Q-Logic 8100 SERIES manual Configuring FCoE in a Windows Environment

User’s Guide Converged Network Adapter

8100 Series Adapters

7	Configuring FCoE in a Windows Environment
	Overview	7-1
	Driver Parameters	7-1
	Operation Mode (ZIO)	7-4
	Interrupt Delay Timer (IDT)	7-5
	N_Port ID Virtualization	7-5
	QLogic CNA NPIV Solution	7-6
	NPIV Deployment Requirements	7-6
	Creating Virtual Ports	7-7
	Verifying the Virtual Ports	7-9
	Deleting Virtual Ports	7-10
	Verifying Deletion of Virtual Ports	7-11
	Virtual Port Features and Limitations	7-12
	Implementing Adapter-Based Quality of Service	7-13
	Setting QoS by Bandwidth	7-14
	Boot from SAN	7-15
	Boot-from-SAN Requirements	7-15
	Host/Server Requirements	7-15
	Converged Network Adapter Requirements	7-16
	FCoE Switch Requirements	7-16
	Storage Array Requirements	7-16
	Boot-from-SAN Configuration	7-17
	Boot-from-SAN Topologies	7-17
	Single-Path Configuration	7-18
	Multipath Topology	7-19
	Configuring an Adapter to Boot-from-SAN	7-20

8	Configuring FCoE in a Linux Environment
	Overview	8-1
	FCoE Driver Parameters for Linux	8-1
	Configuring Driver Parameters Using modprobe	8-6
	Making Nonpersistent Changes Using modprobe	8-6
	Making Persistent Changes Using modprobe	8-7
	Configuring Driver Parameters Using sysfs	8-8
	Configuring FCoE Parameters Using QLogic Utilities	8-9
	Configuring FCoE Driver Parameters Using QConvergeConsole . . . .	8-10
	Configuring FCoE Driver Parameters Using Fast!UTIL	8-12
	Displaying FCoE Driver Parameters Using sysfs	8-14
	Identifying the SCSI Host ID	8-19
	Displaying and Modifying sysfs Entries	8-21

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