HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 534M Adapter - Manual (Page 9)

Configuration 9
Viewing adapter information
Select the network adapter in the Explorer View pane, and then select the Information tab to view
adapter-level information.
Viewing resource information
You can view information about connections and other essential functions for the selected network adapter
from the Resources section of the Information tab.
The available information depends on the network adapter.
• Bus Type is the type of input/output (I/O) interconnect used by the adapter.
• Bridge is the PCI-E to PCI-X bridge type. This information is only available for certain adapters.
• Bridge Lanes is the number of PCI-E lanes connected to the bridge. This information is only available for
certain adapters.
• Bridge Speed indicates the clock speed on the PCI-E bus. This information is only available for certain
adapters.
• Slot Number is the number of slots on the system board occupied by the adapter. This item is not
available for PCI Express type adapters.
• Bus Speed indicates the bus clock signal frequency used by the adapter. This item is not available for
PCI Express type adapters.
• Bus Width is the number of bits that the bus can transfer at a single time to and from the adapter. This
item is not available for PCI Express type adapters.
• Bus Number indicates the number of the bus where the adapter is installed.
• Device Number is assigned to the adapter by the operating system.
• Function Number is the port number of the adapter. For a single-port adapter, the function number is 0.
For a two-port adapter, the function number for the first port is 0, and the function number for the second
port is 1.
• Interrupt Request interrupts the line number that is associated with the adapter. Valid numbers range
from 2 to 25.
• Memory Address is the mapped address assigned to the adapter. This value can never be 0.
• MSI Version corresponds to the PCI specification. MSI corresponds to the PCI 2.2 specification that
supports 32 messages and a single MSI address value. MSI-X corresponds to the PCI 3.0 specification
that supports 2,048 messages and an independent message address for each message.
Viewing hardware information
You can view the Hardware section of the Information tab to display information about the hardware settings
for the selected network adapter.
The available information depends on the network adapter. Examples include the following:
• ASIC Version is the chip version of the adapter.
• Bootcode Version of the boot code is only available for certain adapters.
• Family Firmware Version is a global firmware version that represents all firmware on the device.