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Sun Dual 10GbE PCIe 2.0 Fibre Channel Over Ethernet

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Document Information

1.  Important Information About FCoE

Intel 10-GbE Driver Support for Linux and Windows

Windows OS Issues

Adding or Removing an Adapter as a VNIC Does Not Load the Storage Miniport Driver

Installing the FCoE Image After Installing ANS and Creating AFT Teams Does Not Install Storports

Link Aggregation Teams Are Not Supported

Using the FCoE CTRL-D Utility Is Not Possible With the Windows Device Manager

Displaying 82599-Based Adapter Is Not Possible in Windows MPIO Configurations

Removing ALB Teaming Causes All FCoE Functions to Fail

FCoE and TCP/IP Traffic

Ethernet Virtual Storage Miniport Driver Disappears From the Device Manager

Boot-Option ROM and Windows Boot Issues

Discovering the Desired VLAN Might Fail

Having an Installed Local Disk Causes FCoE to Fail in Windows OS

Using FCoE and Crash Dump

Stopping the IntelDCB Service Might Cause the OS to Hang or Crash

Uninstalling FCoE From a Local Disk Might Be Blocked

Creating VLAN Interfaces Fails With the FCoE Boot Option Enabled

Configuring an Adapter Port as the FCoE Boot Option Displays the Port as an Externally Shared VNIC

Setting the FCoE Linkdown Timeout Value Fails Prematurely When the System Is Booted Remotely

Documentation Feedback

Intel 10-GbE Driver Support for Linux and Windows

Information on the Intel 10-GbE drivers for Linux and Windows, including tools and documentation, can be found at the following web site:

http://www.intel.com/support/network/adapter/10gbe/xfsrdualserver

You can obtain additional information about Intel's FCoE solution on the following web site:

http://www.intel.com/support/network/adapter/x520server/sb/CS-031630.htm?wapkw=fcoe

You can obtain additional information on the RHEL 6.1 FCoE solution that Intel 10-GbE drivers support in the Red Hat 6.0 Storage Administration Guide at:

http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Storage_Administration_Guide/fcoeconfig.html

You can obtain additional information on the SLES 11 FCoE solution that the Intel 10-GbE drivers support in the SLES 11 Storage Administration Guide at:

http://www.suse.com/documentation/sles11/stor_admin/?page=/documentation/sles11/stor_admin/data/bookinfo.html


Caution

Caution - If you are not using, at least, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, you must run PROWinx64.exe before you install the X520 option card and after you install the card in order to avoid a blue-screen condition.



Note - At the time of this release, FCoE is not supported in Oracle Solaris 10 or 11 OS.