10GigEthr-03 (iocxgbe) B.11.31.1209 Ethernet Driver Release Notes, Edition 3

10GigEthr-03 overview
Bundle description
The 10GigEthr-03 bundle contains the iocxgbe driver, which supports the following products:
HP Integrity server
integrated
FlexFabric (CNA)
adapters
PCIe 10 GbE/FCoE
CNA mezzanine
cards
PCIe 10GbE / FC
combo standup
cards
PCIe 10GbE /
FCoE CNA standup
cards
PCIe 10 GbE
mezzanine cards
PCIe 10 GbE
standup cards
BL8x0c i4 server
blades integrated
FlexFabric adapter
(NC553i)
2
NC551m
NC553m
AT094A
1
AT111ANC552mAT118A
1
HP has not tested DIO functionality on the AT094A adapter; consequently, HP does not support DIO with this adapter.
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An Emulex BE3 CNA built-in (embedded) adapter; also referred to as a Converged Network Controller (CNC)
For more information about installing a supported card, see the respective card installation guide
at the following website:
http://www.hp.com/go/10-gigabit-ethernet-docs
For more information about installing integrated FlexFabric (CNA) adapters, see the respective
server installation documentation at the following locations:
www.hp.com/go/blades-docs
www.hp.com/go/integrity_servers-docs
For more information about firmware requirements and how to obtain the latest firmware for your
product, see “Firmware requirements” (page 10).
Terminology
When referring to CNA (Converged Network Adapter) technology, the following terms are used:
Adapter The whole card.
AVIO Accelerated Virtual Input/Output. An I/O protocol that
improves virtual I/O performance for network and storage
devices used within the HP Integrity VM environment.
Card The adapter, most often in reference to the hardware or to
a specific form factor (such as PCIe mezzanine).
CNA Converged Network Adapter. A computer input/output
device that combines the functionality of a host bus adapter
(HBA) with a network interface controller (NIC). In other
words, it "converges" access to a storage area network and
a local area network, respectively.
Device The adapter as a whole, or an HP-UX device.
DIO The direct I/O networking feature that allows virtual
machines to directly control I/O devices, minimizing device
emulation overhead incurred with AVIO.
FC Fibre Channel. A network technology used for storage
networking.
FCoE Fibre Channel over Ethernet. An encapsulation of Fibre
Channel frames over Ethernet networks that is independent
of the Ethernet forwarding schemes and integrates with
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