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4–Switch Independent Partitioning
Switch Independent Partitioning Setup Requirements
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Switch Independent Partitioning Setup
Requirements
This section provides hardware and software requirements for applying Switch
Independent Partitioning functionality to QLogic adapters installed in host servers
within SANs.
Hardware Requirements
Software Requirements
Table 4-1. Hardware Requirements
QLogic Adapters Platforms
QMD8262-k
a
Blade Network 10GbE Daughter
Card
a
Link speed limitation: QMD8262-k, and QME8262-k support only 10GbE operation and do not link
at 1Gbps with Dell M6220, M6348, and Cisco
®
3x3x switches.
M620, M820
QLE8262
a
Monolithic Server 10GbE Standup
Card
T420, T620 R320, R420, R520, R620,
R715, R720, R815, R820, R910
QME8262-k 10GbE Blade Mezzanine Card M420, M520, M610, M620, M710HD,
M720, M820, M910, M915
Table 4-2. Operating System Requirements
Operating Systems Platforms
Linux
 RHEL 6.5—x64 only
 SLES 11 SP3
 SLES 12
VMware
 ESX/ESXi 5.0/5.1/5.5
Windows
 Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
 Hyper-V
® a
 Windows 2012
 Windows 2012 R2
a
If a partitioned NIC is configured for use in a Hyper-V network virtualization stack, virtual message
queue (VMQ) must be enabled. To enable VMQ on a management OS with physical network
adapters less than 10Gbps, issue the following command in a command prompt window:
reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\VMSMP\Parameters
/v BelowTenGigVmqEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f