Introduction; Overview; User's Guide Content; Functionality And Features - Dell Qlogic QME8242 User Manual

Introduction

Overview

This guide provides technical information to system administrators for the QLogic
QME8242 mezzanine card, including how to install, configure, and use the
products and their functions.

User's Guide Content

The QLogic QME8242 Mezzanine Card User's Guide includes the following
sections
Hardware Installation

safety precautions, and a pre-installation checklist.
 Driver Installation and Configuration
drivers—NIC, iSCSI, and FCoE—included with the QLogic QME8242 on
Windows, Linux, and VMware operating systems.
 Adapter Management Applications
as well as operating system-specific applications for Windows, Linux, and
VMware.
 Boot Configuration
setup, and iSCSI boot configuration using Fast!UTIL, iBFT, and DHCP.
 Troubleshooting
adapter problems specific to NIC, iSCSI, FCoE, and ESX.
 Specifications
and lists supported standards, interface, and environmental specifications.
 QConvergeConsole GUI
web management interface.

Functionality and Features

Functional Description

The QME8242 is a mezzanine card with Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and
iSCSI offload for the blade server environment.
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covers the hardware and software requirements,
covers how to use QConvergeConsole,
provides information on booting from SAN, PXE boot
provides troubleshooting flowcharts of steps for diagnosing
defines the physical characteristics and power requirements,
provides an overview of the QConvergeConsole
covers the installation of the three
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