PCI Slot field

The PCI slot in which the adapter is installed.

Vendor field

The vendor for the adapter.

Product Name field

The product name for the adapter.

Product ID field

The product ID for the adapter.

Serial Number field

The serial number for the adapter.

Version ID field

The version ID for the adapter.

Hardware Revision field

The hardware revision for the adapter.

Cisco IMC Management Enabled field

If this field displays yes, then the adapter is functioning in Cisco Card Mode and passing Cisco IMC management traffic through to the server Cisco IMC.

Configuration Pending field

If this field displays yes, the adapter configuration has changed in Cisco IMC but these changes have not been communicated to the host operating system.

To activate the changes, an administrator must reboot the adapter.

ISCSI Boot Capable field

Whether iSCSI boot is supported on the adapter.

CDN Capable field

Whether CDN is supported on the adapter.

usNIC Capable field

Whether the adapter and the firmware running on the adapter support the usNIC.

Description field

A user-defined description for the adapter.

You can enter between 1 and 63 characters.

Enable FIP Mode check box

If checked, then FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP) mode is enabled. FIP mode ensures that the adapter is compatible with current FCoE standards.

Enable LLDP check box

If checked, then Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) enables all the Data Center Bridging Capability Exchange protocol (DCBX) functionality, which includes FCoE, priority based flow control.

By default, LLDP option is enabled.

Enable VNTAG Mode check box

If VNTAG mode is enabled:

• vNICs and vHBAs can be assigned to a specific channel.

• vNICs and vHBAs can be associated to a port profile.

• vNICs can fail over to another vNIC if there are communication problems.

Port-0 drop-down list

This can be one of the following:

• 10 Gbps

• 40 Gbps

• 4 x 10 Gbps

• Auto

• 40 Gbps

• 4 x 10 Gbps

• Auto— For Cisco UCS VIC 13xx (or later generation) adapter series, the Auto value allows the adapter to determine the speed of the port based on the transceiver module inserted into the port.

  Note	On adapters that support 40 Gbps speed, Auto is the default option.

Port-1 drop-down list

This can be one of the following:

• 10 Gbps

• 40 Gbps

• 4 x 10 Gbps

• Auto

• 40 Gbps

• 4 x 10 Gbps

• Auto— For Cisco UCS VIC 13xx (or later generation) adapter series, the Auto value allows the adapter to determine the speed of the port based on the transceiver module inserted into the port.

  Note	On adapters that support 40 Gbps speed, Auto is the default option.

Training Link - 0 check box

Training Link - 1 check box

PCI Link field

In a single server dual SIOC setup, depending on the information in the PCI slot field, this indicates the vNICs and vHBA of that adapter associated with the server. For example, if the PCI Slot displays 2, and the PCI Link field displays Server-1 as the field value, it indicates that vNICs and vHBA of adapter-2 are PCI linked to the server 1 host.

Running Version field

The firmware version that is currently active.

Backup Version field

The alternate firmware version installed on the adapter, if any. The backup version is not currently running. To activate it, administrators can click Activate Firmware in the Actions area.

Startup Version field

The firmware version that will become active the next time the adapter is rebooted.

Bootloader Version field

The bootloader version associated with the adapter card.

Status field

The status of the last firmware activation that was performed on this adapter.

ID column

The uplink port ID.

MAC Address column

The MAC address of the uplink port.

Link State column

The current operational state of the uplink port. This can be one of the following:

• Fault

• Link Up

• Link Down

• SFP ID Error

• SFP Not Installed

• SFP Security Check Failed

• Unsupported SFP

Encap column

The mode in which adapter operates. This can be one of the following:

• CE—Classical Ethernet mode.

• NIV—Network Interface Virtualization mode.

Admin Speed column

The data transfer rate for the port. This can be one of the following:

• 1 Gbps

• 10 Gbps

• 40 Gbps

• 4 x 10 Gbps

• Auto

• 40 Gbps

• 4 x 10 Gbps

Operating Speed column

The operating rate for the port. This can be one of the following:

• 1 Gbps

• 10 Gbps

• 40 Gbps

• 4 x 10 Gbps

• Auto

• 40 Gbps

• 4 x 10 Gbps

Training Link column

Indicates if link training is enabled on the port.

Connector Present column

Connector Supported column

Connector Type column

Connector Vendor column

Connector Part Number column

Connector Part Revision column

Composite Health field

The combined health of the controller, the attached drives, and the battery backup unit. This can be one of the following:

• Good

• Moderate Fault

• Severe Fault

• N/A

Controller Status field

The current status of the controller. This can be one of the following:

• Optimal — The controller is functioning properly.

• Failed — The controller is not functioning.

• Unresponsive — The controller is down.

RAID Chip Temperature field

Temperature of the controller in degree centigrade.

TTY Log Status field

The current status of the TTY log download. This can be one of the following:

• Not Downloaded
• In Progress
• Complete

Product Name field

The name of the MegaRAID controller.

Serial Number field

The serial number of the MegaRAID controller.

Firmware Package Build field

The active firmware package version number.

For the firmware component version numbers, see the Running Firmware Images area.

PCI Slot field

The name of the PCIe slot in which the controller is located.

Vendor ID field

The PCI vendor ID, in hexadecimal.

Device ID field

The PCI device ID, in hexadecimal.

SubVendor ID field

The PCI subvendor ID, in hexadecimal.

SubDevice ID field

The PCI subdevice ID, in hexadecimal.

Manufactured Date field

The date the MegaRAID card was manufactured, in the format yyy-mm-dd.

Revision No field

The board revision number, if any.

Boot Drive field

The number of the boot drive.

Boot Drive is PD field

If this field displays true, the boot drive is a physical drive.

BIOS Version field

The BIOS option PROM version number.

Firmware Version field

The active firmware version number.

Preboot CLI Version field

The pre-boot CLI version number.

WebBIOS Version field

The Web BIOS version number.

NVDATA Version field

The non-volatile data (NVDATA) version number.

Boot Block Version field

The boot block version number.

Boot Version field

The firmware boot loader version number on the LSI controller.

Startup BIOS Version field

The BIOS option PROM version that will become active when the host server reboots, if different from the current version.

Startup Firmware Version field

The firmware version that will become active when the host server reboots, if different from the current version.

Startup Preboot CLI Version field

The pre-boot CLI version that will become active when the host server reboots, if different from the current version.

Startup WebBIOS Version field

The Web BIOS version that will become active when the host server reboots, if different from the current version.

Startup NVDATA Version field

The non-volatile data version that will become active when the host server reboots, if different from the current version.

Startup Boot Block Version field

The boot block version that will become active when the host server reboots, if different from the current version.

Startup Boot Version field

The firmware boot loader version that will become active when the host server reboots, if different from the current version.

Virtual Drive Count field

The number of virtual drives configured on the controller.

Degraded Drive Count field

The number of virtual drives in a degraded state on the controller.

Offline Drive Count field

The number of virtual drives that have failed on the controller.

Disk Present Count field

The number of physical drives present on the controller.

Degraded Disk Count field

The number of physical drives in a degraded state on the controller.

Failed Disk Count field

The number of physical drives that have failed on the controller.

Predictive Fail Poll Interval field

The number of seconds between predictive failure polls.

During each poll, the controller examines the Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) data on all physical drives to determine if any is about to fail.

Rebuild Rate field

The rate at which the controller rebuilds degraded RAID volumes.

This rate is shown as a percentage of the total bandwidth available.

Patrol Read Rate field

The rate at which the controller performs a background read of the physical drives looking for inconsistent data.

This rate is shown as a percentage of the total bandwidth available.

Consistency Check Rate field

The rate at which the controller scans the virtual drives looking for redundant data inconsistencies and fixing them.

This rate is shown as a percentage of the total bandwidth available.

Reconstruction Rate field

The rate at which virtual drives are reconstructed when the capacity or RAID level needs to be changed.

This rate is shown as a percentage of the total bandwidth available.

Cache Flush Interval field

The number of seconds waits before flushing the cache memory to the physical drives.

Max Drives To Spin Up At Once field

The number of drives that can be spun up simultaneously after the server is powered on.

Delay Among Spinup Groups field

The number of seconds to wait before the controller spins up the next set of drives.

Physical Drive Coercion Mode field

Whether the controller rounds the size of physical drives down to a round number. This can be one of the following:

• None—The controller does not do any rounding.

• 128 MB—Drive sizes are rounded down to the closest multiple of 128 MB.

• 1GB—Drive sizes are rounded down to the closest multiple of 1GB.

Cluster Mode field

If this field displays true, the drives on this controller are shared with controllers on other servers.

Battery Warning field

If this field displays true, missing battery warnings are disabled.

ECC Bucket Leak Rate field

The error correcting code (ECC) single-bit error bucket leak rate, in minutes.

With ECC, the controller increments an error counter when it encounters a single bit error while reading from a physical drive. The controller decrements the error counter each time the number of minutes defined in this field passes.

If the error counter reaches a system-defined maximum, the controller sends an event message to the system.

Expose Enclosure Devices field

If this field displays true, enclosure devices are visible to the host drivers.

Maintain PD Fail History field

If this field displays true, the controller remembers which physical drives were determined to be bad across server reboots.

Enable Copyback on SMART field

If this field displays true, the controller copies the contents of the drive to a spare drive if Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) reports an error.

Enable Copyback to SSD on SMART Error field

If this field displays true, the controller copies the contents of an SSD card to a spare card if SMART reports an error.

Native Command Queuing field

If this field displays true, Native Command Queuing (NCQ) is disabled.

JBOD field

If this field displays true, JBOD is enabled.

Enable Spin Down of Unconfigured Drives field

If this field displays true, the controller spins down unconfigured drives.

Enable SSD Patrol Read field

If this field displays true, the controller performs patrol reads on SSD cards.

Auto Enhanced Import field

If this field displays true, foreign configurations are automatically imported when the controller boots.

RAID Levels Supported field

The RAID levels supported by the controller. This can be one or more of the following:

• Raid 0—Simple striping.

• Raid 1—Simple mirroring.

• Raid 5—Striping with parity.

• Raid 1E—Integrated offset strip mirroring

• Raid 6—Striping with two parity drives.

• Raid 10—Spanned mirroring.

• Raid 50—Spanned striping with parity.

• Raid 60—Spanned striping with two parity drives.

• Raid srl-03—Spanned secondary RAID level

• Raid 00—Spanned striping.

• Raid 1e-rlq0—Integrated adjacent strip mirroring with no span.

• Raid 1e0-rlq0—Integrated adjacent strip mirroring with span.

SAS Address field

A MegaRAID controller can have up to 16 serial-attached SCSI (SAS) addresses. This field displays the first 8 SAS addresses, if they are in use.

BBU Present field

If this field displays true, the battery backup unit is present.

NVRAM Present field

If this field displays true, the NVRAM is present.

NVRAM Size field

The size of the NVRAM, in kilobytes.

Serial Debugger Present field

If this field displays true, a serial debugger is attached to the RAID card.

Memory Present field

If this field displays true, memory is present.

Flash Present field

If this field displays true, flash memory is present.

Flash Size field

The size of the flash memory, in megabytes.

Memory Size field

The size of the memory, in megabytes.

Cache Memory Size field

The size of the cache memory, in megabytes.

Number of Backend Ports field

The number of SATA or SAS ports on the controller.

Memory Correctable Errors field

The number of correctable errors in the controller memory.

Memory Uncorrectable Errors field

The number of uncorrectable errors in the controller memory.

Name field

The name of the virtual HBA.

This name cannot be changed after the vHBA has been created.

Target WWNN field

The WWNN associated with the vHBA.

To let the system generate the WWNN, select AUTO. To specify a WWNN, click the second radio button and enter the WWNN in the corresponding field.

Target WWPN field

The WWPN associated with the vHBA.

To let the system generate the WWPN, select AUTO. To specify a WWPN, click the second radio button and enter the WWPN in the corresponding field.

FC SAN Boot check box

If checked, the vHBA can be used to perform a SAN boot.

Enable Persistent LUN Binding check box

If checked, any LUN ID associations are retained in memory until they are manually cleared.

Uplink Port field

The uplink port associated with the vHBA.

MAC Address field

The MAC address associated with the vHBA.

To let the system generate the MAC address, select AUTO. To specify an address, click the second radio button and enter the MAC address in the corresponding field.

Default VLAN field

If there is no default VLAN for this vHBA, click NONE. Otherwise, click the second radio button and enter a VLAN ID between 1 and 4094 in the field.

Class of Service drop-down list

The CoS for the vHBA.

Select an integer between 0 and 6, with 0 being lowest priority and 6 being the highest priority.

Rate Limit field

The data rate limit for traffic on this vHBA, in Mbps.

If you want this vHBA to have an unlimited data rate, select OFF. Otherwise, click the second radio button and enter an integer between 1 and 10,000.

PCIe Device Order field

The order in which this vHBA will be used.

To let the system set the order, select ANY. To specify an order, select the second radio button and enter an integer between 0 and 17.

EDTOV field

The error detect timeout value (EDTOV), which is the number of milliseconds to wait before the system assumes that an error has occurred.

Enter an integer between 1,000 and 100,000. The default is 2,000 milliseconds.

RATOV field

The resource allocation timeout value (RATOV), which is the number of milliseconds to wait before the system assumes that a resource cannot be properly allocated.

Enter an integer between 5,000 and 100,000. The default is 10,000 milliseconds.

Max Data Field Size field

The maximum size of the Fibre Channel frame payload bytes that the vHBA supports.

Enter an integer between 256 and 2112.

Channel Number field

The channel number that will be assigned to this vHBA.

Enter an integer between 1 and 1,000.

Port Profile drop-down list

The port profile that should be associated with the vHBA, if any.

This field displays the port profiles defined on the switch to which this server is connected.

Enable FCP Error Recovery check box

If checked, the system uses FCP Sequence Level Error Recovery protocol (FC-TAPE).

Link Down Timeout field

The number of milliseconds the uplink port should be offline before it informs the system that the uplink port is down and fabric connectivity has been lost.

Enter an integer between 0 and 240,000.

Port Down I/O Retries field

The number of times an I/O request to a port is returned because the port is busy before the system decides the port is unavailable.

Enter an integer between 0 and 255.

I/O Timeout Retry field

The time period till which the system waits for timeout before retrying. When a disk does not respond for I/O within the defined timeout period, the driver aborts the pending command, and resends the same I/O after the timer expires.

Enter an integer between 1 and 59.

Port Down Timeout field

The number of milliseconds a remote Fibre Channel port should be offline before informing the SCSI upper layer that the port is unavailable.

Enter an integer between 0 and 240,000.

Interrupt Mode drop-down list

The preferred driver interrupt mode. This can be one of the following:

• MSIx—Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) with the optional extension. This is the recommended option.

• MSI—MSI only.

• INTx—PCI INTx interrupts.

I/O Throttle Count field

The number of I/O operations that can be pending in the vHBA at one time.

Enter an integer between 1 and 1,024.

LUNs per Target field

The maximum number of LUNs that the driver will export. This is usually an operating system platform limitation.

Enter an integer between 1 and 1,024. The recommended value is 1024.

LUN Queue Depth field

The number of commands that the HBA can send or receive in a single chunk per LUN. This parameter adjusts the initial queue depth for all LUNs on the adapter.

Default value is 20 for physical miniports and 250 for virtual miniports.

FLOGI Retries field

The number of times that the system tries to log in to the fabric after the first failure.

To specify an unlimited number of retries, select the INFINITE radio button. Otherwise select the second radio button and enter an integer into the corresponding field.

FLOGI Timeout field

The number of milliseconds that the system waits before it tries to log in again.

Enter an integer between 1,000 and 255,000.

PLOGI Retries field

The number of times that the system tries to log in to a port after the first failure.

Enter an integer between 0 and 255.

PLOGI Timeout field

The number of milliseconds that the system waits before it tries to log in again.

Enter an integer between 1,000 and 255,000.

CDB Transmit Queue Count field

The number of SCSI I/O queue resources the system should allocate.

Enter an integer between 1 and 8.

CDB Transmit Queue Ring Size field

The number of descriptors in each SCSI I/O queue.

Enter an integer between 64 and 512.

FC Work Queue Ring Size field

The number of descriptors in each transmit queue.

Enter an integer between 64 and 128.

FC Receive Queue Ring Size field

The number of descriptors in each receive queue.

Enter an integer between 64 and 128.

Index column

The unique identifier for the binding.

Target WWPN column

The target World Wide Port Name with which the binding is associated.

Host WWPN column

The host World Wide Port Name with which the binding is associated.

Bus ID column

The bus ID with which the binding is associated.

Target ID column

The target ID on the host system with which the binding is associated.

Rebuild Persistent Bindings button

Clears all unused bindings and resets the ones that are in use.

Close button

Closes the dialog box and saves your changes.

Name field

The name for the virtual NIC.

This name cannot be changed after the vNIC has been created.

CDN field

MTU field

The maximum transmission unit, or packet size, that this vNIC accepts.

Enter an integer between 1500 and 9000.

Uplink Port drop-down list

The uplink port associated with this vNIC. All traffic for this vNIC goes through this uplink port.

MAC Address field

The MAC address associated with the vNIC.

To let the adapter select an available MAC address from its internal pool, select Auto. To specify an address, click the second radio button and enter the MAC address in the corresponding field.

Class of Service drop-down list

The class of service to associate with traffic from this vNIC.

Select an integer between 0 and 6, with 0 being lowest priority and 6 being the highest priority.

Trust Host CoS check box

Check this box if you want the vNIC to use the class of service provided by the host operating system.

PCI Order field

The order in which this vNIC will be used.

To specify an order, enter an integer within the displayed range.

Default VLAN field

If there is no default VLAN for this vNIC, click NONE. Otherwise, click the second radio button and enter a VLAN ID between 1 and 4094 in the field.

VLAN Mode drop-down list

If you want to use VLAN trunking, select TRUNK. Otherwise, select ACCESS.

Rate Limit field

If you want this vNIC to have an unlimited data rate, select OFF. Otherwise, click the second radio button and enter a rate limit in the associated field.

Enter an integer between 1 and 10,000 Mbps.

You can enter an integer between 1 and 40,000 Mbps for VIC 13xx controllers.

Enable PXE Boot check box

Check this box if the vNIC can be used to perform a PXE boot.

Channel Number field

Select the channel number that will be assigned to this vNIC.

PCI Link field

Port Profile drop-down list

Select the port profile that should be associated with the vNIC.

This field displays the port profiles defined on the switch to which this server is connected.

Enable Uplink Failover check box

Check this box if traffic on this vNIC should fail over to the secondary interface if there are communication problems.

Enable VMQ check box

Check this box to enable Virtual Machine Queue (VMQ).

This option is available only on some Cisco UCS C-Series servers.

Enable aRFS check box

Check this box to enable Accelerated Receive Flow steering (aRFS).

This option is available only on some Cisco UCS C-Series servers.

Enable NVGRE check box

Check this box to enable Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation.

• This option is available only on some Cisco UCS C-Series servers.

• This option is available only on C-Series servers with Cisco VIC 1385 cards.

Enable VXLAN check box

Check this box to enable Virtual Extensible LAN.

• This option is available only on some Cisco UCS C-Series servers.

• This option is available only on C-Series servers with Cisco VIC 1385 cards.

Advanced Filter check box

Check this box to enable advanced filter options in vNICs.

Failback Timeout field

After a vNIC has started using its secondary interface, this setting controls how long the primary interface must be available before the system resumes using the primary interface for the vNIC.

Enter a number of seconds between 0 and 600.

Interrupt Count field

The number of interrupt resources to allocate. In general, this value should be equal to the number of completion queue resources.

Enter an integer between 1 and 514.

Coalescing Time field

The time to wait between interrupts or the idle period that must be encountered before an interrupt is sent.

Enter an integer between 1 and 65535. To turn off interrupt coalescing, enter 0 (zero) in this field.

Coalescing Type drop-down list

This can be one of the following:

• MIN—The system waits for the time specified in the Coalescing Time field before sending another interrupt event.

• IDLE—The system does not send an interrupt until there is a period of no activity lasting as least as long as the time specified in the Coalescing Time field.

Interrupt Mode drop-down list

The preferred driver interrupt mode. This can be one of the following:

• MSI-X—Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) with the optional extension. This is the recommended option.

• MSI—MSI only.

• INTx—PCI INTx interrupts.

Receive Queue Count field

The number of receive queue resources to allocate.

Enter an integer between 1 and 256.

Receive Queue Ring Size field

The number of descriptors in each receive queue.

Enter an integer between 64 and 4096.

Transmit Queue Count field

The number of transmit queue resources to allocate.

Enter an integer between 1 and 256.

Transmit Queue Ring Size field

The number of descriptors in each transmit queue.

Enter an integer between 64 and 4096.

Completion Queue Count field

The number of completion queue resources to allocate. In general, the number of completion queue resources you should allocate is equal to the number of transmit queue resources plus the number of receive queue resources.

Enter an integer between 1 and 512.

Completion Queue Ring Size field

The number of descriptors in each completion queue.

This value cannot be changed.

Enable TCP Segmentation Offload check box

If checked, the CPU sends large TCP packets to the hardware to be segmented. This option may reduce CPU overhead and increase throughput rate.

If cleared, the CPU segments large packets.

Enable TCP Rx Offload Checksum Validation check box

If checked, the CPU sends all packet checksums to the hardware for validation. This option may reduce CPU overhead.

If cleared, the CPU validates all packet checksums.

Enable TCP Tx Offload Checksum Generation check box

If checked, the CPU sends all packets to the hardware so that the checksum can be calculated. This option may reduce CPU overhead.

If cleared, the CPU calculates all packet checksums.

Enable Large Receive check box

If checked, the hardware reassembles all segmented packets before sending them to the CPU. This option may reduce CPU utilization and increase inbound throughput.

If cleared, the CPU processes all large packets.

Enable TCP Receive Side Scaling check box

Receive Side Scaling (RSS) distributes network receive processing across multiple CPUs in multiprocessor systems.

If checked, network receive processing is shared across processors whenever possible.

If cleared, network receive processing is always handled by a single processor even if additional processors are available.

Enable IPv4 RSS check box

If checked, RSS is enabled on IPv4 networks.

Enable TCP-IPv4 RSS check box

If checked, RSS is enabled for TCP transmissions across IPv4 networks.

Enable IPv6 RSS check box

If checked, RSS is enabled on IPv6 networks.

Enable TCP-IPv6 RSS check box

If checked, RSS is enabled for TCP transmissions across IPv6 networks.

Enable IPv6 Extension RSS check box

If checked, RSS is enabled for IPv6 extensions.

Enable TCP-IPv6 Extension RSS check box

If checked, RSS is enabled for TCP transmissions across IPv6 networks.

Name

The name for the vNIC that is the parent of the usNIC.

usNIC field

The number of usNICs assigned to the specific vNIC.

Enter an integer between 0 and 225.

To assign additional usNICs to a specified vNIC, enter value higher than the existing value.

To delete usNICs from a specified vNIC, enter value smaller than the existing value.

To delete all the usNICs assigned to a vNIC, enter zero.

Transmit Queue Count field

The number of transmit queue resources to allocate.

Enter an integer between 1 and 256.

Receive Queue Count field

The number of receive queue resources to allocate.

Enter an integer between 1 and 256.

Completion Queue Count field

The number of completion queue resources to allocate. In general, the number of completion queue resources you should allocate is equal to the number of transmit queue resources plus the number of receive queue resources.

Enter an integer between 1 and 512.

Transmit Queue Ring Size field

The number of descriptors in each transmit queue.

Enter an integer between 64 and 4096.

Receive Queue Ring Size field

The number of descriptors in each receive queue.

Enter an integer between 64 and 4096.

Interrupt Count field

The number of interrupt resources to allocate. In general, this value should be equal to the number of completion queue resources.

Enter an integer between 1 and 514.

Interrupt Coalescing Type drop-down list

This can be one of the following:

• MIN—The system waits for the time specified in the Coalescing Time field before sending another interrupt event.

• IDLE—The system does not send an interrupt until there is a period of no activity lasting as least as long as the time specified in the Coalescing Time field.

Interrupt Coalescing Timer Time field

The time to wait between interrupts or the idle period that must be encountered before an interrupt is sent.

Enter an integer between 1 and 65535. To turn off interrupt coalescing, enter 0 (zero) in this field.

Class of Service field

The class of service to associate with traffic from this usNIC.

Select an integer between 0 and 6, with 0 being lowest priority and 6 being the highest priority.

TCP Segment Offload check box

If checked, the CPU sends large TCP packets to the hardware to be segmented. This option may reduce CPU overhead and increase throughput rate.

If cleared, the CPU segments large packets.

Large Receive check box

If checked, the hardware reassembles all segmented packets before sending them to the CPU. This option may reduce CPU utilization and increase inbound throughput.

If cleared, the CPU processes all large packets.

TCP Tx Checksum check box

If checked, the CPU sends all packets to the hardware so that the checksum can be calculated. This option may reduce CPU overhead.

If cleared, the CPU calculates all packet checksums.

TCP Rx Checksum check box

If checked, the CPU sends all packet checksums to the hardware for validation. This option may reduce CPU overhead.

If cleared, the CPU validates all packet checksums.

Name

The name for the vNIC that is the parent of the usNIC.

usNIC field

The number of usNICs assigned to the specific vNIC.

Enter an integer between 0 and 225.

To assign additional usNICs to a specified vNIC, enter value higher than the existing value.

To delete usNICs from a specified vNIC, enter value smaller than the existing value.

To delete all the usNICs assigned to a vNIC, enter zero.

Transmit Queue Count field

The number of transmit queue resources to allocate.

Enter an integer between 1 and 256.

Receive Queue Count field

The number of receive queue resources to allocate.

Enter an integer between 1 and 256.

Completion Queue Count field

The number of completion queue resources to allocate. In general, the number of completion queue resources you should allocate is equal to the number of transmit queue resources plus the number of receive queue resources.

Enter an integer between 1 and 512.

Transmit Queue Ring Size field

The number of descriptors in each transmit queue.

Enter an integer between 64 and 4096.

Receive Queue Ring Size field

The number of descriptors in each receive queue.

Enter an integer between 64 and 4096.

Interrupt Count field

The number of interrupt resources to allocate. In general, this value should be equal to the number of completion queue resources.

Enter an integer between 1 and 514.

Interrupt Coalescing Type drop-down list

This can be one of the following:

• MIN—The system waits for the time specified in the Coalescing Time field before sending another interrupt event.

• IDLE—The system does not send an interrupt until there is a period of no activity lasting as least as long as the time specified in the Coalescing Time field.

Interrupt Coalescing Timer Time field

The time to wait between interrupts or the idle period that must be encountered before an interrupt is sent.

Enter an integer between 1 and 65535. To turn off interrupt coalescing, enter 0 (zero) in this field.

Class of Service field

The class of service to associate with traffic from this usNIC.

Select an integer between 0 and 6, with 0 being lowest priority and 6 being the highest priority.

TCP Segment Offload check box

If checked, the CPU sends large TCP packets to the hardware to be segmented. This option may reduce CPU overhead and increase throughput rate.

If cleared, the CPU segments large packets.

Large Receive check box

If checked, the hardware reassembles all segmented packets before sending them to the CPU. This option may reduce CPU utilization and increase inbound throughput.

If cleared, the CPU processes all large packets.

TCP Tx Checksum check box

If checked, the CPU sends all packets to the hardware so that the checksum can be calculated. This option may reduce CPU overhead.

If cleared, the CPU calculates all packet checksums.

TCP Rx Checksum check box

If checked, the CPU sends all packet checksums to the hardware for validation. This option may reduce CPU overhead.

If cleared, the CPU validates all packet checksums.

Name field

The name of the vNIC.

DHCP Network check box

Whether DHCP Network is enabled for the vNIC.

If enabled, the initiator network configuration is obtained from the DHCP server.

DHCP iSCSI check box

Whether DHCP iSCSI is enabled for the vNIC. If enabled and the DHCP ID is set, the initiator IQN and target information are obtained from the DHCP server.

DHCP ID field

The vendor identifier string used by the adapter to obtain the initiator IQN and target information from the DHCP server.

Enter a string up to 64 characters.

DHCP Timeout field

The number of seconds to wait before the initiator assumes that the DHCP server is unavailable.

Enter an integer between 60 and 300 (default: 60 seconds)

Link Timeout field

The number of seconds to wait before the initiator assumes that the link is unavailable.

Enter an integer between 0 and 255 (default: 15 seconds)

LUN Busy Retry Count field

The number of times to retry the connection in case of a failure during iSCSI LUN discovery.

Enter an integer between 0 and 255. The default is 15.

IP Version field

The IP version to use during iSCSI boot.

Name field

A regular expression that defines the name of the iSCSI initiator.

You can enter any alphanumeric string as well as the following special characters:

• . (period)

• : (colon)

• - (dash)

IP Address field

The IP address of the iSCSI initiator.

Subnet Mask field

The subnet mask for the iSCSI initiator.

Gateway field

The default gateway.

Primary DNS field

The primary DNS server address.

Secondary DNS field

The secondary DNS server address.

TCP Timeout field

The number of seconds to wait before the initiator assumes that TCP is unavailable.

Enter an integer between 0 and 255 (default: 15 seconds)

CHAP Name field

The Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) name of the initiator.

CHAP Secret field

The Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) shared secret of the initiator.

Name field

The name of the primary target in the IQN format.

IP Address field

The IP address of the target.

TCP Port field

The TCP port associated with the target.

Boot LUN field

The Boot LUN associated with the target.

CHAP Name field

The Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) name of the initiator.

CHAP Secret field

The Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) shared secret of the initiator.

Name field

The name of the secondary target in the IQN format.

IP Address field

The IP address of the target.

TCP Port field

The TCP port associated with the target.

Boot LUN field

The Boot LUN associated with the target.

CHAP Name field

The Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) name of the initiator.

CHAP Secret field

The Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) shared secret of the initiator.

Configure ISCSI button

Configures iSCSI boot on the selected vNIC.

Unconfigure ISCSI button

Removes the configuration from the selected vNIC.

Reset Values button

Restores the values for the vNIC to the settings that were in effect when this dialog box was first opened.

Cancel button

Closes the dialog box without making any changes.

Export to drop-down list

The remote server type. This can be one of the following:

• TFTP Server

• FTP Server

• SFTP Server

• SCP Server

• HTTP Server

Server IP/Hostname field

The IPv4 or IPv6 address, or hostname of the server to which the adapter configuration file will be exported. Depending on the setting in the Export to drop-down list, the name of the field may vary.

Path and Filename field

The path and filename Cisco IMC should use when exporting the file to the remote server.

Username

The username the system should use to log in to the remote server. This field does not apply if the protocol is TFTP or HTTP.

Password

The password for the remote server username. This field does not apply if the protocol is TFTP or HTTP.

Import from drop-down list

The remote server type. This can be one of the following:

• TFTP Server

• FTP Server

• SFTP Server

• SCP Server

• HTTP Server

Server IP/Hostname field

The IPv4 or IPv6 address, or hostname of the server on which the adapter configuration file resides. Depending on the setting in the Import from drop-down list, the name of the field may vary.

Path and Filename field

The path and filename of the configuration file on the remote server.

Username

The username the system should use to log in to the remote server. This field does not apply if the protocol is TFTP or HTTP.

Password

The password for the remote server username. This field does not apply if the protocol is TFTP or HTTP.