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Solarflare Solarflare XtremeScale series User Manual (400 pages)

Brand: Solarflare | Category: Server | Size: 12 MB

Table of Contents
3
Virtual NIC Interface
8
Product Specifications
11
Software Driver Support
24
Solarflare Appflex™ Technology Licensing
25
Open Source Licenses
25
Support and Download
26
Regulatory Information
27
Regulatory Approval
29
Installation
38
Solarflare Network Adapter Products
39
Fitting a Full Height Bracket (Optional)
41
Inserting the Adapter in a PCI Express (Pcie) Slot
41
Attaching a Cable (RJ-45)
42
Attaching a Cable (SFP+)
43
Supported SFP+ Cables
45
Supported SFP+ 10G SR Optical Transceivers
47
Supported SFP+ 10G LR Optical Transceivers
48
QSFP+ Transceivers and Cables
49
Supported SFP 1000BASE-T Transceivers
52
Supported 1G Optical Transceivers
53
Supported Speed and Mode
53
LED States
55
Configure QSFP+ Adapter
56
Single Optical Fiber - RX Configuration
58
Solarflare Mezzanine Adapter: SFN8722 OCP
58
Solarflare Mezzanine Adapter: Sfn581Xh
59
Solarflare Mezzanine Adapter SFN6832F-C61
61
Solarflare Mezzanine Adapter SFN6832F-C62
63
Solarflare Precision Time Synchronization Adapters
64
Solarflare Applicationonload™ Engine
64
Solarflare Adapters on Linux
65
System Requirements
66
Linux Platform Feature Set
66
Solarflare Rpms
68
Installing Solarflare Drivers and Utilities on Linux
70
Red hat Enterprise Linux Distributions
70
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Distributions
71
Installing DKMS Driver and Utilities on Ubuntu/Debian Servers
72
Unattended Installations
73
Unattended Installation - Red hat Enterprise Linux
75
Unattended Installation - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
76
Configuring the Solarflare Adapter
77
Setting up Vlans
80
Setting up Teams
80
NIC Partitioning
81
NIC Partitioning with SR-IOV
85
Receive Side Scaling (RSS)
88
Receive Flow Steering (RFS)
90
Solarflare Accelerated RFS (SARFS)
91
Transmit Packet Steering (XPS)
92
Linux Utilities RPM
94
Configuring the Boot Manager with Sfboot
95
Upgrading Adapter Firmware with Sfupdate
103
License Install with Sfkey
107
Performance Tuning on Linux
110
Web Server - Driver Optimization
117
Interrupt Affinity
120
Module Parameters
130
Linux Ethtool Statistics
132
Driver Logging Levels
141
Running Adapter Diagnostics
142
Running Cable Diagnostics
143
System Requirements
144
Windows Feature Set
145
Installing the Solarflare Driver Package on Windows
147
Adapter Drivers Only Installation
148
Full Solarflare Package Installation
149
Install Drivers and Options from a Windows Command Prompt
153
Unattended Installation
157
Managing Adapters with SAM
161
Managing Adapters Remotely with SAM
163
Using SAM
163
Using SAM to Configure Adapter Features
167
Segmentation Offload
172
Using SAM to Configure Teams and Vlans
175
Using SAM to View Statistics and State Information
183
Using SAM to Run Adapter and Cable Diagnostics
184
Using SAM for Boot ROM Configuration
188
Managing Firmware with SAM
190
Configuring Network Adapter Properties in Windows
191
Windows Command Line Tools
196
Sfboot: Boot ROM Configuration Tool
197
Sfupdate: Firmware Update Tool
205
Sfteam: Adapter Teaming and VLAN Tool
207
Sfcable: Cable Diagnostics Tool
212
Sfkey: License Management Tool
215
Sfnet
218
Completion Codes (%Errorlevel%)
222
Teaming and Vlans
223
Performance Tuning on Windows
235
Windows Event Log Error Messages
251
System Requirements
271
Vmware Feature Set
272
Installing Solarflare Drivers and Utilities on Vmware
273
Configuring Teams
274
Configuring Vlans
275
Running Adapter Diagnostics
276
Solarflare Utilities Package
277
Configuring the Boot ROM with Sfboot
278
Upgrading Adapter Firmware with Sfupdate
286
Performance Tuning on Vmware
288
System Requirements
296
Freebsd Platform Feature Set
297
Installing Solarflare Drivers
297
Unattended Installation
299
Configuring the Solarflare Adapter
301
Setting up Vlans
302
Freebsd Utilities Package
303
Configuring the Boot ROM with Sfboot
304
Upgrading Adapter Firmware with Sfupdate
310
Performance Tuning on Freebsd
312
Module Parameters
322
Kernel and Network Adapter Statistics
324
7 SR-IOV Virtualization Using KVM
333
Introduction
333
Sr-Iov
338
KVM Network Architectures
340
Pf-Iov
353
General Configuration
355
Feature Summary
356
Limitations
357
8 SR-IOV Virtualization Using Esxi
358
Introduction
358
Configuration Procedure - SR-IOV
361
Configuration Procedure - Directpath I/O
361
Install the Solarflare Driver on the Esxi Host
361
Install Solarflare Utilities on the Esxi Host
362
Configure Vfs on the Host/Adapter
364
Virtual Machine
365
List Adapters - Web Client
366
Vswitch and Port Group Configuration
367
VF Passthrough
371
Directpath I/O
377
Solarflare Boot Manager
383
Ipxe Support
383
Sfupdate Options for PXE Upgrade/Downgrade
383
Starting PXE Boot
385
Ipxe Image Create
389
Multiple PF - PXE Boot
391
Default Adapter Settings
394
Index
397

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