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HP ProLiant Network Adapter
Software and Configuration Guide
Part Number 441877-00F
March 2008 (Sixth Edition)
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© Copyright 2005, 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. Confidential computer software. Valid license from HP requi
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Contents Overview..................................................................................................................................... 5 Supported adapters and operating systems................................................................................................... 5 Adapter driver and software information ...................................................................................................... 7 Adapter driver folders in HP SoftPaq..................
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Technical support........................................................................................................................ 63 Before you contact HP.............................................................................................................................. 63 HP contact information............................................................................................................................. 63 Free automated customer support services ...........
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Overview Supported adapters and operating systems The following is a list of HP NC-Series adapters that are supported on HP ProLiant servers. Standup adapters: • HP NC110T PCI Express Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC150T PCI 4-port Gigabit Combo Switch Adapter • HP NC310F PCI-X Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC320T PCI Express Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC340T PCI-X Quad Port Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC360T PCI Express Dual Port Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC364T PCI Express Quad Port
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• HP NC7770 PCI-X Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC7771 PCI-X Gigabit Server Adapter Embedded adapters: • HP NC105i PCIe Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC320i PCI Express Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC324i PCI Express Dual Port Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC325i PCI Express Dual Port Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC326i PCI Express Dual Port Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC370i PCI-X Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC371i PCI-X Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC373i Integr
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• Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions • Windows® 2000 (NDIS5) • DOS NDIS2* NetWare • NetWare 6.5 Server • NetWare 6.6 Server • NetWare Open Enterprise Server Linux 32 • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Linux 64 • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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• Microsoft® Windows Server 2008 \WIN2008x64 • Microsoft® Windows Server 2003 \WIN2003 • Microsoft® Windows Server 2003 x64 \WIN2003x64 • Microsoft® Windows® 2000 \WIN2000 • Linux \LINUX Documentation in the HP SoftPaq • HP Network Adapter Software and Configuration Guide (NACONFIG.pdf) • HP Accelerated iSCSI for Multifunction Network Adapters (AiSCSIUG.pdf) • HP Network Adapter License Utility for Windows (NALICNSE.pdf) • HP Network Adapter Scripting Utility (NICSCRPT.pdf) • Netw
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Installation Downloading files 1. Go to the HP website (http://www.hp.com). 2. Click Software & Driver Downloads from the left menu bar. 3. Type the product name in the For product box and press Enter. For example, type NC373T. 4. Select an operating system. 5. Click HP ProLiant Networking. 6. Click download and save the HP SoftPaq (sp#####.exe) file to a directory on your hard drive. The SoftPaq file is a self-extracting executable with a file name based on the SoftPaq number. 7. Cl
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1. On the desktop, click Start and select Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management to display the Computer Management window. 2. Click Device Manager and then scroll down the list of hardware devices to Network Adapters and click the plus (+). This expands the list of adapters currently configured. For example, HP NC510x PCle 10 Gigabit Server Adapter is listed in the example above and is removed with the following step. 3. Right-click HP NC510x PCIe 10 Giga
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Windows 2008 x64 drivers The following Windows Server 2008 x64 network adapter drivers are used in this release: • N1G6032E.sys for NC310F, NC340T, NC61xx, and NC71xx server adapters • Q57ND60A.sys for NC105x, NC150x, NC32x, NC10xx, NC67xx, and NC77xx server adapters • BXND60A.sys for Multifunction server adapters • N1E6032E.sys for NC110T, NC360x, NC364x server adapters Components for these drivers are located in the \WIN2008x64 directory of the HP SoftPaq. Windows 2003 drivers The
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Components for these drivers are located in the \WIN2000 directory in the HP SoftPaq file. Adapter support on Linux The following Linux drivers are available for HP adapters: • bnx2—Supports multifunction server adapters • diags—HP ProLiant Webmin Network Server Adapter Diagnostics Module • e1000—Supports NC110T, NC310F, NC340x, NC360x, NC364x, NC61xx, and NC71xx server adapters • hp-nct—HP Network Configuration Tool (NCT) • hp-pel—Supports ProLiant licensing • iSCSI-boot—Supports
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Parameter Options Description CheckSum = Default = ON Enables or disables the transmit and receive checksum off-loading feature. Checksum is Selections are: ON, OFF, Tx, supported under NetWare 5.x only. If you Rx want to enable the CheckSum parameter, you need to load it on the first instance. Frame = type Valid types are: Defines the frame type being used by this load Ethernet_802.2, instance. Ethernet_802.2 and Ethernet_II are Ethernet_802.3, Ethernet_II, the default val
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Parameter Options Description Jumbo = Set maximum physical receive Enables/disables Jumbo Frame support. When packet Size = 18000 in the enabled, jumbo packets of up to 9000 bytes STARTUP.NCF. Choices are are supported. Not supported on NC1020 Jumbo = 1514–9000. This adapters. keyword is only supported on NetWare 6.x. Link= Default=FORCE Only used to allow the adapter to negotiate a specific or forced line speed with a switch that Selections are: AUTO, FORCE is not forced, but instead
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When an adapter configuration is saved, the NetWare install program adds load and bind statements to the autoexec.ncf file. By accessing this file, you can verify the parameters configured for each adapter, modify them, or enter additional parameters. NOTE: The Novell monitor program and the CONFIG command are also useful for verifying driver configuration. For information on how to use these programs, refer to the utilities reference in your Novell NetWare online documentation.
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# BIND IPX Q57_1_E82 NET=FAFD3D25 # LOAD Q57 SLOT=2 FRAME=Ethernet_802.3 NAME=Q57_1_E83 # BIND IPX Q57_1_E83 NET=5A2D8D6D # LOAD Q57 SLOT=2 FRAME=Ethernet_SNAP NAME=Q57_1_ESP # BIND IPX Q57_1_ESP NET=477A35BD # LOAD Q57 SLOT=2 FRAME=Ethernet_II NAME=Q57_1_EII # BIND IPX Q57_1_EII NET=C3C8F2E4 # BIND IP Q57_1_EII ADDR=172.16.1.1 MASK=ff.ff.0.0 NetWare server driver LOAD line parameters This following lists the NetWare server driver LOAD line parameter settings for HP server ada
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Where n = 10 or 100 or 1000 o Default = The adapter automatically detects network speed. • NODE. This keyword specifies a locally administered address (LAA) unique to each adapter. Use this option to provide your own unique node address for the adapter. The node address is a 12-digit hexadecimal number. The second digit must be one of the following digits: 2, 6, A, E. o Syntax: NODE=xnxxxxxxxxxx Where n = 2, 6, A, E Where x = hexadecimal number o Default = The adapter's assigned addres
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Advanced Network Services help - supported keywords • AGG_SELECTION o Syntax: AGG_SELECTION=[BANDWIDTH | COUNT] o Description: Sets active aggregator selection mode by bandwidth or count • BALANCE_INTERVAL o Syntax: balance_interval=nnn o Description: Changes Balance interval, nnn counts 1/18 sec • BALANCE_SET_DEFAULT o Syntax: balance_set_default o Description: Restores Balance interval to factory settings • COMMIT o Syntax: commit [team=nnn] o Description: Sets a certain mode. Us
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• PRIMARY o Syntax: primary | secondary o Description: Identifies the primary adapter. Supported only in BIND command • PROBE_BURST_SIZE o Syntax: probe_burst_size=nnn o Description: Changes number of probes to send in a retry • PROBE_CHECK_INTERVAL o Syntax: probe_check_interval=nnn o Description: Changes probes check interval • PROBE_RECHECK_INTERVAL o Syntax: probe_recheck_interval=nnn o Description: Changes probe retries check interval • PROBE_RETRY_COUNT o Syntax: probe_retry
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o Description: Supported only after Commit command • SECONDARY o Syntax: primary | secondary o Description: Identifies the secondary adapter. Supported only in BIND command. • SMPMODE o Syntax: SMPMODE=[SMP | NONSMP] o Description: Enables/disables SMP aware • STATUS o Syntax: status [team=nnn] o Description: Prints CPQANS status • TEAM o Syntax: team=nnnn o Description: Identifies the team. nnnn=DecimalNumber. • TX_ECBS_TO_USE o Syntax: tx_ecbs_to_use=nnn o Description: Sets nu
