Users Guide

Introduction
Intended Audience
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Intended Audience
This guide is intended for system administrators and other technical staff
members responsible for configuring and managing adapters installed on Dell
®
PowerEdge
®
servers in Windows
®
, Linux
®
, or VMware
®
environments.
User’s Guide Content
This guide provides information in the following chapters and appendices:
 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation covers the hardware and software
requirements, safety precautions, a pre-installation checklist, PCI Express
®
(PCIe
®
) slot considerations, and procedures for installing the adapter and
connecting it to the network.
 Chapter 2 Driver Installation and Configuration covers the installation of the
drivers included with the adapter on Windows, Linux, and VMware OSs.
 Chapter 3 Fibre Channel Configuration provides information about the
multiboot image (Fibre Channel Adapter Function Configuration Utility) and
instructions for setting Fibre Channel Adapter parameters; persistent
binding; configuring the boot device, N_Port ID virtualization (NPIV), and
driver parameters; and reassembling out-of-order frames.
 Chapter 4 NVM Express over Fibre Channel provides information on
installing and configuring NVM Express on selected Fibre Channel
Adapters.
 Appendix A Troubleshooting provides information about Fibre Channel
diagnostics and a Fibre Channel troubleshooting diagram.
 Appendix B Specifications defines the physical characteristics and power
requirements and lists supported standards, interface, and environmental
specifications.
 Appendix C QConvergeConsole GUI provides an overview of the
QConvergeConsole
®
Web management interface.
 Appendix D Regulatory Information provides warranty, regulatory, and
compliance information.
 Appendix E Adapter LEDs describes the adapter port LEDs.
 Appendix F Revision History describes the changes made in this revision of
the guide.