Users Guide

8–VMware Driver Software
Packaging
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Packaging
The driver package offline bundle Depot Zip file is inside the downloaded zip file.
Consequently, you need to unzip the downloaded file (from VMware) to get to the
applicable offline bundle Depot Zip file package before copying it to your VMware
server.
bnx2x VMware legacy driver for the BCM57xxx 1/10Gb network adapters. This driver
directly controls the hardware and is responsible for sending and receiving Ethernet
packets on behalf of the VMware host networking stack. The driver also receives
and processes device interrupts, both on behalf of itself (for Layer 2 networking)
and on behalf of the C-NIC driver (for FCoE offload and iSCSI offload).
cnic VMware C-NIC legacy driver. This driver provides the interface between Marvells
upper-layer protocol (for example, storage) legacy drivers and Marvell’s BCM57xx
and BCM57xxx 1/10Gb network adapters. The C-NIC module works with the bnx2
and bnx2x legacy network drives in the downstream and the bnx2fc (FCoE) and
bnx2i (iSCSI) legacy drivers in the upstream.
bnx2i VMware iSCSI offload HBA legacy driver. This driver enables iSCSI offload on the
BCM57xx and BCM57xxx 1Gb/10Gb network adapters.
bnx2fc VMware FCoE offload HBA legacy driver. This driver enables FCoE offload on the
BMC57712/BCM578xx 10Gb converged network adapters.
qflge VMware native driver for the BCM57xx 1Gb network adapters. This driver directly
controls the hardware and is responsible for sending and receiving Ethernet pack-
ets on behalf of the VMware host networking stack.
qfle3 VMware native driver for the BCM57xxx 1Gb/10Gb network adapters. This driver
directly controls the hardware and is responsible for sending and receiving Ethernet
packets on behalf of the VMware host networking stack.
qfle3i VMware iSCSI offload HBA native driver. This driver enables iSCSI offload on the
BCM57xx and BCM57xxx 1/10Gb network adapters.
qfle3f VMware FCoE offload HBA native driver. This driver enables FCoE offload on the
BMC57712/BCM578xx 10Gb adapters. This driver automatically starts the FCoE
initialization process; you do not need to perform any manual steps.
Table 8-1. Marvell BCM57xx and BCM57xxx VMware Drivers (Continued)
VMware Driver Description