Instruction Manual

All standard GbE NICs/ASICs supported by HP for OpenVMSHP OpenVMS

All standard GbE NICs/ASICs supported by AppleApple Mac OS X

All standard GbE NICs/ASICs supported by HP for Linux

• HP NC3xx

• HP NC510x (Red Hat 4, SUSE 9 only), TOE NIC features are not sup-

ported

• QLA4052C/QLE4062C/QMH4062C

Linux

• All standard GbE NICs/ASICs supported by HP for Windows 2008,

2003 and Windows XP:

• HP NC3xx TOE with MS scalable networking pack

• QLA4052C/QLE4062C/QMH4062C

• For Windows 2003 only: HP NC510x

Microsoft Windows 2008,

2008 Server Core, 2003, and

Windows XP

• All standard GbE ICs/ASICs supported by Sun/HP for Sun

• HP NC3xx

Sun Solaris

All standard GbE NICs/ASICs supported by HP for VMware EVA iSCSI

connectivity: QLE4060C/QLE4062C/QMH4062

VMware

TOE NIC features are not supported

NOTE:

For more information on QLogic adapters, visit www.qlogic.com.

IP network requirements

HP recommends the following:

• Network protocol: TCP/IP IPv6, IPv4 Ethernet 1000 Mb/s.

• IP data: LAN/VLAN support with less than 10 ms latency. Maximum of 1 VLAN per iSCSI port.

• A dedicated IP network for iSCSI data.

• IP management—LAN/WAN supported.

Configuration rules and guidelines40