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User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oa dcom Cor por ati on Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM100-R Broadcom NetXtrem e II™ Network Adapter User Guide P age 1 Br oadcom NetXtreme II™ Network Adapter User Guide • Intr oduct ion • Functio nality and Featu res •T e a m i n g • Virtual LA Ns (VLANs) • Manage abilit y • Inst alli ng th e Ha [...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oad com Corpo rat ion P age 2 Broadcom NetXtreme II™ Network Adapt er User Guide Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM100-R the appli cation or use of any product or ci rcuit desc ribed he rein, neit her does it con vey any lic ense un der its pa tent rights o r the right s of ot hers. Broadco m, the pu lse lo go, Con n[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oa dcom Cor por ati on Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM100-R Functionality and F eatures: Broadcom NetXtreme II™ Netw ork Adapter User Guide Page 3 Function alit y and Featu res: Broadcom NetXtreme II™ Netw ork Adapter User Guide • Func tional Descripti on •F e a t u r e s F UNCTIONAL D ESCRIPTION The Broa[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 4 Feat ures Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R F EATURES The foll owing is a list o f the Broadcom Net Xtreme II adapte r featur es: • TCP Of fload Engine (T OE) • Int er ne t Smal l Com put er Sy stem s Inte rface (i SCS I) of flo ad • Singl e-chip so lution • Integr ated 10/10[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R Feat ures P age 5 • Integ rated 96 KB frame b uffer memor y • GMII/MII M anageme nt Interf ace • F our unique MA C unicas t addres ses • Support f or multi cast add resses v ia 128 bi ts hashi ng hardware func tion • Ser ia l fl ash NV RAM memo [...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 6 Feat ures Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R P OWER M ANAGEMENT Adapt er speed conne ction when the system is down waiting fo r a wa ke-up signa l may be at 10 Mb ps or 100 Mbps, but ca n return to 1000 Mbit/s w hen the system is up and running if connected t o a 1000 Mbps capabl e sw[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Suppor ted Operating E nvironments Page 7 S UPPORTED O PERATING E NVIRONMENTS The Broad c om Ne tXtreme II ad apter h as softw are su pport for the following op erating sy stem s: •M i c r o s o f t ® Window s ® (32-bit and 64-bit ex tended) • Micro[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 8 Network Link and Acti vity Indication Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R N ETWORK L INK AND A CTIVITY I NDICATION For copper -wire Ethernet conn ection s, the state of the netw ork link and act ivity is in dicated by th e LEDs on the RJ-45 connec tor, as d e scribed in T able 1 . For [...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Configuring T eaming: Broadcom NetXtreme II™ Network Adapter User Guide Page 9 Configuring T eaming: Br oadcom NetXtreme II™ Netw ork Adapter User Guide • Broadc om Advan ced Serve r Program O verview • Load Balancing and F ault Tolerance B ROADCO[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 10 Load Balancing and F ault T ole rance Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R NOTE: Altho ugh a team can be cre ated with one adapter, it is not rec ommende d since thi s defeats the purpo se of teaming . A tea m consi sting of one ad apter is automatic ally created w hen se tting up VLAN[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Load Balancing and Fault T oler a nce P age 11 L INK A GGREGATIO N (802.3 AD ) This mo de support s link agg regation and conf orms to the I EEE 802.3ad (LACP) specific ation. Confi g urati on software al lows you to dynami cally configure which adap ters[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 12 Load Balancing and F ault T ole rance Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R SLB (A UTO -F ALLBACK D ISABLE ) The SLB (Auto- Fallback Disabl e) type of team is iden tical to the Smart Lo ad Balancing and F ailover ty pe of tea m, with the follow ing e xception —when th e standby mem be[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Load Balancing and Fault T oler a nce P age 13 NOTE: IPv6 is supported fo r addressi ng, but is not s upporte d for load balancing. The Smar t Load Balanci ng type of team wo rks with all Ethernet swit ches with out having to co nfigure the switch po rts [...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 14 Broadcom Gigabit Ether net T eaming Ser vices: Br oadcom NetXtreme II™ Networ k Adapter User Guide Br oadcom Gigabit Ethernet T eaming Services: Br oadcom Ne tXtreme II™ Network Adapter User Guid e • Execut ive Su mmary • Te aming M echan isms • Team ing and O ther Adva[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R Executiv e Summar y Page 15 G LOSSARY Table 1 : Glossar y Item Definition ARP Address R esoluti on Protocol BACS Broadco m Advanced Control Suite BASP Broadcom Adv anced Serv er Program (i ntermedia te driver) DNS domain n ame serv ice G-ARP Gratuitou s A[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 16 Execut ive Summary Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM100-R WINS Windows n ame service WLBS Windows L oad Balancing Ser v ice Table 1: G lossary (Cont.) Item Definition[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R Executiv e Summar y Page 17 T EAMIN G C ONCEPTS • Net work Addr essing • Team ing and N etwork Addresses • Des cription of Teaming Typ es • TOE T eaming The concept of grouping multiple physical devices to pr ovide fault tolerance and load balanci[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 18 Execut ive Summary Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM100-R team mu st use a uniq ue MAC address to be IEEE compliant . It is important to n ote that ARP ca che entrie s are not le arned from rec eived fram es, but o nly from A RP requests and ARP replies. Description of Teaming Types • S[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R Executiv e Summar y Page 19 Smart Load Balancing en ables both transmit and rec eive load balancing based on the La yer 3/Layer 4 IP address an d TCP/ UDP port n umber. In other w ords, the load balancin g is not d one at a byte or f rame l evel but o n a[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 20 Execut ive Summary Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM100-R Generi c Trunki ng Generic Trunking is a swit ch-assis ted tea ming mode and require s configu ring ports at both end s of the l ink: serve r interfaces and sw itch p orts. This is often referred to as Cisco Fas t Ethe rChannel or [...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R Executiv e Summar y Page 21 TOE Teaming All four basic teaming modes support failove r of traffic from a failed adapter to other working adapters. All four teaming modes a lso sup port bidirec tiona l load-bala ncing of TCP/IP traffic . A primary diff ere[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 22 Execut ive Summary Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM100-R set of lib rary functions to en able the co mmunications between ei ther mini port driv ers or interm ediate driv ers and the protoco l stack. The protocol stack implements IP, IPX and ARP. A pr otocol addre ss such as an IP ad dre[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R Executiv e Summar y Page 23 H ARDWARE R EQUIRE MENTS • Rep eater Hub • Switching Hub •R o u t e r The various teaming modes described in this document pl ace certain r estrictions on t he networking equipment used to connec t clien ts to teame d sys[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 24 Execut ive Summary Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM100-R T EAMIN G S UPPORT BY P ROCESSOR All team types are supporte d by the IA-32, AMD -64, and EM64T processor s . C ONFIGURING T EAMI NG The Broa dcom Advan ced C ontrol Su ite 3 utility is use d to c onfigu re tea ming i n the support[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R Executiv e Summar y Page 25 a SLB with one prima ry and one stand by member. b Requires at leas t one Broadco m adapter in the team. c TOE fu nctional ity can o nly be achiev ed with SL B teams th at con sist of a ll Broadco m TOE-enable d adapters . Mixe[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 26 Execut ive Summary Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM100-R S ELECTING A T EAM T YPE The foll owing flow cha rt provides the decision flow when planning for Layer 2 tea m ing. For TOE teaming, on ly Smart Load Balancin g™ and F ailover t ype team is suppor ted. The p rimar y rational e fo[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R T eaming Mechanisms P age 27 T EAMING M ECHANISMS • Architec ture • Types of Tea ms • Att ributes of the Feat ures Associ ated with Ea ch Type of Team • Speed s Supported for Eac h Type of Team A RCHITECTURE The Broadc om Advanc ed Server Pro gram[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 28 T eaming Mechanisms Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R Figure 2: I ntermediate Driv er Outbound Traffic Flow The Broadcom Intermed iate Driver manages the outbound traffi c flow for all teaming modes. F or outbound traffic, every packet is first classified into a flow, and th en dist[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R T eaming Mechanisms P age 29 The outb ound TCP and UD P pac kets are classi fied usi ng Layer 3 and Laye r 4 header information. Thi s sche me improves the load d i stributio n s for popul ar Internet protocol services us ing well- known ports suc h as HT[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 30 T eaming Mechanisms Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R ICMP ------> Phy sAdapter1 ------> 1 0 .0.0.1 If the server als o sends a n TCP and UD P flow to the same 1 0 .0.0.1 address, they can be on the same phy sica l adapter a s IGMP an d ICMP, o r on comp letely differ ent phys[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R T eaming Mechanisms P age 31 The BASP intermedi ate drive r continua lly monitors the p hy sical ports in a team for link loss. In the e v ent of li nk loss on any port, traffic is automat ically di verted to other ports in th e team. The SLB tea m ing mo[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 32 T eaming Mechanisms Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R Switch- Depende nt Generi c Static Trunkin g This mode support s a variet y of environment s where the adap ter link partners are statically configured to support a proprietary trunking mechanism. This mode could be used to suppo[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R T eaming Mechanisms P age 33 Dynamic Trunkin g (IEEE 802.3ad Li nk Aggr egatio n) This mode su pports link aggregation through stati c and dynamic configuration v ia the Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP). W ith this mode, a ll adapters in the team [...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 34 T eaming Mechanisms Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R A TTRIBUTES OF THE F EATURES A SS OCIATE D WITH E ACH T YPE OF T EAM The attrib utes of the featu res associated with ea ch type o f team are summ arized in Table 5 . Table 5: Attributes Feature Attribute Smart Load Bal ancing™[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R T eaming Mechanisms P age 35 a Some switch es require matching link speeds to corre ctly negoti ate between trun k connectio ns. b Make s ure that Port Fast or Edg e Port is enabled . S PEEDS S UPPORT ED FOR E ACH T YPE OF T EAM The var ious link sp eeds [...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 36 T eaming and Other Advanced Networ king Proper ties Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R T EAMING AND O THE R A DVANCED N ETWORKING P RO PERTIES • Che cksum Offloa d • IEEE 802.1p QoS Ta gging • Large Send Offl oad • TCP Offloa d Engine (T OE) • Jum bo Frames • IEEE 802 .1Q[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R T eaming and Other Adv a nced Networking Properties Page 37 C HECKSUM O FFLOAD Check sum Offlo ad is a property of the Broadco m network adap ters that allows the TCP/IP/UD P checks ums for send and receive traffic to be calc ulated by the adapter hardwa [...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 38 T eaming and Other Advanced Networ king Proper ties Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R insertio n of a tag into an Etherne t frame to ide ntify the VLAN to which a fra m e belong s. If present, the 4-by te VLAN tag is inserted into the Ethern e t frame between the s ource M AC addre [...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R General Network Considerations P age 39 G ENERAL N ETWORK C ONSIDERATIONS • Team ing with M icrosoft Vi rtual Serve r 2005 • Teami ng Acr oss S witc hes • Spann ing Tree Algorithm • Laye r 3 Routing/Switc hing • Teami ng wi th H ubs ( for t roub[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 40 General Network Considerations Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R types of teaming supporte d by Broadcom. Th erefore, an interconnec t link must be provide d between the switches that connec t to ports i n the same team . In the confi gurati on withou t the intercon nect, an ICMP Re[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R General Network Considerations P age 41 The addi tion of a link b etween th e switc hes allo ws traffi c from /to Blue and Gray to reach e ach other witho ut any pro blems. Note the additional entries in the CAM table fo r both switches . The link inte rc[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 42 General Network Considerations Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R Figure 5 r epresents a failo ver event i n which the ca ble is unp lugged on the Top Sw itch port 4. T his is a s uccessf ul failov er with a ll statio ns pinging e ach other without l oss of c onnectiv i ty. Figure 5:[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R General Network Considerations P age 43 S PANNING T REE A LGORITHM • Topo logy Change Not ice (TCN) • Por t Fast/Edge Port In Ethern et networks, o nly one active path may exi st betw een any two bridges o r switc hes. Mu ltiple a ctive paths b etween[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 44 General Network Considerations Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R Topolog y Change Notic e BPDUs are sent wh en a port that was forward ing changes to blocking or tran sition s to forwardin g. A TCN BPDU does not initiate an ST P recalculation. It only af fects the aging time of the [...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R General Network Considerations P age 45 SLB Team Connected to a Single Hub SLB teams configured as show n in Figure 6 maintain their fault tolerance properties. Either server connection could potentia lly fail, and network functio nality is maintaine d. C[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 46 Application Considerations Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R A PPLICATION C ONSIDERATIONS • Team ing and Clust ering • Team ing and N etwork Bac kup T EAMIN G AND C LUSTERING • Mic rosoft Cluster Software • Hi gh-Performan ce Comput ing Cluste r •O r a c l e Microsoft Clus[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Application Considerations P age 47 Figure 7 s hows a 2-node Fibre-C hannel clu ster with three networ k interface s per cluster nod e: one private and two pub lic. On eac h node, the tw o public adapters are team ed, and the private adapte r is not. Tea [...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 48 Application Considerations Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R High-Performance Computing Cluster Gigabit Ethernet is typically used for the following thr ee purposes in high-performance computing clus ter (HPCC) applic ations: • Inter-Pr ocess Com munic ations (IPC ): F or applicat[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Application Considerations P age 49 Oracle In our Orac le Solution Stacks, we sup port adap ter teaming in both the priv ate netwo rk (intercon nect between RAC nodes ) and pub lic network with clients or the applicati on layer above the databa se layer. [...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 50 Application Considerations Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R T EAMIN G AND N ETWORK B ACKUP • Load Balancing and F ailover • Fault Tole ran ce When you pe rform netwo rk backups in a nonteamed environme nt, overall thro ughput on a backup server ad apter can be easily impac ted [...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Application Considerations P age 51 Because there are four clie nt server s, the back up server can simult aneously stream four backup jobs (on e per client ) to a multidr ive autoloader. Bec ause of the single li nk between the swi tch and the backup ser[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 52 Application Considerations Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R The sa me al gori thm ap pli es if a t hird and fourt h back up o perat ion i s ini tiat ed f rom th e backu p se rver . The t eam ed int erfa ce on the bac kup se rver transm its a unicast G-ARP to backup c lients to in f[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Application Considerations P age 53[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 54 T roubleshooting T e aming Problems Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R T ROUBLESHOOTING T EAMING P ROBLEMS • Teami ng Co nfigu ra tion T ips • Trou blesh oot ing Gu ideli nes When r unn ing a pr otoc ol an aly zer ov er a v irtu al adap te r team ed int erfa ce, the MAC a ddr ess[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R F requent ly Ask ed Questions P age 55 and f allback . 15. Test the pe rformance behav ior of the te am before placi ng into a production envi ronment. 16. Network teaming is not suppor ted when running iSCSI traff ic via Microsoft iSCSI in itiator or iSC[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 56 F requently Asked Questions Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R Questio n : Can I conn ect the te amed ada pters to a h ub? Answer : Teamed po rts can be conn ected to a hub for tr oubleshoot ing purposes only. However, this practice is not recom mended f or normal opera tion bec ause[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R F requent ly Ask ed Questions P age 57 Questio n : During backup operat ions, d oes t he adapt er teaming algorithm load balance data at a byte-lev el or a sess ion- level ? Answ er : When usin g adapter teami ng, da ta is on ly load balanced at a sessi o[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 58 Appendix A: Ev ent Log Messages Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R A PPENDIX A: E VENT L OG M ESSAGES • Wind ows System Event Log messages • Base D rive r (Phy sica l Ada pter /Mini port ) • Interm ediat e Driver (Virtual Adapter/T eam) W INDOWS S YSTEM E VENT L OG MESS AGES Th[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Appendix A: Event Log Messa ges P age 59 7 Informat ional Network c ontrol ler configure d for 10Mb full- duplex l ink. The adapte r has been manually configu red for the selected line speed and duplex s ettings. No actio n is required . 8 Informat ional [...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 60 Appendix A: Ev ent Log Messages Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R 20 Error Driver initializ ation f ailed. Unspecifi ed failure during driver ini tializati on. Reins tall the driver, update to a newer driv er, run Broadcom Advanc ed Contro l Suite 3 diagno stics, or replac e the ada[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Appendix A: Event Log Messa ges P age 61 I NTERMEDIATE D RIV ER (V IRTUAL A DAPTER /T EAM ) The intermediate driver is identified by source BLFM , reg ardless of the base driver revision. Table 9 lists th e event log messa ges sup ported by the intermedia[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 62 Appendix A: Ev ent Log Messages Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R 14 Info rmational Netw ork adapte r does not support Adv anced Failov er. The physica l adap ter does not su ppor t th e Bro adco m NIC Extension (NICE). Replace th e adapter with one that d oes support NIC E. 15 Info[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Vir tual LANs: Broadcom Ne tXtreme II™ Network Adapter User Guide P age 63 Vir tua l LANs: Broadcom Ne tXtreme II™ Network Adapter User Guide • VLAN O ver view • Addin g VLANs to Te ams VLAN O VERV IE W Virtual LAN s (VLANs) a llow you to sp lit y[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 64 VLAN Overview Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R Figure 1 shows an exam ple netw ork that uses VLANs. In th is example ne twork, th e physi cal LAN consis ts of a switch, two servers , and five c lients. The LAN is log ically o rganized i nto three different VLAN s, each represe ntin[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Adding VLANs to T eam s P age 65 A DDING VLA N S TO T EAMS Each te am supports up t o 64 VLANs (63 tagged and 1 untagged ). Note that o nly Broad com ada pters and Alteon ® AceNIC adapters can be p art of a team with VLANs. With multiple VLANs on an a da[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 66 Manageability: Broadcom NetX treme II™ Network Adapter User Guide Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM100-R Mana geability: Br oadcom NetXtreme II™ Netw ork Adapter User Guide •C I M •S N M P CIM The Comm on Information Mo del (CIM) is an indu stry standard defi ned by the Distribu t[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R SNMP Page 67 SNMP BASP S UBAGE NT The BASP sub agent, bas pmgnt.dll , is desig ned for the Wi ndows 2000 Server and W indows Server 2003 SNMP service. It is requi red to ins tall the SNM P servic e before in s talling the BASP subagent. The BASP subagen t[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 68 SNMP Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R BASP E XT ENSI BLE -A GENT The Broad com NetXt reme II Gigabi t Ethe rnet Con troller Extended In format ion SNMP ex tensible- agent (bcmif.dll ) is designed for Windows 2000 Server , Windows Server 2 003, and W indows Server 20 08 SNMP service[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Installing the Hardware: Broadc om NetXtreme II™ Network Adapter User Guide P age 69 Installing the Hard ware : Br oadcom NetXtreme II™ Netw ork Adapter User Guide •O v e r v i e w • Syst em Requirements • Safe ty Prec aut ions • Pre installa [...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 70 Safet y Precautions Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM100-R Novell NetW are Novell N etWare 6. 5 with the lates t support pack. Linux Although the adapter drive r should work wit h many Li nux kernel versio ns and distribut ions, it has onl y been tes ted on 2.4x kernels (starting from 2.4[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R Installat ion of the Add-In NIC Page 71 I NSTALLATION OF THE A DD -I N NIC The follow ing inst ructions apply to in stalling th e Broadcom NetXtrem e II adapter (add-in NIC ) in most sys tems. Refer to the manual s that were suppli ed with your sys tem fo[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 72 Installation of the Add-In NIC Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R 2. Conne ct one end of the ca ble to the RJ-45 c onnector o n the adapter. 3. Connect t he other end of th e cable to an RJ-45 Ethernet n etwork p ort. Fiber Optic 1. Sele ct an a pprop riat e ca ble. Table 2 lists the[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-RBroadcom B oot Agent Driv er Software: B roadcom NetXtr eme II™ Network Adapter User Guide Br oadcom Bo ot Agent Driv er Software: Br oadcom Ne tXtreme II™ Network Adapter User Guid e •O v e r v i e w • Sett ing U p MBA in a Cl ient E nvir onm ent [...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 74 Setting Up MBA in a Client E nvi ronment Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R S ETTING U P MBA IN A C LIENT E NV IRO NM ENT Setting u p MBA in a client envir onment in volves the fol lowing s teps: 1. Enab ling t he MBA driv er. 2. Config uring the MBA driver. 3. Setting u p the BIOS f[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Setting Up MBA in a S erver Environment Page 75 4. Use the UP ARROW, DOWN ARROW, LEFT A RROW, and RIGHT ARROW ke ys to mo ve to and change the values f or other menu items, as desired. 5. Press F4 to save you r setti ngs. 6. Pres s ESC w hen yo u are f in[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 76 iSCSI Protocol: Broadcom NetXtreme II™ Netw ork Adapter User Guide Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R iSCSI Pr otocol: Br oadcom NetXtreme II™ Netw ork Adapter User Guide • iSCSI Boo t • iSCSI Crash Du m p • iSCSI Offlo ad I SCSI B OOT Broadc om NetX treme II Gigabi t Ether[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R iSCSI Boot Page 77 1. Create an iSCSI target. 2. Creat e a vir tual di sk. 3. Map the virtual d isk to the iSCSI targ et crea ted in ste p 1. 4. Associ ate an iSCSI init iator wit h the iS CSI target. 5. Record the iSCSI ta rget name, T CP port number, iS[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 78 iSCSI Boot Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R MBA Boot P rotocol Conf igurati on To configure the boot protocol 1. Restart your system. 2. From the PXE banner, s e lect CTRL+S . The MBA Conf iguration Menu appears (s ee Broad com Boot Ag ent ). 3. From the MBA Configurati on Menu, us[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R iSCSI Boot Page 79 • Boot to iS CSI target : Di sab led • DHCP V endor ID : BRCM ISAN • Link Up Dela y Time : 0 • Use TCP T imestamp : En abled • T arg et as F irs t H DD : Disable d • LUN Busy Retry C ount : 0 • IP Version : IPv6. (Fo r IPv[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 80 iSCSI Boot Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R NOTE: When using a DHCP server, the DNS server entries are overwritten by the values provided by the DHCP server. This occurs even if the locally provided values are valid and the DHCP server provides no DNS server information. When the D[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R iSCSI Boot Page 81 Configu re Parame ters for a S econdar y Adapte r A secon d iSCSI bo ot adap ter can be configured for re dundan cy in the event the primary adapter fails to boot. To configure the iSCSI boot parameters for a secondary adapte r 1. From [...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 82 iSCSI Boot Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R 4. Select su pport for Mu ltipath I/O (M PIO), if needed . Refer to Mic rosoft’s Ini tiator docum entati on for more infor mation on MPIO. 5. Select th e iSCSI bo ot option. 6. Select th e Broadcom adap ter as the iSCSI boot device. NOT[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R iSCSI Boot Page 83 5. Select ESC t o return to t he Main menu. 6. From the Main menu, select 1st Targ et Parameter s . 7. From the 1st Target Parameters screen, type va lues for the follo wing using the value s used when conf iguring the iSCSI target: •[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 84 iSCSI Boot Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R DHCP Option 43, Ve ndor-Specific In formation DHCP option 43 (vendor-specific information) pro vides more configuration options to the iSCSI client than DHCP o ption 17. In this config uration, three add itiona l subopti ons ar e provide [...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R iSCSI Boot Page 85 DHCP iSCSI Boot Configuration for IPv6 The DHCPv6 server can provide a nu mber of options, incl uding stateless o r stateful IP configuration, as well s informati on to the DHCPv6 clie nt. For iSCSI boot, Broadcom adapters support the f[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 86 iSCSI Boot Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R Configuring the DHCP Server Configure the DHCP server to s upport Option 16 and Option 17. NOTE: • The format of DHCPv6 Option 16 and Option 17 are fully defined in RFC 3315. L INUX I SCSI B OOT S ETU P Linux iS CSI b oot is s uppor ted[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R iSCSI Boot Page 87 Booting See Bootin g . O THER I SCSI B OOT C ONS IDERA TIO NS There are several other fa ctors that sh ould be c onsidered when c onfiguring a sy s tem f or iSCSI bo ot. Virtual LANs Virtual LA N (VLAN) ta gging is not supp orted for iS[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 88 iSCSI Boot Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R x64 Arc hitecture • Disk1: " WDF Installation D isk" • bxvbd. cat • bxvbd. inf • bxvbda .sys • txtse tup.oem • wdf010 00.sy s •w d f l d r . s y s • Disk2: "B roadcom iSCSI Driver" •b x o i s . c a t [...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R iSCSI Boot Page 89 Window s Server 2008 (No n-OIS) To perform a r emote in stall for no n-offload 1. Config ure iSCSI Op R OM with all prope r settings. • Boot to iS CSI Target : Disable • T arg et as F irs t H DD : En able • HBA : Dis able 2. Order[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 90 iSCSI Crash Dump Document E NGSR V T52-CDUM100-R when promp ted . 11. Enter the iS CSI conf igurati on menu b y selecting CTRL+ K. 12. Enter General Pa rameters and s et Boot to iSCSI ta rget to Enable. 13. Exit and sa ve the iSCSI con figura tion. 14. Exit and sa ve the MBA co n[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R iSCSI Offload Page 91 I SCSI O FFLOAD iSCSI offl oad is a te chnology that off loads iSCSI protoc ol proces sing ove rhead fro m host pro cessors to th e iSCSI host bus adapter t o increase netw ork p erformance and throughp ut while helping to optimize s[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 92 iSCSI Offl oad Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R Configuring Broadcom iSCSI Using BACS 3 The Broadcom Advanced Co ntrol Suite (BACS 3) is used to m anage al l of Broadcom’s n etwork adapte rs and adva nced features . For more informa tion, see Using Br oadcom Ad vanced Contro l Su[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R iSCSI Offload Page 93 3. Select th e Confi guratio n tab. 4. DHCP is the default for IP address assignment, but this can be changed to static IP address assignment, if this is the prefe rred method of IP address as signmen t. NOTE: The IP ad dress assignm[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 94 iSCSI Offl oad Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R 5. Select App ly and cl ose BACS.[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R iSCSI Offload Page 95 Configure Microsoft Initiator to Use Broadcom’s iSCSI Offloa d Now that t he IP address has b een configured fo r the iSCSI a dapter, you need to use Micro s oft In itiator to c onfigur e and add a conne ction to the iSC SI targe t[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 96 iSCSI Offl oad Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R 4. Select th e Discovery tab and click Add to add a targ et portal. 5. Enter the I P address of t he target an d click Advanced .[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R iSCSI Offload Page 97 6. From the Gene ral tab, select Bro adcom NetXtrem e II C-NI C iSCSI Adapter from Local ada pter .[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 98 iSCSI Offl oad Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R 7. Select th e IP add ress for th e adapter from Source IP .[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R iSCSI Offload Page 99 8. Click OK to close Advan ced setti ng and the n OK to add th e target portal.[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 100 iSCSI Offload Document E NGSR V T52-CDUM100-R 9. From th e Targets tab, se lect the target and cli ck Log On to log into yo ur iSCSI target us ing the Broad com iSCSI ad apter. 10. Clic k on Advanced .[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R iSCSI Offload Page 101 11. On the Ge neral tab, select the Broadc om Net Xtreme Ii C- NIC iSC SI adapt er from Local ad apter . 12. Clic k OK to clos e Advance d setting s. 13. Clic k OK to clos e the Mic rosoft Init iator. 14. To format yo ur iSCSI parti[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 102 iSCSI Offload Document E NGSR V T52-CDUM100-R I SCSI O FFLOAD FA Q S Q : How do I assign an IP ad dress for iSCSI o ffload? A : Use the Confi gurations tab in Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 (BACS). Q : What tools sh ould be used to create the conne ction to the t arget? A : U[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-RInstalling M anagement Applications: Broadcom NetXtrem e II™ Network Adapter User Guide Page Installing Management Appl ications: Br oadcom NetXtreme II™ Netw ork Adapter User Guide • Insta lling Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 and Rel ated Mana ge[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 104 Installing Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 and Related Management Applications Document ENGSR VT 52- .NET F RAMEWORK R EQUIREM ENT Micros oft .NET Fram ework 2 .0 includes the ru ntime and asso ciated files nee ded to run BACS 3, and must be in stalled on your sy stem in orde [...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-RInstalling Br oadcom Adv anced Control Suite 3 and Related Management Applications P age 105 7. Click Install . 8. Click Finish to close the wiz ard. U SING S ILENT I NSTALLATION NOTES: • All com mands ar e case sensitive . • User must “Run as Admini[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 106 Modifying Management Applic ations Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R Type the follo wing: setup /s /v"/qn ADDSOURCE=BACSa64,CHMa 64,BASPa64,SNMPa64" To perform a silent in stall from within a ba tch file To perfor m a silent install from within a batch fi le and wait fo r[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Removing Management Applications P age 107 1. In Con trol panel , doubl e-click Add or Remov e Progra ms. 2. Click Broadcom Management Pro grams , and then click Re move . 3. Reboo t your sy stem t o comple te the removal o f management ap plica tions.[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 108 NDIS2 Driver Software: Broadcom NetXtreme II™ Network Adapter User Guide Doc ument ENGSR VT52-CDUM100-R NDIS2 Driv er Software: Br oadcom NetXtreme II™ Netw ork Adapter User Guide •O v e r v i e w • Pre installa tion Req uirements • Ins talli ng t he NDI S2 Driv er So [...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R Installing the NDIS2 Driv er Softw are for Use on MS-DOS Platf or ms Page 109 • Window s NT Server 4. 0 users. When runn ing Setup for Microsoft Netwo rk Clien t v3.0 fo r MS-DOS, cli ck any network c ard from the list (NE2000 Co mpatible , fo r example[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 110 Installing the NDIS2 Driver Software f or Use on M S-DOS Platf orms Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R Example Prot ocol.ini file for IPX [network.setup] version=0x3110 netcard=ms$ne2clone,1,MS$NE2CLONE,1 transport=ms$ndishlp,MS$NDISHLP transport=ms$nwlink,MS$NWLINK lana0=ms$ne2clon[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R Installing the NDIS2 Driv er Softw are for Use on MS-DOS Platf or ms Page 111 2. Edit A:NetSy stem.in i. a. Chan ge netcard= to netcard=BXND20X.dos . b. Che ck for refe rences to C:NET and change C: NET to A:NET if ne cessary. Example Sy stem.ini fil[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 112 Installing the NDIS2 Driver Software f or Use on M S-DOS Platf orms Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R lastdrive=z I NSTALLING THE DOS NDIS2 D RIVER S OFTWARE ON THE H ARD D ISK To install the DOS NDIS2 Driver Software on the hard disk 1. Verify tha t the sys tem has Microso ft LAN [...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Using Ke ywords for the Drivers Page 113 U SING K EYWORDS FOR THE D RIVERS The Pr otocol. ini file cont ains cert ain ke yword s that ar e used by the BXN D20X.do s AND BX ND20X. dos driv ers. These keyw ords are li sted below: BusNum . Spec ifies the n u[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 114 Using K eywords f or the Drivers Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R AcceptAllMC . Informs th e driv er to deliv er all mu lticast packets to the upper protoc ol.[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R ODI Driv er Softw are: Broadcom NetXtreme II™ Network Adapter User Guide P age 115 ODI Driver Software: Broadcom NetXtreme II™ Netw ork Adapter User Guide •O v e r v i e w • ODI Client32 • DOS ODI O VERVIEW Three dri vers are disc ussed i n this[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 116 ODI Client32 Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R 6. Type install , and then press ENT ER . 7. Read t he agreem ent, and then pr ess ENTER to accept the agree ment. 8. Using the UP ARROW or DOWN ARRO W key as necessa ry, highlight Nove ll Client for DOS (required) , an d then p ress F[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R ODI Client32 Page 117 NOTES: • At the end of t he ODI drive r softwa re ins tallation process, note the BusN um and DevNum valu es that are displa yed. Alternatively , use Broadc om Advanc ed Contro l Suite 3 (see Viewing R esource In formation ) t o vi[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 118 DOS ODI Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R DOS ODI The Ope n Data-Li nk Interfac e (ODI) dri ver software allows LAN drive rs to work tog ether irrespectiv e of diff erences b etween the hardware and/or the proto col stacks of communi cating co m puters. An intervening laye r , call[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R DOS ODI Page 119 PROTOCOL IPXODI 5. Restar t the com puter to co mplete the inst allation. 6. As the file s are being loaded, the comput er attempts to att ach to a Net Ware server u s ing the fram e types specifi ed in Net.cf g. If th e connec tion is s [...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 120 DOS ODI Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R Exampl e: LINK DRIVER BX2 SUBVID 14E4 SUBVID cannot be used with BUSNUM , DEVNUM or F UNNUM . The MOD EL keyword is for l oading the driv er only on the first network in terface card fou nd that h as a subvendo r ID (SVID) that matc hes the[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Linux Driver S oftware: Broadcom Net X treme II™ Network Adapter User Guide Page 121 Linux Driver Software : Br oadcom Ne tXtreme II™ Netw ork Adapter User Guide • Intr oduct ion • Limitat ions • Packagi ng • Insta lling Linux Driv er Software[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 122 Limitations Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R L IMIT A TION S • bnx 2 Dri ver • bnx2 x Dr iv er • bnx 2i Dr iver BNX 2 D RIVER The curre nt version of the dri ver has be en test ed on 2.4.x kernels (s tarting f rom 2.4.24) and all 2.6. x kernels . Th e driver ma y not compi l[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R P ackaging Page 123 P ACKAGING The Linu x driver is rel eased in the pac kaging fo rmats shown in Table 2 . The netxtrem e2 pack age contains the bnx2 (1 Gb network adapt er) driver, the bnx2x (10 Gb network adapte r) driver, and the bnx2i (iSCSI) driver [...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 124 Installing Linux Driver Software Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R I NSTALLING L INUX D RIVER S OFTWARE • Inst alli ng th e Sour ce RP M Pack age • Bu ilding th e Driver from the Sou rce TAR File NOTE: If a bnx2/bnx2x/bn x 2i dr iver is loaded an d the Linux kernel i s update d[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Load and Run Necessary iSCSI Software Components Page 125 2.6.16 k ernels and newe r (bnx2i d river) /lib/modules/kernel_version/kernel/dri vers/iscsi/bnx2i.ko 4. Load the driver: insmod bnx2 or modprobe bnx2 5. Load the cnic driver (if applic able): insm[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 126 Load and Run Necessary iSCSI Softw are Components Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R 1. Unloa d existin g driv er and kil l user daemon, if nec essary: Manual : rmmod bnx2i pkill -9 bnx2id Usin g serv ice: service bnx2id stop 2. Load the iSCSI driver and the user d aemon: Manual : b[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Unloading/Removing the Lin ux Driver Page 127 U NLOADING /R EMOVING THE L INUX D RIVER • Unl oading/R emovin g the Dri ver from a n RPM Installa tion • Remov ing the Driver from a TAR In stallation U NLOADING /R EM OVING THE D RIV ER FROM AN RPM I NST[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 128 Network Installations Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R Next, the old fil es can b e backed up an d the new files c an be renam ed for use. cp /usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids /usr/shar e/hwdata/old.pci.ids cp /usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids.new /usr/ share/hwdata/pci.ids cp /usr/share/hwdata/p[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R Setti ng V alues f or Optional Properties P age 129 BNX 2 X D RIV ER disable_t pa The disable_tpa pa rameter can be suppl ied as a command lin e argument to disable the Transpare nt Packet Aggregatio n (TPA) feature . By default, the d river will agg rega[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 130 Setting V alues f or Optional Proper ties Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R BNX 2 I D RIVER Option al parameters en_ tcp_ dac k , error_mask1 , an d erro r_mask2 can be supplied as c ommand line arguments to th e insmod or modprobe com mand for bnx2i . erro r_mask1 and error_mask2 [...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Driver Def aults Page 131 Note th at Broad com val idatio n is limite d to a power of 2; for exam ple, 16 , 32. event_co al_div "Event C oalesc ing Divid e Factor", perform ance tun ing param eter used to mode rate the rate of in terrupt generat[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 132 Driver Messages Document ENGSR VT52- CDUM100-R Coales ce RX Frames IRQ : 6 (range is 0–255 ) Coales ce TX Microseco nds : 80 (rang e is 0–1023) Coales ce TX Microseco nds IRQ : 80 (range is 0 –1023) Coales ce TX Frames : 20 (ran ge is 0–2 55) Coales ce TX Fram es IRQ : 2[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Driver Messages Page 133 • bnx 2 and bn x2x Driver • bnx 2i Dr iver BNX 2 AND BNX 2 X D RIVER NOTE: The exam ples used in this proced ure refer to the bnx2 d river, but also a pply to the bnx 2x driver. Driver Sign on Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Eth[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 134 Driver Messages Document ENGSR VT52- CDUM100-R NOTE: T his messa ge is display ed only w hen the u s er at tempts to make an iSCSI c onnectio n . Driver detects iSCSI offload is not enabled on the CNIC device bnx2i: iSCSI not supported, dev=eth3 bnx2i: bnx2i: LOM is not enabled [...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Driver Messages Page 135 bnx2i: iscsi_error - ERL0, U3 bnx2i: iscsi_error - ERL0, U4 bnx2i: iscsi_error - ERL0, U5 bnx2i: iscsi_error - ERL0, U bnx2i: iscsi_error - invalid resi len bnx2i: iscsi_error - MRDSL violation bnx2i: iscsi_error - F-bit not set b[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 136 T eaming with Channel Bonding Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R T EAMING WITH C HANNEL B ONDING With t he Linux d rivers , you can team adap ters together usin g the bo nding ke rnel module and a channel bon ding interf ace. For more inform ation, see the Cha nnel Bo nding inf orma[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R Linux iSCSI Offload Page 137 L INUX I SCS I O FFLOAD • User Appli c ation - b nx2id • Open iS CSI U ser A pplic ati ons • Bind iSC SI T a rget to Broa dcom NX2 iSCSI T r ansport Name • Making Con nections to iSCSI T argets • Maximiz e Offload iS[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 138 Linux iSCSI Offl oad Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R B IND I SCSI T ARGET TO B ROADCOM NX2 I SCSI T RANS PORT N AME By defaul t, the open-iscsi dae mon connects to discov ered targets using software initiator (tra nsport name = 'tcp' ). Users w ho wish to offload iSCSI [...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R Linux iSCSI Offload Page 139 M AXIMIZE O FFLOAD I SCSI C ON NE CTI ONS With defau lt driver parameters set, which inclu des 128 out standing comma nds, bnx2i can offl oad a maxim um of 28 iSCSI connec tions. Th is is not a ha rd limit, but ju st a sim ple[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 140 NetWare Driv er So ftware: B roadc om NetXtreme II™ Network Adapter User Guide Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R NetW are Driver Softwa re: Br oadcom NetXtreme II™ Netw ork Adapter User Guide •O v e r v i e w • Pre installa tion Req uirements • Insta lling N etWare Serv e[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Installing NetW are S erver 6.5 Driver Software Page 141 I NSTALLING N ET W ARE S ERVER 6.5 D RIVER S OFTWARE You may want to create an archive disk by copying all the files from the CDROMNetWare Driver directory onto a floppy disk. If you elect to use [...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 142 Viewing or Modi fying Adapter Properties Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R RxBuffers= This is to pre-allocate rece ive ECBs & Receive ada pter re sources. This setting may be affected by the NetWare Server maximu m/min imum packet rece ive bu ffer se ttin gs. Min = 32 Max = 1 0[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R Viewing or Modifying Adapter Proper ties Page 143 TxPacke tsPer= Enables allowi ng an inte rrupt to o ccur afte r a speci fic amou nt of pack ets is tra nsmitted . Min = 0 (Disabl ed) Max = 10 0 The defa ult value is 20 . RxPacket sPer= Enables allowi ng [...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 144 Viewing or Modi fying Adapter Properties Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R NODE= A Nove ll NetW are keyword that allows an input Et hernet node addre ss to rep lace the adapter factor y-program med Ethern et node ad dress until a su bsequent reboot . NODE= nnnnnnn nnnnn FRAME= A No[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R Viewing or Modifying Adapter Proper ties Page 145 Spuriousfix= When this keyword is set to 1 (Spurious Fi x is ON), the spuri ous inte rrupts count that is someti mes displayed on the NetWare consol e may be reduced. Setting this keyw ord to 0 (Spu rious [...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 146 Viewing or Modi fying Adapter Properties Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R AUTO (default ) FORCE NOTE: If you modif y any o f the adapter p roperties, you mu st reboot the syste m befo re the chang es tak e effect. If you ma ke changes and do not reboot , you may experie nce pro bl[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Removing Dr ivers from A utoex ec .ncf Page 147 R EMOVING D RIVERS FROM A UTOEXEC . NCF To remov e the dr ivers f rom the Autoexec. ncf file, loca te the load and bind comma nd lines associated with t he Broadcom driver a nd remark them o ut by inserting [...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 148 Windows Driver Software: Broadcom NetXtreme II ™ Network Adapter U ser Guide Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R Windo ws Driver Software: Br oadcom NetXtreme II™ Netw ork Adapter User Guide • Insta lling the Driver Softwar e • Rem oving th e Device Dr ivers • Us ing the Ne[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R Installi ng the Dr iv er Software Page 149 4. Click Ne xt to co ntinue . 5. Afte r you r eview the l ice nse agr eem ent, click I accept the terms in the license agreeme nt and t hen clic k Next to continu e. 6. Select h ow you want to i nstall the NetXtr[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 150 Removing the Device Drivers Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R NOTE: The REINSTALL switch should only be used if the same installer is already instal led on the system. If upgr adi ng an ea rlie r ve rsion of th e ins tall er, us e setup /s /v/qn as liste d above. To perform a GUI r[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Inser ting the NetXtreme II Monolit hic Driv er i n a WinPE 2.0 Image Page 151 known as Remote Installation Services (RIS), or for t he deployment agent used i n the Automated Deployment Services (ADS). There fore, a separat e driver was created to ac com[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 152 Inser ting the NetXtreme II Monolithic Driver in a WinPE 2.0 Image Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R To inse rt Broadcom's NetXtrem e II mon olithic d river i n a WinPE 2 .0 image, do wnload A IK from http://www.microsoft.c om/ down loads /en /def aul t.asp x and install. Afte[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R Configuring the Speed/Duple x Se tting f or the NetXtreme II Monolithic Driver P age 153 To add a d evice driver to an offline Windows PE im age (Window s Server 2 008 R2) This proc edure demo nstrates how to use the D eploym ent Image Servici ng and Mana[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 154 Viewing or Changing t he Proper ties of the Adapter Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R • Auto (1 Gbps is en abled when that spee d is s uppor ted) = "0" • 10 Mbps Half D uple x = "65794" • 10 Mbps Full Duple x = "258" • 100 Mbp s Half Duple x = [...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Setting P ower Management Options P age 155 NOTES: • The Pow er Manage ment tab is ava ilable on ly for server s that su pport power man agement. • To enab le Wa ke on LAN (WOL ) wh en th e comp uter is on st andby , cl ick Allow the device to brin g [...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 156 Using Broadc om Advanced Control Suite 3: Br oadcom NetXt reme II™ Network A dapter User Guide Using Br oadcom Adv anced Contr ol Suite 3: Br oadcom Ne tXtreme II™ Network Adapter User Guide • Broad com A dvanc ed Co ntro l Suit e 3 Ov ervie w • Startin g Broadcom Advan [...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Star ting Broadcom Ad v anced Control Suite 3 Page 157 S TARTING B ROADCOM A DVANCED C ONTROL S UITE 3 In Co ntro l Pan el, cl ick Broadcom Control Suite 3 . Micros oft .NET Fram ework 2 .0 inc ludes the ru ntime and asso ciated files nee ded to run BAC S[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 158 Using Broadcom Advanced Contro l Suite 3 Document E NGSR V T52-CDUM100-R menu opti ons, and devic e information are only av ailab le based on the type s of devices installed or the ite m selected in the interf ace. Two but tons at t he bottom o f the int erface con trol what y o[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 Page 159 The Connect ion View lists the s erver and client devic es in a parent/child hierarchy, w hich makes it eas ier to see the relat ionships between the adap ters. Just as in the Device Manag ement pane, sele [...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 160 Using Broadcom Advanced Contro l Suite 3 Document E NGSR V T52-CDUM100-R To crea te or edit teams •S e e Con figurin g Teamin g . C ONFIGURING BACS U SE R I NTERFACE O PTIONS Enabling/Disabling the BACS Tray Icon BACS 3 places an icon in th e Windows task bar when th e program[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 Page 161 2. In the O ptions win dow, se lect App earance . 3. Choos e the appe arance settings . Click Apply to set c hanges. Clic k OK to set c hanges a nd close the O ptions w indow. To rese t the interf ace to th[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 162 Using Broadcom Advanced Contro l Suite 3 Document E NGSR V T52-CDUM100-R MAC Address . A physical MAC (media access cont rol) ad dress tha t is a ssigned to the ad apter by the ma nufacturer. Th e physic al ad dress is never all 0s. Permanent MAC Address . The uni que hardware a[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 Page 163 Offload Ca pabilities . The offload capabilities supported by the adapter. This information is only available for Broadcom NetXtreme I I adapters. • TOE . TCP Offlo ad Engine (T OE) allows si multan eous [...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 164 Using Broadcom Advanced Contro l Suite 3 Document E NGSR V T52-CDUM100-R Driver Statu s . The status of the adapter driver. • Loaded . N ormal operat ing mode. Th e adapter driv er has been loaded b y Window s and is funct ioning. • Not Loaded . The driv er assoc iated w ith[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 Page 165 window , select Informati on and then select Resources . NOTE: Som e informat ion may not be a vailable for al l Broadcom network adapt ers. Bus Type . T he typ e of input /output (I/O) interc onnect u sed [...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 166 Using Broadcom Advanced Contro l Suite 3 Document E NGSR V T52-CDUM100-R Bus No . Indi cates the number of the bus wh ere the ada pter is install ed. Device No . The number as signed to the adapter by t he operating sys tem. Function No . The port number of the ad apter. For a s[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 Page 167 V IEWI NG H ARDWARE I NFORMATION The Hardware sec tion of the Information tab dis plays informati on about the hardwa re settings for the selec ted network adapter. To view Hardware fo r any installed ne tw[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 168 Using Broadcom Advanced Contro l Suite 3 Document E NGSR V T52-CDUM100-R Vendor ID . The vendor ID. Device ID . The ada pter ID. Subsystem Vendor ID . T he subsystem ve ndor ID. Subsystem ID . The subsyste m ID. External PHY Firm ware Version. The external PHY firmware v ersion.[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 Page 169[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 170 Using Broadcom Advanced Contro l Suite 3 Document E NGSR V T52-CDUM100-R R UNNING D IAGNOSTIC T ESTS The Diagnostic Tests option on the Diagnos tics tab lets y ou che ck the s tate of the phy sica l compo nents on a Broad c om network adapter. You can tr igger the tests m anual [...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 Page 171 Control Registers . This test verifi es the re ad and write c apabi lities o f the network adapte r regist ers by writing various value s to the re gisters and verifying th e results. Th e adapter dr iver u[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 172 Using Broadcom Advanced Contro l Suite 3 Document E NGSR V T52-CDUM100-R Test LED . This tes t causes all o f the port L EDs to blink 5 tim es for the purpos e of identifyin g the ad apter. A NALYZING C ABLES The Cable Analysis option on th e Diagnosti cs tab lets you monitor th[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 Page 173 Dist ance . The val id cable lengt h in meters (e xcept w hen the Nois e result is r eturned). Status . The result of the ana lysis for the i ndica ted pair. • Good . G ood cab le/PCB signal p aths, b ut [...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 174 Using Broadcom Advanced Contro l Suite 3 Document E NGSR V T52-CDUM100-R S ETTING A DAPTER P ROPERTIES Advanced a nd iSC SI Boot Config uratio n on the Configurati ons tab allow you to view and change the values of the availa ble prop erties o f the select ed adapter. The pot en[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 Page 175 802.1p Q OS . Enabl es quality of s ervice , which is an Institute of El ectrical and Ele c tronics Engineeri ng (IEEE) specif ication that trea ts different type s of network t raffic diversel y to e nsu r[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 176 Using Broadcom Advanced Contro l Suite 3 Document E NGSR V T52-CDUM100-R Flow Control. Enables o r disables the re ceipt or transmiss ion of PAU SE frames. PAUSE f rames all o w the n etwork adapt er and a swi tch to co ntrol the transmit rate . The side that i s rec eivin g th [...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 Page 177 • The ra nge is 00:00:00: 00:00:01 to FF:FF:FF :FF:FF:FD . • Do not use a m ulticas t address (least s ignifican t bit of the high b yte = 1). • Do not use all 0 s or all Fs. Receive Si de Scaling . A[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 178 Using Broadcom Advanced Contro l Suite 3 Document E NGSR V T52-CDUM100-R • Auto (def ault). Sets th e speed to auto-n egotia te with i ts link p ar tner at the high est ma tching s peed. • Auto with 1 Gb Fallbac k Full . Sets the spee d to auto-negotia te with its link partn[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 Page 179 V IEWI NG S TATISTICS The info rmation provide d on the Stat istics t ab allow s you to view tra ffic statistic s for both Broadcom network adapters and network a dapters made by others. Sta tistical inform[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 180 Using Broadcom Advanced Contro l Suite 3 Document E NGSR V T52-CDUM100-R General S tatistics General Statistic s show the transmit ted and receive d statisti cs to and from the a dapter. Frames Tx OK . A count of the frames that w ere suc cessful ly transm itted. This c ounter i[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 Page 181 Local Initi ator login failures. The number of login failures l ikely c aused by the initi ator. Initiator Ins tance Statistic s . The sta tistics in this area pertain to all se ssions. Session di gest erro[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 182 Using Broadcom Advanced Contro l Suite 3 Document E NGSR V T52-CDUM100-R Frames Tx with more tha n one Collisio n . A count of the frames th at were involve d in more than one collision an d were subseq uently tra nsmitted succ essfully . This cou nter is incremen ted when the t[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 Page 183 To view resource r eserv ations 1. Click th e name of the Broa dcom NetXtre me II sy stem devic e in the Dev ice Man agement pane. 2. Click the Configurati ons tab. If the Configu rations tab is not v isib [...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 184 Using Broadcom Advanced Contro l Suite 3 Document E NGSR V T52-CDUM100-R The Co nfiguratio ns tab for 10 Gbp s netwo rk adapter s is shown be low.[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 Page 185 Configurin g the IP Address fo r iSCSI Offload For iSCSI -booted adapter s, the C onfigu rations ta b is not a v aila ble and y ou will not be ab le to perform t his proce dure. To set the IP address of the[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 186 Using Broadcom Advanced Contro l Suite 3 Document E NGSR V T52-CDUM100-R V IEWI NG L IC ENS ES NOTES: •T h e Li censes section of the Configurations tab is onl y avail able fo r Broadcom NetXtreme II a dapters and VBD dr ivers. • Not al l offlo ad techno logies are avai labl[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Configuring T eaming Page 187 C ONFIGURING T EAMING The teaming function allows you to group any available network adapters tog ether to function as a team. Teaming is a method of c reating a virtu al NIC (a group of multiple adapters that functions as a [...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 188 Configur ing T eaming Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R T EAM T YPES You can create four types of load balanc e teams: • Smart Load Balance and F ailo ver • Link Agg regation (802.3 ad) (T OE is no t applica ble) • Generic T r unking (FEC/GEC)/802.3ad-Dr aft Sta tic (T OE is [...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Configuring T eaming Page 189 Devic e Manag er or Hot-Pl ug PCI. If any primary ada pter assig ned to a team is disable d, the team func tions as a Smart Load Balanci ng and Failover type of tea m in which auto -fallback occurs. The LiveLink fe ature is s[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 190 Configur ing T eaming Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R NOTE: If you pref er to work without the wizard for now, click Expe rt Mode . If you wa nt to al ways us e Exp ert Mo de to cr eate a team , select Default to Expert Mode o n next start . See Us ing Expert Mode . 4. To conti n[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Configuring T eaming Page 191 5. Type th e team name an d then click Ne xt . If you wa nt to re view or chan ge any of your sett ings, clic k Back . Click Cancel to disc ard yo ur setting s and exit the w izar d. NOTE: T he team na me ca nnot exc eed 39 c[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 192 Configur ing T eaming Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Configuring T eaming Page 193 7. From the Available Adapters list, c lick the adapte r you want to add to the team and th en click Add . Remove team membe rs from the Team M embers lis t by cli cking th e adapter a nd then clicki ng Remove . Click Next . [...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 194 Configur ing T eaming Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R 10. If you wan t to co nfigure Li veLink, selec t Yes , other wis e selec t No , th en click Next . 11. Select the probe interval (the number of s e conds between each retransm i ssion of a link packet to the probe target) an [...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Configuring T eaming Page 195 created w ith an identical VLAN tag value (see Step 18. ). 13. Click the probe ta rget at the top of the list, click Edit Target IP Address , ty pe the t a rget I P addre ss in the IP Address box for o ne or all probe ta rget[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 196 Configur ing T eaming Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R 15. If you wan t to cr eate a V LAN on the team , select Add VLAN , or if you want to change the settings of an ex isting VLAN , selec t Edit VLAN , then cl ick Next . If you do not want t o create o r edit a VLAN, sel ect Ski[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Configuring T eaming Page 197 16. Type the VLAN name and then c lick Next . NOTE: T he team na me ca nnot exc eed 39 cha racters, cannot b egin wi th spaces , and c annot con tain a ny of the followin g characte rs: & / : * ? < > | 17. To tag [...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 198 Configur ing T eaming Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R 19. Select Yes to add or manage another VL AN and th en click Next . Repeat until you do not want to a dd or manage an y additio nal VLANs . NOTE: You c an defin e up to 64 VLANs pe r team (63 VLANs that are tag ged an d 1 VLA[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Configuring T eaming Page 199 20. To apply and commit the cha nges to the team, s elect Commit change s to system an d Exit the wizard . To apply your change s but continue u sing the wiz ard, selec t Save c hanges and continue to manage m ore teams . Cli[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 200 Configur ing T eaming Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R U SING E XP ERT M ODE Use Expert Mode to create a team, modify a team, add a VLAN, and configure LiveLink for a Smart Load Balance and Failover and SLB (Auto-F allback Disable) team. To creat e a team using the wizard, see Usi[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Configuring T eaming Page 201 4. Click Expert Mode . NOTE: If y ou want to a lways use Ex pert Mode to crea te a team, click Def a ult to Exp ert Mode on next start . 5. Click the Create T eam tab. NOTE: The Creat e Team tab appears on ly if t here are te[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 202 Configur ing T eaming Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R 9. Assign a ny avail able ad apter or adap ters to the team by moving th e adapter from the Avai lable Adapters lis t to the Loa d Balanc e Member s list. T here must be at least one adapter in the Load Balance Members l ist. [...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Configuring T eaming Page 203 • The max i mum nu mber of team members is 8. • When te am configurat ion has been c orrectly performe d, a v irtual te am adapter driv er is created f or each configu red team. • If you disable a vi rtual team and late[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 204 Configur ing T eaming Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R 6. Make the desired changes, and then c lick Update . Th e chang es have not yet been applied; cl ick the Preview tab to view the upda ted team structu re befo re applyin g the changes. 7. Click Apply/Exit to apply the updat e[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Configuring T eaming Page 205 7. Type the VLAN nam e, then s elect the type a nd ID. 8. Click Create to s ave the VLAN in formation. As VLANs are defi ned, they c an be sele cted from th e Team Name list, but they ha ve not yet been created. 9. Contin ue [...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 206 Configur ing T eaming Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R NOTE: If you del ete a team , any V LANs con figured fo r that team are als o deleted . Configuring LiveLink for a Smart Load Balancing and Failove r and SLB (Auto-Fallback Disable) Team LiveLi nk is a feature of BASP that is [...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Configuring T eaming Page 207 10. Select one of the l isted tea m member s and typ e the member IP a ddress. NOTE: All o f the member IP a ddresses must be in the same subnet as the pr obe targets . 11. Clic k Update . Repe at these s teps for each of the[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 208 Configur ing T eaming Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R 5. If a confi guration is already lo aded, a me ssage is dis played tha t asks if you wa nt to save your current con figuration. Clic k Yes to sa ve the cu rrent configurati on. Otherwise, the confi guration data tha t is curr[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R Configuring With the Com mand Line Interf ace Utility Page 209 C ONFIGURING W ITH THE C OMMAND L INE I NTERFACE U TILITY An alterna te method to BACS 3 for con figuri ng Broadcom network ada pters is with BACSCLI, wh ich is a Broadcom uti lity that allo w[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 210 Specifications: Broadcom Ne tXtreme II™ Network Adapter User Guide Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM100-R Specifications: Br oa dcom NetXtreme II™ Netw ork Adapter User Guide • 10/10 0/1000BASE-T a nd 10GBASE-T Cable Spec ification s • 1000 /2500BASE-X Fiber Optic Specifica tions[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R 1000/2500BASE-X Fiber Optic Specifications Page 211 1000/2500BASE-X F IB ER O PTIC S PECIFICATIONS I NTERFACE S PECIFICATIONS Table 3: 1 000/2500BASE-X Fibe r Optic Specifica tions Port Type Connector Me dia Maximu m Distance 1000BASE-X Small fo rm-factor[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 212 NIC Physical Characteristics Document ENGSR VT52- CDUM100-R NIC P HYSICAL C HARACTERISTICS NIC P OWER R EQUIREMENTS Table 7 shows the powe r require ments fo r the BCM5 708C ad d-in NIC. Table 8 shows the powe r require ments fo r the BCM5 709 add-in NIC. Table 9 shows the powe [...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R Wak e On LAN Po wer Requirements Page 213 W AKE O N LAN P OWER R EQUIREMENTS E NVIRONMENTAL S PECIFICATIONS Table 10 : BCM5708C Wake On LAN Po wer Requi rements (Nominal C onditio ns) 100 Mbit Li nk 10 Mbit Link NIC 3.3V Current (mA) NIC Power (W) NIC 3.3[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 214 Regulator y Information: Broadcom NetXtreme II™ Network Adapter User Guid e Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R Regulatory Inf ormation: Br oadcom NetXtreme II™ Netw ork Adapter User Guide • FCC Notice • VCCI Notice •C E N o t i c e • Can adian R egulatory Informati on (C[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R VCCI Notice P age 215 FCC, C LASS A Broadcom NetXtrem e II Giga bit Ethernet Cont roller Broadcom NetXtrem e II 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controll er Broadcom Corporation 190 Mat hilda Place Sunnyva le, Cal ifornia 94086 U SA This de vice complie s with Part 15[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 216 VCCI Notice Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM100-R The equi pment is a Clas s B product based on the standard o f the Voluntary C ontrol C ouncil fo r Interference f rom Informa tion Technol ogy Equipment (VCC I). If used nea r a radio or televisi on receiver in a domestic environm ent, [...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R CE Notice Page 217 C LASS A Broadcom NetXtrem e II Giga bit Ethernet Cont roller Broadcom NetXtrem e II 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controll er Broadcom Corporation 190 Mat hilda Place Sunnyva le, Cal ifornia 94086 U SA This equ ipment is a Class A product bas ed[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 218 CE Notice Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R[...]

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User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Canadian Regulator y Inf orm ation (Canada Only) Page 223 C ANADIAN R EGULATORY I NFORMATION (C ANADA O NLY ) I NDUSTRY C ANADA , C LA SS B Broadcom NetXtrem e II Giga bit Ethernet Cont roller Broadcom Corporation 190 Mat hilda Place Sunnyva le, Cal iforn[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 224 Canadian Regulator y Information (Canada Only) Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R I NDUSTRY C ANADA , CLAS SE B Broadcom NetXtrem e II Giga bit Ethernet Cont roller Broadcom Corporation 190 Mat hilda Place Sunnyva le, Cal ifornia 940 86 USA Cet ap pareil num érique de la cl asse B [...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R Korea Communications Commis sion (KCC) Notice (Republic of Korea Only) Page 225 K OREA C OMMUNICATIONS C OMMISSION (KCC) N OTICE (R EPUBLIC OF K OREA O NLY ) B C LASS D EVICE Broadcom NetXtrem e II Giga bit Ethernet Cont roller Broadcom Corporation 190 Ma[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 226 Korea Communications Commission (KCC) Notice (Republic of K orea Only) Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM100-R A C LASS D EVICE Broadcom NetXtrem e II Giga bit Ethernet Cont roller Broadcom NetXtrem e II 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controll er Broadcom Corporation 190 Mat hilda Place Sunnyva le, [...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R User Diagnostics: Broadcom Ne tXtreme II™ Network Adapter User Guide Page 227 User Diag nostics: Br oadcom NetXtreme II™ Netw ork Adapter User Guide • Intr oduct ion • Syst em Requirements • Perf ormi ng Di agno sti cs • Di agnost ic Test D es[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 228 P erforming Diagnostics Document ENGSR VT52- CDUM100-R P ERFORMING D IAGNOSTICS At the MS-DOS prompt, type uxdiag (for BCM5706/BCM5 708/BCM5 709 netw ork adapte rs) or uedia g (for BCM5771 0 network adapter s) followe d by the comma nd options . The uxdia g comman d options are [...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R P erforming Diagnostics Page 229 uxdiag -m bas <n> Sets the MBA/PXE s peed. 0 = Auto 1 = 10 H 2 = 10 F 3 = 10 0H 4 = 10 0F 6 = 10 00F uxdiag -m bav <1| 0> Enable s/disabl es MBA VLAN . 1 = Enable 0 = Dis able uxdiag -m bavval <n> Sets MB[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 230 P erforming Diagnostics Document ENGSR VT52- CDUM100-R Table 2: uediag Comm and Options Command Options Descriptio n uediag Performs all tests on a l l Broadco m NetXtreme II adap ters in y our system. uediag -c <device #> Specifies the a dapter (device#) to test . Similar[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R P erforming Diagnostics Page 231 uediag -w ol <1/0> Enable s/disabl e Magic Pac k et WOL. 1 = Enable 0 = Dis able Table 2: u ediag Command Options (Cont.) Command Options Description[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 232 Diagnostic T est Descr iptions Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R D IAGNOSTIC T EST D ESCRIPTIONS The dia gnosti c tests are divid ed into four group s: Basic Funct ional Tes ts (Group A), Memory Tests (G roup B), Block Te sts (Group C) , and Ethe rnet Tra ffic Tests (Group D) . The[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Diagnostic T est Descriptions Page 233 C1 CPU Logic and DMA Int erf ace Verifies th e basic logic functionality o f all the on-ch ip CPU s. It also exercises the DMA interfac e exposed t o those CPUs . The intern al CPU tries to initiate DMA activiti es ([...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 234 Diagnostic T est Descr iptions Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R D4 LSO Verifies th e functionality of the ada pter’s Large Send Offload (LSO) supp ort by enabling MAC loopback m ode and transmi tting large TCP pac kets. As th e packets are re ceived back by Broad com NetXtrem e [...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R T roubles hooting: Br oadcom NetXtreme II™ Ne twork Adapter User Guide Page 235 T r oubleshoo ting: Br oadcom NetXtreme II™ Netw ork Adapter User Guide • Har dware D iagnosti c s • Che cking Po rt LEDs • Tr oublesho oting Checkli st • Che ckin[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 236 T roubleshooting Chec klist Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM 100-R T ROUBLESHOOTING C HECKLIST CAUTION! Before you open the cabinet of your server to add or remove the adapter, review Safety Preca utions . The follo wing checkli st provide s recomm ended actions to take to re solve pro [...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Running a Cabl e Length T est Page 237 LAN Pr otoc ol: ARP (see n ote) LAN Pr ot ocol: IP Ad dr: ( see not e) NOTE: The LAN protocol st atus is d isplaye d after an IP add ress is assigne d to the adapter. L INUX To verif y that t he bnx2.o driver is load[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 238 T esting Network Connectivity Document E NGSR V T52-CDUM100-R N ET W ARE Ping an I P host on the n etwork t o verify connectio n has been esta blished. From the comm and line, type ping IP address , and then p ress ENTER . The ping statistics th at are d isplayed indicat e wheth[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Microsoft Vir tualization with Hyper-V Page 239 M ICROSOFT V IRTUALIZATION WI TH H YPER -V Micros oft Virtualiz ation is a h yperviso r virtua lization s ystem for W indows Serve r 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 . This section is int ended fo r those who[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 240 Microsoft Vir tualization with Hyper-V Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM100-R S INGL E N ETWORK A DAPTER Window s Server 2008 When co nfiguring a Net Xtreme II network ad apter on a Hype r-V system, b e aware of the fo llowing : • An adapter t hat is to be bound to a v ir tual netw ork[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Microsoft Vir tualization with Hyper-V Page 241 T EAMED N ETW ORK A DAPTERS Table 2 identifies Hype r-V supporte d features that are configurable f or NetXtreme II te amed netw ork ada pters. This tabl e is not an a ll-inclus ive lis t of Hyper-V fe ature[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 242 Microsoft Vir tualization with Hyper-V Document ENGSR VT52-CDUM100-R Window s Server 2008 When co nfiguring a team of NetXtre me II networ k adapters on a H yper-V s ystem, be aware o f the follo wing: • Create the team p rior to bindin g the team to the Hyper-V virtual netw o[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Removing the Broadc om NetXtreme I I Device Driv ers Page 243 R EMOVING THE B ROADCOM N ET X TREME II D EVICE D RIVERS Unins tall the Bro a dcom N etXtreme II device drivers from your syst em only through t he InstallShield wizard . Uninst alling th e dev[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 244 Broadcom Boot Agent Document E NGSR V T52-CDUM100-R For an unattended install ation, place the Broadcom N etXtreme II driver files in the $OEM$ $1DriversNIC direc tory. For Sysprep, the drivers are loc ated in DriversNIC at the roo t of the sys tem drive. The Broadcom Ne tXt[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Broadcom Advanced S er ver Program (BASP) P age 245 Problem : A BASP team in Windo ws 2003 may not fun ction properl y if a tea m member driver pro perty is mod ified. Solution : Due to a limitation in Windows 20 03, the features of team members s hould r[...]

NetXtreme II User Guide January 2010 Br oadcom Co rporat ion P age 246 Linux Document ENGSR V T52-CDUM100-R L INUX Prob lem : On kernels old er than 2.6 .16 when 16 pa rtitions ar e created on a server containing tw o BCM5771 1 network adapters , not a ll partitio ns would come u p and an error ind i cating a shortage of spa ce woul d displa y. Sol[...]

User Guid e NetXtre me II Jan uary 2010 Br oadcom Cor porati on Document ENGSR VT 52-CDUM100-R Miscellaneous Page 247 Problem : The B roadcom NetXtre m e II ada pter may not p erform at opt imal lev el on s ome systems i f it is added after th e system has boo ted. Solution : The s ystem BIOS in som e systems does not set th e cache line siz e and [...]