0GigEthr-03 (iocxgbe) B.11.31.1209 Ethernet Driver Release Notes HP-UX 11i v3 Abstract This document contains specific information that is intended for users of this HP product.
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Contents 10GigEthr-03 overview..............................................................................................................4 Bundle description...............................................................................................................4 Terminology........................................................................................................................4 CNA overview..............................................................................................
10GigEthr-03 overview Bundle description The 10GigEthr-03 bundle contains the iocxgbe driver, which supports the following products: PCIe 10 GbE standup cards PCIe 10 GbE mezzanine cards HP Integrity server PCIe 10GbE / PCIe 10GbE / FC PCIe 10 GbE/FCoE integrated FCoE CNA standup combo standup CNA mezzanine FlexFabric (CNA) cards cards cards adapters AT118A NC552m AT111A AT094A1 NC551m NC553m BL8x0c i4 server blades integrated FlexFabric adapter (NC553i)2 1 HP has not tested DIO functionality on
existing Fibre Channel networks and management software. Computers connect to FCoE through CNAs. Function A PCIe function. Each function can be configured by HP-UX as a single device: an FCoE device or a LAN device. HP-UX can configure a dual-ported CNA with as many as 8 PCIe functions (up to four per port) in a Flex-10 environment. As many as two of these functions can be FCoE devices (one per port); the remainder are NIC or LAN devices (up to four per port).
More recent revisions of the PCIe standard support hardware I/O virtualization. Port The physical connection to the network. A CNA may have two physical connections; this configuration is often described as “dual-ported.” CNA overview The CNA is a PCIe device that can be configured by HP-UX as a number of LAN and FCoE devices depending on the system configuration. Most CNAs are dual-ported.
are simple but require too many cumbersome cables and create complexity. Blade switches reduce the number of cables but add more management responsibilities for LAN and SAN administrators. In both cases, multiple people are needed to perform very simple server tasks. Only HP offers the third choice — HP Virtual Connect.
The feature is supported with the following network cards on Superdome 2 servers: • AT094A • AT111A • AT118A Support of this feature requires the following be installed on your Superdome 2 server: • The latest version of the NIC (iocxgbe) and Fibre Channel (fcoc) drivers (B.11.31.1209 or later) • HP-UX operating system B.11.31.1209 or later • The latest version of the Superdome 2 firmware recipe (3.
Changed features There are no changed features included in 10GigEthr-03 at the time of this publication. Problems fixed in this and recent versions This section describes any problems fixed in this and recent releases of the 10GigEthr-03 product. Problems fixed in this release At the time of this publication, no defects were reported and fixed for 10GigEthr-03 B.11.31.1209. Problems fixed in recent releases B.11.1203 No defects were reported. B.11.31.1111 No defects were reported. B.11.31.
• Multi-queue operation is not available on all functions. Severity: Medium Multi-queue enables traffic to be partitioned across CPUs. The CNA supports only receive multi-queue operation. Multiple queues are supported only on the first PCIe function for each port: function 0 (port 0) and function 1 (port 1). The iocxgbe driver sets the number of receive queues for each of these PCIe functions to 5. For each remaining PCIe function, the number of queues is 1 and remains 1.
3. Click the Drivers & Software tab. 4. Enter your product name (for example, NC552m or, for LOMs, a server name such as Superdome 2) or enter the product number and click Search. Click the Cross operating system (BIOS, Firmware, Diagnostics, etc.) link. Click EFI and FWs for use on Integrity under the Description heading for the EFI download. To review firmware versions and release notes, click the Readme tab. To download the firmware, click the Download button. Download the firmware.
