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
System-level ConfigurationNetXtreme-E User’s Manual
September 4, 2019 • NetXtreme-E-UG103 Page 43
System-level Configuration
Refer to the following sections for information on system-level NIC configuration.
UEFI HII Menu
Broadcom NetXtreme-E series controllers can be configured for preboot, iSCSI and advanced configuration
such as SR-IOV using HII (Human Interface) menu.
To configure the settings, during system boot select F2 -> System Setup -> Device Settings. Select the desired
network adapter for viewing and changing the configuration.
Main Configuration Page
This page displays current network link status, PCI-E Bus:Device:Function, MAC address of the adapter and
the Ethernet device.
10GBaseT card will allow the user to enable or disable Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE).
Firmware Image Properties
Main configuration page -> Firmware Image properties displays, Family version which consists of version
numbers of controller BIOS, Multi Boot Agent (MBA), UEFI, iSCSI and Comprehensive Configuration
Management (CCM) version numbers.
Device Level Configuration
Main configuration page -> Device level configuration allows the user to enable SR-IOV mode, number of virtual
functions per physical function, MSI-X vectors per Virtual function, and the Max number of physical function MSI-
X vectors.
NIC Configuration
NIC configuration -> Legacy boot protocol is used to select and configure PXE, iSCSI, or disable legacy boot
mode. The boot strap type can be Auto, int18h (interrupt 18h), int19h (interrupt 19h), or BBS.
MBA and iSCSI can also be configured using CCM. Legacy BIOS mode uses CCM for configuration. The hide
setup prompt can be used for disabling or enabling the banner display.
VLAN for PXE can be enabled or disabled and the VLAN ID can be configured by the user. Refer to the “Auto-
Negotiation Configuration” on page 45 for details on link speed setting options.
iSCSI Configuration
iSCSI boot configuration can be set through the Main configuration page -> iSCSI configuration. Parameters
such as IPV4 or IPV6, iSCSI initiator, or the iSCSI target can be set through this page.