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Cavium QL41212HLCU-SP User Manual (299 pages)
Converged Network Adapters and Intelligent Ethernet Adapters
Brand:
Cavium
| Category:
Adapter
| Size: 6 MB
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
3
List of Figures
11
List of Tables
14
Preface
15
Supported Products
15
Intended Audience
15
What Is in this Guide
15
Related Materials
17
Documentation Conventions
17
License Agreements
19
Technical Support
20
Downloading Updates
20
Training
20
Contact Information
21
Knowledge Database
21
Legal Notices
21
Warranty
21
Laser Safety-FDA Notice
22
Agency Certification
22
EMI and EMC Requirements
22
KCC: Class a
23
Product Safety Compliance
24
Product Overview
25
Functional Description
25
Features
25
Adapter Management
27
Qlogic Control Suite CLI
28
Qlogic Qconvergeconsole GUI
28
Qlogic Qconvergeconsole Vcenter Plug-In
28
Qconvergeconsole Powerkit
29
Fastlinq ESXCLI Vmware Plug-In
29
Adapter Specifications
29
Physical Characteristics
29
Standards Specifications
30
Hardware Installation
31
System Requirements
32
Safety Precautions
33
Preinstallation Checklist
33
Installing the Adapter
34
Driver Installation
35
Installing Linux Driver Software
35
Installing the Linux Drivers Without RDMA
37
Removing the Linux Drivers
37
Installing Linux Drivers Using the Src RPM Package
39
Installing Linux Drivers Using the Kmp/Kmod RPM Package
40
Installing Ubuntu Linux Drivers
40
Installing Linux Drivers Using the TAR File
40
Installing the Linux Drivers with RDMA
41
Linux Driver Optional Parameters
42
Linux Driver Operation Defaults
42
Linux Driver Messages
43
Statistics
43
Installing Windows Driver Software
43
Installing the Windows Drivers
44
Removing the Windows Drivers
44
Managing Adapter Properties
45
Setting Power Management Options
46
Installing Drivers for Windows Nano Server
46
Creating a Nano ISO Image, Injecting Drivers, and Updating the Multiboot/Flash Image on a Nano Server
47
Installing Vmware Driver Software
49
Vmware Drivers and Driver Packages
49
Installing Vmware Drivers
50
Vmware Driver Optional Parameters
52
Vmware Driver Parameter Defaults
53
Removing the Vmware Driver
54
Fcoe Support
54
Iscsi Support
55
Firmware Upgrade Utility
56
Image Verification
56
Upgrading Adapter Firmware on Linux
57
Upgrading Adapter Firmware on Windows
57
Upgrading Adapter Firmware on Windows Nano
58
Adapter Preboot Configuration
59
Getting Started
60
Displaying Firmware Image Properties
64
Configuring Device-Level Parameters
65
Configuring Port-Level Parameters
66
Configuring Fcoe Boot
70
Configuring Iscsi Boot
72
Configuring Partitions
75
Roce Configuration
81
Supported Operating Systems and OFED
81
Planning for Roce
82
Preparing the Adapter
83
Preparing the Ethernet Switch
83
Configuring the Cisco Nexus 6000 Ethernet Switch
83
Configuring the Dell Z9100 Ethernet Switch
85
Configuring the Arista 7060X Ethernet Switch
87
Configuring Roce on the Adapter for Windows Server
88
Configuring Roce on the Adapter for Linux
92
Roce Configuration for RHEL
92
Roce Configuration for SLES
93
Roce Configuration for Ubuntu
93
Verifying the Roce Configuration on Linux
96
VLAN Interfaces and GID Index Values
98
Roce V2 Configuration for Linux
99
Identifying Roce V2 GID Index or Address
99
Sys and Class Parameters
100
Verifying Roce V1 or Roce V2 Functionality through Perftest Applications
101
Configuring Roce on the Adapter for ESX
104
Configuring RDMA Interfaces
104
Configuring MTU
106
Roce Mode and Statistics
106
Configuring a Paravirtual RDMA Device (PVRDMA)
107
Iwarp Configuration
110
Preparing the Adapter for Iwarp
110
Configuring Iwarp on the Windows
111
Configuring Iwarp on Linux
115
Installing the Driver
115
Configuring Iwarp and Roce
115
Detecting the Device
116
Supported Iwarp Applications
117
Running Perftest for Iwarp
117
Configuring NFS-RDMA
118
Iwarp RDMA-Core Support on SLES 12 SP3, RHEL 7.4, and OFED 4.8X
119
Iser Configuration
122
Before You Begin
122
Configuring Iser for RHEL
122
Configuring Iser for SLES 12
126
Using Iser with Iwarp on RHEL and SLES
127
Configuring Iser for Ubuntu
128
Configuring LIO as Target
128
Configuring the Initiator
134
Optimizing Linux Performance
135
Configuring Cpus to Maximum Performance Mode
135
Configuring Kernel Sysctl Settings
136
Configuring IRQ Affinity Settings
136
Configuring Block Device Staging
136
Iscsi Configuration
137
Iscsi Boot
138
Iscsi Boot Setup
138
Selecting the Preferred Iscsi Boot Mode
138
Configuring the Iscsi Target
138
Configuring Iscsi Boot Parameters
139
Adapter UEFI Boot Mode Configuration
141
Configuring Iscsi Boot
143
Static Iscsi Boot Configuration
144
Dynamic Iscsi Boot Configuration
150
Enabling CHAP Authentication
152
Configuring the DHCP Server to Support Iscsi Boot
153
DHCP Iscsi Boot Configurations for Ipv4
153
DHCP Option 17, Root Path
153
DHCP Option 43, Vendor-Specific Information
154
Configuring the DHCP Server
155
Configuring DHCP Iscsi Boot for Ipv6
155
Dhcpv6 Option 16, Vendor Class Option
155
Dhcpv6 Option 17, Vendor-Specific Information
155
Configuring Vlans for Iscsi Boot
156
Configuring Iscsi Boot from SAN for SLES 12
157
Configuring Iscsi Boot from SAN for RHEL 7.4
160
Iscsi Offload in Windows Server
163
Installing Qlogic Drivers
163
Installing the Microsoft Iscsi Initiator
163
Configuring Microsoft Initiator to Use Qlogic's Iscsi Offload
164
Iscsi Offload Faqs
170
Windows Server 2012 R2 and 2016 Iscsi Boot Installation
171
Iscsi Crash Dump
171
Iscsi Offload in Linux Environments
172
Differences from Bnx2I
172
Configuring Qedi.ko
173
Verifying Iscsi Interfaces in Linux
173
Open-Iscsi and Boot from SAN Considerations
176
Fcoe Configuration
181
Fcoe Boot from SAN
181
Preparing System BIOS for Fcoe Build and Boot
182
Specifying the BIOS Boot Protocol
182
Configuring Adapter UEFI Boot Mode
182
Windows Fcoe Boot from SAN
187
Windows Server 2012 R2 and 2016 Fcoe Boot Installation
187
Configuring Fcoe
188
Fcoe Crash Dump
188
Injecting (Slipstreaming) Adapter Drivers into Windows Image Files
189
Configuring Linux Fcoe Offload
190
Differences between Qedf and Bnx2Fc
191
Configuring Qedf.ko
191
Verifying Fcoe Devices in Linux
192
Boot from SAN Considerations
193
SR-IOV Configuration
194
Configuring SR-IOV on Windows
194
Configuring SR-IOV on Linux
201
Configuring SR-IOV on Vmware
206
Nvme-Of Configuration with RDMA
211
Installing Device Drivers on both Servers
212
Configuring the Target Server
213
Configuring the Initiator Server
214
Preconditioning the Target Server
216
Testing the Nvme-Of Devices
217
Optimizing Performance
219
IRQ Affinity (Multi_Rss-Affin.sh)
220
CPU Frequency (Cpufreq.sh)
221
Configuring Roce Interfaces with Hyper-V
222
Windows Server
222
Creating a Hyper-V Virtual Switch with an RDMA Virtual NIC
223
Adding a VLAN ID to Host Virtual NIC
224
Adding Host Virtual Nics (Virtual Ports)
225
Verifying if Roce Is Enabled
225
Mapping the SMB Drive and Running Roce Traffic
226
Roce over Switch Embedded Teaming
227
Creating a Hyper-V Virtual Switch with SET and RDMA Virtual Nics
228
Enabling RDMA on SET
228
Assigning a VLAN ID on SET
228
Running RDMA Traffic on SET
229
Configuring Qos for Roce
229
Configuring Qos by Disabling DCBX on the Adapter
229
Configuring Qos by Enabling DCBX on the Adapter
234
Configuring VMMQ
237
Enabling VMMQ on the Adapter
238
Setting the VMMQ Max Qps Default and Non-Default Vport
238
Creating a Virtual Machine Switch with or Without SR-IOV
239
Enabling VMMQ on the Virtual Machine Switch
241
Getting the Virtual Machine Switch Capability
241
Creating a VM and Enabling VMMQ on Vmnetworkadapters
242
In the VM
242
Default and Maximum VMMQ Virtual NIC
243
Enabling and Disabling VMMQ on a Management NIC
243
Monitoring Traffic Statistics
243
Configuring VXLAN
244
Enabling VXLAN Offload on the Adapter
244
Deploying a Software Defined Network
245
Configuring Storage Spaces Direct
245
Configuring the Hardware
246
Deploying a Hyper-Converged System
246
Deploying the Operating System
247
Configuring the Network
247
Configuring Storage Spaces Direct
250
Deploying and Managing a Nano Server
252
Roles and Features
253
Deploying a Nano Server on a Physical Server
254
Deploying a Nano Server in a Virtual Machine
257
Managing a Nano Server Remotely
259
Managing a Nano Server with Windows Powershell Remoting
259
Adding the Nano Server to a List of Trusted Hosts
259
Starting the Remote Windows Powershell Session
259
Managing Qlogic Adapters on a Windows Nano Server
260
Roce Configuration
260
Troubleshooting
263
Troubleshooting Checklist
263
Verifying that Current Drivers Are Loaded
264
Verifying Drivers in Windows
264
Verifying Drivers in Linux
264
Verifying Drivers in Vmware
265
Testing Network Connectivity
265
Testing Network Connectivity for Windows
265
Testing Network Connectivity for Linux
266
Microsoft Virtualization with Hyper-V
266
Linux-Specific Issues
266
Miscellaneous Issues
266
Troubleshooting Windows Fcoe and Iscsi Boot from SAN
267
Collecting Debug Data
268
Adapter LEDS
269
Cables and Optical Modules
270
Supported Specifications
270
Tested Cables and Optical Modules
271
Tested Switches
275
Feature Constraints
276
Glossary
278
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