10GigEthr-02 (iexgbe) B.11.31.1301 Ethernet Driver Release Notes (March 2013 Update, Edition 4)

1 10GigEthr-02 overview
NOTE: The Web 1301 release of 10GigEthr-02 has been replaced by the equivalent AR 1303
release. For more information, see the 10GigEthr-02 (iexgbe) B.11.31.1303 Ethernet Driver Release
Notes.
The 10GigEthr-02 bundle contains the PCIe 10 Gigabit Ethernet iexgbe driver. This driver supports
the following 10 Gigabit Ethernet products and LOMs:
HP Integrity Server LOM
PCIe 10 Gigabit Mezzanine Ethernet
cards
PCIe 10 Gigabit Standup Ethernet
cards
BL860c i2NC532m (part number 467799-B21)AM225A 10GbE-SR (fibre) adapter
BL870c i2AM232A 10GbE-LR (fibre) adapter
BL890c i2AM233A 10GbE-CR (copper) adapter
Integrity Superdome 2
NOTE: The HP-UX ioscan utility shows AM225A, AM232A and AM233A cards all as
“AM225A”. This is because the only difference between the cards is the type of SFP module that
is used. Since the cards are functionally equivalent at the operating system level, ioscan does
not distinguish between them.
For more information about installing the supported PCIe 10 Gigabit Ethernet and mezzanine
cards, see the following documents:
• HP-UX and Windows OS Installation Guide for HP NC532m Dual Port Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet
Multifunction BL-c Adapter
• HP PCIe 2 port 10Gb Ethernet-SR, LR, and CR Adapter Installation Guide
These documents can be found at the following website:
http://www.hp.com/go/10-gigabit-ethernet-docs
For more information about HP Integrity Server LOM installation, see the respective server installation
documentation at the following locations:
www.hp.com/go/blades-docs
www.hp.com/go/integrity_servers-docs
For more information about firmware requirements and how to obtain the latest firmware for your
product, see “Firmware requirements” (page 10).
1.1 Terminology
The following terms are used in this document:
Adapter The whole card.
AVIO Accelerated Virtual Input/Output. An I/O protocol that improves virtual
I/O performance for network and storage devices used within the HP
Integrity VM environment.
Card The adapter, most often in reference to the hardware or to a specific form
factor (such as PCIe mezzanine).
Device The adapter as a whole, or an HP-UX device.
DIO The direct I/O networking feature that allows virtual machines to directly
control I/O devices, minimizing device emulation overhead incurred with
AVIO.
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