NC51xx PCIe 10 Gigabit Server Adapter Software and Configuration Guide

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Contents 3

Contents

Overview..................................................................................................................................... 4

HP PCIe 10 Gigabit server adapters ............................................................................................................ 4

System requirements .................................................................................................................................. 4

Installation and configuration ......................................................................................................... 6

Windows installation and configuration ....................................................................................................... 6

Downloading and installing the driver................................................................................................ 6

Upgrading the firmware ................................................................................................................... 6

Verifying the Windows installation..................................................................................................... 8

Modifying NC51xx 10 Gigabit adapter properties in Windows.......................................................... 11

Modifying adapter properties using the NCU.................................................................................... 14

Linux installation...................................................................................................................................... 15

Setting up the kernel source code .................................................................................................... 16

Red Hat and SLES RPM installations ................................................................................................. 16

Upgrading firmware for Red Hat and SLES ....................................................................................... 17

Driver settings ............................................................................................................................... 19

Driver message log........................................................................................................................ 20

Uninstalling the adapter driver ........................................................................................................ 20

Configuring multiple NC510x PCIe 10 GbE adapters.................................................................................. 21

Configuring multiple ports on 10GbE adapters ........................................................................................... 21

Boot options ........................................................................................................................................... 21

PXE boot process requirements........................................................................................................ 21

Linux Socket Acceleration ............................................................................................................ 23

Using the Linux Socket Accelerator driver ................................................................................................... 23

Installing the LSA driver .................................................................................................................. 23

LSA driver configuration ................................................................................................................. 24

Running LSA ................................................................................................................................. 26

Uninstalling the LSA driver .............................................................................................................. 29

Troubleshooting.......................................................................................................................... 30

Unable to boot host system on Windows or Linux ........................................................................................ 30

Gathering system information and error checks for Linux .............................................................................. 30

Unable to ping the network adapter installed on a Linux host ........................................................................ 31

Diagnostics ................................................................................................................................ 32

Diagnostic utility...................................................................................................................................... 32

Diagnostic test descriptions....................................................................................................................... 33

Technical support........................................................................................................................ 34

Before you contact HP.............................................................................................................................. 34

HP contact information............................................................................................................................. 34

Free automated customer support services .................................................................................................. 34

Acronyms and abbreviations........................................................................................................ 36

Index......................................................................................................................................... 38