Iscsi offload faqs – Dell Broadcom NetXtreme Family of Adapters User Manual

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iSCSI Protocol: Broadcom NetXtreme II® Network Adapter User Guide

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13. Click OK to close the Microsoft Initiator.
14. To format your iSCSI partition, use Disk Manager.

NOTES:

Teaming does not support iSCSI adapters.
Teaming does not support NDIS adapters that are in the boot path.
Teaming supports NDIS adapters that are not in the iSCSI boot path, but only for the SLB team type.

iSCSI Offload FAQs

Q: How do I assign an IP address for iSCSI offload?
A: Use the Configurations tab in Broadcom Advanced Control Suite (BACS).

Q: What tools should be used to create the connection to the target?
A: Use Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator (version 2.08 or later).

Q: How do I know that the connection is offloaded?
A: Use Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator. From a command line, type iscsicli sessionlist. From Initiator Name, an
iSCSI offloaded connection will display an entry beginning with "B06BDRV...". A non-offloaded connection will display an entry
beginning with "Root...".

Q: What configurations should be avoided?
A: The IP address should not be the same as the LAN.

Q: Why does the install fail when attempting to complete an iSCSI offload install using Windows Server 2008 R2 for BCM5709
(1 GbE) adapters?
A: There is a conflict with the internal inbox driver.

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