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2.2.5 Setting Up the Converged Network Adapter Card Driver

Change the parameters for the Converged Network Adapter card driver.

2.2.5.1 For VMware vSphere 5.5

1 Record the module name for the Converged Network Adapter card that is loaded into VMware ESXi.

The underlined portion indicates the loaded module name. In the following example, "qlnativefc" is the

module name.

# esxcli system module list | grep qlnativefc

qlnativefc true true

Module names may vary depending on the Converged Network Adapter card that is used.

2 Check the default value for the Converged Network Adapter card.

Specify the module name for the Converged Network Adapter card that you recorded in Step 1 and

check the default value.

# esxcli system module parameters list -m qlnativefc | grep ql2xmaxqdepth

ql2xmaxqdepth int Maximum queue depth to report for target devices.

3 Change the setting values of the parameter for the Converged Network Adapter card driver.

Driver parameter Setting value

ql2xmaxqdepth Arbitrary (*1)

(Up to 512 for each FCoE port of the ETERNUS DX)

*1: Recommended value = 512 ¸ (number of FCoE ports that are connected to a single CA port) ¸

number of LUNs

(Round the result down)

Use the value of "8" if the actual result is lower.

When the value for this setting is changed, refer to "FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX Configuration

Guide -Server Connection- (FCoE) for VMware

ESX" and change the setting value for the Maximum

Outstanding Disk Requests for virtual machines as well.

Use the following command to change the setting values when the driver parameter name is

"ql2xmaxqdepth", the number of I/Os is "8", and the module name is "qlnativefc".

# esxcli system module parameters set -p ql2xmaxqdepth=8 -m qlnativefc

Input the number of I/Os ("8" in this example) for the driver parameter setting.

Chapter 2 Setup Procedure for QLogic Converged Network Adapter Cards

2.2 Setting Up the Converged Network Adapter Cards

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX Configuration Guide -Server Connection-

(FCoE) for VMware

ESX

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