User`s guide

Chapter I. Chelsio Unified Wire
Chelsio T5/T4 Unified Wire For Linux Page 19
3. Software/Driver Installation
There are two main methods to install the Chelsio Unified Wire package: from source and RPM.
If you decide to use source, you can install the package using CLI or GUI mode.
If you decide to use RPM, you can install the package using Menu or CLI mode.
Irrespective of the method chosen for installation, the machine needs to be rebooted for
changes to take effect.
The following table describes the various configuration tuning options available during
installation and drivers/software installed with each option by default:
T5/T4
Configuration
Tuning Option
Description
Driver/Software installed
Unified Wire
Configures adapters to run multiple protocols
like NIC/TOE, iWARP, iSCSI and FCoE
Initiator simultaneously
NIC/TOE, vNIC, iWARP, WD-UDP,
iSCSITarget, iSCSI Initiator, Bonding, IPv6,
Sniffer & Tracer, FCoE Initiator,
UM(Agent,Client), Filtering, TM
Low latency
Networking
Configures adapters to run NIC/TOE and
iWARP traffic with low latency specially
needed for financial applications.
NIC/TOE, vNIC, iWARP, WD-UDP, WD-
TOE, IPv6, Sniffer & Tracer,
UM(Agent,Client), Filtering, TM
High capacity
RDMA
Configures adapters to establish a large
number of RDMA connections
NIC/TOE, vNIC, iWARP, WD-UDP, Bonding,
IPv6, Sniffer & Tracer, UM(Agent,Client),
Filtering, TM
High capacity
TOE
Configures adapters to establish a large
number of TOE connections
NIC/TOE, vNIC, Bonding, IPv6,
UM(Agent,Client), Filtering,
TM
UDP Seg.Offload
& Pacing
Configures adapters to establish a large
number of UDP Segmentation Offload
connections
NIC/TOE, IPv6, USO, UM(Agent,Client),
Filtering, TM
T5 Wire Direct
Latency
Configures T5 adapters to provide low Wire
Direct latency. Supported only on T5
adapters.
NIC/TOE,iWARP,WD-UDP,WD-TOE,
UM(Agent,Client)
3.1. Pre-requisites
Depending on the component you choose to install, please ensure that the following
requirements are met, before proceeding with the installation.
 If you want to install OFED with NFS-RDMA support, please refer “Setting up NFS-RDMA”
in iWARP (RDMA) (Click here).
 If you’re planning to install iSCSI PDU Offload Initiator, please install openssl-devel
package.
 IPv6 should be enabled in the machine to use the RPM Packages.
High capacity RDMA and High capacity TOE options are currently not
supported with T5 Adapters.
Note