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Preface

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Product Safety Compliance

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Complies with 21 CFR 1040.10 and 1040.11.

2006/95/EC low voltage directive

: 8200 and 3200 Series Adapters

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Summary of Contents for 8200 Series

Page 1: ...SN0054671 00 A User s Guide Converged Network Adapter 8200 and 3200 Series...

Page 2: ...oration reserves the right to change product specifications at any time without notice Applications described in this document for any of these products are for illustrative purposes only QLogic Corpo...

Page 3: ...ser Safety xv FDA Notice xv Agency Certification xv EMI and EMC Requirements xv CNS 13438 Class A QLE8xxx xvi MIC Class A xvi Product Safety Compliance xvii Quick Start Installation Instructions xix S...

Page 4: ...n Package Contents 1 6 Using QLflash 1 6 Updating the Multi boot Code 1 6 QLflash Command Line Options 1 7 Adapter Configuration CNA IEA Function Configuration Utility 1 8 Function 1 9 Type 1 11 MinBW...

Page 5: ...s 2 1 Using the Driver 2 1 Installing NIC in ESX 2 1 Packaging Content 2 2 ESX OS Support 2 2 Using the Driver 2 2 Installing NIC in Windows 2 2 Packaging Content 2 2 Windows OS Support 2 2 Using the...

Page 6: ...36 Configuring NPAR in the BIOS 2 37 Configuring NPAR in QCC GUI 2 37 Configuring NPAR in QCC Interactive CLI 2 37 Configuring NPAR in QCC Non Interactive CLI 2 37 Configuring NPAR in the QLogic Adap...

Page 7: ...Linux 3 3 Configuring an iSCSI Initiator in Windows 3 4 Configuring an iSCSI Initiator in VMware 3 6 iSCSI Name Server iSNS 3 6 iSCSI Boot 3 6 iSCSI Boot Setup Using Fast UTIL 3 6 Accessing Fast UTIL...

Page 8: ...QCC CLI 4 3 Setting HBA Parameters with the Non Interactive QCC CLI 4 3 Target Persistent Binding 4 3 Configuring Persistent Binding with the QCC GUI 4 3 Configuring Persistent Binding with the Intera...

Page 9: ...ug in Requirements 1 14 2 1 Dell BIOS Integrated Devices 2 3 2 2 QLogic 8200 CNA Function Configuration 2 4 2 3 BIOS Boot Settings 2 5 2 4 Embedded NIC 1 QLogic PXE 2 6 2 5 Team Management Property Pa...

Page 10: ...ist of Tables Table Page 1 1 Environmental Specifications 1 4 2 1 Windows Driver Configurable Parameters 2 10 2 2 Windows Teaming Modes 2 15 2 3 Windows QConvergeConsole CLI Selecting a Protocol in Me...

Page 11: ...or advanced users The Product Overview provides a product introduction and specifications information about the multi boot image CNA Function Configuration Utility and detailed installation instructio...

Page 12: ...d that has the potential of causing damage to data or equipment WARNING indicates the presence of a hazard that has the potential of causing personal injury Text in blue font indicates a hyperlink jum...

Page 13: ...gic Software End User License Agreement for a complete listing of all license agreements affecting this product Technical Support Customers should contact their authorized maintenance provider for tec...

Page 14: ...udent as a certified professional You can reach the training professionals at QLogic by e mail at training qlogic com Contact Information For Support phone numbers see the Contact Support link at supp...

Page 15: ...Ansehen mit optischen Instrumenten vermeiden Varoitus Luokan 1 lasers teily kun laite on auki l katso suoraan laitteeseen k ytt m ll optisia instrumenttej Agency Certification The following sections...

Page 16: ...PR22 Class A QLE8xxx CNS 13438 Class A QLE8xxx This is a Class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate mea...

Page 17: ...950 1 2nd Edition 2007 03 3 27 UL CSA C22 2 60950 1 07 2nd Edition Use only with listed ITE or equivalent Complies with 21 CFR 1040 10 and 1040 11 2006 95 EC low voltage directive 8200 and 3200 Series...

Page 18: ...Preface Legal Notices xviii SN0054671 00 A...

Page 19: ...he following link select Show under the QLogic 8200 Series and then select Ordering Information http www qlogic com Products adapters Pages ConvergedNetworkAdapters aspx For more information on the 32...

Page 20: ...ers and external components 2 Disconnect the power cable 3 Remove the computer cover and find an empty PCIe x8 or larger bus slot 4 Pull out the slot cover if any by removing the screw or releasing th...

Page 21: ...3 Install the Adapter Drivers To install the adapter drivers 1 Go to the QLogic Driver Downloads Documentation page at http driverdownloads qlogic com 2 Locate the appropriate driver package for the a...

Page 22: ...erating system Click Go The product download page opens 3 On the download page under Tools select the appropriate QConvergeConsole package GUI or CLI and download it to your system 4 Follow the instru...

Page 23: ...ions per port default and can be expanded to four Ethernet functions per port Functionality and Features This section provides the following information Functional Description Features Supported Opera...

Page 24: ...servation of teaming and VLAN configuration information during driver upgrade Enhanced Ethernet functions include Priority based flow control 802 1Qbb Enhanced transmission selection 802 1Qaz Data cen...

Page 25: ...acket for use in a standard PCIe slot or an optional spare low profile bracket for use in a low profile PCIe slot Low profile slots are typically found in compact servers Standards Specifications The...

Page 26: ...second formula if the altitude is stated in feet c Use the following formulas to calculate the maximum operating temperature in F for a specific altitude Use the first formula if the altitude is stat...

Page 27: ...A Function Configuration Utility For an alternate method of iSCSI boot from SAN 3200 Series Adapters only use the fields in the iSCSI Boot Firmware Table iBFT iBFT is a component of the advanced confi...

Page 28: ...s for the BIOS UEFI PXE and firmware Using QLflash QLflash is a native DOS utility Refer to the Readme file for more information To run this utility boot to a DOS hard drive or USB removable drive Uti...

Page 29: ...provided in this file QLflash Options QLflash exe 1 N ALL options SLT SLT Sets the application to silent mode Use application return code for success or failure SIL filename ext SIL Load multiflash im...

Page 30: ...t to configure After changing the settings the utility reboots your system to load the new parameters Upon entering the CNA Function Configuration utility the following selections are available from t...

Page 31: ...n Enabled and Disabled Use the Enable PXE Boot option to attempt a PXE boot on the selected function iBFT The following parameters are available when Protocol is set to iBFT Enable ROM Enabled Disable...

Page 32: ...ain a valid IP address Initiator Subnet Mask When Enable DHCP is set to Disabled this field must contain a valid subnet mask Gateway When Enable DHCP is set to Disabled this field must contain a valid...

Page 33: ...I The function will support iSCSI protocol FCoE The function will support FCoE protocol MinBW Enter to specify the percentage of bandwidth allocated to the function The combined MinBW values for a por...

Page 34: ...on installing the QLogic Adapter vCenter Plug in contains the following Introduction Requirements Installing the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider Starting the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider Removing the QLog...

Page 35: ...on to the vSphere Client that allows you to manage and configure QLogic adapters including the NIC partitioning feature on ESX and ESXi servers When the you select an ESX or ESXi host that has QLogic...

Page 36: ...re 1 2 vCenter Plug in Requirements QLogic provides the following components that must be installed on the ESX or ESXi Server vCenter Server and Tomcat Web Server ESX ESXi Server QLogic adapters with...

Page 37: ...ent Update Installation Initial Installation To install the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider using the esxupdate command ESX systems only 1 Copy the offline bundle zip file into the root directory of the E...

Page 38: ...arting the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider After a system startup the Small Footprint CIM Broker SFCB CIM object manager CIMOM in the ESX system should start automatically and load the QLogic Adapter CIM...

Page 39: ...remove b vibID To uninstall from a remote host using the vihostupdate command 1 From a console on the host where the vSphere CLI package is installed or vMA is hosted query to find the Bulletin ID of...

Page 40: ...e right pane click the QLogic Adapter tab to view the Web page The vCenter plug in retrieves the adapter information from the server Removing the QLogic Adapter vCenter Plug in To remove the QLogic Ad...

Page 41: ...additional steps are necessary Updating the Flash To update the Flash from the QLogic Adapter vCenter Plug in 1 Follow the instructions in the Starting the QLogic Adapter vCenter Plug in section to s...

Page 42: ...on Otherwise you must reboot the system for the new firmware to take effect Using the vCenter Plug in on a Tomcat Server VMware requires that all vCenter plug ins are web based applications hosted on...

Page 43: ...5 5 28 tomcat Where setting variables include the following export JAVA_HOME root gwt jdk1 6 0_17 export CATALINA_HOME root gwt tomcat Starting and Stopping Tomcat on Linux To start Tomcat issue the...

Page 44: ...or your system 5 On the Choose Install Folder window either accept the default installation directory or click Choose to specify a different folder 6 Click Install to install files to the installation...

Page 45: ...0 0 1 username administrator password password key com qlogic QLogicAdapterVIPlugIn action remove 3 Replace the username and password with the correct information to log into the vCenter Server Launch...

Page 46: ...1 Product Overview Installing the QLogic Adapter vCenter Plug in for ESX ESXi 1 24 SN0054671 00 A...

Page 47: ...Update for Linux Readme file for information Linux OS Support Refer to the Intelligent Ethernet Adapter and Converged Network Adapter Networking Inbox Driver Update for Linux Readme file for informati...

Page 48: ...file for information on installing and removing the driver Installing NIC in Windows Refer to the Intelligent Ethernet Adapter and Converged Network Adapter NDIS Miniport Driver for Windows Readme fil...

Page 49: ...OS by pressing the F2 key 2 On the BIOS window Figure 2 1 select Integrated Devices and then press the ENTER key Figure 2 1 Dell BIOS Integrated Devices 3 Set the Embedded NIC1 and NIC2 option to Enab...

Page 50: ...on Configuration main window ensure that Protocol is set to PXE Figure 2 2 Figure 2 2 QLogic 8200 CNA Function Configuration 8 Press the ESC key to exit 9 Select Save changes to save your edits exit a...

Page 51: ...uring NIC Configuring PXE Boot SN0054671 00 A 2 5 11 Select Boot Settings and then press the ENTER key Figure 2 3 Figure 2 3 BIOS Boot Settings 12 Select the Boot Sequence option and then press the EN...

Page 52: ...e system reboots 15 After the system reboot follow the screen prompt for PXE boot server for the installation of OS of your choice Configuring Driver Software Parameters Linux NIC Driver Management Ap...

Page 53: ...he following command rpm qa QConvergeConsoleCLI 2 If an older version is found erase that version by issuing the following command rpm e QConvergeConsoleCLI 3 To install the new version issue the foll...

Page 54: ...lloc_failure 0 null skb 0 null rxbuf 0 rx dma map error 0 In the following example ethtool eth n lists interface settings Sample Output 2 Ethtool eth8 Settings for eth8 Supported ports TP FIBRE Suppor...

Page 55: ...of the Device Manager dialog box right click QLogic 10Gb Ethernet Adapter and then click Properties 3 On the adapter properties dialog box click the Advanced tab to bring that page to the front 4 On t...

Page 56: ...Tx Enabled Health Monitoring Checks health of firmware monitors normal opera tion and ensures recovery of the firmware Interrupt Moderation Allows interrupt coalescing during receive and trans mit op...

Page 57: ...ey LsoV2IPv4 Default Enabled Values Enabled Disabled Size of LSO v2 128K Large Send Offload V2 IP6 Enables and disables TCP large send offload Allows host TCP stack to give bigger than MSS packets to...

Page 58: ...TU size 1514 byte packets Registry Key ReceiveBuffers Values 1024 2048 4096 8192 16384 32768 Default 16384 Number of Transmit buffers Specifies the number of stage buffers used by the driver during tr...

Page 59: ...abled Rx and Tx Enabled UDP Checksum Offload IPv4 Enables and the disables user datagram protocol UDP transmit and receive checksum offload Registry Key UDPChecksumOffloadIPv4 Default Rx and Tx Enable...

Page 60: ...UI Refer to the QConvergeConsole Help System Setting Advanced NIC Port Parameters for information VLAN Configuration with the QCC Interactive CLI Refer to the appropriate section in the QConvergeConso...

Page 61: ...lternate standby or redundant adapter becomes active if the primary network connection fails Switch Independent Load Balancing Mode ensures distribution of transmit loads across the teamed adapters Li...

Page 62: ...perational again the driver automatically switches back the primary as the active adapter The network traffic resumes to the primary adapter from the standby adapter The traffic stays with the seconda...

Page 63: ...dapter becomes operational again the receive load fails back to the preferred primary adapter failback operation Thus a switch independent load balancing team also behaves like a failsafe team Each ti...

Page 64: ...that LACP allows self configuration of LAG through handshaking between the switch and the intermediate driver For the team to function LACP must be enabled at both ends of the link the server and the...

Page 65: ...t_insts ALL where port_insts are the ports indices separated by commas for example 1 2 and team_type is either 1 Fail Over or 2 Load Balanced To delete a team issue the following command qaucli nic te...

Page 66: ...Teams and Adapters pane on the left lists the network devices currently present on this system including Teams and virtual adapters as well as their member physical adapters QLogic and other vendor ad...

Page 67: ...Deleting a Team Saving and Restoring Teaming Configuration Creating a Team To create a team 1 To create a team right click the Teams folder icon and then click Create Team Figure 2 6 Figure 2 6 Creati...

Page 68: ...Passive LACP side responds to the active LACP requests Adapters to Add Select the check box next to each adapter that should form the team Use default MAC Address Select this check box to have the dr...

Page 69: ...2 Configuring NIC Teaming Bonding SN0054671 00 A 2 23 The following figures show the configuration of various teaming modes Figure 2 7 Creating a Failsafe Team...

Page 70: ...2 Configuring NIC Teaming Bonding 2 24 SN0054671 00 A Figure 2 8 Creating a Switch Independent Load Balancing Team...

Page 71: ...2 Configuring NIC Teaming Bonding SN0054671 00 A 2 25 Figure 2 9 Creating an 802 3ad Static Team...

Page 72: ...2 Configuring NIC Teaming Bonding 2 26 SN0054671 00 A Figure 2 10 Creating an 802 3ad Dynamic Team...

Page 73: ...shows an example of a newly formed team The Team Data pane on the right shows the properties information and status of the team or adapter that is currently selected in the Teams and Adapters pane on...

Page 74: ...e right click the unteamed adapter to add to a team 2 On the shortcut menu point to Add to Team and then click the team to which you want to add the adapter Figure 2 12 Figure 2 12 Adding a Team NOTE...

Page 75: ...f all teamed adapters and adapters with multiple VLANs must remain synchronized with the team properties Ensure that you change the properties of a team and an adapter with VLANs only on the Team Mana...

Page 76: ...med adapters and adapters with VLANs remain synchronized with the team properties do not directly modify the adapter properties on the Advanced page If an adapter property becomes out of sync with its...

Page 77: ...ment page in the left pane under Teams and Adapters right click the team name whose properties are to be changed 2 On the shortcut menu click Modify Team Figure 2 14 Figure 2 14 Modifying Team Propert...

Page 78: ...g Bonding 2 32 SN0054671 00 A Example 1 For a failsafe team you can change the team name assigned team static MAC address preferred primary adapter and failback type Figure 2 15 Figure 2 15 Modifying...

Page 79: ...static team to 802 3ad dynamic team Figure 2 16 shows a failsafe team modification which shows the new team type and default values for team attributes You can manually change attribute values Figure...

Page 80: ...click the Teams folder 2 On the shortcut menu click Restore From File 3 Select a previously saved configuration file Viewing Teaming Statistics You can view teaming and Ethernet statistics using the Q...

Page 81: ...apping supported on the adapter you can enable additional Ethernet or storage functions The PCI function number assignment is as follows Functions 0 and 1 are always NIC functions Functions 4 and 5 ar...

Page 82: ...t interfaces For more details see NIC Partition NPAR You would typically create a virtual switch vSwitch for each NPAR interface You can configure virtual machines VMs to use the standard virtual netw...

Page 83: ...the QLogic Adapter tab Use this tab to manage the 8200 and 3200 Series Adapters in the VMware ESX ESXi environment With the QLogic Adapter tab you can Enable Disable NPAR Enable Disable functions Conf...

Page 84: ...shows the default view of QLogic Adapter tab in the vCenter Plug in Figure 2 17 vCenter Plug in QLogic Adapter Tab Default View Figures 2 18 shows the configuration range of the 8200 Series Adapters w...

Page 85: ...be independently disabled Figure 2 20 3200 Series Configuration Range With NPAR To configure a physical function 1 Select the function you want to change in the hierarchy on the left side of the scree...

Page 86: ...le the function NIC is selected from the Function Type menu Figure 2 21 Enabling a Physical Function 3 Click Save Configuration 4 Reboot your system for the change to take effect 5 Open vCenter Plug i...

Page 87: ...personality configuration change must be saved using the Save Configuration button This means that to change two functions personalities each change must be separately saved using the Save Configurat...

Page 88: ...FCoE and iSCSI storage functions is extended The FCoE Function Type options are extended FCoE NIC and Disabled see Figure 2 22 Quality of Service The QLogic vCenter Plug in provides control of the NPA...

Page 89: ...ides the uplink for an eSwitch with the enabled associated Physical PCI Functions connected through switch ports to the eSwitch Functions 0 2 4 and 6 are connected through the port 0 eSwitch and funct...

Page 90: ...ed diagnostics include the following commands To enable or disable the port beacon issue the following command qaucli pr nic beacon cna_port_inst on off To run an internal loopback test issue the foll...

Page 91: ...testlink cna_port_inst To perform a register test issue the following command qaucli pr nic testregister cna_port_inst To display transceiver DMI data issue the following command qaucli pr nic trans c...

Page 92: ...er end of the cable is connected to an operational Ethernet port either another NIC port or a network device such as a switch Register Test verifies the NIC register read and write Linux Diagnostic Te...

Page 93: ...t adapter and then on the shortcut menu click Properties 3 On the adapter properties page click the Diagnostics tab Figure 2 24 shows the Diagnostics page Figure 2 24 Diagnostics Tests on Windows NOTE...

Page 94: ...cols are enabled by default Table 2 3 and Table 2 4 list the QConvergeConsole commands for selecting a protocol NOTE Only one test can run at a time Multiple tests can run sequentially Table 2 3 Windo...

Page 95: ...I Getting Help Command Description h Print usage of a specific adapter type and then exit qaucli pr nic h Print NIC protocol usage and then exit qaucli pr fc h Print Fibre Channel and FCoE protocol us...

Page 96: ...B Internal loopback test default H Hw Hardware test default S LinkST Link status test default nR noCRegs No control registers test combine D or a nl noIRQS No interrupt test combine D or a nL noIntLP...

Page 97: ...or Where tests_num specifies the number of tests 1 65535 and on_error is either 0 Ignore or 1 Abort NOTE This test requires a pass through module to be con figured for both ports Test runs between two...

Page 98: ...forms device register read write accesses Interrupt Test The interrupt test checks the ability of the hardware to create an interrupt and the ability of the driver to process the interrupt by forcing...

Page 99: ...end queue blocked LB_NORCV_ERR Receive packet not received LB_NOMEM_ERR No memory error LB_TX_QUEUE_ERR Transmit queue error LB_SHORT_DATA_ERR Looped data short error LB_SEQUENCE_ERR Looped data out o...

Page 100: ...previously detected HW_IFQ_W_PAUSE IFQ write pause previously detected HW_IFQ_W_FULL IFQ write full previously detected HW_MEN_BP_TOUT Memory backpressure timeout previ ously detected HW_DOWN_BP_TOUT...

Page 101: ...sed Passed 1 Failed 0 ErrorCode 0 Register Test Results Status Passed Passed 1 Failed 0 ErrorCode 0 Link Test for 6 CNA Port Index Link Test Starts Test Status Passed Passed 1 Failed 0 ErrorCode 0 Reg...

Page 102: ...geConsole Help System Performing NIC Port Diagnostics for information QCC CLI Diagnostics QCC Interactive CLI Refer to the QConvergeConsole User s Guide for information QCC CLI Diagnostics QCC Non Int...

Page 103: ...2 Configuring NIC NIC TroubleShooting Diagnostics SN0054671 00 A 2 57 NIC Troubleshooting Guidelines Figure 2 25 NIC Troubleshooting Diagram 1...

Page 104: ...2 Configuring NIC NIC TroubleShooting Diagnostics 2 58 SN0054671 00 A Figure 2 26 NIC Troubleshooting Diagram 2...

Page 105: ...r to the iSCSI Adapter Inbox Driver Update for Linux Kernel 2 6 x Readme file for information Linux OS Support Refer to the iSCSI Adapter Inbox Driver Update for Linux Kernel 2 6 x Readme file for inf...

Page 106: ...file for information Installing the Driver Refer to the iSCSI Driver for VMware ESX ESXi 4 1 Readme file for information Installing iSCSI in Windows Refer to the iSCSI Adapter STOR Miniport Driver for...

Page 107: ...ucli in a terminal window 2 On the QConvergeConsole CLI Main Menu select 2 Adapter Configuration 3 On the Adapter Type Configuration Selection menu select 1 CNA Configuration 4 On the Converged Networ...

Page 108: ...alified name IQN of the iSCSI target to connect to and then press the ENTER key c TGT_Port 3260 Press the ENTER key to accept the default d TGT_TargetIPAddress 0 0 0 0 Type the IP address of the targe...

Page 109: ...HBA if necessary 10 At the prompt for both ports type Yes 11 To return to the Converged Network Adapter CNA iSCSI Configuration menu type p and press the ENTER key and then type p and press the ENTER...

Page 110: ...shows the initiator s status default name and alias 7 To enable the initiator click Enabled 8 Optional To change the default iSCSI name for your initiator type a new name The name you enter must be wo...

Page 111: ...ings On the Fast UTIL Options menu select Configuration Settings to access the iSCSI Boot Settings and specify the drive you want to boot from Press the C key to clear the boot device information from...

Page 112: ...ser s Guide iSCSI Noninteractive Commands section for information Configuring iSCSI DHCP Boot Options using QCC CLI Refer to the QConvergeConsole CLI User s Guide iSCSI Noninteractive Commands section...

Page 113: ...9 iSCSI TroubleShooting iSCSI Diagnostics iSCSI Diagnostics using QCC GUI Refer to QConvergeConsole Help System Pinging an iSCSI Port Target for information iSCSI Diagnostics using Interactive QCC CLI...

Page 114: ...3 Configuring iSCSI iSCSI TroubleShooting 3 10 SN0054671 00 A iSCSI Troubleshooting Diagram Figure 3 1 iSCSI Troubleshooting Diagram...

Page 115: ...fer to the Fibre Channel Adapter and Converged Network Adapter Inbox Driver Update for Linux Kernel 2 6 x Readme file for information Supported Features Refer to the Fibre Channel Adapter and Converge...

Page 116: ...bre Channel over Ethernet FCoE Driver for VMware ESX ESXi 4 0 x and 4 1 Readme file for information on how to create the driver disk install the driver and remove the driver Installing FCoE in Windows...

Page 117: ...System for information Configuring Persistent Binding with the Interactive QCC CLI Refer to the QConvergeConsole CLI User s Guide for information Configuring Persistent Binding with the Non Interacti...

Page 118: ...er Parameters Configuring FCoE Driver Parameters with the QCC GUI Refer to the QConvergeConsole Help System HBA Parameters Viewing or Modifying Port Parameters for information Configuring FCoE Driver...

Page 119: ...with the Non Interactive QCC CLI Refer to the QConvergeConsole CLI User s Guide Fibre Channel Noninteractive Commands section for information Troubleshooting FCoE Diagnostics FCoE Diagnostics using QC...

Page 120: ...4 Configuring FCoE Troubleshooting 4 6 SN0054671 00 A FCoE Troubleshooting Diagram Figure 4 1 FCoE Troubleshooting Diagram...

Page 121: ...3200 Series Adapters is defined in Table A 1 Table A 1 QLE824x and QLE324x LED Scheme Link LED Activity LED Activity Off Off Power off Off Off Power on no link On On Power on link established no acti...

Page 122: ...A Adapter LEDs A 2 SN0054671 00 A...

Page 123: ...ach server on a network to boot their operating system from a Fibre Channel RAID unit located on the SAN rather than from a local disk or direct attached storage DAS This enables easier SAN management...

Page 124: ...tomatic adapter failover for device resources Fast UTIL QLogic Fast UTIL Fibre Channel Adapter BIOS utility Fibre Channel High speed serial interface technology that supports other higher layer protoc...

Page 125: ...th MSI X network interface controller card NIC A computer circuit board or card that is installed in a computer so that it can be connected to a network node port N_Port Node port A port that connects...

Page 126: ...ultiple ports identified with regard to the adapter as port 0 port 1 and so forth to avoid confusion when dealing with a system containing numerous ports each port is assigned a port instance number w...

Page 127: ...the system for the pre boot environment that is after the system is powered on but before the operating system starts to an operating system such as Windows or Linux UEFI provides a clean interface b...

Page 128: ...User s Guide Converged Network Adapter 8200 and 3200 Series Adapters Glossary 6 SN0054671 00 A...

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