Q-Logic FC0054607-00 A Installation, Supported Features, „ VMware ESX/ESXi Release Support-4.0

2 Installation

This chapter provides the following installation information:

„Supported Features

„“Installing the Hardware” on page 2-2

„“Installing the Driver” on page 2-3

„“Installing SANsurfer Management Tools” on page 2-3

Supported Features

When properly installed, QLogic Fibre Channel and Converged Network Adapters for VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 support the following features:

„VMware ESX/ESXi Release Support—4.0.

„Topologies—FC-AL, FC-AL2, point-to-point, and switched fabric.

„Protocols—FCP-3-SCSI, FC-tape (FCP-2).

„Link Rate

‰2Gb, 4Gb, and 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapters with auto-rate negotiation

‰10Gb Enhanced Ethernet for Converged Network Adapters

„Single driver support—for 2/4/8Gb Fibre Channel Adapters and 10Gb Enhanced Ethernet Converged Network Adapters.

„SNIA Common Adapter API—v1.x/v2.0 compliant.

„QLogic CIM Providers for Adapter Management—for ESXi 4.0 and later versions.

„N_Port ID virtualization—driver supports virtual adapters as follows:

‰4Gb Fibre Channel Adapters support 127 virtual adapters per port.

‰8Gb Fibre Channel Adapters support 255 virtual adapters per port.

‰QLE8000 Series Converged Network Adapters support 63 virtual adapters per port.

„Boot from SAN support—enables servers on a network to boot their operating system from a Fibre Channel RAID unit on the SAN.

FC0054607-00 A 2-1