tcp_dack 0 time_stamp...

Page 67: ...ctions RQ size is not required greater than 16 as it is used to place iSCSI ASYNC NOP REJECT messages and SCSI sense data Defaults 16 Range 16 to 32 Note that QLogic validation is limited to a power o...

Page 68: ...x4 ELS debugging 0x8 Misc debugging 0x10 Max debugging 0xff Driver Defaults bnx2 Driver bnx2x Driver bnx2 Driver Speed Autonegotiation with all speeds advertised Flow Control Autonegotiation with RX a...

Page 69: ...TSO Enabled on 2 6 kernels bnx2x Driver Speed Autonegotiation with all speeds advertised Flow control Autonegotiation with RX and TX advertised MTU 1500 range is 46 9600 RX Ring Size 4078 range is 0 4...

Page 70: ...ver Driver Sign On QLogic 8400 3400 Series 10 Gigabit Ethernet Driver bnx2x v1 6 3c July 23 20xx CNIC Driver Sign On bnx2 only QLogic 8400 3400 Series cnic v1 1 19 Sep 25 20xx NIC Detected eth QLogic...

Page 71: ...o allocate iscsi cid bnx2i unable to allocate iSCSI context resources Network Route to Target Node and Transport Name Binding Are Two Different Devices bnx2i conn bind ep 0x ROUTE_HBA does not belong...

Page 72: ...0 U bnx2i iscsi_error invalid resi len bnx2i iscsi_error MRDSL violation bnx2i iscsi_error F bit not set bnx2i iscsi_error invalid TTT bnx2i iscsi_error invalid DataSN bnx2i iscsi_error burst len viol...

Page 73: ...0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Open iSCSI Daemon Handing Over Session to Driver bnx2i conn update MBL 0x800 FBL 0x800MRDSL_I 0x800 MRDSL_T 0x2000 bnx2fc Driver BNX2FC Driver Signon QLogic NetXtreme II FCoE Driver bn...

Page 74: ...ERROR destroy timed out bnx2fc Disable request timed out destroy not set to FW bnx2fc Disable failed with completion status status bnx2fc Destroy failed with completion status status Unable to Issue...

Page 75: ...team adapters together using the bonding kernel module and a channel bonding interface For more information see the Channel Bonding information in your operating system documentation Statistics Detai...

Page 76: ...ort FCoE Support Packaging The VMware driver is released in the packaging formats shown in Table 6 1 For information about iSCSI offload in VMware server see iSCSI Offload on VMware Server on page 212...

Page 77: ...400 Series 10 GbE network adapters go to http www vmware com resources compatibility search php deviceCategory io and do the following 1 Type the adapter name in quotes in the Keyword window such as Q...

Page 78: ...k in the results section to show the PCI identifiers Figure 6 3 Figure 6 3 PCI Identifiers 3 Click the model link to show a listing of all of the driver packages Figure 6 4 Click the desired ESXi vers...

Page 79: ...host 6 To install the driver package issue the following command esxcli software vib install d path offline bundle name zip maintenance mode or esxcli software vib install depot path offline bundle na...

Page 80: ...m vmkload_mod bnx2x int_mode 1 Set the int_mode parameter to 2 as shown below to force using MSI mode on all 8400 3400 Series network adapters in the system vmkload_mod bnx2x int_mode 2 disable_tpa Th...

Page 81: ...map priority 0 to 3 to CoS 0 and map priority 4 to 7 to CoS 1 qs_per_cos The optional parameter qs_per_cos is used to specify the number of queues that will share the same CoS This parameter is evalua...

Page 82: ...aling queues For VMware ESXi 5 1 5 5 6 0 values for RSS can be from 2 to 4 RSS 1 disables RSS queues max_vfs The optional parameter max_vfs can be used to enable a specific number of virtual functions...

Page 83: ...360012 MSI X Enabled Successfully bnx2x eth0 using MSI X Link Up and Speed Indication bnx2x eth0 NIC Link is Up 10000 Mbps full duplex receive transmit flow control ON Link Down Indication bnx2x eth0...

Page 84: ...Queues to use with the following command esxcfg module s multi_mode 1 num_queues num of queues bnx2x Otherwise allow the bnx2x driver to select the number of NetQueues to use with the following comman...

Page 85: ...VNPort MAC Priority and VLAN id for the Fabric that is connected to the C NIC The following command can also be used to verify that the interface is working properly esxcfg scsidevs a Output example v...

Page 86: ...es FCoE drivers Supported Distributions The FCoE DCB feature set is supported on VMware ESXi 5 0 and later Table 6 2 QLogic 8400 3400 Series FCoE Drivers Driver Description bnx2x This driver manages a...

Page 87: ...mation about QCS see the QLogic Control Suite GUI Installation Guide and the QLogic Control Suite Command Line Interface User s Guide QCS Components There are two main components of the QCS applicatio...

Page 88: ...ption WMI is very simple to configure but is supported only on the Windows OS Installation Tasks QCS installation includes installing the provider component on the managed host and the client software...

Page 89: ...nfiguration if required 8 Follow the procedure for Installing QCS and Related Management Applications on page 85 Windows Client On the Windows client perform following configuration steps 1 Perform HT...

Page 90: ...IM XML is supported only when the server uses the Linux OS Note that for CIM XML on the Red Hat Linux OS two installation options are available with respect to OpenPegasus installing from the Inbox RP...

Page 91: ...up 3 Perform special configuration if necessary See Special Configuration for WMI on Different Systems on page 84 Windows Client No special configuration is required on the Windows client except insta...

Page 92: ...nfiguration on the Server To connect to WinRM the account must be a member of the local administrators group on the local or remote computer The output of the get winrm config command will be as follo...

Page 93: ...s If all clients are trusted then enter an asterisk only 8 Select WinRM Service 9 Enable Allow Basic Authentication 10 Enable Allow unencrypted traffic 11 Close the Group Policy wIndow 12 From the com...

Page 94: ...onfiguration open the Administrative Templates folder and then open the Windows Components folder 4 Select Windows Remote Management WinRM 5 Under Windows Remote Management WinRM select WinRm Client 6...

Page 95: ...e folder C Program Files x86 GnuWin32 share The following information is requested Country Name 2 letter code US State or Province Name full name California Locality Name city Irvine Organization Name...

Page 96: ...OK Ignore the error message error 18 at 0 depth lookup self signed certificate This error indicates that this is a self signed certificate 7 Convert the certificate from crt to pkcs12 format as follow...

Page 97: ...6 Select Computer account 7 Click Next and then click Finish 8 Click Close then click OK 9 Open the Certificates Local Computer folder and then open the Personal folder 10 Right click Certificates se...

Page 98: ...e figure 17 Open Trusted Root Certification Authorities and then open Certificates 18 Follow the instructions from Step 11 to Step 17 Configure WinRM HTTPS SSL on the Server 1 Create WinRM Listener as...

Page 99: ...j The above command creates a listener on the HTTPS port 5986 using any all network address of the server and my SelfSSL generated certificate k You can use the winrm command to modify or set the HTTP...

Page 100: ...ewall with Advanced Security 2 Right click Inbound Rules and select New Rule The new rule wizard opens 3 Select Port and click Next 4 On the Protocol and Ports screen select TCP and enter the specific...

Page 101: ...cal Group Policy editor 3 Under Computer Configuration open the Administrative Templates folder and then open the Windows Components folder 4 Select Windows Remote Management WinRM 5 Under Windows Rem...

Page 102: ...opying hostname pfx at the location from where client can access it before you proceed with the following steps 1 Click Start or press the Windows logo key and select Run 2 Enter MMC and click OK 3 Cl...

Page 103: ...wing command winrm e wmicimv2 Win32_service r https yourservername u username p password skipCAcheck The next section explains how to export and import the self signed certificate WS MAN and CIM XML L...

Page 104: ...ther configuration is required then follow the instructions in Install QLogic CMPI Provider on page 79 To enable HTTP see Enable HTTP on page 78 NOTE If your system has Red Hat Security Enhancement fo...

Page 105: ...onfig no threads fPIC This installs openssl and the include files to usr local ssl Set the OPENSSL_HOME path to usr local ssl and continue with the OpenPegasus installation Table 7 3 OpenPegasus Envir...

Page 106: ...he following environment variable export PEGASUS_HAS_SSL true For WS MAN Support add the following environment variable export PEGASUS_ENABLE_PROTOCOL_WSMAN true CIM XML and WSMAN in OpenPegasus use t...

Page 107: ...nPegasus as shown in Table 7 4 NOTE Whenever OpenPegasus is built from source all configurations are reset to the default values If you are rebuilding OpenPegasus you must redo the configuration as de...

Page 108: ...Processes false p If you want root user to connect remotely cimconfig s enableRemotePrivilegedUserAccess true p User configuration with privilege The Linux system users are used for OpenPegasus authen...

Page 109: ...ng CMPI Provider Install Enter following command to install QLogic CMPI Provider rpm i QLGC_CMPIProvider version arch rpm Uninstall Enter following command to uninstall QLogic CMPI Provider rpm e BRCM...

Page 110: ...es Source Network 0 0 means all Protocol TCP Destination Port 5988 5989 Source Port Leave blank WS MAN and CIM XML Linux Client No special software components are required on the Linux client system t...

Page 111: ...hash value by running the following command ln s hostname pem 100940db 0 Test HTTPS SSL Connection from Linux Client Use the following command to test whether the certificate is installed correctly on...

Page 112: ...namespace for which to set permissions 6 Click Security A list of users and their permissions appears If the user is on the list modify the permissions as appropriate If the user is not on the list cl...

Page 113: ...llowing procedure If you do not have sufficient privileges to configure security for WMI access contact your network administrator 1 Click Start or press the Windows logo key and select Run 2 Enter DC...

Page 114: ...emote logons are not being coerced to the GUEST account referred to as ForceGuest which is enabled by default on computers that are not attached to a domain Open the Local Security Policy editor by cl...

Page 115: ...ent applications Control Suite QCS If selected a GUI and a CLI client are installed Advanced Server Program ASP This is a QLogic intermediate NDIS driver to configure VLAN team load balancing CIM Prov...

Page 116: ...uninstall the RPM package use the following command rpm e QCS Management Applications Windows Modifying the Management Application To modify the management applications 1 In Control Panel double clic...

Page 117: ...87 83840 546 00 D 3 Click Repair to repair errors in installed applications 4 Click Next to continue 5 Click Install 6 Click Finish to close the wizard Removing Management Applications To remove the m...

Page 118: ...apter ASP operates on Windows operating systems only The QCS application includes a graphical user interface and a command line interface QCSCLI QCS GUI and QCS CLI can operate on the following operat...

Page 119: ...k the QCS icon in the taskbar located at the bottom of the Windows or Windows Server desktop On Linux systems you can double click the QCS desktop icon or access the QCS program from the task bar unde...

Page 120: ...er View pane lists the objects that can be viewed analyzed tested or configured by QCS When an item is selected in the Explorer View pane the tabs showing the information and options that are availabl...

Page 121: ...ategory by selecting the box next to the category name Filter View In a multiple host environment using several C NICs there can be a large number of manageable elements per adapter that can be diffic...

Page 122: ...go on QCS to optimize the maximum viewable space Tools menu Options Used for configuring QCS preferences Teams Windows only Create Teams Creates new teams with either the Teaming Wizard or in Advanced...

Page 123: ...Resource Configuration Wizard The Hardware and Resource Configuration Wizard is used to configure properties for hardware resources Follow the prompts in the wizard to configure hardware resources Yo...

Page 124: ...ormation and manage the host To add a remote host 1 From the Action menu click Add Host 2 Type the remote host s name or IP address in the Host box 3 Select the protocol from the Protocol list The pro...

Page 125: ...ost level you can view host information and configure parameters from the following tabs Information Configuration To view host information select the host in the Explorer View pane and then select th...

Page 126: ...iSCSI Initiator The iSCSI Initiator section of the Information tab is available if iSCSI is enabled on the host Name Displays the iSCSI initiator name in IQN format Portal List Displays all iSCSI port...

Page 127: ...ame to modify the host s iSCSI initiator name and then click Apply Managing the Network Adapter The installed network adapters appear one level below the host in the hierarchical tree in the Explorer...

Page 128: ...Express type adapters Bus Width The number of bits that the bus can transfer at a single time to and from the adapter This item is not available for PCI Express type adapters Bus Number Indicates the...

Page 129: ...ID Subsystem ID The subsystem ID iSCSI Boot Version The version of the iSCSI Boot software initiator External PHY Firmware Version The external PHY firmware version Configuring Adapter Parameters Sele...

Page 130: ...e context view panel Information Tab Configuration tab Statistics Tab Diagnostic Tab Viewing Port Level Information Selecting Ethernet controller in the object explorer will allow user to view various...

Page 131: ...Information tab Figure 8 5 QCS Vital Signs MAC Address A physical MAC media access control address that is assigned to the adapter by the manufacturer The physical address is never all 0s Permanent M...

Page 132: ...to the local network segment Link Status The status of the network link Up A link is established Down A link is not established Duplex The adapter is operating in the indicated duplex mode Speed The...

Page 133: ...having as if it is an independent NIC port Network MAC Address The MAC address of the port iSCSI MAC Address If an iSCSI adapter is loaded onto the system the iSCSI MAC address will appear Flow Contro...

Page 134: ...valid in the context of Tx but not Rx Testing the Network The Network Test option on the Diagnostics tab lets you verify IP network connectivity This test verifies if the driver is installed correctl...

Page 135: ...destination IP address select IP address to ping then click the browse button In the Network Test window enter a Destination IP address then click OK 4 Click Test The results of the network test are d...

Page 136: ...for the selected target Examples 1 The following command runs the network test for the currently selected NDIS adapter networkdiag p 192 168 1 5 2 The following command runs the network test for the c...

Page 137: ...registers of the physical layer PHY The physical layer is used to control the electrical signals on the wire and to configure network speeds such as 1000 Mbit s EEPROM This test verifies the content o...

Page 138: ...CLB c PHYLB c LED c ALL l cnt v LEDIntv Examples 1 The following command displays all the diagnostics tests available for the current selected target BACScli t PHYPORTS f bdf i 01 00 00 diag 2 The fol...

Page 139: ...le to a port on a switch where the port is set to Auto and the Speed Duplex driver settings are also set to Auto 2 Click the name of the adapter to test in the Explorer View pane 3 From the Select a t...

Page 140: ...sed Pin short or crosstalk along two or more cable PCB signal paths Open One or both pins are open for a twisted pair Short Two pins from the same twisted pair are shorted together Noise Persistent no...

Page 141: ...tive mode use the list view and select idx commands to select the desired target device Use the cablediag command to run the cable analysis test for the selected target Example The following command r...

Page 142: ...river Information Information Tab Driver Information Driver Status The status of the adapter driver Loaded Normal operating mode The adapter driver has been loaded by the OS and is functioning Not Loa...

Page 143: ...for QLogic 8400 3400 Series adapters iSCSI iSCSI offload for block level transfer of data LSO Large Send Offload LSO prevents an upper level protocol such as TCP from breaking a large data packet into...

Page 144: ...r clicking Defaults but before clicking Apply will purge all values Apply must be clicked to make changes go into effect Any changes to existing settings will be lost upon clicking Defaults You must h...

Page 145: ...ecksum offload Tx Enabled Enables transmit TCP IP UDP checksum offload Tx Rx Enabled default Enables transmit and receive TCP IP UDP checksum offload None Disables checksum offload IPv4 Large Send Off...

Page 146: ...ion Normally the TCP segmentation is done by the protocol stack When you enable the Large Send Offload LSO property the TCP segmentation can be done by the network adapter Both Disabled LSO Jumbo fram...

Page 147: ...tered Address on any physical adapter that is a member of a team Do not assign a Locally Administered Address on any iSCSI boot enabled device Receive Side Scaling Allows configuring network load bala...

Page 148: ...LAN Enabled Allows VLAN tagging only NOTE Auto is the recommended setting This setting allows the network adapter to dynamically detect the line speed of the network Whenever the network capability ch...

Page 149: ...t based on this driver limitation for an IPv4 network A properly configured network that has multiple VLANs should maintain separate IP segments for each VLAN This is necessary since outbound traffic...

Page 150: ...two possible scenarios that can trigger pause frames to be generated a host ring buffer is exhausted or the on chip buffers are depleted With RSS enabled inside the system it is possible to achieve b...

Page 151: ...ter Information Tab Resources Bus Type The type of input output I O interconnect used by the adapter Configuring System Settings System Management on the Configurations tab allow you to view and chang...

Page 152: ...he name of the adapter listed in the Explorer View pane then click the Statistics tab Figure 8 10 If any of the sections described below is not visible then from the Context View tab on the right side...

Page 153: ...es Rx A count of directed data frames that were successfully received Multicast Frames Rx A count of frames that were successfully received and are directed to an active nonbroadcast group address Thi...

Page 154: ...ll sessions Session digest errors The number of sessions with errors due to an invalid payload or header Session connection timeout error The number of sessions that were terminated due to any of the...

Page 155: ...successfully This counter is incremented when the transmit status is reported as Transmit OK and the value of the attempts variable is greater than 2 and less than or equal to the attempt limit Frame...

Page 156: ...o view the number of unlicensed resources and unallocated resources FCoE and iSCSI can only be configured on certain adapters and require a license key License keys are installed on the motherboard fo...

Page 157: ...es to set the maximum number of connections for each offload technology This option is not available for 10 Gbps network adapters 3 If allocating iSCSI connections select the iSCSI check box and slide...

Page 158: ...for IPv4 DHCP or IPv6 DHCP select Enable not available for iSCSI booted adapters to set the IP address dynamically using a DHCP server Or select Disable to set the IP address using a static IP address...

Page 159: ...m a system you must first delete the NIC from the team Not doing this before shutting down the system could result in breaking the team on a subsequent reboot which may result in unexpected team behav...

Page 160: ...e link partner is not correctly configured for IEEE 802 3ad link configuration errors are detected and noted All adapters in the team are configured to receive packets for the same MAC address The out...

Page 161: ...is type of team Standby Team Member and Auto Fallback Disable Mode You can designate one team member in an SLB type of team to be the standby member The standby member does not actively send and recei...

Page 162: ...is not available if there are no devices listed in the Unassigned Adapters sections which means all adapters are already assigned to teams To configure an existing team right click one of the teams i...

Page 163: ...Back Click Cancel to discard your settings and exit the wizard The team name cannot exceed 39 characters cannot begin with spaces and cannot contain any of the following characters Figure 8 12 Enteri...

Page 164: ...nd then click Add Figure 8 14 Remove team members from the Team Members list by clicking the adapter and then clicking Remove Click Next NOTE 8400 Series network adapters with iSCSI or FCoE enabled ca...

Page 165: ...ter to a Team 8 If you want to designate one of the adapters as a standby member optional select Use the following member as a standby member then choose the standby member from the list of adapters N...

Page 166: ...member rather than switching back to the primary member if the primary member comes back online To enable this feature select Enable Auto Fallback Disable mode Figure 8 15 Click Next Figure 8 15 Conf...

Page 167: ...the target IP address in the IP Address box for one or all probe targets and then click OK Click Next 14 Select a listed team member click Edit Member IP Address and then type the member IP address in...

Page 168: ...not want to create or edit a VLAN select Skip Manage VLAN then click Next and continue with the wizard from the Finish screen see Step 20 of this procedure VLANs enable you to add multiple virtual ad...

Page 169: ...ot exceed 39 characters cannot begin with spaces and cannot contain any of the following characters Figure 8 18 Naming the VLAN 17 To tag the VLAN select Tagged and then click Next Figure 8 19 Otherwi...

Page 170: ...or manage another VLAN and then click Next Repeat until you do not want to add or manage any additional VLANs NOTE You can define up to 64 VLANs per team 63 VLANs that are tagged and 1 VLAN that is n...

Page 171: ...ur changes but continue using the wizard select Save changes and continue to manage more teams Click Finish Figure 8 21 Figure 8 21 Commit Changes and Exit the Teaming Wizard At any point in the QLogi...

Page 172: ...igurations tab Figure 8 23 Team Properties Using Expert Mode Use Expert Mode to create a team modify a team add a VLAN and configure LiveLink for a Smart Load Balance and Failover and SLB Auto Fallbac...

Page 173: ...vailable if there are no devices listed in the Unassigned Adapters sections which means all adapters are already assigned to teams 2 Click Expert Mode 3 Click the Create Team tab Figure 8 24 Figure 8...

Page 174: ...e enabled for a team only when all of the members support and are configured for the feature If this is the case then the team offload capabilities appear on the bottom of the screen 9 Type the value...

Page 175: ...attempt to use a team name more than once an error message is displayed indicating that the name already exists The maximum number of team members is 8 When team configuration has been correctly perfo...

Page 176: ...hange the members assigned to the team Add a VLAN Modify a VLAN using Expert Mode Remove a team or a VLAN using Expert Mode To modify a team 1 From the Team menu click Edit Team or right click one of...

Page 177: ...nection will be temporarily interrupted Adding a VLAN You can add virtual LANs VLANs to a team This enables you to add multiple virtual adapters that are on different subnets The benefit of this is th...

Page 178: ...Click Create to save the VLAN information Figure 8 26 As VLANs are defined they can be selected from the Team Name list but they have not yet been created Figure 8 26 Expert Mode Create a Team with a...

Page 179: ...feature of ASP that is available for the smart load balancing SLB and SLB auto fallback disable type of teaming The purpose of LiveLink is to detect link loss beyond the switch and to route traffic o...

Page 180: ...fore a failover is triggered To specify different values click the desired probe interval in the Probe interval seconds list and click the desired maximum number of probe retries in the Probe maximum...

Page 181: ...restore a configuration 1 From the File menu select Team Restore 2 Click the name of the file to be restored and then click Open 3 Click Apply 4 Click Yes when the message is displayed indicating tha...

Page 182: ...es information about each network adapter and enables you to perform detailed tests run diagnostics view statistics and modify property values QCS CLI also allows you the ability to team network adapt...

Page 183: ...ading Firmware for Windows To upgrade firmware for Windows 1 Go to driverdownloads qlogic com and download the Windows firmware upgrade utility for your adapter 2 Install the firmware upgrade utility...

Page 184: ...E1E508E20 Yes 0061 QLogic 57840 10 Gigabit Ethernet 61 1 16A1 000E1E508E22 Yes 0062 QLogic 57840 10 Gigabit Ethernet 62 Upgrading MFW Forced upgrading MFW1 image from ver MFW1 7 10 39 to ver MFW1 7 12...

Page 185: ...MBA image from ver PCI30 MBA 7 11 3 EFI x64 7 10 54 to ver PCI30 7 12 4 C Brd MAC Drv Name 0 16A1 000E1E508E20 Yes 0061 QLogic 57840 10 Gigabit Ethernet 61 1 16A1 000E1E508E22 Yes 0062 QLogic 57840 1...

Page 186: ...10 31 Forced upgrading L2U image from ver L2U 7 10 31 to ver L2U 7 10 31 C Brd MAC Drv Name 0 16A1 000E1E508E20 Yes 0061 QLogic 57840 10 Gigabit Ethernet 61 1 16A1 000E1E508E22 Yes 0062 QLogic 57840 1...

Page 187: ...owerEdge R710 BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet rev 20 em4 4 16A1 000E1E503150 Yes BCM57840 NetXtreme II 10 Gigabit Ethernet rev 11 p1p1 5 16A1 000E1E503152 Yes BCM57840 NetXtreme II 10 Gigabit Ethernet rev 11...

Page 188: ...7 12 31 to ver MFW1 7 12 31 Upgrading MFW2 image to version MFW2 7 12 31 Upgrading SWIM1B image to version SWIM1 7 12 31 Upgrading SWIM2B image to version SWIM2 7 12 31 Upgrading SWIM3B image to vers...

Page 189: ...0_CLP MBA 7 10 33 EFI x64 7 10 50 to ver PCI30_CLP MBA 7 12 4 C Brd MAC Drv Name 0 1639 0026B942B53E Yes PowerEdge R710 BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet rev 20 em1 1 1639 0026B942B540 Yes PowerEdge R710 BCM57...

Page 190: ...00E1E503150 Yes BCM57840 NetXtreme II 10 Gigabit Ethernet rev 11 p1p1 5 16A1 000E1E503152 Yes BCM57840 NetXtreme II 10 Gigabit Ethernet rev 11 p1p2 NIC is not supported C Brd MAC Drv Name 0 1639 0026B...

Page 191: ...image from ver v7 12 1 to ver v7 12 1 C Brd MAC Drv Name 0 1639 0026B942B53E Yes PowerEdge R710 BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet rev 20 em1 1 1639 0026B942B540 Yes PowerEdge R710 BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet rev...

Page 192: ...12 4 to ver v7 12 4 skipping FCOE boot config block C Brd MAC Drv Name 0 1639 0026B942B53E Yes PowerEdge R710 BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet rev 20 em1 1 1639 0026B942B540 Yes PowerEdge R710 BCM5709 Gigabi...

Page 193: ...ng L2U image from ver L2U 7 10 31 to ver L2U 7 10 31 C Brd MAC Drv Name 0 1639 0026B942B53E Yes PowerEdge R710 BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet rev 20 em1 1 1639 0026B942B540 Yes PowerEdge R710 BCM5709 Gigabi...

Page 194: ...ffload also known as Microsoft Open iSCSI initiator and offload QLogic s offload iSCSI driver or HBA Configuration of the path is set with the HBA Boot Mode option located on the General Parameters sc...

Page 195: ...for targets such as EqualLogic or EMC 2 Create a virtual disk 3 Map the virtual disk to the iSCSI target created in step 1 4 Associate an iSCSI initiator with the iSCSI target 5 Record the iSCSI targe...

Page 196: ...configuration Disabled The static information is entered through the iSCSI Initiator Parameters Configuration screen CHAP Authentication Controls whether the iSCSI boot host software uses CHAP authen...

Page 197: ...ry Count Controls the number of connection retries the iSCSI Boot ini tiator will attempt if the iSCSI target LUN is busy IP Version This option specific to IPv6 Toggles between the IPv4 or IPv6 proto...

Page 198: ...In the CCM device list Figure 10 2 use the up or down arrow keys to select a device and then press ENTER Figure 10 2 CCM Device List 4 In the Main menu select MBA Configuration Figure 10 3 and then pr...

Page 199: ...amic iSCSI Boot Configuration on page 173 iSCSI Boot Configuration Static iSCSI Boot Configuration Dynamic iSCSI Boot Configuration Static iSCSI Boot Configuration In a static configuration you must e...

Page 200: ...NTER Figure 10 6 Selecting General Parameters 1 In the General Parameters menu use the up or down arrow keys to select a parameter and then use the right or left arrow keys to set the following values...

Page 201: ...t be changed when the adapter is in Multi Function mode NOTE For initial OS installation to a blank iSCSI target LUN from a CD DVD ROM or mounted bootable OS installation image set Boot to iSCSI Targe...

Page 202: ...er values as you did in Step 5 Otherwise proceed to Step 8 8 Press ESC once to return to the Main menu and a second time to exit and save the configuration 9 Select Exit and Save Configurations to sav...

Page 203: ...the string 11 22 33 44 55 66 corresponds to the controller s MAC address If DHCP option 43 IPv4 only is used then any settings on the Initiator Parameters 1st Target Parameters or 2nd Target Paramete...

Page 204: ...the General Parameters screen set CHAP Authentication to Enabled 2 From the Initiator Parameters screen type values for the following CHAP ID up to 128 bytes 2 HBA Boot Mode cannot be changed when the...

Page 205: ...be doing a dynamic iSCSI Boot configuration setup see Dynamic iSCSI Boot Configuration on page 173 Configuring the DHCP server to support iSCSI boot is different for IPv4 and IPv6 DHCP iSCSI Boot Conf...

Page 206: ...s the iSCSI target Currently only TCP is supported so the protocol is 6 port The port number associated with the protocol The standard port number for iSCSI is 3260 LUN The Logical Unit Number to use...

Page 207: ...endor Specific Information DHCPv6 Option 16 Vendor Class Option DHCPv6 Option 16 vendor class option must be present and must contain a string that matches your configured DHCP Vendor ID parameter The...

Page 208: ...Configuring the DHCP Server Configure the DHCP server to support Option 16 and Option 17 Preparing the iSCSI Boot Image Windows Server 2008 R2 and SP2 iSCSI Boot Setup Windows Server 2012 2012 R2 iSC...

Page 209: ...08 R2 only see KB976042 Procedure 1 Remove any local hard drives on the system to be booted the remote system 2 Load the latest QLogic MBA and iSCSI boot images onto NVRAM of the adapter 3 Configure t...

Page 210: ...erver 2008 R2 installation routine should resume and complete the installation 13 Following another system restart check and verify that the remote system is able to boot to the desktop 14 After Windo...

Page 211: ...anged when the adapter is in Multi Function mode 9 Save the settings and reboot the system The remote system should connect to the iSCSI target and then boot from the DVDROM device 10 Boot from DVD an...

Page 212: ...der as follows a Boot from the network adapter b Boot from the CD DVD drive 5 Reboot the system 6 System will connect to iSCSI target then will boot from CD DVD drive 7 Follow the corresponding OS ins...

Page 213: ...k Manager service is stopped and disabled 5 Install iscsiuio if desired not required for SuSE 10 6 Install linux nx2 package if desired 7 Install bibt package 8 Remove ifcfg eth 9 Reboot 10 For SUSE 1...

Page 214: ...for both the initiator and the target to the desired IPv6 address in the NVRAM configuration SUSE 11 1 Remote DVD installation workaround 1 Create a new file called boot open iscsi with the content sh...

Page 215: ...Starts the iSCSI initiator daemon if the root filesystem is on an iSCSI device END INIT INFO ISCSIADM sbin iscsiadm ISCSIUIO sbin iscsiuio CONFIG_FILE etc iscsid conf DAEMON sbin iscsid ARGS c CONFIG_...

Page 216: ...then ISCSIADM m node p ip T target o update n node conn 0 startup v onboot fi done Reset status of this service rc_reset We only need to start this for root on iSCSI if grep q iscsi_tcp proc modules...

Page 217: ...nd the operating system is present on the iSCSI target the last step is to perform the actual boot The system will boot to Windows or Linux over the network and operate as if it were a local disk driv...

Page 218: ...member of that VLAN 1 During a boot of the Initiator system press CTRL S to open the QLogic CCM pre boot utility Figure 10 8 Figure 10 8 Comprehensive Configuration Management 2 In the CCM device lis...

Page 219: ...erwise select Exit and Discard Configuration Press ENTER Figure 10 12 Saving the iSCSI Boot VLAN Configuration 7 After all changes have been made press CTRL ALT DEL to exit CCM and to apply the change...

Page 220: ...t package on you Linux system You can get this package from QLogic CD 7 Delete all ifcfg eth files 8 Configure one port of the network adapter to connect to iSCSI Target for instructions see Configuri...

Page 221: ...ss and the target configured using a router configured IPv6 address Solution This is a known Windows TCP IP stack issue Problem The QLogic iSCSI Crash Dump utility will not work properly to capture a...

Page 222: ...the install media Problem In Windows Server 2012 toggling between iSCSI HBA offload mode and iSCSI software initiator boot can leave the machine in a state where the HBA offload miniport bxois will n...

Page 223: ...reset iscsid running in userspace is generally less predictable as it can run slowly and take a long time to disconnect and reconnect iSCSI sessions during network reset especially when the number of...

Page 224: ...apter 8 1 Open QCS 2 Select the QLogic 8400 Series C NIC iSCSI adapter If the C NIC iSCSI adapter is not present then select the VBD device and enable iSCSI offload by selecting iSCSI Offload Engine f...

Page 225: ...Windows Server 2012 R2 using the QCS GUI You can also use the QCS CLI see the CLI release notes in your software distribution for command information 1 Open QCS and select iSCSI VIEW from the Filter d...

Page 226: ...10 iSCSI Protocol iSCSI Offload in Windows Server 196 83840 546 00 D 3 Select the iSCSI adapter for the port as shown in Figure 10 14 Figure 10 14 Selecting the iSCSI Adapter...

Page 227: ...If DHCP is enabled changing the VLAN ID initiates a new request for an IP address from the DHCP server If DHCP is disabled manually update the IP Address Subnet Mask and Default Gateway for the iSCSI...

Page 228: ...Microsoft Initiator to configure and add a connection to the iSCSI target using QLogic iSCSI adapter See Microsoft s user guide for more details on Microsoft Initiator 1 Open Microsoft Initiator 2 Con...

Page 229: ...99 83840 546 00 D 4 Select the Discovery tab Figure 10 18 and click Add to add a target portal Figure 10 18 iSCSI Initiator Add a Target Portal 5 Enter the IP address of the target and click Advanced...

Page 230: ...m the General tab select QLogic 10 Gigabit Ethernet iSCSI Adapter for the local adapter Figure 10 20 Figure 10 20 Selecting the Local Adapter 7 Select the adapter IP address for the Initiator IP and t...

Page 231: ...10 iSCSI Protocol iSCSI Offload in Windows Server 201 83840 546 00 D 8 In the iSCSI Initiator Properties dialog box Figure 10 22 click OK to add the target portal Figure 10 22 Adding the Target Portal...

Page 232: ...et using the QLogic iSCSI adapter Figure 10 23 Logging on to the iSCSI Target 10 In the Log On to Target dialog box Figure 10 24 click Advanced Figure 10 24 Log On to Target Dialog Box 11 On the Gener...

Page 233: ...y beginning with Root Q What configurations should be avoided A The IP address should not be the same as the LAN Q Why does the install fail when attempting to complete an iSCSI offload install using...

Page 234: ...in the dump data For details about iSCSI Function code please refer to iSCSI User s Guide 9 Error Target did not respond in time for a SCSI request The CDB is given in the dump data 10 Error Login req...

Page 235: ...data contains the entire iSCSI header 25 Error Data digest error was detected Dump data contains the cal culated checksum followed by the given checksum 26 Error Target trying to send more data than r...

Page 236: ...tor is not configured to perform CHAP 41 Error Target did not send AuthMethod key during security negotia tion phase 42 Error Target sent an invalid status sequence number for a connec tion Dump data...

Page 237: ...ting in I O failure 58 Error Initiator could not allocate a tag for processing a request resulting in I O failure 59 Error Target dropped the connection before the initiator could tran sition to Full...

Page 238: ...4 for details 68 Error After receiving an async logout from the target attempt to relogin the session failed Error status is given in the dump data 69 Error Attempt to recover an unexpected terminated...

Page 239: ...the source package qlgc_iscsiuio v 5 Start brcm_iscsiuio qlgc_iscsiuio Bind iSCSI Target to QLogic NX2 iSCSI Transport Name In Linux each iSCSI port is an interface known as iface By default the open...

Page 240: ...e the iSCSI VLAN add the VLAN ID in the iface file for iSCSI In the following example the VLAN ID is set to 100 Begin Record 6 2 0 873 2 el6 Iface iscsi_ifacefile name Iface ipaddress 0 0 0 0 Iface hw...

Page 241: ...ile name should be ifcfg eth0 100 The following are example settings in the configuration file DEVICE ethX 100 BOOTPROTO static ONBOOT yes IPADDR NETMASK USERCTL no NETWORK VLAN yes Restart the networ...

Page 242: ...information on sq_size and rq_size The driver logs the following message to syslog when the maximum allowed connection offload limit is reached bnx2i unable to allocate iSCSI context resources Linux i...

Page 243: ...rk may be isolated in a VLAN to segregate it from other traffic When this is the case you must make the iSCSI interface on the adapter a member of that VLAN To configure the VLAN using the vSphere cli...

Page 244: ...10 iSCSI Protocol iSCSI Offload on VMware Server 214 83840 546 00 D 7 Configure the VLAN on VMKernel Figure 10 26 Figure 10 26 Configuring the VLAN on VMKernel...

Page 245: ...ted Receiver classification of FCoE and FIP frames FIP is the FCoE Initialization Protocol used to establish and maintain connections Receiver CRC offload Transmitter CRC offload Dedicated queue set f...

Page 246: ...e second entry must be the OS installation media It is important that the boot order be set correctly or else the installation will not proceed correctly Either the desired boot LUN will not be discov...

Page 247: ...ent banner to invoke the CCM utility 2 Select the device through which boot is to be configured Figure 11 1 FCoE Boot Variable CCM Device List NOTE When running in NIC Partitioning NPAR mode FCoE boot...

Page 248: ...peer must also be DCBX capable with parameters that allow for full DCBX synchronization Figure 11 2 FCoE Boot Variable Enable DCB DCBX 4 On some platforms you may need to set the boot protocol throug...

Page 249: ...r Ethernet FCoE Boot from SAN 219 83840 546 00 D 5 Configure the desired boot target and LUN From the Target Information Menu Figure 11 4 select the first available path Figure 11 4 FCoE Boot Variable...

Page 250: ...he target to be used for boot Figure 11 5 Figure 11 5 FCoE Boot Variable Specify Target WWPN and Boot LUN Figure 11 6 FCoE Boot Target Information 7 Press ESC until prompted to exit and save changes T...

Page 251: ...AN by allowing you to choose from a list of targets and selecting a WWPN instead of typing the WWPN To configure FCoE boot from SAN using UEFI boot LUN scanning 1 In the Main Menu select FCoE Boot Con...

Page 252: ...gure 11 8 FCoE Target Parameters Window The first six target entries 1 6 enable you to select a WWPN from a menu Use the UP and DOWN arrows to select the WWPN field and then press ENTER In the WWPN li...

Page 253: ...r example if the FIP MAC is 00 10 18 11 22 33 then the WWPN will be 20 00 00 10 18 11 22 33 CTRL R Method The CTRL R method allows you to use the boot initiator to bring up the link and login into all...

Page 254: ...oot order must be configured with QLogic boot first and installation media second Furthermore during OS installation it is required to bypass the FCoE boot and pass through to the installation media f...

Page 255: ...25 83840 546 00 D Wait through all option ROM banners Once FCoE boot is invoked it will connect to the target and provide a four second window to press CTRL D to invoke the bypass Press CTRL D to proc...

Page 256: ...llation Go through the normal procedures for OS installation When no disk devices are found Windows will prompt you to load additional drivers At this point connect a USB flash drive containing the fu...

Page 257: ...r Ethernet FCoE Boot from SAN 227 83840 546 00 D 2 Then load the bxfcoe OFC driver Figure 11 12 Figure 11 12 Load bxfcoe Driver 3 Select the boot LUN to be installed Figure 11 13 Figure 11 13 Selectin...

Page 258: ...s Server 2012 FCoE Boot from SAN also Microsoft s procedure injects only the eVBD and NDIS drivers QLogic strongly recommends injecting all drivers especially those in bold eVBD VBD BXND OIS FCoE NDIS...

Page 259: ...ild and Boot on page 216 Then use the guidelines in the following sections for FCoE boot installation with the appropriate Linux version SLES11 SP2 Installation RHEL6 Installation SLES11 SP2 Installat...

Page 260: ...AN 230 83840 546 00 D 2 Follow the on screen instructions to choose the Driver Update medium and load drivers Figure 11 15 Figure 11 15 Choosing Driver Update Medium 3 Once the driver update is comple...

Page 261: ...el Over Ethernet FCoE Boot from SAN 231 83840 546 00 D 4 When requested click Configure FCoE Interfaces 5 Ensure FCoE Enable is set to yes on the 10GbE QLogic initiator ports you wish to use as the SA...

Page 262: ...set to yes and DCB required is set to no 7 For each interface to be enabled for FCoE boot click on Create FCoE VLAN Interface The VLAN interface creation dialog will launch Click Yes to confirm This...

Page 263: ...r Ethernet FCoE Boot from SAN 233 83840 546 00 D 8 Once complete with configuration of all interface click OK to proceed 9 Click Next to continue installation YaST2 will prompt to activate multipath A...

Page 264: ...Continue installation as usual 11 Under the Expert tab on the Installation Settings screen select Booting 12 Select the Boot Loader Installation tab and then select Boot Loader Installation Details ma...

Page 265: ...tion splash screen press Tab and add the options dd updates URL_TO_ANACONDA_UPDATE_IMAGE to the boot command line Please refer to the RedHat Installation Guide Section 28 1 3 http docs redhat com docs...

Page 266: ...40 546 00 D 5 When prompted Do you have a driver disk enter Yes 6 Once drivers are loaded proceed with installation NOTE RHEL does not allow driver update media to be loaded over the network when inst...

Page 267: ...11 Fibre Channel Over Ethernet FCoE Boot from SAN 237 83840 546 00 D 7 Select Specialized Storage Devices when prompted 8 Click Add Advanced Target...

Page 268: ...thernet FCoE Boot from SAN 238 83840 546 00 D 9 Select Add FCoE SAN and select Add drive 10 For each interface intended for FCoE boot select the interface deselect Use DCB select Use auto vlan and the...

Page 269: ...ual Upon completion of installation the system will reboot 15 Once booted ensure all boot path devices are set to start on boot Set onboot yes under each network interface config file in etc sysconfig...

Page 270: ...for the newly added interfaces through ifconfig a 2 Edit boot grub menu lst Add ifname INTERFACE MAC_ADDRESS to the line kernel vmlinuz for each new interface The MAC address must be all lower case an...

Page 271: ...c fcoe cfg INTERFACE file for each new FCoE initiator by duplicating the etc fcoe cfg INTERFACE file that was already configured during initial installation b Bring up the new interfaces ifconfig INTE...

Page 272: ...Boot from SAN requires that the latest QLogic 8400 Series async drivers be included into the ESXi 5 1 5 5 6 0 install image Refer to Image_builder_doc pdf from VMware on how to slipstream drivers 1 Bo...

Page 273: ...11 Fibre Channel Over Ethernet FCoE Boot from SAN 243 83840 546 00 D 3 Press F11 to accept the agreement and continue 4 Select the boot LUN for installation and press Enter to continue...

Page 274: ...11 Fibre Channel Over Ethernet FCoE Boot from SAN 244 83840 546 00 D 5 Select the desired installation method 6 Select the keyboard layout 7 Enter a password...

Page 275: ...rm the install 9 Press Enter to reboot after installation 10 On 57800 and 57810 boards the management network is not vmnic0 After booting open the GUI console and display the configure management netw...

Page 276: ...e IP address to the management network rather than to the FCoE boot device To create a vSwitch for the FCoE boot devices add the boot device vmnics in vSphere Client under Networking Configuring FCoE...

Page 277: ...nt failover paths are desired you can configure those paths through CCM and the MBA will automatically failover to secondary paths if the first path is not available Further the redundant boot paths w...

Page 278: ...ntry for the boot from SAN setup uses the correct or updated intrd name in boot grub menu lst 5 To complete your driver upgrade reboot the system and select the modified grub boot entry that contains...

Page 279: ...disk s detach or disconnect the USB flash drive immediately before selecting the disk for further installation Configuring FCoE By default DCB is enabled on QLogic 8400 Series FCoE DCB compatible C NI...

Page 280: ...e OS and the network each physical function appears as a separate NIC port This Switch Independent Partitioning is also known as vNIC2 or Virtual NIC2 by IBM The number of partitions for each port can...

Page 281: ...uration Parameters Number of Partitions The number of partitions for the port Each port can have from one to four partitions with each partition behaving as if it is an independent NIC port The user c...

Page 282: ...eed the Maximum Bandwidth setting1 A value for a function between 1 and 100 represents a percentage of the physical link speed and is used by an internal arbitration logic as an input value weight A h...

Page 283: ...guration Four functions or partitions are configured with a total of six protocols as shown below Function 0 Ethernet FCoE Function 1 Ethernet Function 2 Ethernet Function 3 Ethernet iSCSI 1 If Relati...

Page 284: ...p to 64 VLANs 63 tagged and 1 untagged can be defined for each QLogic adapter on your server depending on the amount of memory available in your system VLANs can be added to a team to allow multiple V...

Page 285: ...ne of the switch ports which is con figured for VLANs 1 2 and 3 Both the adapter and the connected switch port have tagging turned on Because of the tag ging VLAN capabilities of both devices the serv...

Page 286: ...on adding a VLAN to a team see Adding a VLAN for Windows operating systems NOTE VLAN tagging is only required to be enabled on switch ports that create trunk links to other switches or on ports conne...

Page 287: ...these performance issues by creating a virtual function VF a lightweight PCIe function that can be directly assigned to a virtual machine VM bypassing the hypervisor layer for the main data movement...

Page 288: ...nfigure and enter the appropriate value in the Number of VFs per PF field 2 In Virtual Switch Manager create a virtual NIC Select Allow Management operating system to share the network adapter if the...

Page 289: ...lies only when the adapter is configured in NPAR mode It is not relevant when the adapter is configured in single function mode SR IOV and Jumbo Packets If SR IOV is enabled on a virtual function VF o...

Page 290: ...ndows Server 2008 and 2012 This section is intended for those who are familiar with Hyper V and it addresses issues that affect the configuration of 8400 3400 Series network adapters and teamed networ...

Page 291: ...v4 Yes Yes Yes IPv6 Yes Yes Yes IPv4 Large Send Offload LSO parent and child partition Yes Yes Yes IPv4 Checksum Offload CO parent and child partition Yes Yes Yes IPv6 LSO parent and child partition N...

Page 292: ...an offload capability in QCS however CO and LSO will not work This is a limitation of Hyper V Hyper V does not support CO and LSO in an IPv6 network Windows Server 2008 R2 and 2012 When configuring a...

Page 293: ...Yes Yes Multi member SLB team allowed with latest ASP6 ver sion Note VM MAC is not pre sented to external switches Link Aggregation IEEE 802 3ad LACP team type Yes Yes Yes Generic Trunking FEC GEC 80...

Page 294: ...th the host parent partition and the guest child partition with the ASP teaming software you must configure the team for tagging Unlike VLAN tagging with a single adapter tagging cannot be managed by...

Page 295: ...B Teaming When Hyper V server is installed on a system configured to use Smart Load Balance and Failover SLB type teaming you can enable Virtual Machine Queueing VMQ to improve overall network perform...

Page 296: ...From Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2008 R2 From Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012 Prior to performing an OS upgrade when a QLogic 8400 3400 Series adapter is installed on your syst...

Page 297: ...mpler to deploy upgrade and maintain than in standard Ethernet networks DCB has a standards based bandwidth sharing at its core allowing multiple fabrics to coexist on the same physical fabric The var...

Page 298: ...sponsible to maintain the reliability by way of acknowledgment and retransmission In a network with multiple traffic classes it becomes very difficult to maintain the reliability of traffic in the abs...

Page 299: ...ult the port will advertise itself as willing and as such will accept all DCB settings as advertised by the switch If PFC is operational PFC settings supersede link level flow control settings If PFC...

Page 300: ...B related settings is relinquished to the operating system that is QCS can no longer be used for administrative control of the DCB You can use PowerShell to configure and manage the QoS feature Using...

Page 301: ...cutive Summary Glossary Teaming Concepts Software Components Hardware Requirements Teaming Support by Processor Configuring Teaming Supported Features by Team Type Selecting a Team Type This section d...

Page 302: ...of the IP Protocol iSCSI Internet Small Computer Systems Interface L2 Layer 2 Used to describe network traffic that is not offloaded and where hardware only performs Layer 2 operations on the traffic...

Page 303: ...be grouped together into a team of physical ports called a virtual adapter PXE Preboot Execution Environment RAID redundant array of inexpensive disks Smart Load Balanc ing and Failover Switch indepe...

Page 304: ...unicate with other Ethernet devices using the MAC address not the IP address However most applications work with a host name that is translated to an IP address by a Naming Service such as WINS and DN...

Page 305: ...02 3ad LACP SLB Auto Fallback Disable There are three methods for classifying the supported teaming types The first is based on whether the switch port configuration must also match the adapter teamin...

Page 306: ...IP addresses when using secondary IP addresses The team MAC address is selected from the list of load balance members When the system receives an ARP request the software networking stack will always...

Page 307: ...each client as the destination address of the ARP request also known as a directed ARP This is considered client load balancing and not traffic load balancing When the intermediate driver detects a s...

Page 308: ...nd TCP UDP port number Since routers do not alter the source and destination IP address the load balancing algorithm works as intended Configuring routers for Hot Standby Routing Protocol HSRP does no...

Page 309: ...s reliable and robust as an LACP negotiated link LACP automatically determines which member links can be aggregated and then aggregates them It provides for the controlled addition and removal of phys...

Page 310: ...intermediate driver fits between the miniport driver and the protocol layer multiplexing several miniport driver instances and creating a virtual adapter that looks like a single adapter to the NDIS l...

Page 311: ...transmit its data after waiting a random amount of time The use of a repeater requires that each station participating within the collision domain operate in half duplex mode Although half duplex mode...

Page 312: ...ess driver version and status information about each network adapter QCS also includes a number of diagnostics tools such as hardware diagnostics cable testing and a network topology test Supported Fe...

Page 313: ...Yes Mixed speeds adapters that do not support a com mon speed s but can operate at dif ferent speeds Yes Yes No No Mixed speeds adapters that sup port a common speed s but can operate at different spe...

Page 314: ...Yes Load balancing by MAC address No Yes used for no IP IPX Yes Yes a SLB with one primary and one standby member b Requires at least one QLogic adapter in the team Table 17 4 Comparison of Team Types...

Page 315: ...aming offers link aggregation and fault tolerance to meet both of these requirements Preference teaming should be selected in the following order Link Aggregation as the first choice Generic Trunking...

Page 316: ...gic Teaming Services Teaming Mechanisms 286 83840 546 00 D Teaming Mechanisms Architecture Types of Teams Attributes of the Features Associated with Each Type of Team Speeds Supported for Each Type of...

Page 317: ...the team A Layer 3 address must also be configured for the virtual adapter The primary function of ASP is to balance inbound for SLB and outbound traffic for all teaming modes among the physical adap...

Page 318: ...ode path has been designed to achieve best possible concurrency where multiple concurrent accesses to the Outbound Flow Hash Table are allowed For protocols other than TCP IP the first physical adapte...

Page 319: ...oadcast packets from looping back through the system from other physical adapters Protocol Support ARP and IP TCP UDP flows are load balanced If the packet is an IP protocol only such as ICMP or IGMP...

Page 320: ...ingle physical adapter that provides a particular hardware feature such as Large Send Offload Types of Teams Switch Independent The QLogic Smart Load Balancing type of team allows two to eight physica...

Page 321: ...LB supports connecting the teamed ports to hubs and switches if they are on the same broadcast domain It does not support connecting to a router or Layer 3 switches because the ports must be on the sa...

Page 322: ...g MAC Address No Outbound Load Balancing using IP Address Yes Multivendor teaming Supported Must include at least one QLogic Ethernet adapter as a team member Applications Generic trunking works with...

Page 323: ...rted to other ports in the team Network Communications The following are the key attributes of Dynamic Trunking Failover mechanism Link loss detection Load Balancing Algorithm Outbound traffic is bala...

Page 324: ...through that team member Later if that team member begins to detect a response from a probe target this indicates that the link has been restored and the teaming software automatically resumes passin...

Page 325: ...ices Teaming Mechanisms 295 83840 546 00 D Failover event Loss of link Failover time 500 ms Fallback time 1 5 s approximate a MAC address Different Multivendor teaming Yes Table 17 5 Attributes Contin...

Page 326: ...am Maximum 16 Hot replace Yes Hot add Yes Hot remove Yes Link speed support Different speeds b Frame protocol All Incoming packet management Switch Outgoing packet management ASP Failover event Loss o...

Page 327: ...ort Different speeds Frame protocol All Incoming packet management Switch Outgoing packet management ASP Failover event Loss of link only Failover time 500 ms Fallback time 1 5 s approximate a MAC add...

Page 328: ...changing advanced settings of a team member make sure each team member has been configured similarly Settings to check include VLANs and QoS Packet Tagging Jumbo Frames and the various offloads Advanc...

Page 329: ...roperty and would not benefit from a software only implementation An adapter that supports Checksum Offload advertises this capability to the operating system so that the checksum does not need to be...

Page 330: ...ons to support Virtual Bridged Local Area Network tagging on Ethernet networks as specified in the IEEE 802 1Q specification The VLAN protocol permits insertion of a tag into an Ethernet frame to iden...

Page 331: ...General Network Considerations Teaming with Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 Teaming Across Switches Spanning Tree Algorithm Layer 3 Routing Switching Teaming with Hubs for troubleshooting purposes only...

Page 332: ...the Interconnect cable in place These scenarios describe the behavior of teaming across the two switches and the importance of the interconnect link The diagrams show the secondary team member sending...

Page 333: ...connectivity Consider a cable disconnect on the Top Switch port 4 In this case Gray would send the ICMP Request to Red 49 C9 but because the Bottom switch has no entry for 49 C9 in its CAM Table the...

Page 334: ...each other without any problems Note the additional entries in the CAM table for both switches The link interconnect is critical for the proper operation of the team As a result it is highly advisable...

Page 335: ...derations 305 83840 546 00 D Figure 17 5 represents a failover event in which the cable is unplugged on the Top Switch port 4 This is a successful failover with all stations pinging each other without...

Page 336: ...that you do not run into a loop situation when you have redundant paths in your network STP detects disables network loops and provides backup links between switches or bridges It allows the device to...

Page 337: ...a port going to forwarding it sends a TCN to the root bridge through its root port The root bridge then advertises a BPDU with a Topology Change to the entire network This causes every bridge to redu...

Page 338: ...or 100 Mbps switched network configuration Hub bandwidth is shared among all connected devices as a result when more devices are connected to the hub the bandwidth available to any single device conn...

Page 339: ...without affecting the network Clients could be connected directly to the hub and fault tolerance would still be maintained server performance however would be degraded Figure 17 6 Team Connected to a...

Page 340: ...the private adapter and usually resides on a separate private subnetwork The other adapter is used for client communications and is referred to as the public adapter Multiple adapters may be used for...

Page 341: ...and two public On each node the two public adapters are teamed and the private adapter is not Teaming is supported across the same switch or across two switches Figure 17 8 shows the same 2 node Fibr...

Page 342: ...ement of the nodes in the cluster It can also be used for job scheduling and monitoring In our current HPCC offerings only one of the on board adapters is used If Myrinet or IB is present this adapter...

Page 343: ...00 D Oracle In our Oracle Solution Stacks we support adapter teaming in both the private network interconnect between RAC nodes and public network with clients or the application layer above the data...

Page 344: ...he network link bandwidth thus impacting production data and tape backup performance Network backups usually consist of a dedicated backup server running with tape backup software such as NetBackup Ga...

Page 345: ...tape backup server to reliably use adapter performance and network bandwidth when backing up clients a network infrastructure must implement teaming such as load balancing and fault tolerance Data ce...

Page 346: ...ent Server Blue through an G ARP to update its ARP cache to reflect the backup server Adapter B MAC address When Client Server Blue needs to transmit data it uses either one of its adapter interfaces...

Page 347: ...the data can no longer be sent from Switch 1 to the Adapter A interface on the backup server the data is redirected from Switch 1 through Switch 2 to the Adapter B interface on the backup server This...

Page 348: ...ported it is recommended that all adapters in a team be the same speed either all Gigabit Ethernet or all Fast Ethernet For speeds of 10 Gbps it is highly recommended that all adapters in a team be th...

Page 349: ...roduction network to a production network it is strongly recommended to test again for failover and fallback 15 Test the performance behavior of the team before placing into a production environment 1...

Page 350: ...etwork protocols are load balanced when in a team Answer QLogic s teaming software only supports IP TCP UDP traffic All other traffic is forwarded to the primary adapter Question Which protocols are l...

Page 351: ...ms that can be configured on the same server Answer Up to 16 teams can be configured on the same server Question Why does my team loose connectivity for the first 30 to 50 seconds after the Primary ad...

Page 352: ...rently using Answer In all operating systems the most accurate method for checking the driver revision is to physically locate the driver file and check the properties Question Can SLB detect a switch...

Page 353: ...ntermediate or teaming driver Base Driver Physical Adapter Miniport The base driver is identified by source L2ND Table 17 8 lists the event log messages supported by the base driver explains the cause...

Page 354: ...configured for 10Mb half duplex link The adapter has been manually configured for the selected line speed and duplex settings No action is required 7 Informational Network controller configured for 10...

Page 355: ...e interrupt handler Reboot the operating system remove other device drivers that may be sharing the same IRQ 15 Error Unable to map IO space The device driver can not allocate mem ory mapped I O to ac...

Page 356: ...figured for 10Gb full duplex link The adapter has been manually configured for the selected line speed and duplex settings No action is required 22 Error Network controller failed initialization becau...

Page 357: ...r cannot cre ate a device instance Reboot the operating system 4 Error Unable to create sym bolic link for the man agement interface Another driver has cre ated a conflicting device name Unload the co...

Page 358: ...orted operating system or update the driver 13 Informational Hot standby adapter is selected as the pri mary adapter for a team without a load balancing adapter A standby adapter has been activated Re...

Page 359: ...ion with the remote target s for the LiveLink enabled team member has been established or restored No action is required 20 Informational The LiveLink feature in ASP disconnected the link for the netw...

Page 360: ...action is required 5 Informational Network controller configured for 10Mb full duplex link The adapter has been manually configured for the selected line speed and duplex set tings No action is requir...

Page 361: ...f physical memory installed and replace the adapter 12 Informational Driver initialized suc cessfully The driver has suc cessfully loaded No action is required 13 Error Driver initialization failed Un...

Page 362: ...2 teaming Smart Load Balancing and Failover Link Aggregation 802 3ad Generic Trunking FEC GEC 802 3ad Draft Static SLB Auto Fallback Disable For more information on network adapter teaming concepts s...

Page 363: ...fied on any of the adapter team member connections due to failure of the adapter cable switch port or switch where the teamed adapters are attached to separate switches the load distribution is reeval...

Page 364: ...en team If the link partner is not correctly configured for 802 3ad link configuration errors are detected and noted With this mode all adapters in the team are configured to receive packets for the s...

Page 365: ...tatically through user configuration software The Generic Trunking FEC GEC 802 3ad Draft Static type of team supports load balancing and failover for both outbound and inbound traffic SLB Auto Fallbac...

Page 366: ...1 Smart Load Balancing Operating System Protocol Failover Fallback All QLogic Failover Fallback Multivendor IP IPX NetBE UI IP IPX NetBE UI Windows Server 2008 Y Y N S Y N N S Windows Server 2008 R2...

Page 367: ...runking type of team requires the Ethernet switch to support some form of port trunking mode for example Cisco s Gigabit EtherChannel or other switch vendor s Link Aggregation mode The Generic Trunkin...

Page 368: ...ata only and users can choose their preferred CIM client software to browse the information exposed by QLogic CIM provider QLogic CIM provider provides information through QLGC_NetworkAdapter and QLGC...

Page 369: ...re TargetInstance ISA QLGC_ExtraCapacityGroup SELECT FROM __InstanceCreationEvent where TargetInstance ISA QLGC_NetworkAdapter SELECT FROM __InstanceDeletionEvent where TargetInstance ISA QLGC_Network...

Page 370: ...in your system QLogic 8400 3400 Series User Diagnostics also allows you to update device firmware and to view and change settings for available adapter properties To run QLogic 8400 3400 Series User D...

Page 371: ...device Specifies the adapter device to test Similar to dev for back ward compatibility uediag cof Allows tests to continue after detecting a failure uediag dev device Specifies the adapter device to...

Page 372: ...uediag I iteration Specifies the number of iterations to run on the selected tests uediag idmatch Enables matching of VID DID SVID and SSID from the image file with device IDs Used only with fnvm raw...

Page 373: ...cription Number Name Group A Basic Functional Tests A1 Register Verifies that registers accessible through the PCI PCIe interface implement the expected read only or read write attributes by attemptin...

Page 374: ...uses an MSI message to be DMA d to host memory A negative test is also performed to verify that when an MSI is masked it does not write an MSI message to host memory A6 Memory BIST Invokes the interna...

Page 375: ...ixed data patterns are used to ensure that no memory bit is stuck high or low while the walking zeroed ones and address tests are used to ensure that memory writes do not corrupt adja cent memory loca...

Page 376: ...frame and the checksum CRC offload logic In this test packets are submitted to the chip as if they were received over Ethernet and the TPAT block cracks the frame identifying the TCP IP and UDP heade...

Page 377: ...C11 FIO Events Verifies that the event bits in the CPU s Fast IO FIO interface are triggering correctly when a particular chip events occur such as a VPD request initiated by the host an expansion RO...

Page 378: ...maintained by the chip is correct by enabling MAC loopback mode and sending Layer 2 packets of various sizes The adapter should not be connected to a network D6 RPC Verifies the Receive Path Catch up...

Page 379: ...rnal diagnostics where packet information is transmitted across the physical link for instructions and information on running tests in an MS DOS environment see User Diagnostics in DOS on page 340 for...

Page 380: ...the diagnostic software 6 Contact your hardware vendor QCS Network Test Failures Typically the QCS Testing the Network on page 104 failures are the result of a configuration problem on the network or...

Page 381: ...d change them if they are in conflict with another device Verify that your server is using the latest BIOS Try inserting the adapter in another slot If the new position works the original slot in your...

Page 382: ...2iscsi bnx2i cxgb4i cxgb3i libcxgbi ib_iser iscsi_tcp libis csi_tcp scsi_transport_iscsi 53047 8 be2iscsi bnx2i libcxgbi ib_iser iscsi_tcp libiscsi bnx2x 1417947 0 libcrc32c 1246 1 bnx2x mdio 4732 2 c...

Page 383: ...k OK 3 Type ipconfig all to view the network connection to be tested 4 Type ping IP address and then press ENTER The ping statistics that are displayed indicate whether the network connection is worki...

Page 384: ...ve a teamed NIC from a system you must first delete the NIC from the team Not doing this before shutting down could result in breaking the team on a subsequent reboot which may result in unexpected te...

Page 385: ...a team member supports underlying management software ASF UMP the link may be maintained on the switch for the adapter despite its driver being disabled This may result in the switch continuing to pa...

Page 386: ...to discard packets inside the on chip receive buffers in the case a particular host queue is depleted the on chip receive buffers will rarely be depleted therefore it may appear that flow control is n...

Page 387: ...tion tab Problem In Windows Server 2008 R2 if the OS is running as an iSCSI boot OS the VolMgr error The system could not successfully load the crash dump driver appears in the event log Solution Enab...

Page 388: ...y Solution This is a Microsoft issue For more information on applying the Microsoft hotfix see Microsoft knowledge base article KB952942 at http support microsoft com kb 952942 Problem The network ada...

Page 389: ...Table A 2 QLogic Control Suite also provides information about the status of the network link and activity see Viewing Vital Signs on page 101 Table A 1 Network Link and Activity Indicated by the RJ 4...

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