HP NC532m Dual Port 10GbE Multifunction BL-c Adapter - Manual (Page 3)

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Contents
Overview..................................................................................................................................... 4
iSCSI protocol........................................................................................................................................... 4
Supported operating systems ...................................................................................................................... 4
Supported hardware.................................................................................................................................. 4
Installation and configuration ......................................................................................................... 6
Downloading files ..................................................................................................................................... 6
Installing the BRCM Multifunction drivers for Linux ......................................................................................... 6
Installing the Linux iSCSI offload bnx2i driver................................................................................................ 7
Linux iSCSI offload bnx2i driver limitations ......................................................................................... 8
Uninstalling the HP Linux iSCSI offload bnx2i driver RPM package ........................................................ 8
Linux iSCSI offload bnx2i driver messages.................................................................................................... 8
Installing the license for embedded adapters............................................................................................... 10
Red Hat........................................................................................................................................ 11
SLES ............................................................................................................................................ 11
Reporting iSCSI Offload status ........................................................................................................ 12
HP ProLiant Licensing Log and Event File........................................................................................... 12
Troubleshoot known issues for HP port-based Linux iSCSI offload......................................................... 13
Uninstalling the license for HP port-based Linux iSCSI offload........................................................................ 14
Removing the HP ProLiant Licensing RPM .......................................................................................... 14
Removing the hp-pbl RPM package.................................................................................................. 14
HP NC-Series iSCSI offload initiator utilities ................................................................................................ 14
Red Hat........................................................................................................................................ 14
SLES ............................................................................................................................................ 15
Loading the Linux iSCSI offload bnx2i module............................................................................................. 16
Executing the bnx2id application .............................................................................................................. 16
Binding the iSCSI target............................................................................................................... 17
Changing the transport binding of the iSCSI node ....................................................................................... 17
Connecting to the iSCSI target...................................................................................................... 18
Sample commands to discover targets and create iSCSI connections.............................................................. 18
Acronyms and abbreviations........................................................................................................ 19
Index......................................................................................................................................... 20