Software/Driver Installation - Chelsio Communications Chelsio T5 Installation And User Manual

Chapter I. Chelsio Unified Wire

3. Software/Driver Installation

There are two main methods to install the Chelsio Unified Wire package: from source and RPM.
If you decide to use source, you can install the package using CLI or GUI mode.
If you decide to use RPM, you can install the package using Menu or CLI mode.
Irrespective of the method chosen for installation, the machine needs to be rebooted for
changes to take effect.
The following table describes the various configuration tuning options available during
installation and drivers/software installed with each option by default:
T5/T4
Configuration
Tuning Option
Configures adapters to run multiple protocols
Unified Wire like NIC/TOE, iWARP, iSCSI and FCoE
Configures adapters to run NIC/TOE and
Low latency
iWARP traffic with low latency specially
Networking
High capacity Configures adapters to establish a large
RDMA
RDMA Improves RDMA performance on T5/T4
Performance
High capacity Configures adapters to establish a large
TOE
iSCSI
Performance*
Configures adapters to establish a large
UDP Seg.Offload
number of UDP Segmentation Offload
& Pacing
T5 Wire Direct Configures T5 adapters to provide low Wire
Latency*
Configures adapters to establish a large
High Capacity WD
Configures T5 adapters to create more
T5 Hash Filter*
* Supported only on T5 adapters.
Chelsio T5/T4 Unified Wire for Linux
Description
Initiator simultaneously.
needed for financial applications.
number of RDMA connections.
adapters.
number of TOE connections.
Improves iSCSI performance on T5
adapters.
connections.
Direct latency.
number of WD-UDP connections.
filters.
Driver/Software installed
NIC/TOE, vNIC, iWARP, RBD, WD-UDP,
iSCSI Target, iSCSI Initiator, DCB, FCoE
Target, FCoE Initiator, Bonding, MAFO,
IPv6, Sniffer & Tracer, UM (Agent, Client,
WebGUI), Filtering, TM, Lustre
NIC/TOE, iWARP, RBD, WD-UDP, IPv6,
Sniffer & Tracer, Bonding, MAFO, UM
(Agent, Client, WebGUI), Filtering, TM
NIC/TOE, iWARP, RBD, WD-UDP, Bonding,
MAFO, IPv6, Sniffer & Tracer, UM (Agent,
Client, WebGUI), Filtering, TM
NIC/TOE, iWARP, RBD
UM (Agent, Client, WebGUI)
NIC/TOE, Bonding, MAFO, IPv6, UM (Agent,
Client, WebGUI), Filtering,
TM
NIC/TOE, iSCSI Target, iSCSI Initiator,
Bonding, DCB,
UM (Agent, Client, WebGUI)
NIC/TOE, IPv6, USO, Bonding, UM (Agent,
Client, WebGUI), Filtering, TM
NIC/TOE, iWARP, RBD, WD-UDP, UM
(Agent, Client, WebGUI)
NIC/TOE, WD-UDP, UM (Agent, Client,
WebGUI)
NIC, Filtering, UM (Agent, Client, WebGUI)
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