User`s guide

XVII. Unified Wire Manager (UM)
Chelsio T5/T4 Unified Wire For Linux Page 223
1. Introduction
Chelsio's Unified Wire Manager is a powerful management software tool, allowing you to view
and configure different aspects of the system, including Chelsio hardware installed in the
system. The software includes a command line interface (CLI) tool and a web management
interface (Web GUI) to help you manage all Chelsio network adapters on the network across
multiple operating systems.
Unified Wire Manager enables the management of all aspects of the client side of the iSCSI
SAN in two main areas. The ability to configure Chelsio adapter’s boot option ROM without
entering each individual adapter’s configuration screen and manage group of iSCSI initiators
remotely from a common user interface saves administrator’s time considerably. Unified Wire
Manager fully supports Linux’s Open-iSCSI initiator and Chelsio’s iSCSI Target. All supported
Chelsio FCoE initiators available on Linux and Windows operating systems can be managed.
Users can manage Option ROM (PXE and iSCSI for T3; PXE, FCoE and iSCSI for T5 and T4)
capability for Chelsio cards using various tools available in the software.
Additionally, Unified Wire Manager allows Chelsio adapter NIC and TOE parameters to be
centrally managed through the same easy-to-use user interface. It can bring interfaces up or
down, team/bond interfaces together, tune parameters for optimal performance, and any
number of administrative tasks normally done at each individual machine.
Chelsio’s Unified Wire Manager is an indispensable tool for saving administrator’s time for
managing Network and SAN resources. Chelsio’s high performance network adapters with its
Unified Wire approach to networking can now be managed centrally in a simple and fast way!
1.1. Features
Chelsio’s Unified Wire Manager is designed to provide the following features to the end-user:
Remotely manage Chelsio adapters and various related tasks like driver installation from a
single application.
Single tool with CLI and Web interface that works across Storage, Networking and
Hardware.
Manage all Chelsio adapters installed on the system.
Tool for FAE to debug issues on the Customer front.
Freedom to choose various modes of management i.e. CLI or Web GUI.