Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 563)

Emulex Drivers for Windows User Manual P010077-01A Rev. A
2. Installation
Driver Installation Options
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2. Installation
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, Windows 8.1, or Windows Server 2012 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 conditions exist, install KB2846837 before installing the Emulex NIC
driver.
OneInstall Installer
Note: The OneInstall Installer does not allow you to perform pre-installation tasks,
unattended installations, or text-only installations. For these tasks, use the
driver kits.
The OneInstall package is a self-extracting executable file that installs the following
software on your system:
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All compatible protocol drivers:
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FC
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FCoE
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iSCSI
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NIC
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NIC+RoCE