D: Fcoe Cna Adapter Configuration Specifics; Broadcom Bcm57810S - Dell S5000 Deployment/Configuration Manual

Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE

D: FCoE CNA adapter configuration specifics

As mentioned prior, it's important to note that as long as the appropriate drivers for both FC and
Ethernet are installed, the operating system can see two CNA ports as multiple Ethernet ports and FC
HBA ports if NIC partitioning (NPAR) is employed. Note, in the following examples NPAR is used in
conjunction with FCoE. It is also possible to deploy FCoE without the use of NPAR. For example, on a
Broadcom 57810S CNA, it is possible to enable FCoE in single function mode (no NPAR). Appropriate
drivers can be downloaded from the
needed.
Some CNA adapters like the Brocade 1020 will automatically show both an Ethernet adapter and a FC
HBA adapter in Windows as soon as the drivers are installed. Other adapters like the Broadcom
BCM57810S and Dell QLogic QLE8262 will require FCoE to be turned on, which can be done from the
vendor-specific CNA management software. More detailed configuration for the Broadcom
BCM57810S and Dell QLogic QLE8262 CNA adapters are provided below.

Broadcom BCM57810S

Broadcom offers the Broadcom BCM57810S in three formats for Dell servers: standard PCI Express,
mezzanine card for Dell blade servers, and Network Daughter Card (NDC) for Dell blade servers. The
Broadcom BCM57810S allows for NIC partitioning with up to four partitions per physical port and
eight partitions total per 2-port adapter. A partition can be looked upon as a virtual port.
This example will use a Dell PowerEdge R720 server with a Broadcom BCM57810S CNA and Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise installed. By default, only the NIC functionality is enabled. FCoE
must be manually enabled on the CNA for the virtual HBA ports to be identified in Windows. The
configuration of the CNA for FCoE with NPAR is shown in Figure 76.
Once the Broadcom BCM57810 drivers and Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 4 are installed, double
click the Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 4 shortcut in Windows. Broadcom Advanced Control
Suite 4 may already be installed by default. Once opened, you will see something similar to Figure 76.
In our case we are using the 'Adapter4' CNA. Observe how there are eight functions (or partitions)
available (four functions per port). Each function can be seen as a virtual port capable of carrying both
LAN and SAN traffic.
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