Qlogic 8400 Series, User Manual

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Preface
Intended Audience
This guide is intended for personnel responsible for installing and maintaining
computer networking equipment.
What Is in This Guide
This guide describes the features, installation, and configuration of the QLogic
®
8400/3400 Series Converged Network Adapters and Intelligent Ethernet
Adapters. The guide is organized as follows:
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Chapter 1, Product Overview provides a product functional description, a list
of features, a list of supported operating systems, and the adapter
specifications.
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Chapter 2, Installing the Hardware describes how to install the adapter
including the list of system requirements and a preinstallation checklist.
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Chapter 3, Multi-boot Agent (MBA) Driver Software describes the software
module that allows your network computer to boot with the images provided
by remote servers across the network.
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Chapter 4, Windows Driver Software describes Windows
®
driver installation
and removal, QLogic management application installation, adapter
properties management, and power management options.
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Chapter 5, Linux Driver Software describes the Linux
®
drivers.
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Chapter 6, VMware Driver Software describes the VMware
®
drivers.
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Chapter 7, Installing Management Applications describes the installation of
the QLogic Control Suite.
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Chapter 8, Using QLogic Control Suite describes the QCS application
including how to perform detailed tests and diagnostics, and to view and
modify property values and view traffic statistics for network objects.
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Chapter 9, Firmware Upgrade describes the installation and use of the
firmware upgrade utility.
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Chapter 10, iSCSI Protocol describes iSCSI boot, iSCSI crash dump, and
iSCSI offload for Windows, Linux, and VMware.