Users Guide

Broadcom NetXtreme-E-UG304-2CS
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NetXtreme-E User Guide User Guide for Dell Platforms
9.1.5 NIC Partitioning Configuration Menu .......................................................................................................58
9.2 BIOS Comprehensive Configuration Management............................................................................................60
9.2.1 Main Menu ...............................................................................................................................................61
9.2.2 Firmware Image Menu.............................................................................................................................62
9.2.3 Device Hardware Configuration Menu.....................................................................................................63
9.2.4 MBA Configuration Menu.........................................................................................................................66
9.2.5 NIC Partitioning Configuration Menu .......................................................................................................68
9.2.6 Exiting CCM.............................................................................................................................................70
9.3 Auto-Negotiation Configuration..........................................................................................................................71
9.3.1 Operational Link Speed ...........................................................................................................................74
9.3.2 Firmware Link Speed...............................................................................................................................74
9.3.3 Auto-Negotiation Protocol........................................................................................................................74
9.3.4 Windows Driver Settings..........................................................................................................................74
9.3.5 Linux Driver Settings................................................................................................................................74
9.3.6 ESXi Driver Settings ................................................................................................................................75
10 PXE Boot...................................................................................................................................................................76
10.1 UEFI Mode.......................................................................................................................................................76
10.1.1 iPXE.......................................................................................................................................................76
10.1.2 PXE........................................................................................................................................................77
10.1.3 Secure Boot ...........................................................................................................................................77
10.2 Legacy BIOS Mode..........................................................................................................................................80
10.2.1 iPXE.......................................................................................................................................................81
10.2.2 PXE........................................................................................................................................................81
10.3 PXE Boot with VLAN........................................................................................................................................83
10.4 PXE Server Configuration................................................................................................................................84
10.4.1 DHCP Configuration for PXE/iPXE........................................................................................................85
10.4.2 TFTP Configuration ...............................................................................................................................88
10.4.3 HTTP Configuration ...............................................................................................................................90
11 SR-IOV – Configuration and Use Case Examples.................................................................................................90
11.1 Enable SR-IOV in BIOS/UEFI and Device.......................................................................................................90
11.2 Linux Use Case Example: SR-IOV Pass-Through to libvirt Virtual Machine ...................................................91
11.2.1 Setting MAC Address for the VF............................................................................................................91
11.3 Windows SR-IOV Use Case Example .............................................................................................................92
11.4 VMware SR-IOV Use Case Example...............................................................................................................92
12 NPAR – Configuration and Use Case Example .....................................................................................................94
12.1 Features and Requirements ............................................................................................................................94
12.2 Limitations........................................................................................................................................................94
12.3 Configuration....................................................................................................................................................95
12.4 Reducing NIC Memory Consumption with NPAR ............................................................................................99
13 Tunneling Configuration Examples........................................................................................................................99