Setup Requirements - Lenovo 8200 Series Installation Manual

Setup Requirements

Table 4 and Table 5 provide the requirements for applying NPAR functionality to 8200 and 3200 Series
Adapters installed in host servers within SANs.
Table 4. NPAR Operating System Requirements
Operating Systems
Linux
Citrix ®
Windows
For the latest list of operating systems that support NPAR for QLogic Adapters, please check http://driverdown-
loads.qlogic.com.
a If a partitioned NIC is configured for use in a Hyper-V network virtualization stack, virtual message queue (VMQ) must be
enabled. To enable VMQ on a management OS with physical network adapters less than 10Gbps, enter the following command
in a command prompt window: reg add
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\VMSMP\Parameters /v
BelowTenGigVmqEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
Table 5. NPAR Management Tool and Driver Requirements
SW Components
Management Tools
QLogic OptionROM
QLogic QConvergeConsole
GUI/CLI
QLogic Device Windows
Properties Page
Drivers
Adapter drivers
Management tools and drivers are located on the QLogic Web site
http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com.
8200 Series Converged Network Adapter and 3200 Series Intelligent Ethernet Adapter
• RHEL5.6 and later, x86 and x64
• RHEL6.0 and later, x64 only
• SLES10 SP4 and later, x64 only
• SLES11 SP1 and later, x64 only
• XenServer ® 6.0 and later
• Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
® a
— Hyper-V
Flash image containing firmware and boot code
Management tools that can be utilized for NPAR configuration
and management
Can be used for NPAR configuration and management in Win-
dows
NIC, FCoE, and iSCSI drivers
Platforms
Description
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