Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 547)

Quick Installation Manual for Windows Drivers P010078-01A Rev. A
2. Driver Installation Options
OneInstall Installer
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2. Driver Installation Options
There are two ways that you can install the Windows drivers:
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OneInstall Installer contains all the Emulex Windows drivers (Emulex Storport
Miniport and NDIS Miniport drivers) and the OneCommand Manager
application in a single download package.
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Driver kits and AutoPilot Installer provide installation options ranging from
simple installations with a few mouse clicks to unattended installations that use
predefined script files and text-only installations.
Notes:
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If you are installing the NIC driver kit as an update to the Windows Server 2012
driver, some parameter defaults are different from the inbox driver. Emulex
recommends that, after you install the Emulex out-of-box driver, you select
“reset to default” on the Advanced tab of Device Manager property page. This
returns all adapter and driver settings to the default values listed in this
manual.
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Low performance can result when the Emulex NIC driver is installed on a
system meeting the following conditions before installing Microsoft KB2846837:
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A Windows 8-based or Windows Server 2012-based computer with
multi-core processors is in use.
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Three or more Ethernet ports are installed on the computer.
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Receive Side Scaling (RSS) is enabled and sets the RSS profile to use the
“Closest” parameter for the Ethernet adapters.
If these three conditions exist, install KB2846837 before installing the Emulex
NIC driver.
OneInstall Installer
The OneInstall package is a self-extracting executable file that installs the following
software on your system:

All compatible protocol drivers:
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Fibre Channel (FC)
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Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
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internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI)
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Network Interface Card or Controller plus RDMA over Converged Ethernet
(NIC + RoCE)
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ElxPlus driver (supports the OneCommand Manager application, persistent
binding, and LUN mapping and masking)
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OneCommand Manager application (management utility for Emulex adapters)