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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Firmware Update
The NIC firmware can be updated using one of the following methods:
• Using the Dell Update Package (DUP) when the system is in the OS booted state. This method only
applies to the Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Using the Dell iDRAC – Lifecycle Controller. This method can be used regardless of the operating system.
If the system is running VMware, use the Lifecycle Controller to upgrade the firmware.
Refer to product support page at http://www.dell.com/support
Dell Update Package
Refer to the following sections to use the Dell Update Package (DUP):
Windows
Broadcom NetXtreme-E series controller firmware can be upgraded using the Dell DUP package. The
executable is provided in standard Windows x64 executable format. Double-click on the file to execute it.
DUP packages can be downloaded from http://support.dell.com
Linux
The Dell Linux DUP is provided in x86_64 executable format. Use the standard Linux chmod to update the
execute permission and run the executable. Refer to the following example:
1. Login to Linux.
2.
scp or cp the DUP executable on to file system. A typical example is:
cp /var/run/media/usb/Network_Firmware_<version>.BIN /root/
3. Execute the following command:
chmod 755 Network_Firmware_<version>.BIN
4. Execute the following command:
./Network_Firmware_<version>.BIN
A reboot is needed to activate the new firmware.