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Figure 96 Viewing the support and enabling state for the offload features 

 

 

2. 

Execute the 

ethtool

 

K

 

ethX

 

feature

 

on

/

off

 command to enable or disable an offload 

feature.

 

The 

ethx

 argument represents the port name of the network adapter. The 

feature

 

argument represents the offload feature name. The value for the argument includes 

tso

lso

lro

gso

, and 

gro

Figure 97 Disabling offload features 

 

 

Summary of Contents for ETH521i

Page 1: ...ETH521i Mezz Network Adapter User Guide New H3C Technologies Co Ltd https www h3c com en Document version 6W100 20230224...

Page 2: ...espective owners Notice The information in this document is subject to change without notice All contents in this document including statements information and recommendations are believed to be accur...

Page 3: ...hat are optional x y Braces enclose a set of required syntax choices separated by vertical bars from which you select one x y Square brackets enclose a set of optional syntax choices separated by vert...

Page 4: ...s a Layer 2 or Layer 3 switch or a router that supports Layer 2 forwarding and other Layer 2 features Represents an access controller a unified wired WLAN module or the access controller engine on a u...

Page 5: ...Documentation feedback You can e mail your comments about product documentation to info h3c com We appreciate your comments...

Page 6: ...nfiguring NPAR 29 Configuring SR IOV 29 Configuring advanced features 33 Configuring VLAN 33 Configuring bonding Linux 35 Configuring teaming Windows 37 Configuring TCP offloading 39 FAQs 1 iSCSI boot...

Page 7: ...ESD prevention Electrostatic charges that build up on people and other conductors might damage or shorten the lifespan of the network adapter Preventing electrostatic discharge To prevent electrostat...

Page 8: ...tified by the operating system It uses CentOS 7 4 and Windows Server 2012 R2 as examples Linux operation systems 1 Execute the lspci grep BCM57840 command to view PCI device information for the ETH521...

Page 9: ...ig a commands display 8 PCI devices and 8 NIC ports Figure 3 Command output for a network adapter enabled with NPAR Windows operating systems 1 Open Network Connections and verify that the Qlogic 5784...

Page 10: ...river used by the network adapter and the installation method for the driver varies by operating system This section uses CentOS 7 4 and Windows Server 2012 R2 as examples Linux operating systems 1 Ex...

Page 11: ...te the make install command to compile the file and install the driver Figure 9 Compiling the file and installing the driver d After the installation finishes restart the operating system or execute t...

Page 12: ...anager c Right click the port on the network adapter and then select Properties Driver Figure 11 Device Manager 2 Install the driver a Obtain the driver from the H3C official website b Double click th...

Page 13: ...ffect d Verify that the driver version has been updated Figure 13 Verifying the driver version 3 Remove the driver a Click the Start icon to enter the menu page b Select Control Panel Hardware Device...

Page 14: ...nfigure PXE 1 During startup of the server press Delete or ESC as prompted to enter the BIOS Setup utility 2 Enable PXE In UEFI boot mode a Click the Advanced tab select Network Stack Configuration an...

Page 15: ...nt In the Compute Node Network Policy area click Create 3 On the page that opens specify the slot number and model for the Mezz network adapter and then click the plus sign for the port to be configur...

Page 16: ...9 Figure 18 Pressing e to edit the setup parameters b Enter the ip ibft string after quiet and then press Ctrl x Figure 19 Adding the ip ibft string c Click INSTALLATION DESTINATION...

Page 17: ...the page that opens click Add a disk to add a network disk Figure 21 Adding a network disk e Select the target network disk and click Done at the upper left corner Figure 22 Selecting the target netw...

Page 18: ...work adapter that connects to the iSCSI network storage device Make sure the host and iSCSI storage device can reach each other Figure 23 Configuring the local IP address 2 Enable and configure iSCSI...

Page 19: ...add the address information about the peer device network storage device Figure 26 Adding the address information about the peer device d Click the Targets tab and view the status of the discovered t...

Page 20: ...e network storage device a Open Control Panel and then select Hardware Device Manager Storage controllers Right click the iSCSI adapter and then select Scan for hardware changes Figure 28 Scanning iSC...

Page 21: ...14 Figure 29 Disk Management c Right click the disk name and then select Online Figure 30 Bringing the disk online d Right click the disk name and then select Initialize Disk...

Page 22: ...15 Figure 31 Initializing the disk e Right click the Unallocated area to assign a volume to the disk as prompted Figure 32 Assigning a volume to the disk...

Page 23: ...olume Red Hat systems Before configuring iSCSI SAN make sure the iSCSI client software package has been installed on the server To configure iSCSI SAN in RHEL 7 5 1 Assign an IP address to the network...

Page 24: ...e 37 Probing the IQN of the iSCSI target 4 Execute the iscsiadm m node T iqn name p target ip l command to connect the iSCSI target The iqn name argument represents the IQN of the iSCSI target The tar...

Page 25: ...ument describes only configuration on the local server Configuring FCoE boot FCoE boot is supported only in UEFI boot mode To configure FCoE boot 1 Log in to OM 2 Click Policy Management In the Comput...

Page 26: ...dialog box that opens click OK 6 Install the operating system for example RHEL 7 5 and specify the network disk as the system disk a Press e to edit the setup parameters Figure 42 Pressing e to edit t...

Page 27: ...Add a disk to add a network disk Figure 45 Adding a network disk e On the page that opens select the target network disk and then click Done in the upper left corner Figure 46 Selecting the target ne...

Page 28: ...e FCoE link is unblocked For how to configure FCoE on a switching fabric module see the related command reference and configuration guide 2 Open Control Panel select Hardware Device Manager Storage co...

Page 29: ...k name and select Online Figure 49 Making the disk online 5 Right click the disk name and select Initialize Disk Figure 50 Initializing the disk 6 Right click the Unallocated area and assign a volume...

Page 30: ...23 Figure 51 Assigning a volume to the disk Volume assignment has finished Figure 52 Volume assignment completed 7 Access This PC and verify that the new volume has been added...

Page 31: ...art and service lldpad start commands to enable the FCoE and LLDP services respectively Figure 54 Enabling the FCoE and LLDP services 3 Execute the service fcoe status and service lldpad status comman...

Page 32: ...led Verify that the value of the adminStatus field of ethM in the var lib lldpad lldpad conf configuration file is 0 If the command execution fails add adminStatus 0 to ethM for lldp in the configurat...

Page 33: ...Viewing the newly added network disk 10 Format and mount the network disk CAS systems 1 Configure FCoE on the FCoE storage device and ICMs and make sure the FCoE link is unblocked For how to configur...

Page 34: ...rvices respectively Figure 63 Enabling the FCoE and LLDP services 4 Execute the service fcoe status and service lldpad status commands to verify that the FCoE and LLDP services are enabled respectivel...

Page 35: ...to disabled Verify that the value for the adminStatus field of ethM in the var lib lldpad lldpad conf configuration file is 0 If the command execution fails add adminStatus 0 to ethM for lldp in the...

Page 36: ...Network Policy area click Create 3 On the page that opens specify the slot number and model for the Mezz network adapter and click the plus sign for the port to be configured 4 In the expanded area se...

Page 37: ...press Enter Figure 73 Socket Configuration screen 5 Select Intel VT for Directed I O VT d and set it to Enable Press ESC until you return to the BIOS Setup main screen Figure 74 Intel VT for Directed...

Page 38: ...operating system execute the dmesg grep IOMMU command to verify that IOMMU is enabled Figure 77 Verifying that IOMMU is enabled 9 Execute the echo NUM sys class net ethX device sriov_numvfs command to...

Page 39: ...11 On the New Virtual Machine page add a virtual NIC as instructed by the callouts in Figure 80 Figure 80 Adding a virtual NIC 12 Install the vNIC driver and execute the ifconfig ethVF hw ether xx xx...

Page 40: ...and mask of the VLAN interface The brdaddr argument represents the broadcast address The ethX id argument represents the VLAN ID To delete a VLAN interface execute the ip link set dev ethX id down an...

Page 41: ...IOS Setup utility to continue configuration Figure 83 Enabling QinQ 4 To configure QinQ in SF mode a Click the Advanced tab select network_adapter_port Device Hardware Configuration Menu QINQ Configur...

Page 42: ...e bonding in mode 6 1 Execute the vi ifcfg bond0 command in the etc sysconfig network scripts directory to create a configuration file for bond0 and add the following information BOOTPROTO static DEVI...

Page 43: ...terfaces to be added to bond0 repeat this step Figure 87 Editing the configuration file for a slave interface 3 Execute the service network restart command to restart the network service and have bond...

Page 44: ...Figure 90 Viewing information about the network adapter 1 Figure 91 Viewing information about the network adapter 2 Configuring teaming Windows 1 Open Server Manager and then select Local Server NIC T...

Page 45: ...Team to create a team Figure 93 Creating a team 3 Configure the team name and select the network adapters to be added to the team Select Additional properties configure the properties and then click...

Page 46: ...k adapter OneTeam on the Network Connections page Figure 95 Viewing the new network adapter Configuring TCP offloading 1 Execute the ethtool k ethx command to view the support and enabling state for t...

Page 47: ...tool K ethX feature on off command to enable or disable an offload feature The ethx argument represents the port name of the network adapter The feature argument represents the offload feature name Th...

Page 48: ...t goes down after the port link speed is set to 1 Gbps but the port operates correctly if the speed is set to 10 Gbps Solution The ETH521i network adapter does not support operating at 1 Gbps or in au...

Page 49: ...0G KR ports to connect to the ICMs through the mid plane It supports applications such as NIC iSCSI and FCoE to help realize network convergence Figures in this section are for illustration only Netwo...

Page 50: ...43 3 74 in Weight 100 g 3 53 oz Environment parameters Temperature Operating 5 C to 45 C 41 F to 113 F Storage 40 C to 70 C 40 F to 158 F Humidity Operating 8 RH to 90 RH noncondensing Storage 5 RH t...

Page 51: ...s and data through SCSI interfaces on the network so that cross province and cross city storage resource sharing can be realized among equipment rooms iSCSI supports storage capacity expansion without...

Page 52: ...modification overhead and can control broadcasts to enhance network security and bring flexibility IEEE 802 1ad Provider Bridges QinQ 802 1 Q in 802 1 Q QinQ defined by IEEE 802 1ad expands VLAN spac...

Page 53: ...n this mode when a packet arrives at the team the device uses the hash algorithm to calculate the packet sending physical NIC based on the destination address information MAC address IP address and po...

Page 54: ...ble 4 Compatible blade servers Blade server model Blade server type Network adapter slots Applicable slots H3C UniServer B5700 G3 2 processor half width 3 Mezz1 Mezz2 Mezz3 H3C UniServer B5800 G3 2 pr...

Page 55: ...2 Figure 99 Network adapter installation positions on a 2 processor half width blade server Figure 100 Network adapter installation positions on a 2 processor full width blade server...

Page 56: ...pport Network adapters connect to ICMs through the mid plane The mapping relations between a network adapter and ICMs depend on the blade server on which the network adapter resides For installation l...

Page 57: ...erver their mapping relations with ICMs are as shown in Figure 103 Network adapters in Mezz1 and Mezz4 are connected to ICMs in slots 1 and 4 Network adapters in Mezz2 and Mezz5 are connected to ICMs...

Page 58: ...5 Figure 103 Network adapter and ICM mapping relations 4 processor full width blade server Mezz1 Mezz2 Mezz3 Mezz4 Mezz5 Mezz6 1 4 2 3 5 6 1 2 LOM P1 LOM P2 Blade ICM Mid plane OM Embedded...

Page 59: ...ters are connected to the ICMs Each internal port of the ICMs support 10GE service applications and the external ports are connected to the Internet to provide Internet access for the blade server on...

Page 60: ...twork Controller Sideband Interface NPAR NIC Partitioning P PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express PF Physical Function PXE Preboot Execute Environment R RDMA Remote Direct Memory Access S SAN...

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