Dell QLogic Family of Adapters User Manual download pdf (Page 9)

Dell PowerEdge Select Network Adapters—The Freedom to Choose

The 10GE NDCs offer a broad set of capabilities, including the following:

 iSCSI HBA

 FCoE

 Data center bridging

 Multiple Receive Queues

 Switch Independent Partitioning

 SR-IOV

ISCSI boot

The 10GbE NDC ports support the ability to boot the server from a remote iSCSI target over the

network. This is fully managed by Dell USC for device configuration, updates, and real-time

monitoring.

iSCSI HBA

The iSCSI offload adapter supports full offload of the data path for iSCSI IO, including offload for

iSCSI header and data digests. Session initiator and teardown is managed by host driver components,

but once an iSCSI session is established, all iSCSI protocol involved in initiating and completing SCSI

IOs are offloaded to the network controller hardware.

Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)

The FCoE offload adapter supports FCoE and FIP per the T11 American National Standard for

Information Technology- Fibre Channel—Fibre Channel Backbone - 5 (FC-BB-5). Full offload of the

data path for SCSI IO including offload for FC and FCoE is supported. Session initiation and teardown

is managed by host driver components, but once an FC session is established, all FC protocol involved

in initiating and completing SCSI IOs are offloaded in hardware.

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Dell QLogic Family of Adapters User Manual Page 9