Dell Broadcom NetXtreme Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 140)

Fibre Channel Over Ethernet: Broadcom NetXtreme II® Network Adapter User Guide
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2. Select the device through which boot is to be configured.
NOTE: IMPORTANT: When running in NIC Partitioning (NPAR) mode, FCoE boot is supported only when the first function on each port is assigned an FCoE personality. FCoE boot
is not supported when the FCoE personality is assigned to any other function.
3. Ensure DCB/DCBX is enabled on the device. FCoE boot is only supported on DCBX capable configurations. As such, DCB/DCBX must be enabled, and the directly attached link peer
must also be DCBX capable with parameters that allow for full DCBX synchronization.