BROCADE 10 Gbps Fibre Channel over Ethernet PCIe Converged Network Adapter and 8 Gbps & 4 Gbps Fibre Channel PCIe Host Bus Adapter Release Notes - Software Release 2.3.0.3 (March 2011)

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000321304: Enhanced the transmit path handling in Linux Network Driver to avoid a
corner case that could lead to transmit path stall.
000328857: Enhanced the VMware DDK build environment to properly use build
timestamp to enable VMware Update Manager (VUM) support.
000328319: Enhanced the bcu to address a failure while running “bcu fcdiag --
scsitest on Solaris Sparc”.
000321252: Enhanced the HCM GUI code to not recreate the tree at every
discovery to address the spontaneous tree collapsing.
000308773: Enhanced the Linux Adapter Software installer script to update the initrd
with the correct name even when there are multiple copies of the OEM specific
initrd(s).
Brocade Adapter Release 2.3.0.1
Key features and enhancements supported for the software release 2.3.0.1 include the
following:
000325035: Enhanced the UEFI boot to avoid Dell server diagnostics from stalling.
Brocade Adapter Release 2.3.0.0
The Brocade adapter software release 2.3.0.0 expands the feature set and support
matrix for all adapter products including Fibre Channel (FC) HBAs and CNAs with Fibre
Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and Data Center Bridging (DCB) technology.
Key features and enhancements supported for the software release 2.3.0.0 include the
following:
Operating System Updates:
Novell SLES11 SP1
Red Hat RHEL 6.0
Network Driver (BNA) Features:
Network Boot – PXE support (for specific OEM Models)
Solaris Network Driver
Windows 2008 R2 - NDIS 6.2
Windows 2008 R2 – VMQs
VMware – Transmit NetQueues.
Storage Driver (BFA) Features:
N_port Trunking
UEFI HII support (for specific OEM Models)
The 2.3.0.0 release includes the following fixes or enhancements:
000301679: Enhanced Linux storage driver to allow user to configure maximum
transfer size.
000301676: Enhanced HCM to add visual indication of port disable.