Chapter I. Unified Boot Option ROM
Chelsio Unified Boot
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For Chelsio adapters, the physical functions are currently assigned as:
Physical functions 0 - 3: for the SR-IOV functions of the adapter
Physical function 4: for all NIC functions of the adapter
Physical function 5: for iSCSI
Physical function 6: for FCoE
Physical function 7: Currently not assigned
xiv. Based on the operating system, install the appropriate network driver. Install and load
cxgb4
for Linux systems,
VBD
and
NDIS
for Windows systems, and
cxl
for ESXi systems.
xv. Finally, verify if the card is discovered:
•
For Linux systems, examine the output of
dmesg
and you should see a similar
output:
The above output indicates the hardware configuration of the adapters as well as the
Serial numbers.
•
For Windows systems, open
Device Manager
again. Expand
Network adapters
section and now Chelsio adapter should be listed.
•
For ESXi systems, examine the output of
dmesg
and you should see a similar
output:
Network device names for Chelsio’s physical ports are assigned using the following
convention: the port farthest from the motherboard will appear as the first network
interface. However, for T5 40G adapters, the association of physical Ethernet ports
and their corresponding network device names is opposite. For these adapters, the
port nearest to the motherboard will appear as the first network interface.
Note