Users Guide

3–Driver Installation
Installing VMware Driver Software
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 VMware Driver Parameter Defaults
 Removing the VMware Driver
 FCoE Support
 iSCSI Support
VMware Drivers and Driver Packages
Table 3-4 lists the VMware ESXi drivers for the protocols.
The ESXi drivers are included as individual driver packages and are not bundled
together, except as noted.
The VMware drivers are available for download only from the VMware web site:
https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=io
&details=1&keyword=QL41&page=1&display_interval=10&sortColumn=Partner&
sortOrder=Asc
Install individual drivers using either:
 Standard ESXi package installation commands (see Installing VMware
Drivers)
 Procedures in the individual driver Read Me files
Table 3-4. VMware Drivers
VMware Driver Description
qedentv Native networking driver
qedrntv
Native RDMA-Offload (RoCE and RoCEv2) driver
a
a
For ESXi 6.5, the NIC and RoCE drivers have been packaged together and can be installed
as a single offline zip bundle using standard ESXi installation commands. The
recommended installation sequence is the NIC/RoCE driver package, followed by the
FCoE and iSCSI driver packages (as required).
qedf Native FCoE-Offload driver
qedil Legacy iSCSI-Offload driver
qedi
Native iSCSI-Offload driver (ESXi 6.7 and later)
b
b
For ESXi 6.7, the NIC, RoCE, and iSCSI drivers have been packaged together and can
be installed as a single offline zip bundle using standard ESXi installation commands. The
recommended installation sequence is the NIC/RoCE/iSCSI driver package, followed by
the FCoE driver package (as required).