Users Guide

1–Introduction
QCS CLI Architecture
Doc No. TD-000971 Rev. 1
January 29, 2021 Page 2 Copyright © 2021 Marvell
QCS CLI Architecture
Illustrations in this section show the architecture of QLogic Control Suite CLI for
Windows and Linux.
Windows System Architecture
Figure 1-1 on page 3 shows the relationship between the Ethernet controller and
driver. A host may have multiple chips, each chip may have multiple physical
ports, and each physical port may have multiple functions. Each function may
contain Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) driver only, virtual bus driver
(VBD) and NDIS, iSCSI, or Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE).
Linux Systems Architecture
Figure 1-2 on page 4 shows the relationship between the Ethernet controller and
driver. A host may have multiple chips, each chip may have multiple physical
ports, and each physical port may have multiple functions. Each function may
contain a Layer 2 device only, Layer 2 device, iSCSI, or FCoE.