in performance monitor provided by the OS, the CPUs that are supporting the queue activity should stand out.
Again, they should be the first non-hyper thread CPUs available on the processor, unless you have
specifically directed allocation to be shifted via the performance options discussed above.
To make the locality of the FCoE queues even more obvious, you can also experiment with assigning the
application affinity to an isolated set of CPUs on the same or another processor socket. For example, you
could set the IoMeter application to run only on a finite number of hyperthread CPUs for any processor. Or, if
you have used the performance options to direct that queues be allocated on a specific NUMA node, you
could set application affinity to a different NUMA node. The FCoE queues should not move, and the activity
should remain on those CPUs even though the application CPU activity moves to the other processor CPUs
selected.
Thermal Monitoring
Adapters and network controllers based on the Intel® Ethernet Controller I350 (and later controllers) can
display temperature data and automatically reduce the link speed if the controller temperature gets too hot.
NOTE:
This feature is enabled and configured by the equipment manufacturer. It is not available
on all adapters and network controllers. There are no user-configurable settings.
Monitoring and Reporting
Temperature information is displayed on the Link tab in Intel® PROSet for Windows* Device Manger. There
are three possible conditions:
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Temperature: Normal
Indicates normal operation.
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Temperature: Overheated, Link Reduced
Indicates that the device has reduced link speed to lower power consumption and heat.
NOTE:
Devices based on the Intel® X540 Ethernet Controller and Intel® 82599 10 Gigabit
Ethernet Controller do not support link speed reduction.
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Temperature: Overheated, Adapter Stopped
Indicates that the device is too hot and has stopped passing traffic so it is not damaged.
If either of the overheated events occurs, the device driver writes a message to the system event log.
Simple Network Management Protocol
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a network protocol used to manage TCP/IP networks.
SNMP-compliant devices (agents) communicate with management applications (consoles) to send alerts and
updates and allow configuration changes.
The Intel® SNMP Agent translates event notices from the adapter and sends them to specified SNMP
management stations. The SNMP agent provides information on Intel® network adapters as well as
information about advanced features, such as teaming and VLANs.
Using the Intel SNMP Agent
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Before you install the Intel SNMP Agent on a computer, you must install SNMP on the computer. See
your operating system documentation for more information.
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To use the Intel SNMP Agent with an SNMP management application, you must first compile the Intel
