Introduction; Hardware Requirements; Software Requirements - Chelsio Communications Terminator Series Installation And User Manual

Chapter XIV. FCoE Full Offload Initiator

Introduction

Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) is a mapping of Fibre Channel over selected full duplex IEEE
802.3 networks. The goal is to provide I/O consolidation over Ethernet, reducing network
complexity in the Datacenter. Chelsio FCoE initiator maps Fibre Channel directly over Ethernet
while being independent of the Ethernet forwarding scheme. The FCoE protocol specification
replaces the FC0 and FC1 layers of the Fibre Channel stack with Ethernet. By retaining the native
Fibre Channel constructs, FCoE will integrate with existing Fibre Channel networks and
management software.
1.1.

Hardware Requirements

Supported Adapters
The following are the currently shipping Chelsio adapters that are compatible with FCoE full
offload Initiator driver:
T6225-CR
T6225-LL-CR
T540-BT
T520-CR
T520-BT
T520-LL-CR
1.2.

Software Requirements

Linux Requirements
Currently the FCoE full offload Initiator driver is available for the following version(s):
RHEL 7.5, 3.10.0-862.el7
RHEL 7.4, 3.10.0-693.el7
Other kernel versions have not been tested and are not guaranteed to work.
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