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8 VMware Driver Software
This chapter covers the following for the VMware driver software:
 Packaging
 Networking Support, Drivers
 “FCoE Support” on page 66
 “iSCSI Support” on page 68
Packaging
The VMware driver is released in the packaging formats shown in Table 8-1.
Networking Support, Drivers
This section describes the bnx2x VMware ESXi driver for the QLogic BCM57xx
and BCM57xxx PCIe 10GbE network adapters. It provides information on
downloading, installing, and updating VMware drivers, describes the driver
parameters and defaults, provides information on unloading and removing drivers,
and describes driver messages.
NOTE
Information in this chapter applies primarily to the currently supported
VMware versions: ESXi 6.0 U2, ESXi 6.5, and ESXi 6.7. ESXi 6.7 uses
native drivers for all protocols.
Table 8-1. VMware Driver Packaging
Format Drivers
Compressed ZIP QLG-NetXtremeIIversion.zip (ESXi 6.0, ESXi 6.5)
Compressed ZIP QLG-qcnic-offline_bundle.zip (ESXi 6.7)