10GigEthr-02 (iexgbe) B.11.31.1306 Ethernet Driver Release Notes

1 10GigEthr-02 overview
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
adapters
PCIe 10 Gigabit Standup Ethernet
adapters
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 adapters all as
“AM225A”. This is because the only difference between the adapters is the type of SFP module
that is used. Since the adapters 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
adapters, 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 13).
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.
Flex-10 HP Flex-10 allows each 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter to be configured
by HP-UX as eight LAN devices. Each port in a dual-ported mezzanine
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