Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- 1 Regulatory and Safety Approvals
- 2 Functional Description
- 3 Network Link and Activity Indication
- 4 Features
- 4.1 Software and Hardware Features
- 4.2 Virtualization Features
- 4.3 VXLAN
- 4.4 NVGRE/GRE/IP-in-IP/Geneve
- 4.5 Stateless Offloads
- 4.6 Priority Flow Control
- 4.7 Virtualization Offload
- 4.8 SR-IOV
- 4.9 Network Partitioning (NPAR)
- 4.10 Security
- 4.11 RDMA over Converged Ethernet – RoCE
- 4.12 VMWare Enhanced Networking Stack (ENS)
- 4.13 Supported Combinations
- 4.14 Unsupported Combinations
- 5 Installing the Hardware
- 6 Software Packages and Installation
- 7 Updating the Firmware
- 8 Link Aggregation
- 9 System-Level Configuration
- 10 PXE Boot
- 11 SR-IOV – Configuration and Use Case Examples
- 12 NPAR – Configuration and Use Case Example
- 13 Tunneling Configuration Examples
- 14 RoCE – Configuration and Use Case Examples
- 15 DCBX – Data Center Bridging
- 16 DPDK – Configuration and Use Case Examples
- Revision History
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4.10 Security ............................................................................................................................................................37
4.11 RDMA over Converged Ethernet – RoCE........................................................................................................39
4.12 VMWare Enhanced Networking Stack (ENS) ..................................................................................................39
4.12.1 Features.................................................................................................................................................39
4.12.2 ENS Design Choices .............................................................................................................................39
4.12.3 ENS Performance..................................................................................................................................40
4.12.4 Limitations and Restrictions...................................................................................................................40
4.13 Supported Combinations .................................................................................................................................40
4.13.1 NPAR, SR-IOV, and RoCE....................................................................................................................40
4.13.2 NPAR, SR-IOV, and DPDK ...................................................................................................................41
4.14 Unsupported Combinations .............................................................................................................................41
5 Installing the Hardware..............................................................................................................................................41
5.1 Safety Precautions.............................................................................................................................................41
5.2 System Requirements........................................................................................................................................41
5.2.1 Hardware Requirements..........................................................................................................................42
5.2.2 Memory Requirements ............................................................................................................................42
5.2.3 Preinstallation Checklist...........................................................................................................................42
5.3 Installing the Adapter .........................................................................................................................................43
5.4 Connecting the Network Cables ........................................................................................................................43
5.4.1 Supported Cables and Modules ..............................................................................................................43
5.4.2 NetXtreme-E Family ................................................................................................................................44
6 Software Packages and Installation .........................................................................................................................45
6.1 Supported Operating Systems...........................................................................................................................45
6.2 Installing the Linux Driver...................................................................................................................................45
6.2.1 Linux Ethtool Commands.........................................................................................................................45
6.3 Installing the VMware Driver ..............................................................................................................................46
6.4 Installing the Windows Driver.............................................................................................................................47
7 Updating the Firmware ..............................................................................................................................................48
7.1 Dell Update Package .........................................................................................................................................48
7.1.1 Windows ..................................................................................................................................................48
7.1.2 Linux ........................................................................................................................................................48
8 Link Aggregation........................................................................................................................................................49
8.1 Windows ............................................................................................................................................................49
8.2 Linux ..................................................................................................................................................................49
9 System-Level Configuration .....................................................................................................................................50
9.1 UEFI HII Menu ...................................................................................................................................................50
9.1.1 Main Configuration Page .........................................................................................................................50
9.1.2 Firmware Image Menu.............................................................................................................................52
9.1.3 Device Configuration Menu .....................................................................................................................53
9.1.4 NIC Configuration....................................................................................................................................56