Viewing resource reservations, Changing the mtu size of iscsi ports, Configuring the ip address for iscsi offload – HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 534M Adapter User Manual
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MAC Rx w/ no Pause Command enables MAC control frames with no pause command.
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MAC Sent X-on indicates that MAC Transmit with X-on is on.
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MAC Sent X-off indicates that MAC Transmit with X-on is off.
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Large Send Offload Transmit Requests is the number of times the adapter was requested to transmit a
packet performing TCP segmentation.
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Total Offload TCP Connections is the total number of offloaded TCP connections.
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SR-IOV Switch Statistics shows the statistics for SR-IOV switches.
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Num of Active VFs shows the number of active VF.
Viewing resource reservations
Resource Reservation information is only available for certain adapters and VBD drivers. Not all offload
technologies are available with all adapters.
The Resource Reservations section shows the number of connections allocated to an offload technology.
TOE and iSCSI
TOE and iSCSI can only be configured on certain adapters and require a license key. License keys are
preprogrammed in the hardware.
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TOE enables accelerating TCP over 2.5 GbE and 10 GbE.
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iSCSI offload enables accelerating network storage access featuring centralized boot functionality
(iSCSI boot).
The number of unlicensed resources and unallocated resources is also viewable.
To view resource reservations:
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Click the name of the system device in the Explorer View pane.
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From the Resource Reservations section, select the property you want to set.
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Click Apply to confirm the changes to all properties.
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Click Reset to return the properties to the original values.
Changing the MTU size of iSCSI ports
The iSCSI Management section of the Configurations tab changes the MTU of the iSCSI ports.
To change the MTU size of iSCSI ports:
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Click the name of the Broadcom iSCSI device in the SCSI controller section of the Explorer View pane.
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Enter the MTU size in the Value column.
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Click Apply to save the settings or click Reset to revert to the previous settings.
Configuring the IP address for iSCSI offload
The iSCSI Management section of the Configurations tab sets the IP address of the iSCSI HBA when using
iSCSI protocol to offload network processing from the CPU to a Broadcom-based network adapter. This
procedure does not apply to iSCSI-booted adapters.