Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Revision History
- Table of Contents
- Regulatory and Safety Approvals
- Functional Description
- Network Link and Activity Indication
- Features
- Software and Hardware Features
- Virtualization Features
- VXLAN
- NVGRE/GRE/IP-in-IP/Geneve
- Stateless Offloads
- UDP Fragmentation Offload
- Stateless Transport Tunnel Offload
- Multiqueue Support for OS
- SR-IOV Configuration Support Matrix
- SR-IOV
- Network Partitioning (NPAR)
- RDMA over Converged Ethernet – RoCE
- Supported Combinations
- Installing the Hardware
- Software Packages and Installation
- Windows Driver Advanced Properties and Event Log Messages
- Teaming
- System-level Configuration
- ISCSI Boot
- VXLAN: Configuration and Use Case Examples
- SR-IOV: Configuration and Use Case Examples
- NPAR – Configuration and Use Case Example
- RoCE – Configuration and Use Case Examples
- DCBX – Data Center Bridging
Software Packages and InstallationNetXtreme-E User’s Manual
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Software Packages and Installation
Refer to the following sections for information on software packages and installation.
Supported Operating Systems
Tabl e 2 1 provides a list of supported operating systems.
Installing Drivers
Refer to the following sections for driver installation.
Windows
Dell DUP
Broadcom NetXtreme E series controller drivers can be installed using the driver DUP. The installer is provided
in x64 executable format.
GUI Install
When the file is executed, a dialog box appears requesting user input. The installer supports the driver only
option.
Silent Install
The executable can be silently executed using the command shown below.
Example:
Network_Driver_<version>.EXE /s /driveronly
INF Install
The Dell DUP is used to install drivers for Broadcom NetXreme-E Ethernet controllers. Use the following
command to extract the driver INF files from the Dell DUP:
Network_Driver_<version>.EXE /s /v"EXTRACTDRIVERS=c:\dell\drivers\network"
Table 21: Supported Operating System List
OS Flavor Distribution
Windows Windows 2012 R2, 2016, or 2019
Linux Redhat RHEL 6.10, RHEL 7.5, RHEL 7.6, RHEL 8.0
SLES 15 SP1
VMWare ESXi 6.5 U3 or 6.7 U2