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DXE-820T

Dual Port 10GBASE-T RJ-45 PCI Express Adapter

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Page 1: ...DXE 820T Dual Port 10GBASE T RJ 45 PCI Express Adapter Manual V1 00 ...

Page 2: ...m 14 3 1 3 Managing Management Applications Windows 14 4 Advanced Teaming Concepts 16 4 1 Network Addressing 16 4 2 Teaming and Network Addresses 17 4 3 Description of Teaming Types 17 4 3 1 Smart Load Balancing and Failover 18 4 3 2 Generic Trunking 20 4 3 3 Link Aggregation IEEE 802 3ad LACP 20 4 3 4 SLB Auto Fallback Disable 21 4 4 Teaming and Other Advanced Networking Properties 21 4 4 1 IEEE ...

Page 3: ...nfigure Multi function Parameters Using the Wizard 34 6 6 6 Hardware and Resource Configuration Wizard Introduction 35 6 6 7 Hardware and Resource Configuration Wizard Port Configuration 35 6 6 8 Hardware and Resource Configuration Wizard Configure Resources 35 6 6 9 Hardware and Resource Configuration Wizard Commit and Finish 36 6 7 Managing Ethernet Controller Port 36 6 7 1 Viewing Port Level In...

Page 4: ...79 7 2 System Requirements 79 7 3 Performing Diagnostics 79 7 4 Diagnostic Test Descriptions 82 8 Specifications D Link DXE 820T Network Adapter User Guide 86 8 1 10 100 1000BASE T and 10GBASE T Cable Specifications 86 8 2 Interface Specifications 86 9 Troubleshooting D Link DXE 820T Network Adapter User Guide 87 9 1 Hardware Diagnostics 87 9 2 Checking Port LEDs 87 9 3 Troubleshooting Checklist 8...

Page 5: ...D Link DXE 820T User Manual 9 11 Broadcom Advanced Server Program BASP 94 9 12 Linux 96 9 13 NPAR 96 9 14 Miscellaneous 97 ...

Page 6: ...nformation furnished by Broadcom Corporation is believed to be accurate and reliable However Broadcom Corporation does not assume any liability arising out of the application or use of this information nor the application or use of any product or circuit described herein neither does it convey any license under its patent rights or the rights of others Broadcom the pulse logo Connecting everything...

Page 7: ...popular protocols used in the data center such as Internet Small Computer Systems Interface iSCSI offload for accelerating network storage access featuring centralized boot functionality iSCSI boot Enterprise networks that use multiple protocols and multiple network fabrics benefit from the C NICs ability to combine data communications storage and clustering over a single Ethernet fabric by boosti...

Page 8: ...Std 802 3ad Teaming Smart Load Balancing Teaming Flow Control IEEE Std 802 3x LiveLink supported in both the 32 bit and 64 bit Windows operating systems Logical Link Control IEEE Std 802 2 Layer 2 Priority Encoding IEEE Std 802 1p High speed on chip RISC processor Up to 3 classes of service CoS Integrated 96 KB frame buffer memory Quality of Service QoS Support for multicast addresses via 256 bits...

Page 9: ... kernel versions and distributions it has only been tested on 2 4x kernels starting from 2 4 24 and 2 6 x kernels The driver may not compile on kernels older than 2 4 24 Testing is concentrated on i386 and x86_64 architectures Only limited testing has been done on other architectures Minor changes to some source files and Makefile may be needed on some kernels Note Support for the 2 4 21 kernels i...

Page 10: ... 10GBASE T RJ 45 Category 63 UTP Category 6A3 UTP 50m 164 ft 100m 328 ft 1 1000BASE T signaling requires four twisted pairs of Category 5 balanced cabling as specified in ISO IEC 11801 2002 and ANSI EIA TIA 568 B 2 Category 5 is the minimum requirement Category 5e and Category 6 are fully supported 3 10GBASE T signaling requires four twisted pairs of Category 6 or Category 6A augmented Category 6 ...

Page 11: ...ACS4 management application There are two main components of the BACS4 utility the provider component and the client software A provider is installed on a server or managed host that contains one or more CNAs The provider collects information on the CNAs and makes it available for retrieval from a management PC on which the client software is installed The client software enables viewing informati...

Page 12: ...ter information to WMI based management applications Select this component on a host which has D Link DXE 820T adapter installed and which you want to manage using the GUI client Notes Ensure that the Broadcom network adapter s is physically installed in the system before installing BACS Before you begin the installation close all applications windows or dialog boxes BASP is not available on Windo...

Page 13: ... hexadecimal number above may differ from your current installer Check the Key name corresponding with the Broadcom Advanced Control Suite BACS application in HKLM Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Uninstall for the correct hexadecimal number After performing a silent uninstall it is necessary to reboot the system before reinstalling this installer If a reboot is not performed BASP will no...

Page 14: ...nstall BACS 1 Download the latest BACS management application RPM package 2 Install the RPM package using the following command rpm i BACS version arch rpm To Use BACS To use the GUI on XWindow double click the BACS4 desktop icon or access the BACS program from the task bar under System Tools To use BACS CLI refer to the file BACSCLI_Readme txt provided with the release files To remove BACS To uni...

Page 15: ...n click Change 3 Click Next to continue 4 Click Repair to repair errors in installed applications 5 Click Next to continue 6 Click Install 7 Click Finish to close the wizard Removing Management Applications To remove all management applications 1 In Control panel double click Add or Remove Programs 2 Click Broadcom Management Programs and then click Remove 3 Reboot your system to complete the remo...

Page 16: ...hardware and is often referred to as the MAC address or physical address This address is pre programmed at the factory and stored in NVRAM on a network interface card or on the system motherboard for an embedded LAN interface The Layer 3 addresses are referred to as the protocol or logical address assigned to the software stack IP and IPX are examples of Layer 3 protocols In addition Layer 4 Trans...

Page 17: ...o the virtual network interface and not to the individual physical adapters For switch independent teaming modes all physical adapters that make up a virtual adapter must use the unique MAC address assigned to them when transmitting data That is the frames that are sent by each of the physical adapters in the team must use a unique MAC address to be IEEE compliant It is important to note that ARP ...

Page 18: ...AC address to match one of the physical adapters Smart Load Balancing enables both transmit and receive load balancing based on the Layer 3 Layer 4 IP address and TCP UDP port number In other words the load balancing is not done at a byte or frame level but on a TCP UDP session basis This methodology is required to maintain in order delivery of frames that belong to the same socket conversation Lo...

Page 19: ...ly This causes the target client to update its ARP cache with a new MAC address map to the team IP address G ARPs are not broadcast because this would cause all clients to send their traffic to the same port As a result the benefits achieved through client load balancing would be eliminated and could cause out of order frame delivery This receive load balancing scheme works as long as all clients ...

Page 20: ... Sharing and Bay Networks or IEEE 802 3ad Link Aggregation static mode In this mode the team advertises one MAC Address and one IP Address when the protocol stack responds to ARP Requests In addition each physical adapter in the team uses the same team MAC address when transmitting frames This is possible since the switch at the other end of the link is aware of the teaming mode and will handle th...

Page 21: ...apacity of multiple links to form a high performance virtual link The failure or replacement of a link in an LACP trunk will not cause loss of connectivity The traffic will simply be failed over to the remaining links in the trunk 4 3 4 SLB Auto Fallback Disable This type of team is identical to the Smart Load Balance and Failover type of team with the following exception when the standby member i...

Page 22: ...02 3ac standard which defines frame format extensions to support Virtual Bridged Local Area Network tagging on Ethernet networks as specified in the IEEE 802 1Q specification The VLAN protocol permits insertion of a tag into an Ethernet frame to identify the VLAN to which a frame belongs If present the 4 byte VLAN tag is inserted into the Ethernet frame between the source MAC address and the lengt...

Page 23: ...d so there is no opportunity for the BASP intermediate driver to load and enable a team As a result teaming is not supported as a PXE client though a physical adapter that participates in a team when the operating system is loaded may be used as a PXE client Whereas a teamed adapter cannot be used as a PXE client it can be used for a PXE server which provides operating system images to PXE clients...

Page 24: ... bandwidth aggregation Server I O virtualization with a virtual OS and monolithic OS support Changes to the OS is not required SLB type teaming is supported 5 1 Supported Operating Systems for NIC Partitioning The DXE 820T supports NIC partitioning on the following operating systems Windows Server 2008 family Windows Server 2012 family Linux 64 bit RHEL 5 5 and later SLES11 SP1 and later VMware ES...

Page 25: ...he partition s on port 0 Select to configure See Table 2 for configuration options PF 1 PF 3 PF 5 PF 7 Displays the physical function PF information regarding the partition s on port 1 Select to configure See Table 2 for configuration options Reset Configuration to Default Resets the NIC partition configuration to the factory default settings Table 4 describes the functions available from the PF X...

Page 26: ...entage of the physical port link Network MAC Address Displays the network MAC address iSCSI MAC Address Displays the iSCSI MAC address FCoE FIP MAC Address Displays the FCoE MAC address FCoE WWPN FCoE World Wide Port Name FCoE WWNN FCoE World Wide Node Name Note Ensure that the Network MAC Address and the iSCSI MAC Address are not the same ...

Page 27: ...of BACS can be used to communicate with multiple hosts and adapter types this document describes all BACS features 6 1 Starting Broadcom Advanced Control Suite In Control Panel click Broadcom Control Suite 4 or click the BACS icon in the taskbar located at the bottom of the Windows desktop On Linux systems you can double click the BACS4 desktop icon or access the BACS program from the task bar und...

Page 28: ...device name that appears normal means the device is connected and working X A red X that appears on the device s icon indicates the device is currently not connected to the network Greyed out A device icon that appears greyed out indicates the device is currently disabled 6 2 2 Context View Selector The Context View selector appears below the menu bar and includes the filter and tab categories Alt...

Page 29: ...ew Displays hides the Explorer View pane Tool Bar Displays hides the tool bar Status Bar Displays hides the status bar Broadcom Logo Displays hides the Broadcom Logo on BACS to optimize the maximum viewable space Tools menu Options Used for configuring BACS preferences Teams Windows only Create Teams Creates new teams with either the Teaming Wizard or in Advanced mode Manage Teams Manages existing...

Page 30: ...he prompts in the wizard to configure hardware resources You can preview the configuration before committing the changes 6 2 5 Description Pane The Description pane provides information configuration instructions and options for the selected parameter in the Context View pane 6 3 Configuring Preferences in Windows To enable or disable the BACS tray icon in Windows On Windows systems BACS places an...

Page 31: ...e Try All option forces the GUI client to try all options 4 Select the HTTP scheme or the HTTPS scheme for added security 5 Type the Port Number value you used to configure the host if it is different than the default value of 5985 6 Type the User name and Password 7 Select Persist if you want BACS to save the information for this host The host will appear in the Explorer Pane whenever you reopen ...

Page 32: ...guration Tab System Management Chimney Offload State Enable or disable chimney offload at the host level rather than at the device level and then click Apply Configuration Tab iSCSI Initiator Name The current IQN name is displayed Click the IQN name to modify the host s iSCSI initiator name and then click Apply 6 6 Managing the Network Adapter The installed network adapters appear one level below ...

Page 33: ...r This item is not available for PCI Express type adapters Bus Speed The bus clock signal frequency used by the adapter This item is not available for PCI Express type adapters Bus Width The number of bits that the bus can transfer at a single time to and from the adapter This item is not available for PCI Express type adapters Bus Number Indicates the number of the bus where the adapter is instal...

Page 34: ...ion of the DXE 820T adapter this information is not available for adapters made by others Bootcode Version The version of the boot code This information is only available for D Link DXE 820T network adapters Family Firmware Version The global firmware version that represents all firmware on the device Management Firmware The firmware version installed on the system Vendor ID The vendor ID Device I...

Page 35: ...tion and whether or not DCB DCBX is enabled Link Speed Configure the link speed The default speed is 1Gb for 1Gb adapters and 10Gb for 10Gb adapters 6 6 8 Hardware and Resource Configuration Wizard Configure Resources The following are configurable at the function level Click Next after making changes When NIC partitioning is enabled on DXE 820T adapters only four functions are created under each ...

Page 36: ... percentage of the physical link speed and is used by an internal arbitration logic as an input value weight A higher value will cause this function to transmit relatively more data compared to a function on the same port that has defined a lower value 6 6 9 Hardware and Resource Configuration Wizard Commit and Finish Click Apply to commit changes to the system or click Cancel Click Finish to save...

Page 37: ...cal address is never all 0s Permanent MAC Address The unique hardware address assigned to the network adapter iSCSI MAC Address If an iSCSI network adapter is loaded onto the system this parameter will display the iSCSI MAC address IPv4 DHCP The IP address is from a DHCP server if the value is Enable IP Address The network address associated with the adapter If the IP address is all 0s the associa...

Page 38: ...acket into a series of smaller packets with headers appended to them CO Checksum Offload CO allows the TCP IP UDP checksums for send and receive traffic to be calculated by the adapter hardware rather than by the host CPU LiveLink IP Address The network address of the LiveLink enabled adapter Local Connection Identifies the module to which the blade server is attached Chassis SW Chassis switch mod...

Page 39: ...f a particular function There are up to four functions per port The weight is used to arbitrate between the functions in the event of congestion The sum of all weights for the functions on a single port is either 0 or 100 A value of 0 for all functions means that each function will be able to transmit at 25 of the physical link speed not to exceed the Maximum Bandwidth setting A value for a functi...

Page 40: ...however use BACS on a Linux client to connect to a Windows Server host and run the network test utility To run the network test using the BACS GUI 1 Click the name of the adapter to test in the Explorer View pane 2 From the Select a test to run list select Network Test 3 To change the destination IP address select IP address to ping then click the browse button In the Network Test window enter a D...

Page 41: ...esult field for that test is 4 0 However if there were 3 passes and 1 fail the value in the Result field is 3 1 Notes This feature can be used with Windows Server managed hosts only It is not available for hosts operating on Linux or other OSes You can however use BACS on a Linux client to connect to a Windows Server host and run the diagnostic test utility You must have administrator privileges t...

Page 42: ...change for this test Internal Memory This test verifies that the internal memory of the adapter is functioning properly The test writes patterned values to the memory and reads back the results The test fails if an erroneous value is read back The adapter cannot function if its internal memory is not functioning properly On Chip CPU This test verifies the operation of the internal CPUs in the adap...

Page 43: ...the MII and LED test for the selected target diag c MII c LED 3 The following command runs all the tests five times with an LED test interval of 8 ms for the selected target diag c all l 5 v 8 6 8 Analyzing Cables in Windows The Cable Analysis option on the Diagnostics tab lets you monitor the conditions of each wire pair in an Ethernet Category 5 cable connection within an Ethernet network The an...

Page 44: ... for a twisted pair Short Two pins from the same twisted pair are shorted together Noise Persistent noise present most likely caused by Forced 10 100 GB Link Gigabit link is up and running N A Algorithm failed to reach a conclusion Link The link connection speed and mode Status The status after the test is run either completed or failed There are several factors that could have an effect on the te...

Page 45: ...ws At the NDIS level you can view parameters configure parameters and run tests from the following tabs Information Configuration Diagnostics Statistics 6 9 1 Viewing NDIS Information Select the NDIS driver in the Explorer View pane and then select the Information tab to view NDIS level information Notes Information about Broadcom network adapters may be more comprehensive than information about n...

Page 46: ... Link DXE 820T network adapters iSCSI iSCSI offload for block level transfer of data LSO Large Send Offload LSO prevents an upper level protocol such as TCP from breaking a large data packet into a series of smaller packets with headers appended to them CO Checksum Offload CO allows the TCP IP UDP checksums for send and receive traffic to be calculated by the adapter hardware rather than by the ho...

Page 47: ...mbo Packet is set to 5000 bytes or greater on network adapters that support 10 Gbps link speed ensure that Flow Control is set to Auto to prevent the system performance from performing at less than optimal levels This limitation exists on a per port basis Auto default Receive and transmit PAUSE frame functionality are optimized This option indicates that the adapter automatically adjusts the flow ...

Page 48: ...s only available for D Link DXE 820T network adapters Jumbo Packet Enables the network adapter to transmit and receive oversized Ethernet frames that are greater than 1514 bytes but less than or equal to 9000 bytes in length 9600 bytes for network adapters that operate at 10 Gbps This property requires the presence of a switch that is able to process jumbo frames This property is only available fo...

Page 49: ...iguration only applies to blade configurations SW_Config_10G default Sets the switch speed to 10 Gbit s SW_Config_1G Sets the switch speed to 1 Gbit s Speed Duplex The Speed Duplex property sets the connection speed and mode to that of the network Note that Full Duplex mode allows the adapter to transmit and receive network data simultaneously 10 Mb Full Sets the speed at 10 Mbit s and the mode to...

Page 50: ...ink partner Auto default Sets the speed to auto negotiate with its link partner at the highest matching speed Auto with 1Gb Fallback Full Sets the speed to auto negotiate with its link partner but if the attached link partner is forced at 1 Gbit s it will fall back to this mode Hardware Default Sets the speed to negotiate according to the setting specified by the manufacturer see manufacturer docu...

Page 51: ... behavior of all miniport drivers While the lack of filtering packets based on VLAN membership may present a security issue the following provides a risk assessment based on this driver limitation for an IPv4 network A properly configured network that has multiple VLANs should maintain separate IP segments for each VLAN This is necessary since outbound traffic relies on the routing table to identi...

Page 52: ...ceive buffers as the default value Receive Buffers 0 Auto The number of receive buffers Receive buffers are data segments that allow the network adapter to allocate receive packets to memory For 10 Gbps adapters the range of valid receive buffers is 0 to 3000 in increments of 50 with 0 receive buffers as the default value Transmit Buffers 0 Auto The number of transmit buffers Transmit buffers are ...

Page 53: ...r the system The potentially available properties and their respective settings are described below 6 10 2 Viewing Statistics The information provided on the Statistics tab allows you to view traffic statistics for both Broadcom network adapters and network adapters made by others Statistical information and coverage are more comprehensive for DXE 820T adapters To view Statistics information for a...

Page 54: ...Rx A count of directed data frames that were successfully received Multicast Frames Rx A count of frames that were successfully received and are directed to an active nonbroadcast group address This does not include frames received with frame too long FCS length or alignment errors nor frames lost because of internal MAC sublayer errors This counter is incremented as indicated by the Receive OK st...

Page 55: ...ssued by the initiator for reasons other than to remove a connection from a session or to close a session Local Initiator login failures The number of login failures likely caused by the initiator Initiator Instance Statistics The statistics in this area pertain to all sessions Session digest errors The number of sessions with errors due to an invalid payload or header Session connection timeout e...

Page 56: ...tus is reported as Alignment Error Frames Tx with one Collision A count of the frames that were involved in a single collision and were subsequently transmitted successfully This counter is incremented when the result of a transmission is reported as Transmit OK and the attempt value is 2 Frames Tx with more than one Collision A count of the frames that were involved in more than one collision and...

Page 57: ...witch Statistics This area shows the statistics for SR IOV switches Num of Active VFs This shows the number of active Virtual Functions VF 6 10 3 Viewing Resource Reservations Notes Resource Reservation information is only available for DXE 820T adapters and VBD drivers Not all offload technologies are available with all adapters Resource Reservation information is not available in BACS on Linux s...

Page 58: ...and failover Teaming is done through the Broadcom Advanced Server Program BASP software For a comprehensive description of the technology and implementation considerations of the teaming software refer to the Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Teaming Services section of your Broadcom network adapter user guide Teaming can be accomplished by either of the following methods Using the Broadcom Teaming Wizard...

Page 59: ...All load balance members have to fail before the standby member takes over When one or more of the load balance members is restored fallback the restored team member s resumes the handling of the traffic The LiveLink feature is supported for this type of team Link Aggregation 802 3ad In this type of team you can dynamically configure the network adapters that have been selected to participate in a...

Page 60: ...apters on the team are active If all of the active adapters on the team fail or are disconnected the standby member takes over the handling of the network activities In Auto Fallback Disable mode if a load balance member returns on line the team continues using the standby member rather than switching back to using the load balance member Consequently the adapter that was initially designated a lo...

Page 61: ...for now click Expert Mode If you want to always use Expert Mode to create a team select Default to Expert Mode on next start See Using Expert Mode 2 To continue using the wizard click Next 3 Type the team name and then click Next If you want to review or change any of your settings click Back Click Cancel to discard your settings and exit the wizard Note The team name cannot exceed 39 characters c...

Page 62: ...is not an SLB type team then a dialog box appears Verify that the network switch connected to the team members is configured correctly for the team type click OK and continue Note Network adapters with iSCSI enabled are supported only in an SLB team type To continue with the creation of non SLB team types first disable iSCSI by deselecting iSCSI Offload Engine from the Resource Reservations area o...

Page 63: ...cate if the LSO Jumbo MTU and or the CO properties are supported for the adapter The LSO Jumbo MTU and CO properties are enabled for a team only when all of the members support and are configured for the feature If this is the case then the team offload capabilities appear on the bottom of the screen Adding a network adapter to a team where its driver is disabled may negatively affect the offloadi...

Page 64: ...andby member from the list of adapters 9 The Auto Fallback Disable mode feature allows the team to continue using the standby member rather than switching back to the primary member if the primary member comes back online To enable this feature select Enable Auto Fallback Disable mode Click Next 10 If you want to configure LiveLink select Yes otherwise select No then click ...

Page 65: ...AN ID 0 is equivalent to an untagged network If the Probe VLAN ID is set to a value other than 0 then a VLAN must be created with an identical VLAN tag value see Step 18 13 Click the probe target at the top of the list click Edit Target IP Address type the target IP address in the IP Address box for one or all probe targets and then click OK Click Next Note Only the first probe target is required ...

Page 66: ... wizard from the Finish screen see Step 20 of this procedure VLANs enable you to add multiple virtual adapters that are on different subnets The benefit of this is that your system can have one network adapter that can belong to multiple subnets Note VLANs can only be created when all team members are DXE 820T adapters 16 Type the VLAN name and then click Next Note The team name cannot exceed 39 c...

Page 67: ...l 17 To tag the VLAN select Tagged and then click Next Otherwise click Untagged click Next and continue with the wizard to add additional VLANs 18 Type the VLAN tag value and then click Next The value must be between 1 and 4094 ...

Page 68: ...fine up to 64 VLANs per team 63 VLANs that are tagged and 1 VLAN that is not tagged Adding several VLANS may slow down the reaction time of the Windows interface due to memory and processor time usage for each VLAN The degree to which Windows performance may suffer depends on system configuration 20 To apply and commit the changes to the team select Commit changes to system ...

Page 69: ...nges but continue using the wizard select Save changes and continue to manage more teams Click Finish Note At any point in the Broadcom Teaming Wizard procedure click Preview to get a visual representation of what the team will look like before committing any changes ...

Page 70: ... select Options from the Tools menu In the Options window click the General tab then select Expert Mode or Wizard Mode the default is Wizard Mode Creating a Team Note Enabling Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP is not recommended for members of an SLB type of team 1 From the Teams menu select Create a Team or right click one of the devices in the Unassigned Adapters section and select Create...

Page 71: ...e adapter to be a standby member by selecting it from the Standby Member list Note There must be at least one Broadcom network adapter assigned to the team The Large Send Offload LSO and Checksum Offload CO columns indicate if the LSO and or the CO properties are supported for the adapter The LSO and CO properties are enabled for a team only when all of the members support and are configured for t...

Page 72: ...en team configuration has been correctly performed a virtual team adapter driver is created for each configured team If you disable a virtual team and later want to re enable it you must first disable and re enable all team members before you re enable the virtual team When you create Generic Trunking and Link Aggregation teams you cannot designate a standby member Standby members work only with S...

Page 73: ...ng Expert Mode Remove a team or a VLAN using Expert Mode To modify a team 1 From the Team menu click Edit Team or right click one of the teams in the list and select Edit Team This option is only available if a team has already been created and is listed in the Team Management pane 2 The wizard Welcome screen appears Click Next to continue modifying a team using the wizard or click Expert Mode to ...

Page 74: ...e is displayed To configure a team with a VLAN 1 From the Teams menu select Add VLAN 2 The Welcome screen appears 3 Click Expert Mode 4 On the Create Team tab of the Manage Teams window click Manage VLAN s 5 Type the VLAN name then select the type and ID 6 Click Create to save the VLAN information As VLANs are defined they can be selected from the Team Name list but they have not yet been created ...

Page 75: ...or any reason LiveLink must be reconfigured If the MAC address of the probe target changes for any reason you must restart the team A probe target must be on the same subnet as the team have a valid not a broadcast multicast or unchaste statically assigned IP address and be highly available always on To ensure network connectivity to the probe target ping the probe target from the team You can spe...

Page 76: ...ted team members 10 Click Apply Exit Saving and Restoring a Team Configuration To save a configuration 1 From the File menu select Team Save As 2 Type the path and file name of the new configuration file and then click Save The configuration file is a text file that can be viewed by any text editor The file contains information about both the adapter and the team configuration To restore a configu...

Page 77: ...ers together for load balancing and failover For a complete list of available commands and examples see the BACSCLI ReadMe text file on the installation CD 6 12 1 Supported Operating Systems BACSCLI is supported on the following operating systems Windows Server Linux Server For information on the latest supported OS versions see BACSCLI_Readme txt in your software distribution 6 12 2 Installation ...

Page 78: ...D Link DXE 820T User Manual remove the file dev shm sem Global BACS C50398EE 84A7 4bc3 9F6E 25A69603B9C0 ...

Page 79: ... for further instructions on running diagnostic tests on Broadcom network adapters 7 2 System Requirements Operating System MS DOS 6 22 Software uxdiag exe BCM5706 BCM5708 BCM5709 or uediag exe BCM57710 7 3 Performing Diagnostics At the MS DOS prompt type uxdiag for BCM5706 BCM5708 BCM5709 network adapters or uediag for BCM577XX and BCM578XX network adapters followed by the command options The uxd...

Page 80: ...CSI firmware uxdiag fnvm raw_image Programs the raw image into NVM uxdiag fump ump_image Specifies the bin file to update UMP firmware uxdiag help Displays the Broadcom NetXtreme II User Diagnostics uxdiag command options uxdiag I iteration num Specifies the number of iterations to run on the selected tests uxdiag idmatch Enables matching of VID DID SVID and SSID from the image file with device ID...

Page 81: ...er device to test uediag F Forces an upgrade of the image without checking the version uediag fbc bc_image Specifies the bin file to update the bootcode uediag fbc1 bc1_image Specifies the bin file to update bootcode 1 uediag fbc2 bc2_image Specifies the bin file to update bootcode 2 uediag fl2b l2b_image Specifies the bin file for L2B firmware uediag fib ib_image Specifies the bin file for iSCSI ...

Page 82: ...ag mbavval n Sets MBA VLAN 65536 uediag mfw 1 0 Enables disables management firmware 1 Enable 0 Disable uediag t groups tests Disables certain groups tests uediag T groups tests Enables certain groups tests uediag ver Displays the version of Broadcom NetXtreme II User Diagnostics uediag and all installed adapters 7 4 Diagnostic Test Descriptions The diagnostic tests are divided into four groups Ba...

Page 83: ...ry Group B Memory Tests B1 TXP Scratchpad The Group B tests verify all memory blocks of the D Link DXE 820T network adapter by writing various data patterns 0x55aa55aa 0xaa55aa55 walking zeroes walking ones address etc to each memory location reading back the data and then comparing it to the value written The fixed data patterns are used to ensure that no memory bit is stuck high or low while the...

Page 84: ...ies CPUs It also checks for possible NVM corruption by issuing a chip reset while the NVM block is servicing data C7 Core Reset Integrity Verifies that the chip performs its reset operation correctly by resetting the chip multiple times checking that the bootcode and the internal uxdiag driver loads unloads correctly C8 DMA Engine Verifies the functionality of the DMA engine block by performing nu...

Page 85: ...Offload LSO support by enabling MAC loopback mode and transmitting large TCP packets As the packets are received back by Broadcom NetXtreme II User Diagnostics they are checked for proper segmentation according to the selected MSS size and any other errors The adapter should not be connected to a network D5 EMAC Statistics Verifies that the basic statistics information maintained by the chip is co...

Page 86: ... cabling as specified in ISO IEC 11801 2002 and ANSI EIA TIA 568 B 2 Category 5 is the minimum requirement Category 5e and Category 6 are fully supported Table 9 10GBASE T Cable Specifications Port Type Connector Media Maximum Distance 10GBASE T RJ 45 Category 6 1 UTP Category 6A 1 UTP 50m 164 feet 100m 328 feet 1 10GBASE T signaling requires four twisted pairs of Category 6 or Category 6A augment...

Page 87: ...ctions Verify that the cable connections at the network adapter and the switch are attached properly Verify that the cable length and rating comply with the requirements listed in Connecting the Network Cables Check the adapter installation by reviewing Installation of the Add In NIC Verify that the adapter is properly seated in the slot Check for specific hardware problems such as obvious damage ...

Page 88: ...le root test1 lsmod grep i bnx2 bnx2 199238 0 bnx2fc 133775 0 libfcoe 39764 2 bnx2fc fcoe libfc 108727 3 bnx2fc fcoe libfcoe scsi_transport_fc 55235 3 bnx2fc fcoe libfc bnx2i 53488 11 cnic 86401 6 bnx2fc bnx2i libiscsi 47617 8 be2iscsi bnx2i cxgb4i cxgb3i libcxgbi ib_iser iscsi_tcp libiscsi_tcp scsi_transport_iscsi 53047 8 be2iscsi bnx2i libcxgbi ib_iser iscsi_tcp libiscsi bnx2x 1417947 0 libcrc32...

Page 89: ...eature in Broadcom Advanced Control Suite An alternate method is to use the ping command to determine if the network connection is working 1 Click Start and then click Run 2 Type cmd in the Open box and then click OK 3 Type ipconfig all to view the network connection to be tested 4 Type ping IP address and then press ENTER The ping statistics that are displayed indicate whether the network connect...

Page 90: ... 2012 IPv4 Yes Yes Yes IPv6 Yes Yes Yes IPv4 Large Send Offload LSO parent and child partition Yes Yes Yes IPv4 Checksum Offload CO parent and child partition Yes Yes Yes IPv6 LSO parent and child partition No Yes Yes When bound to a virtual network OS limitation IPv6 CO parent and child partition No Yes Yes When bound to a virtual network OS limitation Jumbo frames No Yes Yes OS limitation RSS No...

Page 91: ...tered Address LAA set by Hyper V takes precedence over the address set in the adapter s advanced properties The LSO and CO features in the guest OS are independent of the network adapter properties To allow jumbo frame functionality from the guest OS both the network adapter and the virtual adapter must have jumbo frames enabled The Jumbo MTU property for the network adapter must be set to allow t...

Page 92: ...Q with SLB Teaming RSC No No Yes Windows Server 2008 When configuring a team of DXE 820T network adapters on a Hyper V system be aware of the following Create the team prior to binding the team to the Hyper V virtual network Create a team only with an adapter that is not already assigned to a Hyper V virtual network In an IPv6 network a team that supports CO and or LSO and is bound to a Hyper V vi...

Page 93: ...one in the Hyper V Manager Configuring VMQ with SLB Teaming When Hyper V server is installed on a system configured to use Smart Load Balance and Failover SLB type teaming you can enable Virtual Machine Queuing VMQ to improve overall network performance VMQ enables delivering packets from an external virtual network directly to virtual machines defined in the SLB team eliminating the need to route...

Page 94: ...h DHCP using PXE Solution For proper operation make sure that the Spanning Tree Protocol STP is disabled or that portfast mode for Cisco is enabled on the port to which the PXE client is connected For instance set spantree portfast 4 12 enable 9 11 Broadcom Advanced Server Program BASP Problem After physically removing a NIC that was part of a team and then rebooting the team did not perform as ex...

Page 95: ...It is seen only when configuring an 802 3ad team with greater than two members on the server and connecting an HP2524 switch with LACP enabled as passive or active The HP switch shows an LACP channel being brought up successfully with only two team members All other team member links disconnect and reconnect This does not occur with a Cisco Catalyst 6500 Problem A Generic Trunking GEC FEC 802 3ad ...

Page 96: ...led in systems with Linux kernels older than 2 6 26 disable TPA with either ethtool if available or with the driver parameter see disable_tpa Use ethtool to disable TPA LRO for a specific DXE 820T network adapter Problem On a DXE 820T network adapter in a CNIC environment flow control does not work Solution Flow control is working but in a CNIC environment it has the appearance that it is not The ...

Page 97: ...indows Solution After upgrading the device drivers using the installer the iSCSI crash dump driver is also upgraded and iSCSI Crash Dump must be re enabled from the Advanced section of the BACS Configuration tab Problem In Windows Server 2008 R2 if the OS is running as an iSCSI boot OS the VolMgr error The system could not successfully load the crash dump driver appears in the event log Solution E...

Page 98: ...starts repeatedly Solution This is a Microsoft issue For more information on applying the Microsoft hotfix see Microsoft knowledge base article KB952942 at http support microsoft com kb 952942 Problem Performance drops when a BCM5709C network adapter is connected back to back to a switch MTU 9000 and Tx and Rx Flow Control are enabled Solution When enable_cu_rate_limiter is enabled the device perf...

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