Re: BCM58710?

Yes, sorry.  Thanks for the link.

I believe that since this card is based on the bnx2x driver that the OS will need to initiate FCoE.  This is unfortuante, as the older Qlogic cards which used the qla2xx drivers did all of this is in hardware.

Thanks,

Josh

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stefan M. Radman [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 4:48 PM
> To: Baird, Josh
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] BCM58710?
> 
> Do you possibly mean the Broadcom 57810?
> https://www.broadcom.com/docs/features/netxtreme_ethernet_dell.pdf
> 
> Stefan
> 
> 
> On Jan 5, 2016, at 8:27 PM, Baird, Josh
> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have any experience using the BCM58710 in RHEL7?
> 
> Specifically, my questions are:
> 
> * Do I need to enable NPAR to use FCOE on this card?
> * Does the card initiate the FCoE in hardware (like QLE8262, etc), or do I need
> to do this from the OS?
> 
> I can't find *any* documentation on this card.  Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Josh
> 
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