Users Guide

● Configure the initiator (for iSCSI and FCoE) and storage target settings (for iSCSI, FCoE, and FC).
● Specify persistence or clearance of the configured values over a system AC power loss, cold, and warm system resets.
The values configured for virtual addresses, initiator and storage targets may change based on the way the main power is
handled during system reset and whether the NIC, CNA, or FC HBA device has auxiliary power. The persistence of IO identity
settings can be achieved based on the policy setting made using iDRAC.
Only if the I/O identity feature is enabled, the persistence policies take effect. Each time the system resets or powers on, the
values are persisted or cleared based on the policy settings.
NOTE: After the values are cleared, you cannot re-apply the values before running the configuration job.
Related concepts
Inventorying, monitoring, and configuring network devices on page 175
Supported cards for IO Identity Optimization on page 177
Supported NIC firmware versions for IO Identity Optimization on page 178
Enabling or disabling IO Identity Optimization on page 180
Configuring persistence policy settings on page 181
Supported cards for IO Identity Optimization
The following table provides the cards that support the I/O Identity Optimization feature.
Table 30. Supported cards for I/O Identity Optimization
Manufacturer Type
Broadcom
● 5720 PCIe 1 GB
● 5719 PCIe 1 GB
● 57810 PCIe 10 GB
● 57810 bNDC 10 GB
● 57800 rNDC 10 GB + 1 GB
● 57840 rNDC 10 GB
● 57840 bNDC 10 GB
● 5720 rNDC 1 GB
● 5719 Mezz 1 GB
● 57810 Mezz 10 GB
● 5720 bNDC 1 GB
Intel
● i350 Mezz 1Gb
● x520+i350 rNDC 10Gb+1Gb
● I350 bNDC 1Gb
● x540 PCIe 10Gb
● x520 PCIe 10Gb
● i350 PCIe 1Gb
● x540+i350 rNDC 10Gb+1Gb
● i350 rNDC 1Gb
● x520 bNDC 10Gb
● 40G 2P XL710 QSFP+ rNDC
Mellanox
● ConnectX-3 10G
● ConnectX-3 40G
● ConnectX-3 10G
● ConnectX-3 Pro 10G
● ConnectX-3 Pro 40G
● ConnectX-3 Pro 10G
Qlogic
● QME2662 Mezz FC16
● QLE2660 PCIe FC16
● QLE2662 PCIe FC16
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