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Chelsio T5 Installation And User Manual

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  • Page 2 For all support related questions please send email to support@chelsio.com Copyright © 2013 Chelsio Communications. All Rights Reserved. Chelsio ® is a registered trademark of Chelsio Communications. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. Chelsio T5/T4 Unified Wire for Windows...
  • Page 3 Version History Version Revision Date 1.0.0 10/10/2011 1.0.1 10/18/2011 1.0.2 10/25/2011 1.0.3 10/31/2011 1.0.4 01/09/2012 1.0.5 01/18/2012 1.0.6 06/07/2012 1.0.7 07/11/2012 1.0.8 03/04/2013 1.0.9 03/21/2013 1.1.0 06/24/2013 1.1.1 07/19/2013 1.1.2 08/21/2013 1.1.3 09/04/2013 Chelsio T5/T4 Unified Wire for Windows...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Firmware Update Software/Driver Update NDIS FUNCTION Introduction 1.1. Hardware Requirements 1.2. Software Requirements Software/Driver Configuration and Fine-tuning 2.1. Assigning IP address to the Chelsio Network Adapter 2.2. Advanced Configuration 2.3. Enabling SMB Direct 2.4. Verifying RDMA 2.5. Troubleshooting III. APPENDIX...

  • Page 5: Chelsio Unified Wire

    Chapter I. Chelsio Unified Wire I. Chelsio Unified Wire Chelsio T5/T4 Unified Wire for Windows...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    Chapter I. Chelsio Unified Wire 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing Chelsio T5/T4 Unified Wire adapters. These high speed, single chip, single firmware cards provide enterprises and data centers with high performance solutions for various Network and Storage related requirements.

  • Page 7: Software Requirements

    Chapter I. Chelsio Unified Wire 1.3. Software Requirements Chelsio T5/T4 Unified Wire has been developed to run on Windows based platforms. To know more about the complete list of versions supported by each driver/software, please refer to their respective sections.

  • Page 8: Hardware Installation

    6. For maximum performance, it is highly recommended to install the adapter into a PCIE x8 slot. 7. Holding the Chelsio adapter by the edges, align the edge connector with the PCI connector on the motherboard. Apply even pressure on both edges until the card is firmly seated. It may be necessary to remove the SFP (transceiver) modules prior to inserting the adapter.

  • Page 9: Software/Driver Installation

    Chapter I. Chelsio Unified Wire 3. Software/Driver Installation Chelsio Unified Wire can be installed using Windows Update or Chelsio’s Unified Wire Installer. Alternatively, you can install or remove driver files in an offline Windows image using procedures mentioned in the following links: ...

  • Page 10: Firmware Update

    Chapter I. Chelsio Unified Wire 4. Firmware Update The driver will auto-load the T5 and T4 firmwares if an update is required. The firmware version can be verified using cxgbtool: C:\Users\Administrator> cxgbtool nic0 version Chelsio T5/T4 Unified Wire for Windows...

  • Page 11: Software/Driver Update

    For any distribution specific problems, please check README and Release Notes included in the release for possible workaround. Please visit Chelsio support web site http://service.chelsio.com/ for regular updates on various software/drivers. You can also subscribe to our newsletter for the latest software updates. Chelsio T5/T4 Unified Wire for Windows...

  • Page 12: Ndis Function

    Chapter II. NDIS Function II. NDIS Function Chelsio T5/T4 Unified Wire for Windows...

  • Page 13: Introduction

    Chapter II. NDIS Function 1. Introduction Chelsio’s T5/T4 series of Unified Wire Adapters provide extensive support for NIC operation, including all stateless offload mechanisms for both IPv4 and IPv6 (IP, TCP and UDP checksum offload, LSO - Large Send Offload aka TSO - TCP Segmentation Offload, Network Direct and assist mechanisms for accelerating LRO - Large Receive Offload).

  • Page 14: Software/Driver Configuration And Fine-Tuning

    2.1. Assigning IP address to the Chelsio Network Adapter 1. Double click on the Network Connections icon and choose the Chelsio card entry and double click it. 2. Click on the Properties button from the Local Area Connection X Status.
  • Page 15 To see all tunable NDIS Miniport Driver parameters, open the Device Manager (Start > Control Panel -> System & Security-> System -> Device Manager), click on the Network adapters, double click on any Chelsio Network Adapter, and then click the Advanced tab. Flow Control: ...
  • Page 16 Receive Side Scaling (RSS):  Description: This parameter controls the RSS functions. If on, the Microsoft RSS function is enabled. If off, the Chelsio RSS function is enabled.  Value: Enabled | Disabled  Default: Enabled Chelsio T5/T4 Unified Wire for Windows...
  • Page 17 Description: This parameter is used to set different Offload Rx Queue sizes. Driver ships with reasonable defaults.  Value: 256-2048  Default: 512 This feature is not fully tested and available for experimental usage only. Note Chelsio T5/T4 Unified Wire for Windows...
  • Page 18 Description: This parameter is used to set different Offload Tx Queue sizes. Driver ships with reasonable defaults.  Value: 256-4096  Default: 512 This feature is not fully tested and available for experimental usage only. Note Chelsio T5/T4 Unified Wire for Windows...
  • Page 19 VMQ VLAN ID Filtering:  Description: Enable or disable the ability to filter network packets by using the VLAN identifier in the media access control (MAC) header.  Value: Enabled | Disabled  Default: Enabled Chelsio T5/T4 Unified Wire for Windows...

  • Page 20: Enabling Smb Direct

    Enabling SMB Direct SMB Direct is installed and enabled by default on Windows Server 2012 R2 systems. RDMA functionality on Chelsio adapters will be enabled after installing the driver from the package. You can use the following PowerShell command Get-NetAdapterRdma to get a list of RDMA capable interfaces in your system.
  • Page 21 Verify that SMB driver is loaded and working. Open PowerShell window and execute the following command : C:\Users\Administrator> driverquery.exe | findstr /I smb  Verify that Chelsio driver is loaded and working. Open PowerShell window and execute the following command : C:\Users\Administrator> driverquery.exe | findstr /I chel ...

  • Page 22: Appendix

    Chapter III. Appendix III. Appendix Chelsio T5/T4 Unified Wire for Windows...

  • Page 23: Chelsio End-User License Agreement (Eula)

    As Licensee, you own only the media upon which the Software is recorded or fixed, but Chelsio retains all right, title and interest in and to the Software recorded on the original media and all subsequent copies of the Software, regardless of the form or media in or on which the Software may be embedded.
  • Page 24 DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED, AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE LICENSE OR USE OF THE SOFTWARE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR LOSS OF ANTICIPATED PROFITS, EVEN IF CHELSIO HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
  • Page 25 Chelsio and you, and supersedes any proposal or prior agreement, oral or written, and any other communication between Chelsio and you relating to the subject matter of this Agreement.

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