Setting Up The Converged Network Adapter Card Driver - Fujitsu ETERNUS DX Configuration Manual
Server connection, fcoe for vmware esx driver settings for non-fujitsu converged network adapter cards
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Chapter 2
Setup Procedure for QLogic Converged Network Adapter Cards
2.2
Setting Up the Converged Network Adapter Cards
2.2.5
Setting Up the Converged Network Adapter Card Driver
Change the parameters for the Converged Network Adapter card driver.
2.2.5.1
For VMware vSphere 5.5
1
Record the module name for the Converged Network Adapter card that is loaded into VMware ESXi.
The underlined portion indicates the loaded module name. In the following example, "qlnativefc" is the
module name.
# esxcli system module list | grep qlnativefc
qlnativefc
Module names may vary depending on the Converged Network Adapter card that is used.
2
Check the default value for the Converged Network Adapter card.
Specify the module name for the Converged Network Adapter card that you recorded in
check the default value.
# esxcli system module parameters list -m qlnativefc | grep ql2xmaxqdepth
ql2xmaxqdepth
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Change the setting values of the parameter for the Converged Network Adapter card driver.
Driver parameter
ql2xmaxqdepth
*1: Recommended value = 512 ¸ (number of FCoE ports that are connected to a single CA port) ¸
number of LUNs
(Round the result down)
Use the value of "8" if the actual result is lower.
When the value for this setting is changed, refer to "FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX Configuration
Guide -Server Connection- (FCoE) for VMware
Outstanding Disk Requests for virtual machines as well.
Use the following command to change the setting values when the driver parameter name is
"ql2xmaxqdepth", the number of I/Os is "8", and the module name is "qlnativefc".
# esxcli system module parameters set -p ql2xmaxqdepth=8 -m qlnativefc
Input the number of I/Os ("8" in this example) for the driver parameter setting.
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Maximum queue depth to report for target devices.
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