Users Guide

7–Linux Driver Software
Installing Linux Driver Software
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11. For FCoE offload and iSCSI-offload-TLV, disable lldpad on QLogic
Converged Network Adapter interfaces. This step is required because
QLogic utilizes an offloaded DCBX client.
lldptool set-lldp –i <ethX> adminStatus=disasbled
12. For FCoE offload and iSCSI-offload-TLV, make sure
/var/lib/lldpad/lldpad.conf is created and each <ethX> block
does not specify adminStatus, or if specified, it is set to 0
(adminStatus=0) as follows.
lldp :
{
eth5 :
{
tlvid00000001 :
{
info = "04BC305B017B73";
};
tlvid00000002 :
{
info = "03BC305B017B73";
};
};
13. For FCoE offload and iSCSI-offload-TLV, restart lldpad service to apply new
settings.
For SLES 11 SP1, RHEL 6.4, and legacy versions:
service lldpad restart
14. For FCOE offload, restart FCoE service to apply new settings.
For SLES 11 SP1, RHEL 6.4, and legacy versions:
service fcoe restart
Installing the KMP Package
NOTE
The examples in this procedure refer to the bnx2x driver, but also apply to
the bxn2fc and bnx2i drivers.