Brocade Virtual ADX Installation and Deployment Guide (Supporting ADX v03.1.00) - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
Preface.....................................................................................................................................7
Document conventions......................................................................................7
Text formatting conventions.................................................................. 7
Command syntax conventions.............................................................. 7
Notes, cautions, and warnings.............................................................. 8
Brocade resources............................................................................................ 9
Contacting Brocade Technical Support.............................................................9
Document feedback........................................................................................ 10
Brocade Virtual ADX Overview..................................................................................................11
Brocade Virtual ADX features......................................................................... 11
Brocade Virtual ADX Interfaces...................................................................... 11
Typical deployment topologies........................................................................12
Tools supported on Virtual ADX......................................................................12
cURL................................................................................................... 12
Brocade Virtual ADX Installation on ESX host........................................................................... 15
Brocade Virtual ADX in the ESX host environment.........................................15
Brocade Virtual ADX Prerequisites................................................................. 15
Software.............................................................................................. 15
Hardware ............................................................................................15
Brocade Virtual ADX download.......................................................................16
Brocade Virtual ADX installation..................................................................... 16
Brocade Virtual ADX installation validation..................................................... 20
Additional interfaces........................................................................................21
Adding and removing interfaces..........................................................21
Displaying interface information.......................................................... 22
TCP checksum offload.................................................................................... 23
Hardware checksum offload process.................................................. 23
Incoming packets................................................................................ 24
Outgoing packets................................................................................ 24
Enabling or disabling TCP checksum offload......................................24
Brocade Virtual ADX technical help................................................................ 25
VMware tools.................................................................................................. 25
Brocade Virtual ADX Installation on KVM Host..........................................................................27
Brocade Virtual ADX in the KVM host environment........................................ 27
Configuration overview....................................................................................27
Brocade Virtual ADX Prerequisites................................................................. 27
Software.............................................................................................. 27
Hardware ............................................................................................27
Brocade Virtual ADX download.......................................................................28
Installing Virtual ADX VM on KVM host.......................................................... 29
Installing Virtual ADX using virsh command....................................... 29
Installing Brocade Virtual ADX using Virtual Machine Manager
GUI................................................................................................ 30
Powering on the Brocade Virtual ADX................................................ 36
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