Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 1548)

Boot Version 10.2 for NIC, iSCSI, FCoE, and RoCE Protocols User Manual P010097-01B Rev. A
3. Configuring PXE Boot for NIC on OCe14000-series Adapters
Using the PXESelect Utility
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ARI Support
The OCe14000-series adapters support ARI, which provides the ability to configure
additional PCI functions or I/O channels for each physical adapter port when
multichannel is enabled.
You can configure up to 16 functions on a one-port OCe14400-series adapter, up to
eight functions per port on a one or two-port OCe14100-series adapter, and up to four
functions per port on a four-port OCe14100-series adapter.
The maximum number of functions allowed on an adapter is controlled by the
adapter's IPL file and the system’s support for ARI.
The following requirements must be met in order to support more than eight functions
on an adapter.
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The system hardware (the motherboard and BIOS) must support ARI.
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ARI must be enabled in the system BIOS.
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The host operating system must support ARI:
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Windows Server 2012 and newer versions
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RHEL 6.4 and newer versions
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SLES 11 SP2 and newer versions
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ESXi 5.0 and newer versions
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The application management tools, including the OneCommand Manager
application must support ARI.
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ARI must be enabled in the firmware using the OneCommand Manager
application.
If these conditions are not met, you may be able to configure more than eight functions,
but only up to eight functions will be running and discovered after a reboot.
Configuring Personality
The “personality” reflects the protocol, or protocols, of the adapter. This option
specifies a list of available protocols that can be configured on an adapter. Depending
on the personalities for which the adapter is licensed, one or more of the following
selections appears:
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NIC – implies that all the enabled functions provide NIC functionality
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iSCSI or FCoE – these personalities are enabled on one function per adapter port
and include NIC functionality on the other enabled functions. There can be only
one of each storage protocol on each port.
Note: There cannot be two iSCSI functions and two FCoE functions on a single
port.
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Custom – for information about custom personalities, see “Configuring the
Custom Personality Selection” on page 1549.
The menu only displays the available personalities, including both free and licensed
personalities.