Configuring uefi for ethernet, Overview, Navigating the emulex nic configuration utility – Dell Emulex Family of Adapters User Manual

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11. Configuring UEFI for Ethernet

Overview

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11. Configuring UEFI for Ethernet

Overview

UEFIBoot supports:

uEFI version – uEFI 2.3.1 compatible drivers (backward compatible with 2.1)

EDK version – EDK2 compatible drivers

Supported EFI protocols – NII protocol, Configuration Access protocol,

Component Name2 protocol, Driver Diagnostics protocol, Platform to Driver

Configuration protocol, and Firmware Management Protocol

Operating systems – Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows

Server 2012 R2, RHEL 6.x and newer, and SLES 11 SP2 and newer

Multi-mode – Switch personalities from the HII menus

Multichannel – Enable or disable multichannel and configure multichannel

parameters from HII

Blade Open Firmware Management Protocol and Universal Configuration

Manager

Note: Only applies to IBM products.

Maximum controllers and ports (support for up to 96 physical controllers or 192

ports)

Single driver – Single latest driver version supports all controllers in the system

This version of UEFIboot is loaded from flash into system memory.
For more information on loading and unloading UEFIBoot, see appendix E., “Loading

and Unloading UEFIBoot from the UEFI Shell,” on page 1761.
When UEFIBoot is loaded in an EFI Shell, type “

drivers

” and press <Enter> to see if

the driver is loaded.

Note: If you are using Dell adapters, refer to appendix F., “Dell UEFI,” on page 1762

for information on using the Dell UEFI utility.

Navigating the Emulex NIC Configuration Utility

Use the following methods to navigate the Emulex NIC configuration utility:

Press the up/down arrows on your keyboard to move through menu options or

fields. When multiple adapters are listed, use the up/down arrows to scroll to

the additional adapters.

Press the <+>, <->, or <Enter> keys to change numeric values.

Press <Enter> to select a menu option, to select a row in a configuration screen,

or to change a configuration default.

Use the navigation entries on the page to move about the utility.

Press <Esc> to exit the current screen and show the previous screen.

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