Dell QMD8262-k, QLE8262, QME8262-k User Manual

User’s Guide

Converged Network Adapter

QMD8262-k, QLE8262, QME8262-k

CU0354602-00 L

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User’s Guide—Converged Network Adapter
QMD8262-k, QLE8262, QME8262-k

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Document Revision History

Revision A, September 2011

Revision B, March 30, 2012

Revision C, July 18, 2012

Revision D, August 30, 2012

Revision E, November 20, 2012

Revision F, April 8, 2013

Revision G, September 6, 2013

Revision H, June 9, 2014

Revision J, January 22, 2015

Revision K, June 24, 2015

Revision L, March 24, 2016

Changes Sections Affected

Updated disclaimer information. All

Updated QLogic header logos. All

Removed references to QME8242-k All

Added reference to Red Hat Enterprise Linux

“Supported Operating Systems” on page xv

(RHEL) 7.2 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
SP4

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

User’s Guide Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Related Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

Functionality and Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

Functional Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

Supported Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

VMware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

1 Hardware Installation

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Hardware and Software Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Pre-Installation Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Installing the Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Connecting to the Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2 Driver Installation and Configuration

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Windows Driver Installation and Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Running the DUP in the GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Running the DUP from the Command Line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Linux Driver Installation and Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Installation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Installing the Linux NIC Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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Installing the Linux iSCSI Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Building the iSCSI Adapter Driver SLES 11 SP4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Building the iSCSI Adapter Driver for RHEL 6.5

and SLES 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Building the iSCSI Adapter Driver for RHEL 6.5

and SLES 11 SP3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Installing the Linux FCoE Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Building the Driver for RHEL 6.5 Linux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Building the Driver for SLES 11 SP4 Linux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Building the Driver for SLES 12 Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Building the Driver for SLES 11 SP3 Linux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

VMware Driver Installation and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Installation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Installing the ESXi 5.x NIC Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Updating an Existing Driver or Installing a New Driver for

an Existing ESXi Installation with esxcli (ESXi 5.x Only) . . . . . . 29

Verifying the Version of the Installed Driver (ESXi 5.x Only) . . . 29

Installing the ESXi 5.x iSCSI Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Updating an Existing Driver or Installing a New Driver for

an Existing ESXi Installation with esxcli (ESXi 5.x Only) . . . . . . 30

Verifying the Version of the Installed Driver (ESXi 5.x Only) . . . 31

Installing the ESXi 5.x FCoE Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Updating an Existing Driver or Installing a New Driver for

an Existing ESXi Installation with esxcli (ESXi 5.x Only) . . . . . . 32

Verifying the Version of the Installed Driver (ESXi 5.x Only) . . . 33

Installing the ESXi 6.x Fibre Channel Over Ethernet Driver . . . . . . . . 34

Updating an Existing Driver or Installing a New Driver for

an Existing ESXi Installation with esxcli (for ESXi 6x Only) . . . . 34

Installing the ESXi 6.x iSCSI Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Updating an Existing Driver or Installing a New Driver for

an Existing ESXi Installation with esxcli (for ESXi 6x Only) . . . . 35

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Installing the QConvergeConsole VMware vCenter

Server Plug-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Installation Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

QConvergeConsole VMware vCenter Server

Plug-in Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Plug-in Unregistration from a Manual Install. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Enabling and Disabling the Plug-in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Uninstalling the QConvergeConsole VMware vCenter

Server Plug-in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Installing the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Uninstalling the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Installing the vSphere Web Client Plug-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Uninstalling the vSphere Web Client Plug-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

3 Adapter Management Applications

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

General Management with QConvergeConsole. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Configuring the NIC Driver with QConvergeConsole . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Configuring iSCSI with QConvergeConsole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Configuring FCoE with QConvergeConsole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Configuring iSCSI Offload with QConvergeConsole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Adapter-Level iSCSI Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Displaying Adapter-Level iSCSI Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Modifying Adapter-Level iSCSI Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Port-Level iSCSI Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Displaying Port-Level iSCSI Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Modifying Port-Level iSCSI Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Summary of Target Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Target Session-Level iSCSI Negotiated Parameters . . . . . . . . . 60

Target Session-Level Persistent iSCSI Parameters . . . . . . . . . . 61

Configuring iSCSI Initiators with QConvergeConsole . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Configuring the Windows iSCSI Initiator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Configuring the Linux iSCSI Initiator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Configuring the ESX iSCSI Initiator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Enabling CHAP Authentication with QConvergeConsole . . . . . . . . . . 68

Configuring CHAP with QConvergeConsole CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Linking to a CHAP Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Windows Management Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

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Windows NIC Driver Management Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Viewing and Changing Adapter Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Windows Teaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Teaming Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Using the CLI for Teaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Using the Team Management GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Teaming Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Viewing Teaming Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Windows VLAN Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

VLAN Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Using the CLI for VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Using the GUI for VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

User Diagnostics for Windows NIC Driver

Management Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Running Windows User Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Windows Diagnostic Test Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Windows Diagnostic Test Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Linux Management Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Linux NIC Driver Management Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Viewing and Changing Adapter Properties on Linux . . . . . . . . . 106

User Diagnostics for Linux NIC Driver Management Applications . . . 108

Running Linux User Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Linux Diagnostic Test Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Linux Diagnostic Test Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

VMware Management Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

VMware NIC Driver Management Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Using Switch Independent Partitioning Under ESX . . . . . . . . . . 112

User Diagnostics for VMware NIC Driver Management

Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Ethtool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

UEFI Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3

Supported Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Fibre Channel Adapter Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Updating the UEFI (EfiUtilx64) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

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Configuring iSCSI over DCBX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Configuring the iSCSI VLAN on the QLogic Adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Configuring the Switch for iSCSI over DCBX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Verify the Version of the Switch Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Create and Configure the iSCSI VLAN on the Switch . . . . . . . . 117

Create and Configure the CEE Map for iSCSI Traffic

Bandwidth and PFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Configure LLDP/DCBX for the iSCSI TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Configure the CEE Port’s iSCSI Traffic Class. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Verifying Adapter/Switch Status for iSCSI Login, Traffic,

and PFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Interoperation of Bandwidth Settings for DCBX and

Switch Independent Partitioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Choosing DCBX or Switch Independent Partitioning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

4 Switch Independent Partitioning

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Switch Independent Partitioning Setup Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Software Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Switch Independent Partitioning Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

What Is Switch Independent Partitioning?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Switch Independent Partitioning Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Personality Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Quality of Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

eSwitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Configuration Management Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Dell System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

QLogic OptionROM at POST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

QConvergeConsole GUI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

QConvergeConsole CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Windows Device Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

CIM Provider and QConvergeConsole VMware vCenter

Server Plug-in for VMware ESX/ESXi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Switch Independent Partitioning Setup and Management Options . . . . . . . 137

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Dell System Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

QLogic OptionROM at POST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

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QConvergeConsole GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Configure NIC Partitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Set Up QoS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

View eSwitch Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

QConvergeConsole CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Windows Device Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Configure Switch Independent Partitioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Change Personalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Manage Bandwidth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

View eSwitch Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

CIM Provider and vCenter Server Plug-in for VMware ESX/ESXi. . . . 168

Switch Independent Partitioning Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Switch Independent Partitioning Configuration Parameters and

Setup Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

5 Boot Configuration

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Boot from SAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

General Boot from SAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Windows Boot from SAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Creating a Driver Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Windows 2008 Boot From SAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Linux Boot from SAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Boot from SAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (Novell) Boot from SAN. . . . . . . 179

ESX Boot from SAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Dell System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Accessing Dell System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Main Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Device and Firmware Image Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

NIC Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

iSCSI Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

FCoE Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

NIC Partitioning (Switch Independent Partitioning)

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

PXE Boot Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Configuring PXE Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

iSCSI Configuration Using Fast!UTIL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

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Accessing Fast!UTIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Configuring Host Adapter Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Configuring iSCSI Boot Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Boot Device Primary and Alternate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Adapter Boot Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Primary and Alternate Boot Device Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Configuring the iSCSI Boot Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Configuring QLogic iSCSI Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Booting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

iBFT Boot Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Enabling iBFT Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Booting to a Target Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

DHCP Boot Setup (iSCSI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Configuring DHCP iSCSI Boot for IPv4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

DHCP Option 17, Root Path. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

DHCP Option 43 (Adding Vendor Options) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

A Troubleshooting

Diagnosing Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

NIC Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

iSCSI Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

FCoE Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

ESX Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

B Specifications

QMD8262-k Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Physical Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Power Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Standards Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Interface Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Environmental Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

QLE8262 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Physical Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Power Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Standards Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Interface Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Environmental Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

QME8262-k Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Physical Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Power Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

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QMD8262-k, QLE8262, QME8262-k

Standards Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Interface Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Environmental Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

C QConvergeConsole GUI

Introduction to QConvergeConsole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Downloading QConvergeConsole Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Downloading and Installing Management Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Installing the Agents from the QLogic Web Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Installing the Agents Using the Built-in Agent Installer . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Installing the QConvergeConsole GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Installing QConvergeConsole in a Windows Environment . . . . . . . . . 238

Installing QConvergeConsole in a Linux Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Installing QConvergeConsole in Silent Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

What Is in the QConvergeConsole Help System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

D Regulatory Information

Warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Regulatory and Compliance Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Laser Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

FDA Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Agency Certification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

EMI and EMC Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

KCC: Class A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Product Safety Compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

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NOTE

Overview

This user’s guide covers the following products:

 QLogic QMD8262-k blade network daughter card
 QLogic QLE8262 monolithic server standup card
 QLogic QME8262-k blade mezzanine card

Throughout this document, the term adapter refers to any or all of these
products.

This guide provides technical information about the adapters, including how to
install and configure the adapter, as well as detailed descriptions of the adapter’s
various uses and functions.

Intended Audience

This guide is intended for system administrators and other technical staff
members responsible for configuring and managing adapters installed on Dell
PowerEdge

®

servers in Windows®, Linux®, or VMware® environments.

User’s Guide Content

The QLogic QMD8262-k/QLE8262/QME8262-k User’s Guide includes the
following sections:

 Hardware Installation covers the hardware and software requirements,

safety precautions, a pre-installation checklist, and adapter installation.

 Driver Installation and Configuration covers the installation of the three

drivers—NIC, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)—included
with the adapter on Windows, Linux, and VMware operating systems.

 Adapter Management Applications covers how to use QConvergeConsole

as well as operating-system-specific applications for Windows, Linux, and
VMware.

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Related Materials

 Switch Independent Partitioning covers how to configure Switch

Independent Partitioning using utilities such as QConvergeConsole, as well
as configuring iSCSI over data center bridging exchange (DCBX) using a

®

Brocade

Series 8000 FCoE switch and a QLogic iSCSI Host Bus Adapter.

 Boot Configuration provides information on booting from SAN, pre-execution

environment (PXE) boot setup, and iSCSI boot configuration using
Fast!UTIL, iSCSI Boot Firmware Table (iBFT), DHCP, and
QConvergeConsole.

 Troubleshooting provides troubleshooting flowcharts of steps for diagnosing

adapter problems specific to NIC, iSCSI, FCoE, and ESX

 Specifications defines the physical characteristics and power requirements,

and lists supported standards, interface specifications, and environmental
specifications.

 QConvergeConsole GUI provides an overview of the QConvergeConsole

Web management interface.

 Regulatory Information provides warranty, regulatory, and compliance

information.

Related Materials

For additional information, refer to the following:

 QConvergeConsole GUI Help System, available through the

QConvergeConsole GUI, provides help topics on configuring and managing
host servers and adapters using the QConvergeConsole GUI.

 QConvergeConsole GUI Installation Guide contains instructions for installing

and starting the QConvergeConsole GUI.

 QConvergeConsole CLI User’s Guide provides reference material on using

the QConvergeConsole CLI.

®

.

 QLogic QConvergeConsole Plug-ins for vSphere User’s Guide provides

reference material on using the QConvergeConsole VMware vCenter Server
Plug-in and the QConvergeConsole VMware vSphere Web Client Plug-in.

To access QLogic documents online, go to www.qlogic.com and click
Downloads.

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Functionality and Features

Functionality and Features

This section provides the following information:

 Functional Description
 Features
 Supported Operating Systems

Functional Description

Functional descriptions for the adapters are as follows:

 QMD8262-k: This a network daughter card with FCoE and iSCSI offload for

the blade server environment.

Features

 QLE8262:

for the rack and tower server environment.

 QME8262-k: This is a mezzanine card with FCoE and iSCSI offload for the

blade server environment.

The adapters provide the following features:

 Switch Independent Partitioning
 Message signaled interrupts (MSI-X)
 Device management for power and SAN
 Multi-boot capability including:

 PXE
 iSCSI
 Fibre Channel
 Unified extensible firmware interface (UEFI)

 PCIe
 User diagnostics that can be run from the CLI and the GUI
 Ethernet functions include:

 2x10 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) with KR (copper backplane) (does not

 Priority and virtual LAN (VLAN) tagging

This is a standard form-factor adapter with FCoE and iSCSI offload

®

2.0 x8

apply to QLE8262)

 Jumbo frames up to 9618 bytes

 Enhanced Ethernet functions include:

 Priority-based flow control
 Enhanced transmission selection
 Advanced teaming
 VLAN configuration and management
 Preservation of teaming and VLAN configuration information during

driver upgrade

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 Advanced stateless offload features include:

 IP, TCP, and user datagram protocol (UDP) checksums
 Large segment offload (LSO)
 Large receive offload (LRO)

 Stateful offload features include:

 iSCSI offload
 Fibre Channel and FCoE offload

 Advanced management features for Converged Network Adapters and Fibre

Channel adapters, including QConvergeConsole (GUI and CLI)

 Interrupt management and scalability features including:

 Receive side scaling (RSS)
 Interrupt moderation
 Flow control
 Locally administered address (LAA)

 Enhanced optimization with MSI, MSI-X, and NetQueue

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Supported Operating Systems

The adapter supports the following operating systems. To view the most complete
and current list, refer to the product release notes.

Windows

 Windows Server® 2012 R2
 Windows Server 2012
 Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
 Windows Server 2008 SP2 x64
 Windows Server 2008 SP2 x32

Linux

 Red Hat® Enterprise Linux (RHEL®) 7.2
 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.0
 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.5
 SUSE
 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

®

Linux Enterprise Server 12

VMware

 vSphere®: VMwareESXi 6.0
 vSphere: VMwareESXi 5.5 U2
 vSphere: VMwareESXi 5.1 U3

For the most current versions of the OS and drivers supported by the
adapter, refer to the release notes. The release notes are supplied in the
release.txt file.

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CAUTION

!

Overview

This section provides the hardware and software requirements, safety
precautions, a pre-installation checklist, and a procedure for installing the adapter.

Hardware and Software Requirements

Before you install the adapter, verify that your system meets the following
hardware and software requirements.

 Hardware

 For port and slot assignments for the QMD8262-k or QME8262-k

adapter, refer to the blade and M1000e chassis diagram in the Dell

PowerEdge M1000e Systems Configuration Guide.

 For QLE8262 adapter port and slot assignments, refer to the

“Expansion Cards” section of the Hardware Owner’s Manual for your

Dell PowerEdge server.

 Software: For information on the supported operating systems, firmware

versions, adapter drivers, and utilities, refer to the product release notes.

Safety Precautions

The adapter is being installed in a system that operates with voltages that
can be lethal. Before you open the case of your system, observe the
following precautions to protect yourself and to prevent damage to the
system components.

 Remove any metallic objects or jewelry from your hands and wrists.

 Make sure to use only insulated or nonconducting tools.

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Pre-Installation Checklist

 Before you touch internal components, verify that the system is powered

OFF and is unplugged.

 Install or remove adapters in a static-free environment. The use of a properly

grounded wrist strap or other personal antistatic devices and an antistatic
mat is strongly recommended.

Pre-Installation Checklist

1. Verify that your system meets the hardware and software requirements
listed in “Hardware and Software Requirements” on page 1.

2. Verify that your system is using the latest BIOS.

If you acquired the adapter software on a disk or from the Dell support
Web site (http://support.dell.com
files.

), verify the path to the adapter driver

3. Check the adapter for visible signs of damage. Never attempt to install a
damaged adapter.

Installing the Adapter

Follow the instructions for your adapter.

QMD8262-k, QME8262-k

Refer to the “I/O Module Mezzanine Cards” and “Guidelines for Installing I/O
Modules” sections of the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner’s
Manual:

ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_ser_stor_net/esuprt_poweredge/po
weredge-m610x_Owner%27s%20Manual_en-us.pdf

QLE8262

To install the QLE8262 adapter, follow these steps:

1. Power off the computer and all attached devices such as monitors, printers,
and external components.

2. Disconnect the power cable.

3. Remove the computer cover and find an empty PCIe x8 bus slot.

4. Pull out the slot cover (if any).

5. Grasp the adapter by the top edge and seat it firmly into the appropriate slot.

6. Refasten the adapter’s retaining bracket.

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7. Close the computer cover.

8. Plug the Ethernet cable into the adapter.

9. Plug in the power cable and turn on the computer.

For more detailed information, refer to the Hardware Owner’s Manual for your Dell
PowerEdge server.

Connecting to the Network

Follow the instructions for your adapter.

QMD8262-k, QME8262-k

Refer to the “Guidelines for Installing I/O Modules” section of the Dell PowerEdge
Modular Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual:

ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_ser_stor_net/esuprt_poweredge/po
weredge-m610x_Owner%27s%20Manual_en-us.pdf

QLE8262

Refer to the Hardware Owner’s Manual for your Dell PowerEdge server.

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NOTE

NOTE

Configuration

Overview

If you need to update the Flash memory of multiple adapters simultaneously:
 For the QConvergeConsole GUI, refer to the “Update the Flash Using

the Flash Update Wizard” topic in the QConvergeConsole Help System.

 For the QConvergeConsole CLI, use the -flashsupport command to

update the Flash memory for all cards supported by the specified file (for
example, qaucli -pr nic -flashsupport -i ALL -a
p3p11179.bin).

This section provides links to the following information about the three
drivers—NIC, iSCSI, and FCoE—included with the adapter:

 Windows Driver Installation and Configuration
 Linux Driver Installation and Configuration
 VMware Driver Installation and Configuration

When you disable the firmware (for example, during a firmware dump or
during a firmware update) in Windows or Linux with a QConvergeConsole
agent, multiple application messages are generated. These messages are
generated because the application cannot communicate with the adapter
while the firmware is disabled. After the firmware is re-enabled, the errors
will go away.

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Windows Driver Installation and Configuration

Windows Driver Installation and Configuration

A software or driver Dell update package (DUP) can be run in two ways:

 Running the DUP in the GUI
 Running the DUP from the Command Line

Running the DUP in the GUI

To run the DUP in the GUI:

1. Double-click the icon representing the DUP file.

The actual file name of the DUP varies.

The Update Package window appears, as shown in Figure 2-1.

Figure 2-1. Update Package Window

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2. Click Install to continue.

The QLogic Super Installer—InstallShield

Figure 2-2.

®

Wizard appears, as shown in

Figure 2-2. QLogic Super Installer—InstallShield Wizard

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3. Click Next to continue.

The License Agreement dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 2-3.

Figure 2-3. License Agreement Dialog Box

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4. Select I accept the terms of the license agreement and click Next.

The Setup Type dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 2-4.

Figure 2-4. Setup Type Dialog Box

a. Select a setup type as follows:

 Select Complete to install all program features.

 Select Custom to manually select the features to be installed.

b. Click Next to continue.

If you selected Complete, proceed directly to Step 5.

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c. The Custom Setup dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 2-5.

Figure 2-5. Custom Setup Dialog Box

d. Select the features to install. By default, all features are selected. To

change a feature’s install setting, click the icon next to it and select one
of the following:

 This feature will be installed on the local hard drive—This

setting marks the feature for installation

 This feature, and all subfeatures, will be installed on the

local hard drive—This setting marks the feature and all of its

subfeatures for installation

 This feature will not be available—This setting prevents the

feature from being installed.

e. Click Next to continue.

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5. The Ready to Install the Program dialog box appears, as shown in

Figure 2-6.

Figure 2-6. Ready to Install the Program Dialog Box

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6. Click Install so that the InstallShield Wizard installs the QLogic Adapter
drivers and Management Software Installer.

When the installation is complete, the InstallShield Wizard Completed dialog
box appears, as shown in Figure 2-7.

Figure 2-7. InstallShield Wizard Complete Dialog Box

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7. Click Finish to dismiss the installer.

The Update Package window appears, as shown in Figure 2-8.

Figure 2-8. Update Package Window

8. Click OK to close the window.

Running the DUP from the Command Line

Running the DUP from the command line, with no options specified, results in the
same behavior as double-clicking the icon representing the DUP.

The actual file name of the DUP varies.

To run the DUP from the command line:

C:\><DUP_file_name>.EXE

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NOTE

NOTE

NOTE

Windows Driver Installation and Configuration

The following is the syntax for specifying options to customize the DUP installation
behavior:

<DUP_file_name>.exe [/<option1>[=<value1>]]
[/<option2>[=<value2>]]...

To display the GUI for guided installation, update, or extraction, use no options.

Options

The following options can be used to customize the DUP installation behavior.

To update the DUP usage information:

/? or /h

To suppress the DUP GUI:

/s

To extract update contents to a directory:

/e=<path>

This command requires the /s option.

To extract only the driver components to a directory:

/drivers=<path>

This command requires the /s option.

To install/update only the driver components:

/driveronly

This command requires the /s option.

(Advanced) This command sends all text following the /passthrough option
directly to the QLogic installation software of the DUP. This mode suppresses any
provided GUI but not necessarily those of the QLogic software.

/passthrough

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NOTE

Windows Driver Installation and Configuration

(Advanced) To return a coded description of this DUP’s supported features:

/capabilities

This command requires the /s option.

To define a specific path for the DUP’s log file:

/l=<path>

This option cannot be used in combination with /passthrough or
/capabilities.

Examples

To update the system silently:

<DUP_file_name>.exe /s

To extract the update contents to the C:\mydir\ directory:

<DUP_file_name>.exe /s /e=C:\mydir

To extract the driver components to the C:\mydir\ directory:

<DUP_file_name>.exe /s /drivers=C:\mydir

To install only the driver components:

<DUP_file_name>.exe /s /driveronly

To change from the default log location to C:\my path with
spaces\log.txt:

<DUP_file_name>.exe /l="C:\my path with spaces\log.txt"

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Linux Driver Installation and Configuration

Linux Driver Installation and Configuration

This section provides the following procedures for installing drivers on a Linux
system:

 Installation Overview
 Installing the Linux NIC Driver
 Installing the Linux iSCSI Driver
 Installing the Linux FCoE Driver

Installation Overview

To install and configure the adapter drivers on a Linux system, refer to the driver
release notes, readme, and installation instructions included in the package.

To install the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM), issue the following
command as a root user:

# rpm -Uvh <rpm name>

For example:

# rpm -Uvh qla2xxx-kmp-default-<driver-version_kernel-

version>-<release>.x86_64.rpm

To uninstall the RPM, issue the following command as a root user:

# rpm -e <rpm>

For example:

# rpm -e qla2xxx-kmp-default-<driver-version_kernel-

version>-<release>

Installing the Linux NIC Driver

To install the Linux NIC driver, refer to the instructions (INSTALL.qlcnic)
provided with the individual driver package.

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