Users Guide

7–Linux Driver Software
Teaming with Channel Bonding
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Unable to Issue I/O Request Due to Session Not Ready
bnx2fc: Unable to post io_req
Drop Incorrect L2 Receive Frames
bnx2fc: FPMA mismatch... drop packet
bnx2fc: dropping frame with CRC error
Host Bus Adapter and lport Allocation Failures
bnx2fc: Unable to allocate hba
bnx2fc: Unable to allocate scsi host
NPIV Port Creation
bnx2fc: Setting vport names, <WWNN>, <WWPN>
Teaming with Channel Bonding
With the Linux drivers, you can team adapters together using the bonding kernel
module and a channel bonding interface. For more information, see the Channel
Bonding information in your operating system documentation.
Statistics
Detailed statistics and configuration information can be viewed using the ethtool
utility. See the ethtool man page for more information.
Linux iSCSI Offload
iSCSI offload information for Linux includes the following:
 Open iSCSI User Applications
 User Application iscsiuio
 Bind iSCSI Target to QLogic iSCSI Transport Name
 VLAN Configuration for iSCSI Offload (Linux)
 Making Connections to iSCSI Targets
 Maximum Offload iSCSI Connections
 Linux iSCSI Offload FAQ
Open iSCSI User Applications
Install and run the inbox Open-iSCSI initiator programs from the DVD. For details,
refer to “Packaging” on page 35.