Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 1628)

Boot Version 10.2 for NIC, iSCSI, FCoE, and RoCE Protocols User Manual P010097-01B Rev. A
11. Configuring UEFI for Ethernet
Starting the Emulex NIC Configuration Utility
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Emulex Flash Update Utility – for more information, see “Downloading
Firmware and Boot Code” on page 1656.
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Port Identification – for more information, see “Identifying a Port” on
page 1659.
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Erase Configuration – for more information, see “Erasing Ports and
Controller Configuration” on page 1660.
Advanced Mode Support
Advanced Mode is a driver compatibility option. With Advanced Mode enabled, you
can run Advanced Mode-aware drivers that provide advanced capabilities as listed in
Table 11-1. With Advanced mode disabled, you can run older legacy inbox drivers that
are not Advanced Mode-aware with the latest firmware versions.
Notes:
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Advanced Mode support is enabled by default on OCe11100-series 2-port and
4-port controllers and the LPe16202/OCe15100 CFA. On 4-port controllers, the
Advanced Mode setting is not provided in the PXESelect/HII utilities. The
Advanced Mode setting on these platforms is implicitly enabled and Advanced
Mode-aware drivers must be installed. Compatibility with legacy drivers
requires that Advanced Mode support be disabled on 2-port controllers.
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Advanced Mode is automatically supported by OCe14000-series controllers and
requires no additional configuration.
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Advanced Mode is not supported on OCe10100-series controllers.
Table 11-1 Advanced Mode Capabilities (by Operating System)
Operating System Advanced Mode Enabled
Advanced Mode Disabled
(Legacy Mode)
Windows 16 RSS queues
Note: Only supported on Windows
2008 R2, Windows Server 2012,
and Windows Server 2012 R2.
Remains four queues for earlier
Windows versions.
4 RSS Queues
VMQ lookahead split
Note: VMQs are only supported on
Windows Server 2008 R2 and
later.
Lookahead split is silently ignored.
There may be a small performance
penalty for VMQs.
Linux and Citrix 16 RSS Queues 4 RSS Queues
VFs/PFs can be increased up to 30
VMware ESXi For both 1500 and 9000 MTU:
16 NetQueues/PFs in non-VFA
4 NetQueues/PFs in VFA 1500 MTU – 8 NetQueues/PFs in
non-VFA and 4 NetQueues/PFs in VFA.
9000 MTU – 4 NetQueues/PFs in both
VFA and non-VFA