Chelsio Communications Chelsio T4, Installation And User Manual

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Chapter I. Chelsio Unified Wire
Chelsio T5/T4 Unified Wire for Linux
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3. Software/Driver Installation
There are two main methods to install the Chelsio Unified Wire package: from source and RPM.
If you decide to use source, you can install the package using CLI or GUI mode.
If you decide to use RPM, you can install the package using Menu or CLI mode.
Irrespective of the method chosen for installation, the machine needs to be rebooted for
changes to take effect.
The following table describes the various configuration tuning options available during
installation and drivers/software installed with each option by default:
T5/T4
Configuration
Tuning Option
Description Driver/Software installed
Unified Wire
Configures adapters to run multiple protocols
like NIC/TOE, iWARP, iSCSI and FCoE
Initiator simultaneously.
NIC/TOE, vNIC, iWARP, RBD, WD-UDP,
iSCSI Target, iSCSI Initiator, DCB, FCoE
Target, FCoE Initiator, Bonding, MAFO,
IPv6, Sniffer & Tracer, UM (Agent, Client,
WebGUI), Filtering, TM, Lustre
Low latency
Networking
Configures adapters to run NIC/TOE and
iWARP traffic with low latency specially
needed for financial applications.
NIC/TOE, iWARP, RBD, WD-UDP, IPv6,
Sniffer & Tracer, Bonding, MAFO, UM
(Agent, Client, WebGUI), Filtering, TM
High capacity
RDMA
Configures adapters to establish a large
number of RDMA connections.
NIC/TOE, iWARP, RBD, WD-UDP, Bonding,
MAFO, IPv6, Sniffer & Tracer, UM (Agent,
Client, WebGUI), Filtering, TM
RDMA
Performance
Improves RDMA performance on T5/T4
adapters.
NIC/TOE, iWARP, RBD
UM (Agent, Client, WebGUI)
High capacity
TOE
Configures adapters to establish a large
number of TOE connections.
NIC/TOE, Bonding, MAFO, IPv6, UM (Agent,
Client, WebGUI), Filtering,
TM
iSCSI
Performance*
Improves iSCSI performance on T5
adapters.
NIC/TOE, iSCSI Target, iSCSI Initiator,
Bonding, DCB,
UM (Agent, Client, WebGUI)
UDP Seg.Offload
& Pacing
Configures adapters to establish a large
number of UDP Segmentation Offload
connections.
NIC/TOE, IPv6, USO, Bonding, UM (Agent,
Client, WebGUI), Filtering, TM
T5 Wire Direct
Latency*
Configures T5 adapters to provide low Wire
Direct latency.
NIC/TOE, iWARP, RBD, WD-UDP, UM
(Agent, Client, WebGUI)
High Capacity WD
Configures adapters to establish a large
number of WD-UDP connections.
NIC/TOE, WD-UDP, UM (Agent, Client,
WebGUI)
T5 Hash Filter*
Configures T5 adapters to create more
filters.
NIC, Filtering, UM (Agent, Client, WebGUI)
* Supported only on T5 adapters.