Switch Independent Partitioning Setup Requirements; Hardware Requirements; Software Requirements - Dell QMD8262-k User Manual

4–Switch Independent Partitioning

Switch Independent Partitioning Setup Requirements

Switch Independent Partitioning Setup
Requirements
This section provides hardware and software requirements for applying Switch
Independent Partitioning functionality to QLogic adapters installed in host servers
within SANs.

Hardware Requirements

QMD8262-k
Card
QLE8262
Card
QME8262-k 10GbE Blade Mezzanine Card
a Link speed limitation: QMD8262-k, and QME8262-k support only 10GbE operation and do not link
at 1Gbps with Dell M6220, M6348, and Cisco

Software Requirements

Operating Systems
Linux
VMware
Windows
a If a partitioned NIC is configured for use in a Hyper-V network virtualization stack, virtual message
queue (VMQ) must be enabled. To enable VMQ on a management OS with physical network
adapters less than 10Gbps, issue the following command in a command prompt window:
reg
/v BelowTenGigVmqEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
Table 4-1. Hardware Requirements
QLogic Adapters
Blade Network 10GbE Daughter
a
Monolithic Server 10GbE Standup
a
Table 4-2. Operating System Requirements
 RHEL 6.5—x64 only
 SLES 11 SP3
 SLES 12
 ESX/ESXi 5.0/5.1/5.5
 Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
 Hyper-V
 Windows 2012
 Windows 2012 R2
add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\VMSMP\Parameters
M620, M820
T420, T620 R320, R420, R520, R620,
R715, R720, R815, R820, R910
M420, M520, M610, M620, M710HD,
M720, M820, M910, M915
3x3x switches.
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Platforms
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