Users Guide

User’s Guide—Converged Network Adapter
QMD8262-k, QLE8262, QME8262-k
iv CU0354602-00 M
Installing the Linux iSCSI Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Building the iSCSI Adapter Driver SLES 11 SP4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Building the iSCSI Adapter Driver for RHEL 6.5 and SLES 12. . 17
Building the iSCSI Adapter Driver for RHEL 6.5 and
SLES 11 SP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Installing the Linux FCoE Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Building the Driver for RHEL 6.5 Linux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Building the Driver for SLES 11 SP4 Linux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Building the Driver for SLES 12 Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Building the Driver for SLES 11 SP3 Linux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
VMware Driver Installation and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Installation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Installing the ESXi 5.x NIC Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Updating an Existing Driver or Installing a New Driver for
an Existing ESXi Installation with esxcli (ESXi 5.x Only) . . . . . . 28
Verifying the Version of the Installed Driver (ESXi 5.x Only) . . . 28
Installing the ESXi 5.x iSCSI Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Updating an Existing Driver or Installing a New Driver for
an Existing ESXi Installation with esxcli (ESXi 5.x Only) . . . . . . 29
Verifying the Version of the Installed Driver (ESXi 5.x Only) . . . 30
Installing the ESXi 5.x FCoE Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Updating an Existing Driver or Installing a New Driver for
an Existing ESXi Installation with esxcli (ESXi 5.x Only) . . . . . . 31
Verifying the Version of the Installed Driver (ESXi 5.x Only) . . . 32
Installing the ESXi 6.x Fibre Channel Over Ethernet Driver . . . . . . . . 33
Updating an Existing Driver or Installing a New Driver for
an Existing ESXi Installation with esxcli (for ESXi 6x Only) . . . . 33
Installing the ESXi 6.x iSCSI Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Updating an Existing Driver or Installing a New Driver for
an Existing ESXi Installation with esxcli (for ESXi 6x Only) . . . . 34