Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 591)

Emulex Drivers for Windows User Manual P010077-01A Rev. A
3. Configuration
NIC Driver Configuration
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ARI must be available on the system to support up to sixteen functions on an
adapter. If these conditions are not met, although you may configure all sixteen
functions, only eight functions will be present and discovered by the
OneCommand Manager application after a reboot.
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Only OCe14000-series adapters support ARI.
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The system hardware, such as the motherboard and BIOS, must support ARI.
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ARI must be enabled in the system BIOS.
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The operating system must support ARI, such as the Windows Server 2012
and later.
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Any management tools that you use must support ARI, such as OneCommand
Manager 10.2 and later.
For Dell multichannel support, see “NPar Configuration (Dell Only)” on page 644.