Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1 Functionality and Features
- 2 Configuring Teaming in Windows Server
- 3 Virtual LANs in Windows
- 4 Installing the Hardware
- 5 Manageability
- 6 Boot Agent Driver Software
- 7 Linux Driver Software
- Introduction
- Limitations
- Packaging
- Installing Linux Driver Software
- Load and Run Necessary iSCSI Software Components
- Unloading or Removing the Linux Driver
- Patching PCI Files (Optional)
- Network Installations
- Setting Values for Optional Properties
- Driver Defaults
- Driver Messages
- bnx2x Driver Messages
- bnx2i Driver Messages
- BNX2I Driver Sign-on
- Network Port to iSCSI Transport Name Binding
- Driver Completes Handshake with iSCSI Offload-enabled C-NIC Device
- Driver Detects iSCSI Offload Is Not Enabled on the C-NIC Device
- Exceeds Maximum Allowed iSCSI Connection Offload Limit
- Network Route to Target Node and Transport Name Binding Are Two Different Devices
- Target Cannot Be Reached on Any of the C-NIC Devices
- Network Route Is Assigned to Network Interface, Which Is Down
- SCSI-ML Initiated Host Reset (Session Recovery)
- C-NIC Detects iSCSI Protocol Violation - Fatal Errors
- C-NIC Detects iSCSI Protocol Violation—Non-FATAL, Warning
- Driver Puts a Session Through Recovery
- Reject iSCSI PDU Received from the Target
- Open-iSCSI Daemon Handing Over Session to Driver
- bnx2fc Driver Messages
- BNX2FC Driver Signon
- Driver Completes Handshake with FCoE Offload Enabled C-NIC Device
- Driver Fails Handshake with FCoE Offload Enabled C-NIC Device
- No Valid License to Start FCoE
- Session Failures Due to Exceeding Maximum Allowed FCoE Offload Connection Limit or Memory Limits
- Session Offload Failures
- Session Upload Failures
- Unable to Issue ABTS
- Unable to Recover the IO Using ABTS (Due to ABTS Timeout)
- Unable to Issue I/O Request Due to Session Not Ready
- Drop Incorrect L2 Receive Frames
- Host Bus Adapter and lport Allocation Failures
- NPIV Port Creation
- Teaming with Channel Bonding
- Statistics
- Linux iSCSI Offload
- 8 VMware Driver Software
- Introduction
- Packaging
- Download, Install, and Update Drivers
- Driver Parameters
- FCoE Support
- iSCSI Support
- 9 Windows Driver Software
- Supported Drivers
- Installing the Driver Software
- Modifying the Driver Software
- Repairing or Reinstalling the Driver Software
- Removing the Device Drivers
- Viewing or Changing the Properties of the Adapter
- Setting Power Management Options
- Configuring the Communication Protocol to Use with QCC GUI, QCC PowerKit, and QCS CLI
- 10 Citrix XenServer Driver Software
- 11 iSCSI Protocol
- iSCSI Boot
- Supported Operating Systems for iSCSI Boot
- iSCSI Boot Setup
- Configuring the iSCSI Target
- Configuring iSCSI Boot Parameters
- MBA Boot Protocol Configuration
- iSCSI Boot Configuration
- Enabling CHAP Authentication
- Configuring the DHCP Server to Support iSCSI Boot
- DHCP iSCSI Boot Configuration for IPv4
- DHCP iSCSI Boot Configuration for IPv6
- Configuring the DHCP Server
- Preparing the iSCSI Boot Image
- Booting
- Other iSCSI Boot Considerations
- Troubleshooting iSCSI Boot
- iSCSI Crash Dump
- iSCSI Offload in Windows Server
- iSCSI Boot
- 12 Marvell Teaming Services
- Executive Summary
- Teaming Mechanisms
- Teaming and Other Advanced Networking Properties
- General Network Considerations
- Application Considerations
- Troubleshooting Teaming Problems
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Event Log Messages
- 13 NIC Partitioning and Bandwidth Management
- 14 Fibre Channel Over Ethernet
- Overview
- FCoE Boot from SAN
- Preparing System BIOS for FCoE Build and Boot
- Preparing Marvell Multiple Boot Agent for FCoE Boot (CCM)
- Preparing Marvell Multiple Boot Agent for FCoE Boot (UEFI)
- Provisioning Storage Access in the SAN
- One-Time Disabled
- Windows Server 2016/2019/Azure Stack HCI FCoE Boot Installation
- Linux FCoE Boot Installation
- VMware ESXi FCoE Boot Installation
- Booting from SAN After Installation
- Configuring FCoE
- N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)
- 15 Data Center Bridging
- 16 SR-IOV
- 17 Specifications
- 18 Regulatory Information
- 19 Troubleshooting
- Hardware Diagnostics
- Checking Port LEDs
- Troubleshooting Checklist
- Checking if Current Drivers Are Loaded
- Running a Cable Length Test
- Testing Network Connectivity
- Microsoft Virtualization with Hyper-V
- Removing the Marvell 57xx and 57xxx Device Drivers
- Upgrading Windows Operating Systems
- Marvell Boot Agent
- Linux
- NPAR
- Kernel Debugging Over Ethernet
- Miscellaneous
- A Revision History
User’s Guide—Ethernet iSCSI Adapters and Ethernet FCoE Adapters
Marvell 5740/57810/57800 Adapters and other 57xx and 57xxx Adapters
Doc No. BC0054508-00 Rev. R
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Canadian Regulatory Information (Canada Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Industry Canada, Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Industry Canada, Class A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Industry Canada, classe B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Industry Canada, classe A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Korea Communications Commission (KCC) Notice (Republic of
Korea Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
B Class Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
A Class Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
BSMI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Certifications for 95709SA0908G, 957710A1023G (E02D001), and
957711A1123G (E03D001) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
FCC Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
FCC, Class A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
VCCI Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Class A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
VCCI Class A Statement (Japan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
CE Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Class A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Canadian Regulatory Information (Canada Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Industry Canada, Class A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Industry Canada, classe A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Korea Communications Commission (KCC) Notice
(Republic of Korea Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
A Class Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
19 Troubleshooting
Hardware Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
QCS CLI and QCC GUI Diagnostic Tests Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
QCS CLI and QCC GUI Network Test Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Checking Port LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Troubleshooting Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Checking if Current Drivers Are Loaded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Running a Cable Length Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Testing Network Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Microsoft Virtualization with Hyper-V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285