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2 Installation
This chapter provides the following installation information:
Supported Features
“Installing the Hardware” on page 2-2
“Installing the Driver” on page 2-3
“Installing SANsurfer Management Tools” on page 2-3
Supported Features
When properly installed, QLogic Fibre Channel and Converged Network Adapters
for VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 support the following features:
VMware ESX/ESXi Release Support—4.0.
Topologies—FC-AL, FC-AL2, point-to-point, and switched fabric.
Protocols—FCP-3-SCSI, FC-tape (FCP-2).
Link Rate
2Gb, 4Gb, and 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapters with auto-rate negotiation
10Gb Enhanced Ethernet for Converged Network Adapters
Single driver support—for 2/4/8Gb Fibre Channel Adapters and 10Gb
Enhanced Ethernet Converged Network Adapters.
SNIA Common Adapter API—v1.x/v2.0 compliant.
QLogic CIM Providers for Adapter Management—for ESXi 4.0 and later
versions.
N_Port ID virtualization—driver supports virtual adapters as follows:
4Gb Fibre Channel Adapters support 127 virtual adapters per port.
8Gb Fibre Channel Adapters support 255 virtual adapters per port.
QLE8000 Series Converged Network Adapters support 63 virtual
adapters per port.
Boot from SAN support—enables servers on a network to boot their
operating system from a Fibre Channel RAID unit on the SAN.