Contents
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Installing the DOS NDIS2 Driver Software ....................................................................................................................61
Using Keywords for the Drivers ............................................................................................................................................63
Chapter 6: Installing the Linux Drivers ............................................................................................................................65
Overview...............................................................................................................................................................................66
Limitations .....................................................................................................................................................................66
Packaging......................................................................................................................................................................67
Installing Linux Driver Software ............................................................................................................................................68
Installing the Source RPM Package ..............................................................................................................................68
Building the Driver from the Source TAR File................................................................................................................70
Load and Run Necessary iSCSI Software Components ...............................................................................................72
Unloading the Linux Driver ............................................................................................................................................72
Patching PCI Files (Optional) ........................................................................................................................................73
Network Installations .....................................................................................................................................................74
Setting Values for Optional Properties...........................................................................................................................74
Checking the bnx2 Driver Defaults ................................................................................................................................77
Checking Driver Messages............................................................................................................................................78
Teaming with Channel Bonding.....................................................................................................................................82
Statistics ........................................................................................................................................................................82
Linux iSCSI Offload .......................................................................................................................................................82
Chapter 7: Installing the Windows Drivers ......................................................................................................................87
Installing the Windows Driver Software ................................................................................................................................88
Using the Installer..........................................................................................................................................................89
Using Silent Installation .................................................................................................................................................94
Removing the Device Drivers ....................................................................................................
...........................................97
Chapter 8: Setting Advanced Properties .........................................................................................................................99
Accessing the Advanced Tab .............................................................................................................................................100
Selecting the Advanced Tab in Windows Server 2003................................................................................................100
Selecting the Advanced Tab in Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows 7 ..........................103
Selecting the Advanced Tab in Windows Vista ...........................................................................................................104
Modifying Advanced Properties ..........................................................................................................................................107
Updating the Ethernet@
WireSpeed Property............................................................................................................................................................108
Updating the Flow Control Property.............................................................................................................................108
Updating the Interrupt Moderation Property ................................................................................................................110
Updating the Checksum Offload Property ...................................................................................................................111
Updating the Large Send Offload Property .................................................................................................................112
Updating the Jumbo MTU Property .............................................................................................................................113
Updating the Network Address Property .....................................................................................................................114
Updating the RSS Queues Property............................................................................................................................115
Updating the Priority & VLAN Property........................................................................................................................116
Updating the Receive Buffers Property .......................................................................................................................117
Updating the Receive Side Scaling Property...............................................................................................................117
Updating the Speed & Duplex Mode Property.............................................................................................................118
Updating the TCP Connection Offload Properties.......................................................................................................120
Updating the Transmit Buffers Property ......................................................................................................................121
Updating the VLAN ID Property...................................................................................................................................121
Chapter 9: Installing CIM and SNMP for Manageability ...............................................................................................123
Installing CIM ......................................................................................................................................................................124
Loading the CIM Libraries ...........................................................................................................................................125
Installing SNMP ..................................................................................................................................................................127
BASP Subagent..................................................................................................................
.........................................127
BASP Extensible-Agent...............................................................................................................................................127
Loading the SNMP Libraries........................................................................................................................................128
Chapter 10: Installing Management Applications .........................................................................................................131
Installing Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 and Related Management Applications....................................................132
Checking .NET Framework Requirements ..................................................................................................................133
Using the Installer........................................................................................................................................................134
