Teaming with channel bonding, Remote phy support, Statistics – Dell Broadcom NetXtreme Family of Adapters User Manual
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Linux Driver Software: Broadcom NetXtreme II® Network Adapter User Guide
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Teaming with Channel Bonding
With the Linux drivers, you can team adapters together using the bonding kernel module and a channel bonding interface. For
more information, see the Channel Bonding information in your operating system documentation.
Remote PHY Support
The bnx2 driver supports Remote PHY on blade servers that use the NetXtreme II BCM5708S or BCM5709s device, support
Remote PHY, and have Remote PHY enabled.
On Remote PHY-enabled systems, the bnx2 driver enables the NetXtreme II BCM5708S or BCM5709S device to take
advantage of the features available in the blade chassis' copper twisted pair PHY. The bnx2 driver will indicate that it is using
Remote PHY twisted pair mode in ethtool output.
NOTE: bnx2 driver versions prior to 1.63d do not support Remote PHY and operating systems using these older drivers
may behave differently than operating systems with Remote PHY driver support. Refer to your system and operating system
documentation for the status of Remote PHY support.
Configure the adapter using the standard ethtool commands.
Statistics
Detailed statistics and configuration information can be viewed using the ethtool utility. See the ethtool man page for more
information.
Linux iSCSI Offload
Open iSCSI User Applications
Install and run the inbox open-iscsi initiator programs from the DVD. Refer to
User Application - brcm_iscsiuio
Install and run the brcm_iscsiuio daemon before attempting to create iSCSI connections. The driver will not be able to
establish connections to the iSCSI target without the daemon's assistance.
1. Install the brcm_iscsiuio source package
# tar -xvzf iscsiuio-<version>.tar.gz
2. CD to the directory where iscsiuio is extracted
# cd iscsiuio-<version>
3. Compile and install
# ./configure
# make
# make install
4. Check the iscsiuio version matches with the source package
# brcm_iscsiuio -v
5. Start brcm_iscsiuio
# brcm_iscsiuio
Bind iSCSI Target to Broadcom NX2 iSCSI Transport Name