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HP 441877-00F User's Manual

1. Cure tero t dino arbore deas oni eate DN AME tinet AETS SS duc 12 FS cci o MD RT TEN IET TE gt 21 HP Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter Firmware Upgrade Ulility sss 21 HP Gigabit Server Adapter Firmware Upgrade Utility for C Class 21 HP NCSeries NetXen Online Firmware Upgrade er i ehe ia oorr 22 Adana aant No usos Fn NAR 24 HP NC Series TOGbE Adapters enne enne nennen nnne ee enn nne nnns 24 Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 x64 24 Configuring multiple NC510x PCle 10 GbE adapters sssss 26 Configuring multiple ports on 1OGbE adapters een 27 folo Ce MM 27 Troubles Pda tu unm 29 HP NC Series Broadcom adapters ccccccsseccesesseseesenseeeecsseeeeceeseeeeeeseeeeesseseeeecseseeecesaeeesessnseeeeseesegeesenas 29 Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 x64 configurations 29 Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 x64 configurations 32 HP NC Series Intel 5 eene enne enne eene en nennen eere nennen ne nennen 35 Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 x64 configurations 35 Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 x64 configurations 38 BOOT AJEN DE 41 HP
2. nxflash exe nxudiag exe cx4 hp romimage xfp hp romimage hmez_romimage 3 To upgrade the firmware for a specific adapter launch the nxflash exe by typing the following command line syntax in a DOS command window nxflash i NX NIC all Firmware upgrade utility 22 where o d indicates the interface command NIC specifies the interface NX NIC NX_NIC1 etc must be upper case o all updates all of the firmware While upgrading you should notice that a back up file of the current firmware is generated If a restore is required use this back up file to restore the adapter to its previous state 4 After installing the firmware reboot the system to complete the firmware installation Command line arguments The HP NC51xx Series Online Firmware Upgrade Utility for Windows nxflash exe recognizes the following command line arguments The command and its arguments are case sensitive interface Specifies the interface NX NIC NX NICT etc information Displays board type board chip revision serial ID firmware version BIOS version MAC address and subsystem ID a all Update all of Updates the flash memory using firmware appropriate romimage file The tool determines which rom image file to use r restore image Restore flash Restores flash memory using backup file gt memory romimage The romimage is contained in the image file opkrom on Enable Enables the adapter s PXE expansion function
3. memory 10 No adapters found Examples of IBAUtil command lines The following are examples of some typical IBAUtil command lines Disables WOL on all HP network adapters IBAUTIL ALL WOLDISABLE Enables WOL on the second HP network adapter found in your system IBAUTIL NIC 2 WOLENABLE Updates the Boot Agent image on all HP network adapters IBAUTIL ALL UPGRADE Enables the Boot ROM on the first HP Network Adapter found in your system IBAUTIL NIC 1 FE Boot Agent messages The following error and information messages may be displayed during initialization Possible causes and how to avoid an error condition are provided where applicable Flash device wrong size This error message can occur when using IBAUtil The full version of Boot Agent software cannot be loaded into a flash ROM device smaller than 64 KB If a 32 KB or smaller flash ROM device is detected in the adapter the flash update software returns this message Assuming the device is socketed remove the too small device and install a blank 64 KB or larger flash ROM device Invalid PMM function number PMM is not installed or is not working correctly Try updating the BIOS PMM allocation error PMM could not or did not allocate the requested amount of memory for driver usage Press Ctrl S to enter the Setup Menu Instructs you how to enter the configuration setup menu This system does not have enough free conventional memory The Boot
4. Auto Negotiation o Range for NC340x and NC71xx adapters Auto Negotiation 1OMbps Half Duplex 10Mbps Full Duplex 100Mbps Half Duplex 100Mbps Full Duplex 1 0 Gbps Full Duplex Adapter configurations 36 Locally Administered Address Specifies the user defined MAC Address of the adapter which overrides the burned in MAC Address This box is disabled if the selected adapter has been teamed o Default Not Present o Range Value Not Present Log Link State Event Enables or disables the logging of link state changes If enabled a link up change event or a link down change event generates a message that is displayed in the system event logger o Default Enabled o Range Disabled Enabled Priority and VLAN Enables or disables the ability to insert or remove the 802 14 tags for priority and VLAN o Default Priority amp VLAN Enabled o Range Priority amp VLAN Disabled Priority amp VLAN Enabled Priority Enabled VLAN Enabled Receive Buffers The size in bytes of the receive buffers that the hardware can support This size is hardware dependent and can include data buffers buffer descriptors and so on o Default 256 Smart Power Down NC110T NC360x and NC364T only Minimizes power consumption by enabling the adapter to enter a deep sleep mode under certain conditions o Default Hardware Default o Range Disabled Enabled Hardware Default TCP Checksum Offload IPv4 Describes whether the device ena
5. o Description Identifies the team nnnn DecimalNumber TX ECBS TO USE Syntax ix ecbs to use2nnn o Description Sets number of TX ECBs to allocate per virtual adapter VLANID o Syntax VlanlD2nnn o Description Sets team to VLAN mode Creates edge Installation 20 Firmware upgrade utility HP Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter Firmware Upgrade Utility The HP Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter Firmware Upgrade Utility supports the following adapters e NC37xx e NC380x The utility runs under DOS from a bootable diskette or USB drive To install copy all files and folders to a bootable diskette or USB drive See Downloading files on page 9 Three commands are provided with the utility e INSISCSI which installs or upgrades the iSCSI boot option ROM This command upgrades iSCSI boot option ROM if the iSCSI boot option ROM is already installed and its version is out of date This command also installs the iSCSI boot option ROM to replace the PXE option ROM for NC37xT NC37xF and NC380T adapters INSPXE which installs or upgrades the PXE option ROM This command upgrades the PXE option ROM if the PXE option ROM is already installed and its version is out of date This command also installs the PXE option ROM to replace the iSCSI boot option ROM for NC37xT NC37xF and NC380T adapters e NICFWUPG which upgrades iSCSI boot option ROM PXE option ROM and Boot Code This command upgrades the
6. 100 Mb Multifunction Gigabit Server adapter properties iSCSI VLAN Allows you to create a VLAN for an iSCSl enabled device Receive Side Scaling RSS Enables dynamic load balancing of incoming traffic across CPUs Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack SNP is required when enabling TOE and RSS o Default Enable o Range Enable Disable Adapter configurations 31 Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 x64 configurations Although the default values should be appropriate in most cases you may change any of the available options to meet the requirements of your specific system It is recommended that you use the HP Network Configuration Utility to update HP NC Series adapter properties However if you choose to update the properties using the operating system s Device Manager the following lists the properties that are available for your HP adapter The properties that are available through the HP NCU will differ See the online help file for NCU adapter property information HP NC Series Broadcom and Multifunction adapter properties e 802 1 QoS Packet Tagging The 802 1p QoS parameter is a standard that enables Quality of Service This property is disabled by default To change this property select Enable or Disable e Checksum Offload Normally the Checksum Offload function is computed by the protocol stack By selecting one of the Checksum Offload properties the checksum can be computed by the Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
7. Device gt opt rom on Adapter configurations 27 2 Execute the following command to disable PXE functionality nxflash i NX NIC Device gt opt rom off Complete the following steps to enable or disable PXE functionality for Linux 1 Execute the following command to enable PXE functionality nxflash i eth lt gt opt rom on 2 Execute the following command to disable PXE functionality nxflash i eth lt gt opt rom off Currently the PXE interface for NC51xx adapters DOES NOT support the Proliant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack RDP Adapter configurations 28 Troubleshooting Unable to boot host system on Windows or Linux Problem Unable to boot the host system with the network adapter installed on Windows or Linux operating systems Troubleshooting e Remove the network adapter and reboot Verify that the system is able to boot without the network adapter e Verily that the required minimum 2 GB of system memory 10 Gigabit Ethernet port is installed on the host system NOTE Windows 32 bit may require the Physical Address Extension PAE option to utilize 4 GB or more of memory PAE is a memory address extension that enables support of greater than 4 GB of physical memory for most 32 bit 1 32 Intel Pentium Pro and later platforms For more information see PAE Memory and Windows information on the Microsoft http www microsoft com website e Verify that you have met the system requ
8. To enable one of the Checksum Offload properties select the property from the Value list on the Advanced tab o None Disables checksum offloading o Rx TCP IP Checksum Enables receive TCP IP and UDP checksum offloading Tx TCP IP Checksum Enables transmit TCP IP and UDP checksum offloading o Tx Rx TCP IP Checksum Default Enables transmit and receive IP and UDP checksum offloading e Flow Control The Flow Control property allows the user to enable or disable the receipt or transmission of PAUSE frames PAUSE frames enable the adapter and the switch to control the transmit rate The side that is receiving the PAUSE frame will momentarily stop transmitting The recommended selection is Auto and it is the default setting To disable Flow Control select Disable from the Value list on the Advanced tab o Auto Default Auto detect flow control o Disable PAUSE frame receipt and transmission is disabled Tx PAUSE PAUSE frame transmission is enabled o Rx PAUSE PAUSE frame receipt is enabled Rx Tx PAUSE PAUSE frame receipt and transmission is enabled Large Send Offload Normally the TCP segmentation is performed by the protocol stack By enabling the Large Send Offload property the TCP segmentation can be performed by the Gigabit Ethernet Adapter To enable the Large Send Offload property select Enable from the Value drop down menu on the Advanced tab o Disable Disables large send offloading o Enable Enab
9. o Range Value Not Present Number of Receive Descriptors Minimum Maximum In high network load situations increasing receive descriptors can increase performance The tradeoff is that this also increases the amount of system memory used by the driver If too few receive descriptors are used performance suffers If too many receive descriptors are used the driver unnecessarily consumes memory resources Number of Transmit Descriptors Minimum Maximum Specifies the number of descriptors to allocate per Transmit Control Block TCB This value directly affects the number of map registers allocated for the adapter the higher the number the more map registers are allocated Priority and VLAN Enables or disables the ability to insert or remove the 802 14 tags for priority and VLAN o Default Priority amp VLAN Enabled o Range Priority amp VLAN Disabled Priority amp VLAN Enabled Priority Enabled VLAN Enabled Speed amp Duplex Allows the user to set the connection speed to the network and mode The Duplex Mode allows the adapter to transmit and receive network data simultaneously The adapter is set to Auto optimum connection by default Set the speed and mode as described below Adapter configurations 30 o 1 Gb Full Auto Sets the speed to 1 Gbps and mode to Full Duplex o 10 Mb Full Sets the speed to 10 Mbps and mode to Full Duplex o 10 Mb Half Sets the speed to 10 Mbps and mode to Half Duplex o 100 Mb Full Sets the
10. Agent cannot continue System does not have enough free memory to run PXE image The Boot Agent was unable to find enough free base memory below 640K to install the PXE client software The system cannot boot via PXE in its current configuration The error returns control to the BIOS and the system does not attempt to remote boot If this error persists try updating your system s BIOS to the mostrecent version Contact your system administrator or HP customer support to resolve the problem Adapter configurations 46 PCI Vendor and Device IDs do not match Image vendor and device ID do not match those located on the card Be sure the correct flash image is installed on the adapter PXE E04 Error reading PCI configuration space The Boot Agent cannot continue PCI configuration space could not be read Machine is probably not PCI compliant The Boot Agent was unable to read one or more of the adapter s PCI configuration registers The adapter may be misconfigured or the wrong Boot Agent image may be installed on the adapter The Boot Agent returns control to the BIOS and not attempt to remote boot Try to update the flash image If this does not solve the problem contact your system administrator or HP Customer Support 5 The LAN adapter s configuration is corrupted or has not been initialized The Boot Agent cannot continue The adapter s EEPROM is corrupted The Boot Agent determined that the adapter EEPROM ch
11. NC Series 31xx Fast Ethernet Adapters 50 Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 x64 configurations 50 MEE T m 22 HP NC Seres NetXen 10GbE diagnostics VR MER cR I npe PROF p RUN RR 52 HP NC Series Broadcom Multifunction adapter diagriosfics uiscera ort e harena 53 HP NC Series Broadcom adapter dicghostics Ond xd ea pe ea ioe wn ana 56 HP NC Seres Intel adapter diagnostics eniin I ee air quM 60 Contents 3 SOL aa dod d E E at bed 63 Before you contact HP HP contact 63 Free automated customer support services eene eee ee nennen eene nennen 63 Acronyms ced pie wap EIAN E seb NE EED rI Ea Onan 65 67 Contents 4 Overview Supported adapters and operating systems The following is a list of HP NC Series adapters that are supported on HP ProLiant servers Standup adapters e HP NC1 10T PCI Express Gigabit Server Adapter e HP NC150T PCI 4 port Gigabit Combo Switch Adapter e NC310F PCI X Gigabit Server Adapter e HP NC320T PCI Express Gigabit Server Adapter e HP NC3
12. by the PCI specification One way to determine the slot number is to load the driver from the command line You will be prompted with valid device number s for the adapter s Select one of them o Syntax SLOT n Where n 1 2 3 4 SPEED This keyword specifies the speed the driver uses If you do not use this parameter the driver automatically detects the network speed If unable to detect the driver defaults to 10 Mbps If you use this parameter the driver operates at the specified speed instead of auto detecting network speed o Syntax SPEED n Installation 16 Where n 10 or 100 or 1000 o Default The adapter automatically detects network speed NODE This keyword specifies a locally administered address LAA unique to each adapter Use this option to provide your own unique node address for the adapter The node address is a 12 digit hexadecimal number The second digit must be one of the following digits 2 6 A E o Syntax NODE xnxxxxxxxxxx Where n 2 6 A E Where x hexadecimal number o Default The adapter s assigned address FRAME This keyword indicates one of four valid frame types the system is transmitting and receiving o Syntax FRAME n Where n Ethernet 802 2 Ethernet 802 3 Ethernet Ethernet SNAP o Default Ethernet 802 2 POLL This keyword is used to enable polling mode in the driver with interrupt backup If polling is enabled interrupts will be reduced allowing the processor to spend more
13. cracker test This tests the packet cracking logic block as well as the checksum CRC offload logic This test requires the presence of a test firmware file inside the diagfw directory e C5 FIO register test This is another register test dedicated for register interface only exposed to the internal CPUs This test requires the presence of the test firmware files in the diagfw directory Diagnostics 54 C6 NVM access and reset corruption tests This tests the non volatile memory access both read and write It also tests for appropriate access arbitration among multiple entities CPUs Another test is to check to issue chip reset while NVM block is servicing data to look for any NVM data corruption This test requires the presence of a test firmware file inside the diagfw directory C7 Core reset integrity test This test issues multiple chip resets and constant driver load unload to check for boot ROM appropriately loads the bootcode This test requires a proper bootcode to be programmed into the non volatile memory C8 DMA engine test This tests the internal DMA engine by performing both DMA reads and writes at various location and various sizes CRC check is performed to ensure data integrity DMA write test also checks to ensure that the DMA writes do not corrupt the neighboring host memory This test requires the presence of test firmware files inside the diagfw directory C9 VPD test This tests the VPD interface us
14. mode The Full Duplex selection forces the adapter to connect to the network in Full Duplex mode The adapter may not function if the network is not configured to operate at the same mode Multifunction Gigabit Server adapter properties iSCSI VLAN Allows you to create a VLAN for an iSCSl enabled device To enable iSCSI on adapters running on Windows Server 2003 SP1 or SP2 or Windows Server 2003 x64 SP1 or SP2 an updated Storport storage driver from article number KB932755 must be downloaded from the Microsoft http www microsoft com website TCP Offload Engine TOE Offloads TCP connections to the Multifunction Server Adapter Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack SNP is required when enabling TOE or RSS For systems running Windows Server 2003 SP1 and Windows Server 2003 x64 SP1 you must download SNP and required Microsoft hotfixes and install them on the system See the Microsoft hitp www microsoft com website to download the latest version of the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Scalable Networking Pack SNP and the required Microsoft hotfixes in article numbers 921136 919948 and 923187 of the Microsoft Knowledge Base KB Receive Side Scaling RSS Enables dynamic load balancing of incoming traffic across CPUs Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack SNP is required when enabling RSS For systems running Windows Server 2003 SP1 and Windows Server 2003 x64 SP1 you must download SNP and the required Microsoft hotfixes from
15. receive D5 EMAC statistics test This test checks the basic statistics information maintained by the chip by sending and receiving packets of various sizes Diagnostics 55 e 06 RPC test D06 This test checks the receive catch up path by sending packets to a different Tx chain The packets will go through the RPC logic and return to the receive buffers as Rx packets The integrity of each packet is checked to ensure no data corruption HP NC Series Broadcom adapter diagnostics Starting the Q57DIAG exe tests 1 Boot to DOS or the shell 2 From the DOS prompt or shell navigate to the APPS DIAGS Q57 directory 3 Type Q57DIAG exe and press the Enter key The diagnostic tests run automatically Test descriptions The tests are divided into four groups Register tests Memory tests Miscellaneous tests and Data tests They are identified as group A B C and D Group A Register tests e Indirect register test Using indirect addressing method this test writes increment data into the MAC Hash Register table and reads back for verification The memory read write is done 100 times while incrementing test data A2 Control register test Each register specified in the configuration contents are defined as read only bit and read write bit The test writes zero and one into the test bits to ensure the read only bits are not changed and read write bits are changed accordingly e Interrupt test This test
16. software included with some versions of the Boot Agent Intel Boot Agent offers e Compliance with the Wired for Management Baseline 2 0 specification e Compatibility with legacy boot agent environments that use BOOTP protocol Customization in pre boot Windows and DOS environments Operating environment The Boot Agent operates in a client server environment Often in this environment one or more servers provide remote boot services to a large number of client computers through a common network The computer system where the Intel Boot Agent is loaded is considered to be a client with respect to the remote boot capability even if that system acts as a server after the system has finished booting Configuration options The Intel amp Boot Agent software provides configuration options that allow you to customize the behavior of the Boot Agent software You can configure the Boot Agent in a pre boot environment before the operating system is loaded Configuring the Boot Agent in a pre boot PXE or RPL environment You can customize the behavior of the Boot Agent software through a pre boot operating system independent configuration setup program contained within the adapter s flash ROM A single user interface allows you to configure PXE and RPL protocols on HP Gigabit adapters You can access this pre boot configuration setup program each time the client computer cycles through the boot process The boot process is trigge
17. speed to 100 Mbps and mode to Full Duplex o 100 Mb Half Sets the speed to 100 Mbps and mode to Half Duplex o Auto Default Sets the speed and mode for optimum network connection recommended TCP UDP Checksum Offload IPv4 Describes whether the device enabled or disabled the calculation of TCP or UDP checksum over IPv4 packets If this TCP UDP Checksum Offload IPv4 property is present it overrides the TCP Checksum Offload IPv4 and UDP Checksum Offload IPv4 properties and they are disabled o Default Rx Tx Enabled o Range Disable Tx Enable Rx Enable Rx Tx Enabled TCP Checksum Offload IPv4 Describes whether the device enabled or disabled the calculation of TCP Checksum over IPv4 packets o Default Rx Tx Enable o Range Disable Tx Enable Rx Enable Rx Tx Enable UDP Checksum Offload IPv4 Describes whether the device enabled or disabled the calculation of UDP checksum over IPv4 packets o Default Rx Tx Enable o Range Disable Tx Enable Rx Enable Rx Tx Enable VLAN ID The user assigned identifier for a VLAN o Range 1 4094 Wake Up Capabilities Determines the type of packets that will cause the adapter to wake up the system o Default Both o Range Both Magic Packet None Wake Up Frame WOL Speed Not supported on NC150T NC37x NC380T NC67xx and NC7782 adapters Specifies the speed at which the adapter connects to the network during Wake on LAN mode o Default Auto o Range Auto 10 Mb
18. strongly recommended that no more than two adapters should have this feature enabled per computer e ntel Boot Agent When enabled the computer can initiate PXE RPL boot if a valid flash image is present on the adapter Running IBAUtil in DOS IBAUtil for DOS must be run with the computer booted to DOS only This utility cannot be run in a DOS window in any Microsoft Windows product or in DOS compatibility mode in IBM OS 2 The syntax for issuing IBAUtil command line parameters in DOS is IBAUTIL option DOS command line parameters IBAUtil accepts up to 16 simultaneous parameters and does not perform both operations if orthogonal parameters like the commands FLASHENABLE FLASHDISABLE used together are supplied If opposing parameters are specified IBAUtil exits with an error The parameters are grouped with their orthogonal pairs where applicable HELP EXITCODES and IMAGEVERSION have special overriding characteristics Unless noted all other parameters may be used in conjunction with all other parameters If you enter IBAUTIL without any command line options the utility displays a listing of all of the Intel network adapters found in your system Valid parameters are listed below All other parameters generate an error HELP or Displays command line help and exits When HELP is set all other parameters are ignored EXITCODES Displays exit code help When EXITCODES are set all other parameters excep
19. the Microsoft website See the Microsoft http www microsoft com website to download the latest version of the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Scalable Networking Pack SNP and the required Microsoft hotfixes in article numbers 921136 919948 and 923187 of the Microsoft Knowledge Base KB Windows 2000 adapter properties 802 1p QoS The 802 1p QoS parameter is a standard that enables Quality of Service This parameter is disabled by default To change this parameter select Enable or Disable Checksum Offload Normally the Checksum Offload function is computed by the protocol stack By selecting one of the Checksum Offload parameters the checksum can be computed by the Gigabit Ethernet Adapter To enable one of the Checksum Offload parameters select the parameter Adapter configurations 33 o None Disables checksum offloading o Rx TCP IP Checksum Enables receive IP and UDP checksum offloading o Tx TCP IP Checksum Enables transmit TCP IP and UDP checksum offloading o Tx Rx TCP IP Checksum Default Enables transmit and receive TCP IP and UDP checksum offloading e EthernetWireSpeed The Ethernet WireSpeed parameter enables a 1000Base T Ethernet adapter to establish a link at a lower speed when only two pairs of wires are available in the cable plant By default this parameter is enabled To disable Ethernet WireSpeed parameter select Disable from the Value list on the Advanced tab This property is not supporte
20. the adapter complete the following 1 Download and extract the HP SoftPaq as described in Downloading files on page 9 2 Copy all files and folders from the apps ccfwupg ccfwupg directory or the apps ccfwupg ccfwupg2 directory to a bootable diskette or USB drive Boot to DOS using the diskette Type ccfwupg1 bat or ccfwupg2 bat and press the Enter key A confirmation message displays when the upgrade is complete HP NC Series NetXen Online Firmware Upgrade Utility The HP NetXen Online Firmware Upgrade Utility for Windows upgrades the flash memory for HP NC51xx PCle 10 Gigabit server adapters Use the following steps to upgrade the firmware NOTE Driver and firmware compatibility must be maintained to ensure proper functionality Make sure that the driver and firmware versions match for this release The HP NC Series NetXen Online Firmware Upgrade Utility for Windows upgrades the flash memory for HP NC51xx PCle 10 Gigabit server adapters Use the following steps to upgrade the firmware NOTE Driver and firmware compatibility must be maintained to ensure proper functionality Make sure that the driver and firmware versions match for this release 1 Click sp exe file to run the self extracting executable file One of the extracted files is the nxflash exe This utility upgrades the firmware 2 Navigate to where the files were downloaded Ensure that the following binaries are located in the directory
21. those test options that are supported by your adopter The following is a list of the available test options e Number of test passes This option determines how many times a test runs While the test is running the information on the screen is continuously updated When you press the Esc key the test is cancelled and control is returned to the Test Adapter menu Diagnostic Log This test is disabled by default If enabled the program will ask for a directory for the log file The file it places here is named DIAGS LOG e Device Registers Test patterns are written read and verified through the adapter s device registers to check proper functionality e FIFO This option writes test bit patterns to the adapter s FIFO buffers to check the FIFOs proper functionality EEPROM This option tests both the readability of the EEPROM as well as the integrity of the data stored in the EEPROM It reads EEPROM and calculates the checksum This checksum is then compared to the checksum stored in the EEPROM If the values are not identical the test reports failure nterrupt This option tests the adapter s ability to generate an interrupt and have it propagated through the system to the Programmable Interrupt Controller PIC The test triggers an interrupt by setting the interrupt cause register and then verifies that an interrupt has been triggered On EFI interrupts are not supported Therefore this test sets the inter
22. time performing other functions In polling mode interrupts will occur only when receive resources have been reduced to less than half If polling is not enabled the driver will perform in traditional interrupt mode o Syntax POLL n o Where n 0 interrupt mode 1 polling mode with interrupt backup o Default interrupt mode NOTE The POLL parameter is for N100 LAN N1000 LAN and N1000e LAN drivers SPURIOUS This keyword is used to reduce the number of spurious interrupts reported by the OS on the driver interrupt line This automatically loads for 10 100 and 1000 adapters o Syntax SPURIOUS n Where n 2 O or 1 0 Driver operates in normal mode 1 Driver operates to reduce the number of spurious interrupts o Default 1 NOTE The minimum threshold for acceptable number of spurious interrupts is 200 interrupts per second which is the default value of the environmental variable set display spurious interrupt alerts threshold RXCHECKSUM This keyword is used to enable or disable the offload of Receive Packet Checksum verification to the adapter This automatically loads for 10 100 adapters o Syntax RXCHECKSUM n Where n 2 O or 1 O Does not offload Rx Checksum verification to the adapter 1 Offloads Rx Checksum verification to the adapter Default 0 Installation 17 Advanced Network Services help supported keywords SELECTION o Syntax AGG_SELECTION BANDWIDTH COUNT o Description Sets ac
23. to see if it handles this interrupt correctly The default is disabled Error codes and messages Got 0x 08x 0 08 Expected 0x 08x Cannot run test while chip is running Invalid adapter device Read only bit s got changed after writing zero at offset Read only bit s got changed after writing 1 s at offset Ox X Read Write bit s did not get cleared after writing zero at offset Ox X Read Write bit s did not get set after writing 1 s at offset Ox X BIST failed Could not generate interrupt Diagnostics 58 Test aborted by user Tx DMA Got 0x 08x 0 08 Expected 0x 08x Rx DMA Got 0x 08x 0 08 Expected 0x 08x Tx DMA failed Rx DMA failed Data error got Ox 08X at 0 08 expected 0x 08X Second read error got 0 08 at 0 08 expected 0 08 Failed writing EEPROM at 0 04 Failed reading EEPROM at 0x 04X EEPROM data error got 0x08X at 0x04X expected 0 08 Cannot open file 5 Invalid CPU image file 5 Invalid CPU image size d Cannot allocate memory Cannot reset CPU Cannot release CPU CPU test failed Invalid Test Address Range Valid adapter address is 0 08 0 08 and exclude 0 08 0 08 DMA Got 0x 08x 9 0 08 Expected 0x 08x Unsupported Phyld 04X 04X Too many registers specified in the file max is d Cannot write to VPD memory VPD data error got 08X OxOAX expected 08X No good link Check Loopback plug Cannot TX Packet Requested to Tx 6d Onl
24. to select the speed at which the adapter connects to the network while in Wake on LAN mode By default the adapter is set to Auto This property is not supported on NC150T and NC7782 adapters o 10 Mb Sets the speed to 10 Mb o 100 Mb Sets the speed to 100 Mb Auto Default Sets the speed for optimum network connection HP NC Series Intel Adapters The following information describes the adapter properties available for HP NC Series Intel adapters in the Windows operating system See the HP Nework Configuration Utility online help for the properties available through the NCU See the Linux readme files for the properties available through the various Linux operating systems Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 x64 contigurations Although the default values should be appropriate in most cases you may change any of the available options to meet the requirements of your specific system It is recommended that you use the HP Network Configuration Utility to update HP NC Series adapter properties However if you choose to update the properties using the operating system s Device Manager the following lists the properties that are available for your HP adapter The properties that are available through the HP NCU will differ See the online help file for NCU adapter property information HP NC Series Intel adapter properties Adaptive Interframe Spacing Compensates for excessive Ethernet packet collisions on the network The d
25. 003x64 Microsoft Windows 2000 NWIN2000 Linux LINUX Documentation in the HP SoftPaq HP Network Adapter Software and Configuration Guide NACOMFIG pdf HP Accelerated iSCSI for Multifunction Network Adapters AiSCSIUG pdf HP Network Adapter License Utility for Windows NALICNSE pdf HP Network Adapter Scripting Utility NICSCRPT pdf Network adapter user guides Ndocs Release notes Relnotes txt SetLACState Utility SetLAC pdf Linux Guides Linux readme txt file is located in the NLINUX directory HP iSCSI Boot User Guide for Linux in the docs directory HP ProLiant Accelerated iSCSI for Linux in the docs directory Overview 8 Installation Downloading files Go to the HP website http www hp com Click Software amp Driver Downloads from the left menu bar Type the product name in the For product box and press Enter For example type NC373T Select an operating system Click HP ProLiant Networking Click download and save the HP SoftPaq 77 exe file to a directory on your hard drive The SoftPaq file is a self extracting executable with a file name based on the SoftPaq number 7 Click the file to extract the files and then open the cmponent htm file Installing network drivers new installations When you install the network adapter in the server for the first time 1 Connect the cable from the adapter to your network 2 Power up the server 3 Start
26. 40T PCI X Quad Port Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC360T PCI Express Dual Port Gigabit Server Adapter e HP NC364T PCI Express Quad Port Gigabit Server Adapter e HP NC370T PCI X Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter e HP NC370F PCI X Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter e HP NC373F PCI Express Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter e HP NC373T PCI Express Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter e HP NC380T PCI Express Dual Port Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter e HP NC510F PCle 10 Gigabit Server Adapter e NC510C PCle 10 Gigabit Server Adapter e HP NC1020 Cu Gigabit Server Adapter 32 PCI Single Port e HP NC3123 Fast Ethernet Server Adapter e HP NC3132 Fast Ethernet Upgrade Module Dual 10 100 for NC3134 Server Adapter e HP NC3134 Fast Ethernet Server Adapter Dual Base 10 100 e HP NC3135 Fast Ethernet Upgrade Module Dual 10 100 for NC3134 Server Adapter e HPNC6132 1000 SX Gigabit Upgrade Module for the NC3134 Server Adapter e HPNC6134 Gigabit Server Adapter PCI 1000 SX e HP NC6136 Gigabit Server Adapter PCI 1000 SX e NC6170 Dual Port PCI X Gigabit Server Adapter e HP NC6770 PCI X Gigabit Server Adapter e HP NC7131 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter e HP NC7132 Gigabit Ethernet Upgrade Module for NC3134 Server Adapter HP NC7170 Dual Port PCI X Gigabit Server Adapter Overview 5 e HP NC7770 PCI X Gigabit Server Adapter e HP NC7771 PCI X Gigabit Server Adapter Embedded adapters e H
27. C61xx and NC71xx server adapters Q57AMD64 sys for NC105x NC150x NC32x NC10xx NC67xx and NC77xx server adapters BXVBDA sys for Multifunction server adapters N1E5132E sys for NC110T NC360x NC364x server adapters NXP2NC64 sys for all NC51xx 1OGbE server adapters Components for these drivers are located in the NWIN2003x64 directory of the HP SoftPaq Windows 2000 drivers The following Windows 2000 network adapter drivers are used in this release N100NT5 sys for NC31xx Fast Ethernet server adapters N1000NT5 sys for NC310x NC340x NC61xx and NC71xx Gigabit Ethernet server adapters Q57W2K sys for NC150x NC32xx NC10xx NC67xx and NC77xx Gigabit Ethernet server adapters BXVBDX sys for Multifunction Gigabit server adapters N1E5032 sys for NC360x and NC364T Gigabit Ethernet server adapters Installation 11 Components for these drivers are located in the WIN2000 directory in the HP SoftPag file Adapter support on Linux The following Linux drivers are available for HP adapters e bnx2 Supports multifunction server adapters e diags HP ProLiant Webmin Network Server Adapter Diagnostics Module e el000 Supports NC110T NC310F NC340x NC360x NC364x NC61xx and NC7 1xx server adapters e hpnct HP Network Configuration Tool NCT e hppel Supports ProLiant licensing e iSCSl boot Supports the HP iSCSI boot feature e iSCSlLoffload Supports the HP NC Series Accelerated iSCSI offload feature e tg3 Sup
28. Ethernet and enables APMPME and APME EEPROM bits on gigabit LWSENABLE OR LWSE Enables changing the legacy OS Wakeup Support Option on 10 100 adapters LWSDISABLE OR LWSD Disables changing the legacy OS Wakeup Support Option on 10 100 adapters PXE RPL Configuration Options SETUPENABLE or STE Enables Setup Menu SETUPDISABLE OR STD Disables Setup Menu DEFAULTCONFIG or DEFCFG Resets configuration and control words in the EEPROM back to default settings Enables initial title message Disables initial title message Enables changing the boot protocol option Disables changing the boot protocol option Enables changing the boot order option Disables changing the boot order option SETWAITTIME X or SWT X Sets the setup delay time for the adapter to X seconds Valid delay times are O 2 3 and 5 Only the first instance of this parameter is valid All other instances of the parameter generate an error RPL BOOT Sets the network boot protocol to RPL if an RPL image is present in the adapter s flash PXE BOOT Sets the network boot protocol to PXE if a PXE image is present in the adapter s flash DOS error codes IBAUtil returns codes to the DOS command line when an error occurs e O Success e Operator termination Adapter configurations 45 2 Invalid adapter 3 Bad command line parameter 4 EEPROM checksum failure 5 EEPROM read failure 6 EEPROM write failure 7 EEPROM dump failure 8 Not used 9
29. Ethernet level so that traffic is moderated and packets are not dropped e Default Enabled e Values Enabled Disabled Large Send Offload Enables offloading of TCP Large Send Offload packets e Default Enabled e Values Enabled Disabled Adapter configurations 24 Poy NN Locally Administered Enables users or administrators to set the Locally Administered Address This address Address overrides the permanent address of the adapter that may have been flashed to the hardware e Format Hex e Values Valid Not Valid if Valid enter the 12 hex characters of MAC address If an invalid MAC address is entered an error message is logged in the event log If the MAC Address entered by the user is determined to be invalid the user input value is ignored and the MAC address used will be the physical address burned on the card The following addresses are invalid e 000000000000 e FFFFFFFFFFFF e Multicast MAC address Max Ethernet Frame Sets the Ethernet frame size for packet transmission and receive does not include Size MAC Header e Default 1500 corresponds to 1514 bytes on the wire 4 bytes of CRC Min 1500 e Max 8000 Max Jumbo Buffers Specifies the number of 8K jumbo buffers for receive in addition to the standard frame size buffers specified by Max Receive Buffers This is a separate pool of buffers used by the network adapter when the incoming frame is more than the standard frame size e Default 4096
30. Full Duplex Mode allows the adapter to transmit and receive network data simultaneously This property is not available for NC310F and NC61xx adapters through the Microsoft User Interface o Default Auto Detect o Range NC340x and NC71xx Adapters Auto Detect 10Mbps Half Duplex 1 OMbps Full Duplex 100Mbps Half Duplex 100Mbps Full Duplex 1000 Mbps Full Duplex Locally Administered Address Specifies the user defined MAC Address of the adapter which overrides the burned in MAC Address This box is disabled if the selected adapter has been teamed o Default Not Present o Range Value Not Present Number of Receive Descriptors Specifies the number of buffers used by the driver when copying data to the protocol memory In high network load situations increasing receive descriptors can increase performance The tradeoff is that this also increases the amount of system memory used by the driver If too few receive buffers are used performance suffers If too many receive buffers are used the driver unnecessarily consumes memory resources o Default NCI 10x NC310F NC340x NC360x NC364x NC6170 and NC7170 256 All others 160 o Range NC6132 and 6134 80 768 increments of 8 NC6136 NC7131 and NC7132 80 256 increments of 8 NC310F NC340x NC6170 and NC7170 80 4096 increments of 8 NCI 10x NC360x and NC364x 80 2048 increments of 8 Number of Transmit Descriptors Specifies the number of resources allocated t
31. HP ProLiant Network Adapter Software and Configuration Guide Part Number 441877 0 March 2008 Sixth Edition Copyright 2005 2008 Hewlett Packard Development Company L P The information contained herein is subject to change without notice The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein Confidential computer software Valid license from HP required for possession use or copying Consistent with FAR 12 211 and 12 212 Commercial Computer Software Computer Software Documentation and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U S Government under vendor s standard commercial license Microsoft and Windows are U S registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Intel Pentium and Itanium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group Audience assumptions This document is for the person who installs administers and troubleshoots servers and storage systems HP assumes you are qualified in the servicing of computer equipment and trained in recognizing haza
32. K_INTERVAL o Syntax probe_check_interval nnn o Description Changes probes check interval PROBE_RECHECK_INTERVAL o Syntax probe_recheck_interval nnn o Description Changes probe retries check interval PROBE_RETRY_COUNT o Syntax probe_retry_count nnn o Description Changes probes retry count PROBE_SEND_INTERVAL o Syntax probe_send_interval nnn o Description Changes probes send interval nnn counts 1 18 sec PROBE_SET_DEFAULT o Syntax probe_set_default o Description Restores probes settings to factory settings PROBES o Syntax probes on off o Description Enables disables probes PROBES o Syntax probes BROADCAST MULTICAST o Description Changes probes addressing RECOMMIT o Syntax recommit team nnn o Description Resets a certain mode Use after hot binding to base drivers with Team nnn REMOVETEAM o Syntax removeteam team nnn o Description Removes a team Use after hot binding to base drivers with Team nnn REMOVEVLANID o Syntax RemoveVlanlD2nnn o Description Removes the selected VLAN RESET o Syntax RESET LBN nnn Installation 19 o Description Supported only after Commit command SECONDARY o Syntax primary secondary o Description Identifies the secondary adapter Supported only in BIND command SMPMODE o Syntax SMPMODE SMP NONSMP o Description Enables disables SMP aware STATUS o Syntax status feam nnn o Description Prints CPQANS status TEAM o Syntax team nnnn
33. NetWare install program adds load and bind statements to autoexec ncf file By accessing this file you can verify the parameters configured for each adapter modify them or enter additional parameters NOTE The Novell monitor program and the CONFIG command are also useful for verifying driver configuration For information on how to use these programs refer to the utilities reference in your Novell NetWare online documentation The parameters that can be defined in the load statements are described in NetWare server driver LOAD line parameters for HP server adapters below A valid autoexec ncf file is shown below One set of load and bind commands is added for each frame type the adapter is configured to support Valid Autoexec ncf file Set Time Zone PST8PDT set Daylight Savings Time Offset 1 set Start Of Daylight Savings Time set End Of Daylight Savings Time set Default Time Server Type SINGLE APRIL SUNDAY FIRST 2 00 00 AM OCTOBER SUNDAY LAST 2 00 00 AM set Bindery Context O LAN WARNING file server name NOVELLSERVER51 He WARNING If you change the name of this server you must update all the licenses that are assigned to this server Using NWAdmin double click on a license object and click on the Certificate Assignments button If the old name of this server appears you must delete it and then add the new server name Do this for all license objects ServerID 1C8EE2C L
34. OAD ODINEB NLM LOAD TCPIP LOAD 057 SLOT 2 FRAME Ethernet 802 2 057 1 E82 BIND IPX Q57 1 E82 NET FAFD3D25 LOAD 057 SLOT 2 FRAME Ethernet 802 3 057 1 E83 BIND IPX Q57 1 E83 NET 5A2D8D6D LOAD 057 SLOT 2 FRAME Ethernet SNAP 057 1 ESP BIND IPX Q57 1 ESP NET 477A35BD LOAD Q57 SLOT 2 FRAME Ethernet II NAME Q57 1 EII BIND IPX Q57 1 EII NET C3C8F2E4 BIND IP Q57 1 EII ADDR 172 16 1 1 MASK ff ff 0 0 mount all SEARCH ADD SYS JAVA BIN SEARCH ADD SYS JAVA NWGFX iy IMPORTANT If you modify any adapter parameters you must reboot the system before the changes will take effect If you make changes and do not reboot you may experience configuration problems Removing drivers from Autoexec ncf To remove the drivers from the Autoexec ncf locate the LOAD and BIND command lines associated with the driver and remark them out by inserting the pound symbol at the beginning of each command line Example LOAD 057 SLOT 2 FRAME Ethernet 802 2 057 1 E82 Installation 15 BIND IPX Q57 1 E82 NET FAFD3D25 LOAD 057 SLOT 2 FRAME Ethernet 802 3 057 1 E83 BIND IPX Q57 1 E83 NET 5A2D8D6D LOAD 057 SLOT 2 FRAME Ethernet SNAP 057 1 ESP BIND IPX Q57 1 ESP NET 477A35BD LOAD Q57 SLOT 2 FRAME Ethernet II NAME Q57 1 EII BIND IPX Q57 1 NET C3C8F2E4 BIND IP 057 1 ADDR 172 16 1 1 MASK ff ff 0 0 NetWare server driver LOAD line parameters This followi
35. On Settings 10x NC310F NC340x NC360x NC364x NC6170 and NC7170 only Available only when Enable PME is enabled Allows you to choose what types of packets will cause the adapter to wake o Default Disabled NC110x NC360x NC364x OS Controlled o Range Disabled Wake on Directed Packet Wake on Magic amp Directed Wake on Magic Packet OS Controlled Large Send Offload Windows Server 2003 only NC110x NC310F NC340T NC360x NC364x NC6170 and NC7170 only Enables offloading of large TCP packets o Default On o Range Off On Smart Power Down NC110T NC360x and NC364T only Minimizes power consumption by enabling the adapter to enter a deep sleep mode under certain conditions o Default Hardware Default o Range Disable Enable Hardware Default Wake on Link NC110T NC360x and NC364T only Allows wake up from Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI when link is reconnected o Default Disable o Range Disable Force Adapter contigurations 40 Boot Agent The Intel amp Boot Agent is a software product that allows your networked client computer to boot using a program code image supplied by a remote server Implementation support for the Boot Agent includes e Multi protocol boot ROM code designed for remote booting from Gigabit Ethernet Adapters e Compliance with the Pre boot eXecution Environment PXE Version 2 1 Specification e Remote Program Load RPL runtime and loader
36. P NC105i PCle Gigabit Server Adapter e NC320i PCI Express Gigabit Server Adapter e HP NC324i PCI Express Dual Port Gigabit Server Adapter e NC325i PCI Express Dual Port Gigabit Server Adapter e HP NC326i PCI Express Dual Port Gigabit Server Adapter e HP NC370i PCI X Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter e HP NC371i PCI X Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter e NC373i Integrated Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter e HPNC3161 Fast Ethernet Server Adapter e HPNC3163 Fast Ethernet Server Adapter e NC7760 PCI X Gigabit Server Adapter e HP NC7761 PCI X Gigabit Server Adapter e NC7780 Gigabit Server Adapter e NC7781 PCI X Gigabit Server Adapter e NC7782 Dual Port PCI X Gigabit Server Adapter Mezzanine adapters HP NC320m PCle Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC325m PCI Express Quad Port 1 Gb Server Adapter for c Class BladeSystem HP NC326m PCI Express Dual Port 1 Gb Server Adapter for c Class BladeSystem HP NC360m Dual Port 1GbE BL c Adapter HP NC364m Quad Port 1GbE Bl c Adapter HP NC373m PCI Express Dual Port Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter for c Class BladeSystem HP NC374m PCI Express Dual Port Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC51 2m Dual Port 10 GbE Adapter for c Class BladeSystem Not supported on Windows Server 2003 x64 Not supported in the NCU on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 x64 in this release Supported operating systems These server adapters are supported on th
37. SRAM test This tests DMA SRAM by performing the tests described in test B1 The Scratch pad test B4 MBUF SRAM test This tests DMA SRAM by performing the tests described in test B1 The Scratch pad test B5 MBUF SRAM via DMA test Eight test pattern data are used in the test They are described below A 0x1000 sized data buffer is used for this test Before each pattern test the buffer is initialized and filled with the test pattern It then performs size Ox1000 transmit DMA from host buffer to adapter MBUF memory It verifies the data integrity in MBUF against host memory and repeats the DMA for the entire MBUF buffer Then it performs receive DMA from adapter to host The Ox1000 byte test buffer is cleared to zero before each receive DMA It verifies the data integrity and the test is repeated for the entire MBUF SRAM range Test Pattern Description 16 00 s 16 FF s Fill the entire host DMA buffer with 16 bytes of 00 s and then 16 bytes of FF s 16 FF s 16 00 s Fill the entire host DMA buffer with 16 bytes of FF s and then 16 bytes of OO s 32 00 s 32 FF s Fill the entire host DMA buffer with 32 bytes of 00 s and then 32 bytes of FF s 32 FF s 32 00 s Fill the entire host DMA buffer with 32 bytes of FF s and then 32 bytes of 00 s 00000000 s Fill the entire host DMA buffer with all zeros FFFFFFFF s Fill the entire host DMA buffer with all FF s AA55AA55 s Fill the entire host DMA buffer with data OxAA55AA55 55AA55AA s Fil
38. X sys for NC10xx NC150x NC32xx NC67xx and NC77xx server adapters N1E6032 sys for NC110x NC360x NC364x server adapters BXND6OX sys for all Multifunction server adapters Components for these drivers are located in the WIN2008 directory of the HP SoftPaq Installation 10 Windows 2008 x64 drivers The following Windows Server 2008 x64 network adapter drivers are used in this release N1G6032E sys for NC310F NC340T NC61xx and NC71xx server adapters Q57ND60A sys for NC105x NC150x NC32x NC10xx NC67xx and NC77xx server adapters BXND60A sys for Multifunction server adapters N1E6032E sys for NC110T NC360x NC364x server adapters Components for these drivers are located in the NWIN2008x64 directory of the HP SoftPaq Windows 2003 drivers The following Windows Server 2003 network adapter drivers are used in this release N100325 sys for NC31xx Fast Ethernet server adapters N1000325 sys for NC310xx NC340x NC61xx and NC7 1xx server adapters Q57XP32 sys for NC105x NC150x NC32xx NC10Oxx NC67xx and NC77xx server adapters N1E5132 sys for NC110x NC360x NC364x server adapters BXND51X sys for all Multifunction server adapters NXP2NIC sys for all NC51xx 1OGbE server adapters Components for these drivers are located in the WIN2003 directory of the HP SoftPaq Windows 2003 x64 drivers The following Windows Server 2003 x64 network adapter drivers are used in this release N1G5132E sys for NC310F NC340T N
39. XE boot process requirements The PXE boot process has the following requirements An HP 51 network adapter enabled to support PXE boot A Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP server Used to assign an IP address to the network adapter and to specify a boot image to download and load Typically a system administrator configures a DHCP server to provide boot parameters A Trivial File Transfer Protocol TFTP server Used by the network adapter to download a PXE boot loader System BIOS enabled for PCI Expansion ROM scanning of the PCI slot where the network adapter is installed PCI Expansion ROM scanning allows the network adapter s PXE driver to be loaded and executed during system boot time Configuring PCI behavior is system BIOS dependent but usually requires accessing the BIOS setup screen and configuring the PCI advanced or boot properties Also the system BIOS must be enabled to boot from the 5 1 network adapter Desired boot order selected to insure that the appropriate boot sequence occurs When PCI Expansion ROM scanning is enabled and the NC51xx network adapter is installed correctly the 51 network adapter displays as a boot option in the system BIOS boot order menu PXE functionality in the firmware is disabled by default Complete the following steps to enable or disable PXE functionality for Windows 1 Execute the following command to enable PXE functionality nxflash i NX NIC
40. ality ROM optrom off Disable Disables the adapter s PXE expansion functionality ROM h help Displays the help menu v version Version Displays the nxflash utility s version information Firmware upgrade utility 23 Adapter configurations HP NC Series 1 OGbE Adapters The following information describes the adapter properties available for NC Series 1OGbE adapters the Windows operating system See the HP Nework Configuration Utility online help for the properties available through the NCU See the Linux readme files for the properties available through the various Linux operating systems Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 x64 configurations Although the default values should be appropriate in most cases you may change any of the available options to meet the requirements of your specific system It is recommended that you use the HP Network Configuration Utility to update HP NC Series adapter properties However if you choose to update the properties using the operating system s Device Manager the following lists the properties that are available for your HP adapter The properties that are available through the HP NCU will differ See the online help file for NCU adapter property information HP NC Series NetXen 1OGbE adapter properties The following describes the available advanced properties Flow Control Enables the Ethernet controller to send out pause frames or accept pause frames at
41. as no auto detect mechanism for checking LEDs Visually inspect the LEDs on the adapter The LEDs should blink for several seconds No blinking LEDs indicates that the test failed All Tests Runs all of the diagnostic tests described in this section by using the single command HP NC Series Broadcom Multitunction adapter diagnostics 1 Boot to DOS or the shell 2 From the DOS prompt navigate to the APPS DIAGS MFDIAG directory 3 XDIAG and press the Enter key The diagnostic tests run automatically About the XDIAG exe diagnostic tests The xdiag exe diagnostic tests are divided into four groups Group A Register tests Group B Memory tests Group C Block tests an Group D Miscellaneous tests Group A Register tests e Register test This tests the chip registers accessible through PCI PCI E bus for their read only and read write attributes Some critical registers are not tested as the system and or the chip becomes unstable when the values change e 2 PCI configuration test This test checks the functionality of the BAR size configuration by examining the BAR value as the BAR size varies e Interrupt test This test checks to see if the system OS receives the interrupt artificially generated by the chip and if the software ISR is properly invoked A4 Not used e 5 MSI test This test checks for the correct behavior of the MSI making sure no interrupt is generated other than the mes
42. ation of the Boot Agent this parameter may not be changeable Boot Order Use BIOS Setup Sets the boot order in which devices are selected during boot up if Boot Order the computer does not have its own control method Try network first If your client computer s BIOS supports the BIOS Boot Specification then local drives BBS or allows PnP compliant selection of the boot order in the BIOS setup program then this setting will always be Use BIOS Setup Boot Order and cannot be changed In this case refer to the BIOS setup manual specific to your client computer to set up boot options Try local drives first then network If your client computer does not have BBS or PnP compliant BIOS you can select any one of the other possible values listed for this Try local drives setting except for Use BIOS Setup Boot Order only Try network only Adapter configurations 42 Configuration _ Possible values Description settings Enabled Controls whether or not the Boot Agent displays the Ctrl S prompt after POST e Disabled If you select Enabled the Ctrl S prompt appears after POST so that you can press Ctrl S within the number of seconds allowed by the Setup Menu Wait Time setting to display the configuration setup menu If you select Disabled and or the Setup Menu Wait Time setting is zero the Ctrl S setup prompt will not appear during the boot process However you can display the configuration setup menu by
43. bE adapter driver software in Windows perform the following steps 1 On the desktop click Start and select Settings gt Control Panel gt Administrative Tools gt Computer Management to display the Computer Management window Click Device Manager and then scroll down the list of hardware devices to Network Adapters and click the plus This expands the list of adapters currently configured Locate the two ports listed under Network adapters For example HP NC 512m Dual Port 1OGbE Multifunction BL c Adapter and HP NC 512m Dual Port Multifunction BL c Adapter 2 are listed in the Computer Management window shown above and are removed with the following steps Right click HP NC 512m Dual Port 1OGbE Multifunction BL c Adapter and select Uninstall Right click HP NC 512m Dual Port 1OGbE Multifunction BL c Adapter 2 and select Uninstall Locate the NetXen Management Interface listed under System devices in the Device Manager display Right click NetXen Management Interface and select Uninstall Adapter support on Windows The following describes how to install HP NC series network server adapters on the following operating systems e Windows Server 2008 e Windows Server 2008 x64 e Windows Server 2003 e Windows Server 2003 x64 Windows 2008 drivers The following Windows Server 2008 network adapter drivers are used in this release N1G60i32 sys for NC310xx NC340x NC61xx and NC7 1xx server adapters Q57ND60
44. bled or disabled the calculation of TCP Checksum over IPv4 packets o Default Rx Tx Enable o Range Disable Tx Enable Rx Enable Rx Tx Enable TCP Checksum Offload IPv6 Describes whether the device enabled or disabled the calculation of TCP checksum over IPv packets o Default Rx Tx Enable o Range Disable Tx Enable Rx Enable Rx Tx Enable Transmit Buffers The size in bytes of the transmit buffers that the hardware can support This size is hardware dependent and can include data buffers buffer descriptors and so forth o Default 512 Bytes UDP Checksum Offload IPv4 Describes whether the device enabled or disabled the calculation of UDP checksum over IPv4 packets o Default Rx Tx Enable o Range Disable Tx Enable Rx Enable Rx Tx Enable UDP Checksum Offload IPv6 Describes whether the device enabled or disabled the calculation of UDP checksum over packets o Default Rx Tx Enable o Range Disable Tx Enable Rx Enable Rx Tx Enable Wait for Link Determines if the driver waits for auto negotiation to be successful before reporting the link state If disabled the driver does not wait for auto negotiation If enabled the driver does wait Adapter configurations 37 for auto negotiation If this feature is on and the speed is not set to auto negotiation the driver will wait for a short time for link to complete before reporting the link state o Default Auto Detect o Range Auto Detec
45. d on NC1020 and NC7761 adapters o Disable Disables Ethernet WireSpeed o Enable Default Enables Ethernet WireSpeed e Flow Control The Flow Control property allows the user to enable or disable the receipt or transmission of PAUSE frames PAUSE frames enable the adapter and the switch to control the transmit rate The side that is receiving the PAUSE frame will momentarily stop transmitting The recommended selection is Auto and it is the default setting To disable Flow Control select Disable from the Value list on the Advanced tab o Auto Default Auto detect flow control o Disable PAUSE frame receipt and transmission is disabled o Tx PAUSE PAUSE frame transmission is enabled o Rx PAUSE PAUSE frame receipt is enabled Rx Tx PAUSE PAUSE frame receipt and transmission is enabled e Speed amp Duplex The Speed amp Duplex parameter allows the user to set the connection speed to the network and mode The Duplex Mode allows the adapter to transmit and receive network data simultaneously The adapter is set to Auto optimum connection by default Set the speed and mode as described below o 10 Mb Full Sets the speed to 10 Mbps and mode to Full Duplex o 10 Mb Half Sets the speed to 10 Mbps and mode to Half Duplex o 100 Mb Full Sets the speed to 100 Mbps and mode to Full Duplex o 100 Mb Half Sets the speed to 100 Mbps and mode to Half Duplex o Auto Default Sets the speed and mode for optimum network connection recomm
46. d until you reboot your computer Actual diagnostics information may vary depending upon the adapter s installed in your computer Diagnostics information may include the following items PWA Number The Printed Wire Assembly number of the device as stored in the EEPROM MAC Address The individual address of the device as stored in the EEPROM O The I O address for PCI access determined by the software On cards without an I O address all zeros are displayed memory map PCI access address determined by the software Slot The slot number reported by the BIOS The number displayed is the BIOS version of the PCI slot number Therefore actual positions of adapters within slots may not be displayed as expected Slots are not always enumerated in an obvious manner and the diagnostics will only report what is indicated by the BIOS HP NC Series 31xx Fast Ethernet Adapters The following information describes the adapter properties available for HP NC Series 31xx Faster Ethernet adapters in the Windows operating system See the HP Nework Configuration Utility online help for the properties available through the NCU See the Linux readme files for the properties available through the various Linux operating systems Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 x64 configurations Although the default values should be appropriate in most cases you may change any of the available options to meet the requirement
47. d while testing block 0x 08x 0x 08x e Got 0x 08x address 0 08 Expected 0x 08x e Internal Use Program will not generate this error HP NC Series Intel adapter diagnostics 1 Boot to DOS or the EFI shell 2 From the DOS prompt navigate to the NAPPSNDIAGSNN 100X directory Diagnostics 60 3 Type DIAGS and press the Enter key The test utility program automatically scans the hardware and lists all supported adapters If you have a multiport adapter each port is listed separately starting with Port 1 4 Using the arrow keys select the adapter to test then press the Enter key The main menu of the diagnostic utility appears Beginning adapter tests Selecting Begin Adapter Tests brings up the test screen While tests are being performed a rotating spinner is shown letting the user know that the application is still running The results of the tests are displayed as each test is performed If multiple test passes are selected then the results contain a count of test failures A list containing zeros means that all tests have passed If there is no responder on the network then the Network Test will indicate a failure To correct this situation set up a system on the network to act as a responder then re run the test Changing test options The test setup screen allows you to select and configure the specific tests desired Toggle between options by using the arrow keys and pressing the Enter key The utility displays only
48. e Value 1024 2048 4096 8192 If the MaxFrameSize is set to 1500 the Max Jumbo Buffers parameter is ignored Maximum Receive Sets the number of packet buffers on the receive DMA memory and stack Size of Buffers each buffer is 1536 bytes e Default 8192 e Value 1024 2048 4096 8192 16384 QoS Packet Tagging Specifies support for 802 1p priority tagging or 802 1q Vlan tagging by the Ethernet controller on a per packet basis e Default Enabled e Values Enabled Disabled Receive IP Checksum Enables the receive IP checksum offload Offload e Default Enabled e Values Enabled Disabled Receive side Scaling Enables dynamic load balancing of incoming traffic across CPUs Receive TCP UDP Enables the receive TCP and receive UDP checksum offload Checksum Offload e Default Enabled e Values Enabled Disabled Adapter configurations 25 Status Ring Size A descriptor ring size queue size for the status given by the network adapter to the driver Setting this value too low will impact the throughput because the network adapter will start dropping packets This parameter only affects receive operations and does not affect transmit operations e Default 8192 e Value 1024 2048 4096 8192 16384 32768 Transmit IP Checksum Enables the transmit IP checksum offload Offload e Default Enabled e Values Enabled Disabled Transmit Ring Size A descriptor ring size queue size for the transmit commands given by the dr
49. e following operating systems Microsoft e Windows Server 2008 e Windows Server 2008 x64 Editions e Windows Server 2003 Overview 6 e Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions e Windows 2000 NDIS5 e DOS NDIS2 NetWare e NetWare 6 5 Server e NetWare 6 6 Server e NetWare Open Enterprise Server Linux 32 e Hat Enterprise Linux 5 e Hat Enterprise Linux 4 e Hat Enterprise Linux 3 e SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service e SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Linux 64 e Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T e SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T e SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T UNIX Unixware 7 x e OpenUnix 8 x e Open Server 5 x 6 x Solaris e Solaris 10 e Solaris 9 Unattended Install Only Adapter driver and software information The following drivers and documentation are available in the HP ProLiant Networking SoftPaq For a complete listing of all files in the HP SoftPaq go to the docs files txt file in the HP SoftPaq component Adapter driver folders in HP SoftPaq Drivers are found in the following folders e Microsoft Windows Server 2008 WIN2008 Overview 7 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 NWIN2008x64 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 WIN2003 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 NWIN2
50. ecksum is incorrect The agent will return control to the BIOS and not attempt to remote boot Try to update the flash image If this does not solve the problem contact your system administrator or HP Customer Support PXE E06 Option ROM requires DDIM support The system BIOS does not support DDIM The BIOS does not support the mapping of the PCI expansion ROMs into upper memory as required by the PCI specification The Boot Agent cannot function in this system The Boot Agent returns control to the BIOS and does not attempt to remote boot You may be able to resolve the problem by updating the BIOS on your system If updating your system s BIOS does not solve the problem contact your system administrator or HP customer support to resolve the problem 07 PCI BIOS calls not supported BIOS level PCI services not available Machine is probably not PCI compliant PXE E09 Unexpected UNDI loader error Status xx The UNDI loader returned an unknown error status xx is the status returned PXE E20 BIOS extended memory copy error BIOS could not move the image into extended memory PXE E20 BIOS extended memory copy error AH xx Error occurred while trying to copy the image into extended memory xx is the BIOS failure code PXE E51 No DHCP or BOOTP offers received The Boot Agent did not receive any DHCP or BOOTP responses to its initial request Be sure that your DHCP server and or proxyDHCP server if one is in use is prope
51. ed by the bootcode This test requires a proper bootcode to be programmed into the non volatile memory C10 Not used C11 FIO Events test This test checks for the event bits in the CPU s Fast IO interface making sure appropriate bits are triggered when a particular event occurs GPIO bit changes NVM access and so on Group D Miscellaneous tests D1 MAC loopback test This test puts the chip in the MAC loopback mode and transmits 5000 layer two packets of various sizes and receives them and checks the packet integrity D2 PHY loopback test This test puts the chip in the PHY loopback mode and transmits 5000 layer two packets of various sizes and receives them and checks the packet integrity D3 External loopback test This test puts the chip in the PHY loopback mode and transmits various number of layer two packets of various sizes and receives them and checks the packet integrity The number of packets is determined by the speed For 10Base T only 1000 packets are used for 100Base T 5000 for gigabit traffic 20000 packets are used This test requires an external loopback terminator to the traffic to be returned and is turned off by default D4 150 test This test checks the functionality of the large send offload by submit big TCP packets to the chip and expects the chip to segment them into multiple smaller TCP packets based on the MSS The packets are returned in the MAC loopback mode and their integrity is checked upon
52. efault setting To disable Flow Control select Off from the Value list on the Advanced tab o Default Off o Range Off Generate Respond Respond and Generate Off PAUSE frame receipt and transmission is disabled Generate PAUSE frame transmission is enabled Respond PAUSE frame receipt is enabled Respond and Generate PAUSE frame receipt and transmission is enabled Link Speed amp Duplex Allows the user to set the connection speed to the network and mode Full Duplex Mode allows the adapter to transmit and receive network data simultaneously o Default Auto Detect o Range 100 Mbps Full Duplex Sets the speed at 100 Mbps and mode to Full Duplex 100 Mbps Half Duplex Sets the speed at 100 Mbps and mode to Half Duplex 10 Mbps Full Duplex Sets the speed at 10 Mbps and mode to Full Duplex 10 Mbps Half Duplex Sets the speed at 10 Mbps and mode to Half Duplex Auto Detect Sets the speed and mode for optimum network connection Locally Administered Address Specifies the user defined MAC Address of the adapter overrides the burned in MAC Address This is a read only field if the adapter is teamed o Default Not Present o Range Value Not Present Receive Buffers Specifies the number of buffers used by the driver when copying data to the protocol memory In high network load situations increasing receive buffers can increase performance The tradeoff is that this also increases the amount of system memory used by the driver If t
53. efault setting works best for most computers and networks by dynamically adapting to the network traffic conditions However in some rare cases you may obtain better performance by manually setting the spacing value Setting a value forces a static gap between packets Increasing the value increases the delay between frames being transmitted o Default Disabled o Range Disabled Enabled Enable PME Allows the use of power management and wake up functions Supported on NC1 10x NC310F NC340x NC360x NC364x NC6170 and NC7170 adapters only o Default for NC110x NC360x and NC364x adapters OS Controlled o Range for 10x NC360x and NC364x adapters OS Controlled Disabled Enabled Adapter configurations 35 o Default for NC6170 and NC7170 adapters No Action o Range for NC6170 and NC7170 adapters Disabled Enabled Hardware Default No Action Flow Control Determines the type of flow control that is needed Flow control enables the transmission of PAUSE frames Not supported on NC7 1xx adapters o Default Rx Tx Enable o Range Disable Tx Enable Rx Enable Rx Tx Enable Gigabit Master Slave Mode Determines IEEE 802 3ab Master Slave resolution during gigabit auto negotiation o Default Auto Detect o Range Auto Detect Force Master Mode Force Slave Mode Interrupt moderation If enabled helps to reduce number of interrupts per packet which reduces CPU utilization while maintaining the same throughput This
54. ended 1 Gbps speed is enabled by selecting Auto NOTE Auto is the recommended selection It allows the adapter to dynamically detect the line speed and duplex mode of the network Whenever the network capability changes the adapter will automatically detect and adjust to the new line speed and duplex mode The Half Duplex selection forces the adapter to connect to the network in HalfDuplex mode The adapter may not function if the network is not configured to operate at the same mode The Full Duplex selection forces the adapter to connect to the network in Full Duplex mode The adapter may not function if the network is not configured to operate at the same mode e Wake Up Capabilities The Wake Up Capabilities parameter allows the user to set the adapter to wake up from a low power mode when it receives a network wake up frame Two wake up frames are possible Magic Packet and Wake Up Frame By default the adapter is set to Both To choose Adapter configurations 34 the type of frame that will cause the adapter to wake up select the appropriate option from the Value drop down list on the Advanced tab This property is not supported on NC150T adapters o Both Default Selects both Magic Packet and Wake up Frame as wake up frames o Magic Packet Selects Magic Packet as the wake up frame o None Selects no wake up frames o Wake Up Frame Selects Wake up Frame as the wake up frame WOL Speed The WOL Speed parameter allows the user
55. etup menu appears allowing you to set configuration values for the Boot Agent If you do not press the Ctrl S keys the Boot Agent software proceeds with the boot process eventually bringing up the operating system To change your computer s boot order setting refer to the Configuring the Boot Agent in a pre boot PXE or RPL environment section My computer does not complete POST If your computer fails to boot with an adapter installed but does boot when you remove the adapter try moving the adapter to another computer and using IBAUtil to disable the flash chip If this does not work the problem may be occurring before the Boot Agent software even begins operating In this case there may be a BIOS problem with your computer Contact HP Customer Support for help in correcting your problem Not getting a prompt to go to Boot Agent setup program This is actually a feature of the Boot Agent product As part of the Boot Agent s Configuration Setup Program two of the options Show Setup Prompt and Setup Wait Time allow the boot process to proceed after POST without interruption by the Ctrl S prompt Press the Ctrl S keys to enter the Setup Menu If the Show Setup Prompt has previously been set to Disabled and or if the Setup Menu Wait Time option is set to zero seconds the prompt does not display after POST However even though you are not prompted to press the Ctrl S keys you can still enter the configuration setup menu to customize config
56. f batching receives within a Min O disabled specific time period Max 5000000 5 seconds Units are in micro seconds TXPacketsPer Default 64 Enables the use of batching transmits to a Min O disabled specific amount of packets Max 100 NOTE With Jumbo Frames the first frame must be Ethernet_ii Post installation After NetWare 6 x has been successfully installed set the minimum packet receive buffers parameter in the startup ncf file to 1500 for each adapter in the system Set the maximum packet receive buffers to three times the minimum packet receive buffers Typically one MB of RAM is required per 1000 receive buffers In the autoexec ncf file delete the packet receive buffers parameter RxBuffers 32 in the load statement for this adapter Deleting the receive buffers phrase from the load statement resets the receive buffers parameter to the default value of 200 for this adapter You must reboot the server for the new configuration Example The default maximum number of receive buffers for the system is 500 the default minimum is 128 Edit the startup ncf file to have the following entries The actual numbers will be a function of the number of adapters in the system e set maximum packet receive buffers 30000 e setminimum packet receive buffers 10000 e set maximum physical receive packet size 2048 Verifying or modifying adapter properties Installation 14 When an adapter configuration is saved the
57. feature is useful under heavy network traffic conditions o Default Enabled o Range Disabled Enabled Interrupt moderation rate Determines the amount of interrupts per second when the Interrupt moderation parameter is enabled o Default Adaptive o Range Adaptive Extreme High Low Medium Minimal Off IPv4 Checksum Offload Describes whether the device enabled or disabled the calculation of IPv4 checksums o Default Rx Tx Enable o Range Disable Tx Enable Rx Enable Rx Tx Enable Jumbo Packet The size in bytes of the largest supported Jumbo Packet an Ethernet frame that is greater than 1514 bytes that the hardware can support o Default Disabled o Range 4088 Bytes 9014 Bytes Disabled Large Send Offload Version 2 IPv4 Describes whether the device enabled or disabled the segmentation of large TCP packets over IPv4 for large send offload version 2 LSOv2 o Default Enabled o Range Disabled Enabled Large Send Offload Version 2 IPv6 Describes whether the device enabled or disabled the segmentation of large TCP packets over for large send offload version 2 LSOv2 o Default Enabled o Range Disabled Enabled Link Speed amp Duplex Sets the connection speed to the network and mode Full Duplex Mode allows the adapter to transmit and receive network data simultaneously This property is not available for NC310F and NC61xx adapters through the Microsoft User Interface o Default
58. firmware components that are currently installed if they are out of date These commands run interactively by default For each adapter the current version and new version of each firmware component is compared If the installed version is older you are prompted to accept the upgrade by answering Y or reject the upgrade with N Using the S option the user can optionally select the non interactive mode which causes the firmware to automatically update if the installed version is out of date Output The output is saved in a file named nic_fw fwupglog txt HP Gigabit Server Adapter Firmware Upgrade Utility for C Class BladeSystem The HP Gigabit Server Adapter Firmware Upgrade Utility for c Class BladeSystem uses two separate utilities ccfwupg bat and ccfwupg2 bat to upgrade firmware on the c Class BladeSystem adapters The ecfwupg1 bat command upgrades the Boot Code and Option ROM firmware image on the following c Class Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapters Firmware upgrade utility 21 e NC373i Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter e HP NC373m Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter The ecfwupg2 bat command upgrades the Boot Code and Option ROM firmware image on the following c Class Gigabit Server Adapters e HP NC326i PCle Dual Port Gigabit Server Adapter e HP NC326m PCle Dual Port Gigabit Server Adapter e NC325m PCle Quad Port Gigabit Server Adapter Upgrading firmware To upgrade the boot code and Option ROM image on
59. frames PAUSE frames enable the adapter and the switch to control the transmit rate The side that is receiving the PAUSE frame will momentarily stop transmitting The recommended selection is Auto and it is the default setting To disable Flow Control select Disable from the Value list on the Advanced tab o Auto Default Auto detect flow control o Disable PAUSE frame receipt and transmission is disabled o Tx PAUSE PAUSE frame transmission is enabled o Rx PAUSE PAUSE frame receipt is enabled o Rx Tx PAUSE PAUSE frame receipt and transmission is enabled Interrupt moderation If enabled helps to reduce number of interrupts per packet which reduces CPU utilization while maintaining the same throughput This feature is useful under heavy network traffic conditions o Default Enabled o Range Disabled Enabled IPv4 Checksum Offload Describes whether the device enabled or disabled the calculation of IPv4 checksums o Default Rx Tx Enabled o Range None Rx Enabled Tx Enabled Rx Tx Enabled Large Send Offload Version 1 IPv4 Describes whether the device enabled or disabled the segmentation of large TCP packets over IPv4 for large send offload version 1 LSOv1 o Default Enabled o Range Disabled Enabled Locally Administered Address Specifies the user defined MAC Address of the adapter which overrides the burned in MAC Address This box is disabled if the selected adapter has been teamed o Default Not Present
60. ge PXE EC6 UNDI driver image is invalid The UNDI driver image signature is invalid An incorrect flash image is installed or the image has become corrupted Try to update the flash image PXE EC8 PXE structure was not found in UNDI driver code segment The Boot Agent cannot locate the needed PXE structure resource An incorrect flash image is installed or the image has become corrupted Try to update the flash image PXE EC9 PXENV structure was not found in UNDI driver code segment The Boot Agent cannot locate the needed PXENV structure An incorrect flash image is installed or the image has become corrupted Try to update the flash image PXE MOF Exiting Intel Boot Agent Ending execution of the ROM image This option has been locked and cannot be changed You have attempted to change a configuration setting that has been locked by your system administrator with IBAUtil This message can appear from the configuration setup menu when operating in a stand alone environment If you think you should be able to change the configuration setting consult your system administrator PXE MOE Retrying network boot press ESC to cancel The Boot Agent did not successfully complete a network boot due to a network error such as not receiving a DHCP offer The Boot Agent continues to attempt to boot from the network until successful or until canceled by the user This feature is disabled by default For information on how to enable
61. he flash memory calculates the checksum and then compares the calculated checksum to the value stored in memory Interrupt loop back test Communicates with the driver to force the hardware to generate selected interrupts Then the utility reads the interrupt status register to verify that the interrupt was generated and processed Internal loopback Sets the Ethernet core Media Access Control to perform a loop back operation Sends packets to itself and then compares the contents of the packets to verify that the sent and received values are the same No external hardware is required for the internal loop back test External loopback Sends packets to itself through the optical transmit lane reads the contents on the receive lane and then compares the contents of the packets to verify that the sent and received values are the same Diagnostics 52 For CX4 copper interface applications an external module is required to connect the four transmit lanes to the four corresponding receive lanes This module must contain all of the associated handshake signals required to redirect the four transmit lanes to the four receive lanes For XFP 10 Gigabit small form factor pluggable module applications an 850 nm multi mode cable with LC connectors is required to connect the transmit lane to the receive lane externally Link Reports the status of the link as up or down LED Interactive test that causes the LEDs to blink The software driver h
62. he reset value of the registers o Event Mapping Test Sets SMB_ATTN bit by changing ASF_ATTN LOC bits Verifies the mapping bits in TX CPU or RX_CPU event bits o Counter Test Clears WG_TO HB_TO PA_TO PL_TO RT_TO bits by setting those bits Makes sure the bits are clear Clears the Timestamp Counter Writes a value 1 into each of the PL PA HB WG RT counters Sets the TSC_EN bit Polls each PA_TO bit and counts up to 50 times Checks if PL_TO gets set at the end of 50 times Continues to count up to 200 times Checks if all other TO bits are set and verifies the Timestamp Counter is incremented C7 Expansion ROM test This tests the ability to enable disable access the expansion ROM on the device Group D Driver associated tests D1 Mac loopback test This is an internal loopback data transmit receive test It initializes MAC into internal loopback mode and transmits 100 packets The data should be routed back to the receive channel and is received by the receive routine which verifies the integrity of data One Gigabit rate is used for this test D2 Phy loopback test This test is the same as D1 Mac Loopback Test except the data is routed back via physical layer device One Gigabit rate is used for this test D5 MII miscellaneous test copper only This function tests the auto polling and phy interrupt capabilities These are the functionalities of the phy D6 MSI test This tests the Testing Message Interrupt Function
63. irements for your operating system e Verify that no error messages occurred during the OS boot sequence e Verify that the ROM scan is disabled in the BIOS e Verify that no system error messages occurred in the following o eventvwr exe Windows event viewer o dmesg Linux HP NC Series Broadcom adapters The following information describes the adapter properties available for HP NC Series Broadcom adapters in the Windows operating system See the HP Nework Configuration Utility online help for the properties available through the NCU See the Linux readme files for the properties available through the various Linux operating systems Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 x64 contigurations Although the default values should be appropriate in most cases you may change any of the available options to meet the requirements of your specific system It is recommended that you use the HP Network Configuration Utility to update HP NC Series adapter properties However if you choose to update the properties using the operating system s Device Manager the following lists the properties that are available for your HP adapter The properties that are available through the HP NCU will differ See the online help file for NCU adapter property information Adapter configurations 29 HP NC Series Broadcom adapter properties Flow Control The Flow Control property allows the user to enable or disable the receipt or transmission of PAUSE
64. iver to the network adapter It describes how many transmit operations can be given by the host driver to the network adapter at one time without overflowing the transmit queue Each of the entries in this queue describes one transmit send operation by the driver e Default 1024 e Value 1024 2048 Transmit TCP UDP Enables the transmit TCP and transmit UDP checksum offload Checksum Offload e Default Enabled e Values Enabled Disabled Sets the VLAN ID for this interface also exposed through the standard OID QoS Packet Tagging must be enabled or the VLAN ID parameter is ignored e Default O no VLAN e Range 0 4095 If multiple VLANs are set the value is set to O zero and an intermediate driver is used to set each VLan Configuring multiple 5 10 PCle 10 GbE adapters Multiple NC510x PCle 10 GbE stand up adapters can be configured in a single system Requirements HP recommends installing 2 GB of system memory per 10 GbE port Each NC510x PCle 10 GbE adapter installed must have a unique IP address assigned NOTE Windows 32 bit may require the Physical Address Extension PAE option to utilize 4 GB or more of memory PAE is a memory address extension that enables support of greater than 4 GB of physical memory for most 32 bit 1 32 Intel Pentium Pro and later platforms For more information see PAE Memory and Windows information on the Microsoft http www microsoft com website e Installing lIns
65. l the entire host DMA buffer with data OxS5AA55AA Group C Miscellaneous tests C1 NVRAM test An increment test data is used in the EEPROM test It fills the test data into the test range and reads it back to verify the content After the test it fills data with zeros to clear the memory C2 CPU test This test opens the file cpu bin If the file exists and the content is good it loads code to the Rx and Tx CPU and verifies CPU execution C3 DMA test This tests both high and low priorities DMA It moves data from host memory to adapter SRAM verifies data and then moves data back to the host memory again to verify data C4 Mil test This function is identical to A2 Control Register Test Each Register specified in the configuration contents is defined as read only bit and read write bit The test writes zero and one into the test bits to ensure the read only bits are not changed and read write bits are changed accordingly C5 VPD test Diagnostics 57 The content of VPD is saved first before performing the test After it is saved the test writes one of the five pattern test data Oxff Oxaa 0x55 increment data or decrement data into VPD memory default increment data pattern is used It writes and reads back the data for the entire test range and then it restores the original content C6 ASF test The function of this test is as follows o Reset test Sets the reset bit and polls for self clearing Verifies t
66. les large send offloading e Locally Administered Address Specifies the user defined MAC Address of the adapter which overrides the burned in MAC Address This box is disabled if the selected adapter has been teamed o Default Not Present o Range Value Not Present Adapter configurations 32 Speed amp Duplex The Speed amp Duplex property allows the user to set the connection speed to the network and mode The Duplex Mode allows the adapter to transmit and receive network data simultaneously The adapter is set to Auto optimum connection by default Set the speed and mode as described below o 1 Gb Full Auto Sets the speed to 1 Gbps and mode to Full Duplex o 10 Mb Full Sets the speed to 10 Mbps and mode to Full Duplex o 10 Mb Half Sets the speed to 10 Mbps and mode to Half Duplex o 100 Mb Full Sets the speed to 100 Mbps and mode to Full Duplex o 100 Mb Half Sets the speed to 100 Mbps and mode to Half Duplex o Auto Default Sets the speed and mode for optimum network connection recommended NOTE Auto is the recommended selection It allows the adapter to dynamically detect the line speed and duplex mode of the network Whenever the network capability changes the adapter will automatically detect and adjust to the new line speed and duplex mode The Half Duplex selection forces the adapter to connect to the network in HalfDuplex mode The adapter may not function if the network is not configured to operate at the same
67. nction correctly you need to install the latest support pack files The latest support pack can be found at the Novell website http www novell com Netware install program A commonly used method to install a driver on a NetWare server is through NWCONFIC The following drivers are supported Driver configuration parameters Installation 12 Pauw CheckSum Default ON Enables or disables the transmit and receive Selections are OFF bo checksum off loading feature Checksum is Rx supported under NetWare 5 x only If you want to enable the CheckSum parameter you need to load it on the first instance Frame type Valid types are Defines the frame type being used by this load Ethernet 802 2 instance Ethernet 802 2 and Ethernet Ethernet 802 3 Ethernet l the default values Ethernet SNAP node NNNNNNNNNNNN Specifies a node address in this field to override the default Media Access Controller MAC address also known as the Locally Administered Address PDriver Default OFF Allows driver to operate in persistent driver Selections are OFF ON mode Persistent driver mode is supported under NetWare 5 x only Use only if adapter is placed in a Hot Plug PCI slot and only if required to swap with an exact board RxBuffers Default 200 Pre allocates ECB resources on the adapter for Recommended Min 32 receiving packets 512 Min 1 when used with DOS Client32 and when Ke
68. net Adapter user s guide 50 Windows Server 2003 NC series Broadcom adapter properties 32 Windows Server 2003 NC Series NetXen 1OGbE adapter properties 26 Index 67
69. ng lists the NetWare server driver LOAD line parameter settings for HP server adapters for N100 N1000 and N1000e FORCEDUPLEX This keyword specifies one of the following duplex modes o Auto negotiate The adapter negotiates with the switch and hub how to send and receive packets at either full or half duplex speed If unsuccessful at negotiating the duplex HP server adapters default to half duplex You must have an auto negotiating switch hub an Nway switch to get full duplex support with the FORCEDUPLEX parameter set to O auto negotiation o Full duplex The adapter sends and receives packets at the same time This improves the performance of your adapter Set duplex mode to full duplex ONLY if you have a hub switch that supports full duplex o Half duplex The adapter performs one operation at a time It either transmits or receives To set the adapter to half or full duplex mode you must set the SPEED parameter to either 10 or 100 NOTE The HP NC31xx 340T and NC7 1xx Server Adapters support full duplex and half duplex The NC61xx fiber Gigabit Server Adapters support full duplex mode only and cannot be changed o Syntax FORCEDUPLEX n Where n O auto negotiate 1 half duplex 2 full duplex o Default auto negotiate o Examples 100 Mbps full duplex FORCEDUPLEX 2 SPEED 100 10 Mbps full duplex FORCEDUPLEX 2 SPEED 10 SLOT Required For PCI adapters SLOT is derived from bus number and device location as defined
70. ntinuous network test Selecting this option displays the transmit receive screen This test will fail if the adapter does not have link Although you can use a variety of adapters as responders and either connect directly with a crossover cable or through a switch ideal results are obtained with a same type adapter When you press the Esc key the responder operation is cancelled and control is immediately returned to the Test Adapter menu Detecting spanning tree This allows the user to detect if a spanning tree is used on the network Diagnostics 62 Technical support Before you contact HP Be sure to have the following information available before you call HP Technical support registration number if applicable Product serial number e Product model name and number Product identification number Applicable error messages e Add on boards or hardware e Third party hardware or software Operating system type and revision level HP contact information For the name of the nearest HP authorized reseller e Inthe United States see the HP US service locator webpage http www hp com service locator e In other locations see the Contact HP worldwide in English webpage http welcome hp com country us en wwcontact html For HP technical support e In the United States for contact options see the Contact HP United States webpage http welcome hp com country us en contact_us html To contac
71. o transmit packets o Default 256 o Range NC6132 and 6134 80 768 increments of 8 NC6136 NC7131 and NC7132 80 256 increments of 8 NC310F NC340x NC6170 and NC7170 80 4096 increments of 8 NC1 10x NC360x and NC364x 80 2048 increments of 8 Offload Receive TCP Checksum Offloads the task of computing the checksum for incoming TCP or UDP packets thereby improving performance o Default On Adapter configurations 39 o Range Off On Offload Transmit TCP Checksum Offloads the task of computing the checksum for outgoing TCP or UDP packets thereby improving performance o Default On o Range Off On Offload Transmit IP Checksum This property does not apply to the NC6132 or NC6134 adapters Offloads the task of computing the checksum for outgoing IP packets thereby improving performance o Default On o Range Off On Offload Receive IP Checksum 10x NC310F NC340x NC360x NC364x NC6170 and NC7170 only Offloads the task of computing the checksum for incoming IP packets thereby improving performance o Default On NC110 NC360x NC364x Off o Range Off On Enable PME NC1 10x NC310F NC340x NC360x NC364x NC6170 and NC7170 only Allows the use of power management and wake up functions o Default No Action NC110x NC360x NC364x OS Controlled o Range Disabled Enabled Hardware Default No Action NC110x NC360x NC364x OS Controlled Disabled Enabled Wake
72. of zero or a Show Setup Prompt setting of Disabled you will not be prompted to press the Ctrl S keys even though you can still enter the configuration setup menu using this key combination The configuration setup menu shows a list of configuration settings on the left and their corresponding values on the right Key descriptions near the bottom of the menu indicate how to change values for the configuration settings For each selected setting a brief mini Help description of its function appears just above the key descriptions Select the setting you need to change by using the arrow keys After you have accessed the setting you want to change press the Spacebar until the desired value appears If you want to change additional settings repeat steps 2 and 3 After you have completed your changes press the key to update the adapter with the new values Any changed configuration values are applied as the boot process resumes Boot Agent configuration settings Configuration Possible values Description settings Network Boot PXE Preboot Controls whether the RPL or PXE boot protocol will be used Select Protocol eXecution PXE for use with WfM compatible network management programs Environment such as Intel LANDesk Management Suite Windows 2000 RIS RPL Remote and Linux Program Load Select RPL for legacy style remote booting as well as for Novell Netware remote boot solutions Depending on the configur
73. oo few receive buffers are used performance suffers If too many receive buffers are used the driver unnecessarily consumes memory resources o Default 48 o Range 8 1024 increments of 1 Transmit Control Blocks Specifies the number of resources that are allocated to transmit packets o Default 16 o Range 1 64 Adapter configurations 51 Diagnostics HP NC Series NetXen 1OGbE diagnostics Please note that network traffic will be interrupted while you are running diagnostic tests The diagnostic utilities for Windows operating systems perform the following tests Control registers test Flash memory test e Interrupt loop back test e Internal loop back test e External full duplex loop back test e Link test e test e All tests Not supported on NC512m adapters To execute the user diagnostic utility in a Windows operating system complete the following steps 1 Change to the folder where the softpaq was extracted 2 Enter the following diagnostic command nxudiag exe i NX NIC Device gt Where NX NlC Device gt an interface Test descriptions Control registers Reads the values stored in the control registers The setting or clearing of specific bits during the initialization process indicates whether the board has been configured correctly Performs a write read back compare operation to selected registers to verify each register s accessibility Flash memory Reads the contents of t
74. ports NC10xx NC150x NC320x NC324x NC325x NC326x NC67xx and NC77xx server adapters e utils HP Network Server Adapter NIC Information Collector script Network Survey Utility e vlan init Supports Initialization and Configuration file for VLAN The drivers are distributed in source RPM format and are available in the HP file in the Linux directory See Downloading files on page 9 for information The source RPM is suitable for use on any system that has the RPM utility installed and a properly configured kernel source tree In addition the Linux open source drivers can be found at the HP software and drivers website http h18000 www 1 hp com support files index html HP ROMPags for specific servers can be found at the HP support website http www hp com support Adapter support on NetWare A network device driver must be installed before the Gigabit Ethernet adapter can be used with your Novell NetWare system Before you can successfully install the adapter driver for Novell NetWare the adapter card must be physically installed in the server and typically NetWare OS software must already be running on the server Make sure that your server meets the hardware and operating system software requirements For an adapter installation with an existing NetWare server NetWare will automatically detect the new adapter and attempt to load the appropriate driver To enable the Gigabit Ethernet adapter to fu
75. rds in products with hazardous energy levels Contents TR T p een 5 Supported adapters and operating sySIeis ascen oc ere rai aea epp a da discard a de NN 5 Adapter driver and software information eene nnne entren ener enne 7 Adapter driver folders in HP SoftPag cccccccccssssceccsseccescsseceesccseeeeeessseeeesceseeeecseeeeeeessseeeessnseeeesseseeee ey 7 Documentation in the HP SoftPaq cccccccccssccccsssseeceeseseeecssseeeccsseeeceseseeeccssueeeccssseeescseseeeessaeeessessaees 8 Judei uu ME T S D eed 9 B dalles s lale ul ETT COT t OTT DRE OR T Ce 9 Installing network drivers new installations esses 9 Removing the driver software csse eene nennen nnne nnne nnne nnn nenne tenen rr nennen 9 Uninstall HP NC Series NetXen TOGbE drivers ssssssssssseeee eee eene 9 Adapter support on Windows sse eee enr enn ener nennen 10 Windows 2008 drivers THERE 10 Windows 2008 x64 drivers sess enne enne nennen 11 Windows 2003 drivers sssrin iaraa HH 11 Windows 2003 64 drivers cures NOH EUR ROV Ve SSE adu Gua Pe ESEE EEs 11 buo Pub Pc M 11 Adapt r support en Inu GREEN 12 Adapter support on
76. re sorted by product can be found at the HP software and drivers website http h18007 www1 hp com support files server HP FTP Server Navigate to a specific product and then look for support information from the list of support resources at the HP ftp support website ftp ftp compaq com pub softpag Technical support 64 Acronyms and abbreviations BIOS Basic Input Output System DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol IPL initial program load MAC Media Access Control PCI peripheral component interface PDU power distribution unit PXE Preboot Execution Environment ROM read only memory RSS Receive Side Scaling SAN storage area network TCP IP Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol TOE TCP IP Offload Engine Acronyms and abbreviations 65 UNDI Universal Network Driver Interface Acronyms and abbreviations 66 Index B Boot Agent 41 C configuration 24 50 D diagnostics 52 53 56 60 Diver and software information 7 F Firmware upgrade 21 22 installation 9 10 12 properties 32 50 PXE configuration HP NC Series NetXen 1OGbE adapters 27 S supported operating systems 5 T technical support 63 W Windows 2000 driver software NC150 NC32x NC37x NC380 NC1020 NC6770 and NC77xx Gigabit Ethernet Adapter user s guide 32 Windows Server 2003 NC series Intel adapter properties 38 Windows Server 2003 NC31xx Fast Ether
77. red whenever any of the following boot events occur Power on e reset Reset button on system if available e Softreset Ctrl Alt Del e Operating system or application initiated system restart When the boot process begins the screen clears and the computer begins its Power On Self Test POST sequence Shortly after completion of the POST the Boot Agent software stored in flash ROM executes The Boot Agent then displays an initialization message similar to the one below indicating that it is active Initializing Intel R Boot Agent Version X X XX PXE 2 0 Build 083 WfM 2 0 Press Ctrl S to enter the Setup Menu This display may be hidden by the manvfacturer s splash screen See your manvfacturer s documentation for details Adapter configurations 41 To customize the behavior of the Boot Agent software in a pre boot PXE or RPL environment complete the following steps 1 Press the Ctrl S keys immediately after the initialization message appears A configuration setup menu appears allowing you to set configuration values for the Boot Agent The configuration setup menu is the same for both kinds of adapters If you do not press the Ctrl S keys the Boot Agent software will proceed with the boot process eventually bringing up the operating system If you miss your opportunity to press the Ctrl S keys within the allowed number of seconds reboot the computer to try again If you select a Setup Menu Wait Time setting
78. repeatedly pressing the Ctrl S keys immediately after POST until the menu appears If the configuration setup menu does not appear after repeatedly pressing the Ctrl S keys you were likely not fast enough In this case reboot and try again Setup Menu Wait O seconds Controls the number of seconds the Boot Agent waits for you to Time press the Ctrl S keys so as to suspend the boot process and then 2 seconds configure the way the Boot Agent operates If you select a Setup Menu Wait Time setting of zero and or a Show 5 seconds Setup Prompt setting of Disabled the Ctrl S setup prompt will not appear during the boot process However you can still display the configuration setup menu by repeatedly pressing the Ctrl S keys immediately after POST until the menu appears If the configuration setup menu does not appear after repeatedly pressing the Ctrl S keys you were likely not fast enough In this case reboot and try again If during PXE or RPL boot more than one adapter is installed in a computer and you want to boot from the boot ROM located on a specific adapter you can do so by removing the adapter from the BIOS Boot Order or disabling the flash by running IBAUTIL FlashDisable on the desired adapter To display diagnostics information Anytime the configuration setup menu is displayed you may press the D key to display diagnostics information in the lower half of the screen This information can be helpful during interaction wi
79. rly configured and has sufficient IP addresses available for lease If you are using BOOTP be sure that the BOOTP service is running and is properly configured PXE E53 No boot filename received The Boot Agent received a DHCP or BOOTP offer but has not received a valid filename to download If you are using PXE please check your PXE and BINL configuration If you are using BOOTP be sure that the TFTP service is running and that the specific path and filename are correct PXE E61 Media test failure The adapter does not detect link Be sure that the cable is good and is attached to a working hub or switch The link light visible from the back of the adapter should be lit Adapter configurations 47 Base code ROM ID structure was not found No base code can be located An incorrect flash image is installed or the image has become corrupted Try to update the flash image PXE EC3 BC ROM ID structure is invalid Base code cannot be installed An incorrect flash image is installed or the image has become corrupted Try to update the flash image PXE ECA UNDI ROM ID structure was not found UNDI ROM ID structure signature is incorrect An incorrect flash image is installed or the image has become corrupted Try to update the flash image PXE EC5 UNDI ROM ID structure is invalid The structure length is incorrect An incorrect flash image is installed or the image has become corrupted Try to update the flash ima
80. rupt cause register and reads the interrupt set register which verifies the card internally registered an interrupt e Loopback Tests These options are internal loopback tests These tests set the adapter in the appropriate loopback mode and send packets back through the adapter s receive circuitry and logic e Link This option checks to see whether or not the adapter has link e Network Test This option tests network communication It looks for a responder and then sends packets If no responder is found then the test reports failure If packets are received back from the responder the test reports success Displaying Diagnostic Log Diagnostics 61 The Display Diagnostic Log option allows you to view a detailed report of the tests you just ran When Diagnostic Log is enabled test results are recorded in a log file named DIAGS LOG If it does not already exist the test utility creates it If it already exists new data is appended to it The DISPLAY DIAGNOSTIC LOG command displays the contents of the log file for your convenience Each entry in the log file is time stamped The test run banner identifies the tested adapter according to its bus slot address Accessing the networking submenu The networking submenu allows you to setup the adapter as a responder and to detect a spanning tree on the network Setting up as a responder This allows the user to set up the adapter as a responder so another system can perform the co
81. s of your specific system It is recommended that you use the HP Network Configuration Utility to update HP NC Series adapter properties However if you choose to update the properties using the operating system s Device Manager the following lists the properties that are available for your HP adapter The properties that are available through the HP NCU will differ See the online help file for NCU adapter property information 1xx Fast Ethernet adapter properties 802 1p QoS Packet Tagging Enables or disables IEEE 802 1p tagging to send network traffic with different priority levels o Default Off o Range Off On Coalesce Buffers Specifies the number of memory buffers available to the driver in case the driver runs out of available map registers This buffer area is also used when a packet consists of many fragments If no coalesce buffers or map registers are available the driver is forced to queue the packet for later transmission The preferred method of transmitting data is to use map registers since it is the most efficient method o Default 8 Adapter configurations 50 o Range 1 32 Flow Control Settings The Flow Control property allows the user to enable or disable the receipt or transmission of PAUSE frames PAUSE frames enable the adapter and the switch to control the transmit rate The side that is receiving the PAUSE frame will momentarily stop transmitting The recommended selection is Off and it is the d
82. sage It also runs the negative test to make sure no message is generated when interrupt is masked off e Memory BIST This tests all memory modules inside the chip using Built In Self Test BIST e A7 Network link test Diagnostics 53 This tests the external link connection For the fiber medium this is simply another external loopback lest For the copper medium this is not applicable Group B Memory tests Various patterns 0x55aa55aa 0xaa55aa55 amp address are used to test each of the memory blocks e TXP scratchpad e B2 scratchpad e scratchpad e B4 COM scratchpad e B5 CP scratchpad e MCP scratchpad e B7 TAS header buffer e B8 TAS payload buffer e B9 RBUF via e B10 RBUF via indirect access e B11 RBUF Cluster list e B12 TSCH list e B13 CSCH List e 814 RV2P scratchpads e B15 TBDC memory e B16 RBDC memory e B17 CTX page table B18 CTX memory Group C Block tests e CPU logic and DMA interface tests The tests check the basic logic functionalities of each of the on chip CPUs The tests also cover the DMA interface exposed to the CPUs These tests require the presence of a test firmware file inside the diagfw directory e C2 RBUF allocation test This tests the Rx buffer allocation interface e CAM access test This tests read write add modify and cache hit functionalities of the associative memory e
83. t HELP are ignored IMAGEVERSION or IV Displays the PXE versions stored within the IBAUtil When IMAGEVERSION is set all other parameters except EXITCODES and HELP are ignored Adapter Selection Options BLINK Blinks the LED on the selected adapter for 10 seconds to provide a method for identifying an adapter AUTO or QUIET Runs IBAUtil without asking for user intervention It does NOT create a backup image This parameter must be used with NIC or ALL if there is more than one adapter in the system It runs without ALL or NIC xx if there is only one adapter in the system NIC XX Selects a specific adapter 1 16 ALL Selects all adapters found in system works for both EEPROM and Flash activity Adapter configurations 44 UPGRADE or UP Downloads the Boot Agent stored within IBAUtil to the adapters in the system FLASHENABLE or FE Enables Boot ROM Saves FLASHDISABLE or FD Disables Boot ROM SAVE Saves existing Intel Boot Agent and EEPROM settings to a file The file is named based on the PCI Vendor and Device ID of the adapter RESTORE Restores previously saved Intel Boot Agent image IBAUtil looks for a file name based on the PCI Vendor and Device ID of the adapter If RESTORE is used with UPGRADE an error is generated Power Management Options WOLDISABLE or WOLD Disables WOL bit on Fast Ethernet and disables APMPME and APME EEPROM bits on gigabit WOLENABLE or WOLE Enables WOL bit on Fast
84. t Off On Wake on Link Settings Wakes the computer if the network connection establishes link while the computer is in standby mode To wake up a system from an S5 state PME must be enabled o Default Disabled o Range Disable Forced OS Controlled Wake On Settings Available only when Enable PME is enabled Allows you to choose what types of packets will cause the adapter to wake o Default for NC110x and NC364T Wake on Magic amp Directed o Default for NC360x and NC364m OS Controlled o Default for NC6170 and NC7170 Disabled o Range Disabled Wake on Directed Packet Wake on Magic amp Directed Wake on Magic Packet OS Controlled Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 x64 configurations Although the default values should be appropriate in most cases you may change any of the available options to meet the requirements of your specific system It is recommended that you use the HP Network Configuration Utility to update HP NC Series adapter properties However if you choose to update the properties using the operating system s Device Manager the following lists the properties that are available for your HP adapter The properties that are available through the HP NCU will differ See the online help file for NCU adapter property information HP NC Series Intel adapter properties 802 1p QoS Packet Tagging Enables or disables IEEE 802 1p tagging to send network traffic with different priority levels o Defa
85. t HP by phone Call 1 800 HP INVENT 1 800 474 6836 This service is available 24 hours a day 7 days a week For continuous quality improvement calls may be recorded or monitored o If you have purchased a Care Pack service upgrade call 1 800 633 3600 For more information about Care Packs refer to the HP website http www hp com e In other locations see the Contact HP worldwide in English webpage http welcome hp com country us en wweontact html Free automated customer support services The following sites offer troubleshooting information compatibility notes and software upgrades including Softpaqs and drivers HP Worldwide Web Server Technical support 63 e Navigate to a specific product and then look for support information from the list of support resources at the HP support website http h18007 www1 hp com support files server Fordownloadable support software for HP Digital Networking Products Hubs Integrated Access Devices Modems and ISDN Adapters Remote Access Concentrators Servers Software and Switches go to the HP software and drivers website http h18007 www 1 hp com support files server e All SoftPaqs sorted by SoftPaq number can be found at the HP ftp support website ttp ftp compaq com pub softpag An ASCII version of a SoftPaq can be found by selecting a SoftPaq at the HP ftp support website tp ftp compaq com pub softpag e index of available softwa
86. tall additional NC510x PCle 10 GbE stand up adapters in any empty PCI Express slot on the system In a Windows Linux operating system when the NC5 10x driver is installed the driver automatically loads for any additional NC5 10x adapters that are added Enabling Each adapter can be enabled independently The user assigns an IP address to each adapter in the system Adapter configurations 26 Disabling Each adapter can be disabled independently Configuring multiple ports on 1OGbE adapters HP multiple port adapters such as the NC512m Dual Port 10 GbE Multifunction Adapter have multiple ports on a single card Requirements Each port requires a separate IP address and each port should be on a separate subnet for proper network stack functioning Installing If the driver is installed it is automatically loaded for each port Enabling Each port appears as a separate device Ports can be enabled individually without interfering with the other ports Disabling Ports can be disabled individually without interfering with other enabled ports Please note that multiple HP NC512m Dual Port 10 GbE Multifunction BL c Adapters are NOT supported in a single system Boot options Pre boot Execution Environment PXE allows a server to boot from a remote system using the NC51xx 10 Gigobit Ethernet interface Through the PXE interface the server s operating system image is downloaded from a configured boot server P
87. th HP Customer Support personnel or your IT team members After you press the D key the information displayed remains until you leave the configuration setup screen either by pressing the F4 key pressing the Esc key or by rebooting the computer For more information about how to interpret the information displayed refer to the Diagnostics information for pre boot PXE or RPL environments section Auxiliary DOS utilities The IBAUtil allows you to install and configure the Boot Agent using the DOS environment IBAUtil is a utility program that provides an alternative means for modifying the adapter configuration settings Use IBAUtil to Change the default settings of your HP NC310F NC3123 NC6170 or NC7170 adapter Enable disable Wake on LAN WOL and Intel Boot Agent capabilities e Allow in the field upgrades to the image stored the flash component of the adapter Wake On LAN and Intel amp Boot Agent in a DOS environment Adapter configurations 43 Use IBAUtil to enable or disable WOL or Boot Agent features To obtain this utility download the HP ProLiant Networking SoftPaq as described in Downloading files on page 9 and navigate to the APPSNBOOTAGNTNN 100X directory Wake OnLAN When enabled the adapter can react to special wake up packets and power up the computer without end user intervention However there is a higher power draw when the system is in the suspended state when this is enabled It is
88. the operating system 4 Install the appropriate driver component for your operating system as described in Downloading files on page 9 Removing the driver software Before physically removing an adapter from your system first un team the adapter then remove the driver software 1 Start your Windows operating system and log in to the system You must have Network Administrator privileges to remove the driver software 2 Unteam the adapter using the HP Network Configuration Utility and save your changes 3 Open the Device Manager 4 Click the plus sign to expand the Network adapters All installed network adapters display 3 Right click the adapter to be removed and choose Uninstall Uninstall HP NC Series NetXen 1 OGbE drivers To uninstall the HP NC51xx PCle 10 Gigabit Server Adapter driver software in Windows perform the following steps Installation 9 8 desktop click Start and select Settings gt Control Panel gt Administrative Tools gt Computer Management to display the Computer Management window Click Device Manager and then scroll down the list of hardware devices to Network Adapters and click the plus This expands the list of adapters currently configured For example HP NC510x PCle 10 Gigabit Server Adapter is listed in the example above and is removed with the following step Right click HP NC510x PCle 10 Gigabit Server Adapter and select Uninstall To uninstall dual port 10G
89. this feature contact HP Customer Support Troubleshooting procedures The following list of problems and associated solutions covers a representative set of problems that you might encounter while using the Boot Agent If you are experiencing a problem that is not listed in this section contact HP Customer Support After booting my computer experiences problems After the Boot Agent product has finished its sole task remote booting it no longer has any effect on the client computer operation Thus any issues that arise after the boot process is complete are most likely not related to the Boot Agent product Adapter configurations 48 If you are having problems with the local client or network operating system contact the operating system manufacturer for assistance If you are having problems with some application program contact the application manvfacturer for assistance If you are having problems with any of your computer s hardware or with the BIOS contact HP Customer Support for assistance Cannot change boot order If you are accustomed to redefining your computer s boot order using the motherboard BIOS setup program the default settings of the Boot Agent setup program can override that setup To change the boot sequence you must first override the Boot Agent setup program defaults To start the Boot Agent configuration setup program press the Ctrl S keys during the time the initialization message appears A configuration s
90. tive aggregator selection mode by bandwidth or count BALANCE INTERVAL o Syntax balance interval2nnn o Description Changes Balance interval nnn counts 1 18 sec BALANCE SET DEFAULT o Syntax balance set default o Description Restores Balance interval to factory settings COMMIT o Syntax commit team nnn o Description Sets a certain mode Use after binding to base drivers with DELAY o Syntax delay nnn o Description Delays the commit in nnn seconds FRAME o Syntax frame ETHERNET_802 2 802 3 ETHERNET ETHERNET SNAP HELP o Syntax H o Description Displays Help o Example CPQANS H JOIN_INDIVIDUALS o Syntax join_individuals yes no o Description Joins all individual links to one aggregator LBN o Syntax Reset LBN nnn o Example cpqans reset lbn2nnn o Description Resets the logical board number LBN of a bound adapter Supported only after commit command Default value 0 MAX TX QUEUE o Syntax max tx queue nnn o Description Sets the Max number of TX ECBs queued for send MODE o Syntax mode NFT ALB FEC 802 3AD NAME o Syntax name any unique name o Description Sets a unique name Installation 18 PRIMARY o Syntax primary secondary o Description Identifies the primary adapter Supported only in BIND command PROBE_BURST_SIZE o Syntax probe_burst_size nnn o Description Changes number of probes to send in a retry PROBE_CHEC
91. ult Disabled o Range Disabled Enabled Number of Coalesce Buffers Specifies the number of memory buffers available to the driver in case the driver runs out of available map registers This buffer area is also used when a packet consists of many fragments If no coalesce buffers or map registers are available the driver is forced to queue the packet for later transmission The preferred method of transmitting data is to use map registers since it is the most efficient method o Default 128 for NC110x NC360x NC364x 256 o Range 16 768 increments of 8 Flow Control The Flow Control property allows the user to enable or disable the receipt or transmission of PAUSE frames PAUSE frames enable the adapter and the switch to control the transmit rate The side that is receiving the PAUSE frame will momentarily stop transmitting The recommended selection is Auto and it is the default setting To disable Flow Control select Disable from the Value list on the Advanced tab Adapter configurations 38 o Auto Default Auto detect flow control o Disable PAUSE frame receipt and transmission is disabled o Tx PAUSE PAUSE frame transmission is enabled o Rx PAUSE PAUSE frame receipt is enabled Rx Tx PAUSE PAUSE frame receipt and transmission is enabled NOTE User control of Flow Control parameter is not available for NC71xx adapters Link Speed amp Duplex Allows the user to set the connection speed to the network and mode
92. uration settings as follows Repeatedly press the Ctrl S keys immediately after POST until the Configuration Setup Menu appears If the Configuration Setup Menu does not appear after repeatedly pressing the Ctrl S keys you were likely not fast enough In this case reboot and try again While in the Configuration Setup Menu you can restore the prompt message as follows e If Show Setup Prompt has been set to Disabled change it to Enabled e If Setup Menu Wait Time is set to zero seconds change it to any of the wait time values that exceed zero seconds Refer to the list of possible Set Menu Wait Time values shown in the Boot Agent configuration settings section There are configuration operation problems with the boot process If your PXE client receives a DHCP address but then fails to boot you know the PXE client is working correctly Check your network or PXE server configuration to troubleshoot the problem Contact HP Customer Support if you need further assistance Diagnostics information for pre boot PXE or RPL environments Anytime the Configuration Setup Menu is displayed refer to the Configuring the Boot Agent in a pre boot PXE or RPL environment section you may press the D key to display diagnostics information on the screen This information can be helpful during interaction with HP Customer Support personnel or your IT Adapter configurations 49 team members After you press the D key the information remains displaye
93. verifies the interrupt functionality It enables interrupt and then waits for the interrupt to occur waits for 500ms and reports an error if it could not generate interrupts AA Built In Self test This test initiates Hardware Built In Self Test BIST and then waits for the test result returned by hardware The hardware could not generate interrupts e A5 PCI Cfg register test This test verifies the access integrity of the PCI config registers Group B Memory tests e B1 Scratch pad test This tests the scratch pad SRAM on board The following tests are performed o Address test Writes each address with unique increment data Reads back data to ensure data is correct After filling the entire data with the unique data the program reads back data again to ensure data stays the same o Walking one bit test For each address data one is written and read back for testing Then the data is shifted left one bit so the data becomes two and the same test is run again It repeats for 32 times until the test bit is shifted out of test data The same test is repeated for the entire test range Diagnostics 56 o Pseudo random data test A pre calculated pseudo random data is used to write a unique data into each test RAM After the first pass of the test the program reads back one more time to ensure data stays correct B2 BD SRAM test This tests the BD SRAM by performing the tests as described in test B1 The Scratch pad test B3 DMA
94. y 6d is transmitted Expected d packets Only d good packets are received 6d unknown packets have been received bad packets have been received c d is an invalid Test EEPROM checksum error Error in reading WOL PXE Error in writing WOL PXE No external memory detected DMA buffer 04 is large size must be less than 04X Diagnostics 59 File size is too big max is d e Invalid s e Failed writing to 1 e 1 e e e Cannot perform task while chip is not running need driver Cannot open register define file or content is bad Reset bit did not self cleared e ATTN LOC cannot be mapped to cX CPU event bit d e 95 Register is not cleared to zero after reset e Cannot start Register Timer poll ASF bit did not get reset after acknowledged e Timestamp Counter is not counting 95 Timer is not working e Cannot clear bit in cX CPU event register Invalid EEPROM FILENAME file size expected but only can read d bytes e Invalid magic value in 5 expected 08 but found 08x Invalid manufacture revision expected but found e Invalid Boot Code revision expected d d but found d d e Cannot write to EEPROM Cannot read from EEPROM e Invalid Checksum e Invalid Magic Value e Invalid MAC address expected 02X 02X 02X 02X 02X 02X e Slot error expected an UUT to be found at location 02X 02X 00 e Adjacent memory has been corrupte
95. ywrod P3 1 or 2 TxDescriptors Default 200 Pre allocates ECB resources on the adapter for Recommended Min 100 transmitting packets Max 512 Min 1 when used with DOS Client32 and when Keywrod P3 1 or 2 RxFlow Default OFF Allows enabling disabling of RxFlow control TxFlow Default OFF Allows enabling disabling of TxFlow control C Selections are ON OFF Slot n Identifies the slot number for the specific adapter currently being configured This parameter is not necessary if only a single adapter is installed nn If link negotiation has been disabled specifies port speed to be either Auto or 10FD 100HD or 100FD Installation 13 oem Jumbo Set maximum physical receive Enables disables Jumbo Frame support When packet Size 18000 in enabled jumbo packets of up to 9000 bytes STARTUP NCF Choices are are supported Not supported on NC1020 Jumbo 1514 9000 This adapters keyword is only supported on NetWare 6 x Link Default FORCE Only used to allow the adapter to negotiate a Selections are AUTO FORCE sPecific or forced line speed with a switch that is not forced but instead setup for auto negotiation It is best to allow for auto negotiation of the card and switch by not setting this keyword or the speed keyword Only use this keyword if the speed keyword is set to something other than AUTO RxTicks Default 360 Enables the use o

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