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Chelsio Communications Chelsio T5 Specifications

General IconGeneral
Product SeriesT5
InterfacePCI Express 3.0 x8
Operating Temperature0°C to 55°C (32°F to 131°F)
Storage Temperature-40°C to 70°C (-40°F to 158°F)
Product TypeNetwork Adapter
Data Link Protocol40 Gigabit Ethernet
ControllerChelsio T580
Supported ProtocolsTCP, UDP, iSCSI
Offload CapabilitiesTCP, iSCSI, RDMA
Form FactorLow Profile

Summary

Chelsio Unified Wire

2. Hardware Installation

Provides step-by-step instructions for installing Chelsio Adapters in a system.

3. Software/Driver Installation

Explains the two main methods (source and RPM) for installing the Chelsio Unified Wire package.

3.2. Installing Chelsio Unified Wire from source

Details the process of installing Chelsio Unified Wire from source using GUI mode with Dialog utility.

3.3. Installing Chelsio Unified Wire from RPM

Explains how to install Chelsio Unified Wire from RPM packages using Menu Mode and CLI Mode.

4. Software/Driver Uninstallation

Details the methods for uninstalling the Chelsio Unified Wire package from source or RPM.

5. Configuring Chelsio Network Interfaces

Explains how to configure Chelsio adapters and network interfaces for testing features.

6. Performance Tuning

Recommends steps to auto-tune the system for best performance and lower latency.

Network NIC/TOE

3. Software/Driver Unloading

Describes how to unload the NIC driver and the TOE driver, including steps to avoid rebooting.

4.1. Instantiate Virtual Functions (SR-IOV)

Explains how to instantiate Virtual Functions by loading the cxgb4 driver with the num_vf parameter.

4.3. Performance Tuning

Discusses Receiver Side Scaling (RSS) and its impact on performance.

iWARP (RDMA)

4.1. Testing connectivity with ping and rping

Details how to test basic connectivity via T5/T4 interface and RDMA using rping command.

4.3. Setting up NFS-RDMA

Provides steps for setting up an NFS-RDMA server and client configurations.

WD-UDP

4.1. Accelerating UDP Socket communications

Describes how to use the libcxgb4_sock library for accelerating UDP socket communications.

4.1.2. Using libcxgb4_sock

Explains how to preload libcxgb4_sock using wdload script or manually.

iSCSI PDU Offload Target

2. Set iSCSI service to automatically start at bootup

Details how to configure the chelsio-target service to start automatically at bootup using chkconfig.

4.1. Command Line Tools

Introduces the two command line tools for iSNS client and iSCSI target node control.

4.1.1. iscsictl

Describes the Chelsio iSCSI control tool (iscsictl) for managing iSCSI targets and settings.

4.3. A Quick Start Guide for Target

Provides a guide to quickly get started with a Chelsio iSCSI target, including basic editing and commands.

4.3.2. Basic iSCSI Control

Details basic commands for controlling the Chelsio iSCSI software, including start, stop, and view configuration.

iSCSI PDU Offload Initiator

4.1. Accelerating open-iSCSI Initiator

Details steps for accelerating the open-iSCSI initiator.

4.1.1. Configuring interface (iface) file

Explains how to create an interface file for the cxgb4i transport class.

4.1.2. Discovery and Login

Describes how to start the iSCSI daemon, discover iSCSI targets, and log into an iSCSI target.

Data Center Bridging (DCB)

4.2. Configuring the Brocade 8000 switch

Provides steps for configuring LLDP and CEE maps on a Brocade 8000 switch.

FCoE PDU Offload Target

2. Software/Driver Loading

Explains how to load the FCoE PDU Offload Target driver (chfcoe) in FCF and VN2VN modes.

4.1. Configuring Cisco Nexus 5010 switch

Details configuring DCB parameters, QoS class-maps, and queuing on Cisco Nexus 5010 switch.

4.3. Configuring LUNs on Target

Details the procedure for configuring LUNs on the FCoE target using SCST configuration files.

FCoE Full Offload Initiator

4. Software/Driver Configuration and Fine-tuning

Covers configuration and fine-tuning for FCoE, including switch settings and fabric discovery verification.

4.2. FCoE fabric discovery verification

Explains how to verify FCoE fabric discovery and local ports.

4.3. Formatting the LUNs and Mounting the Filesystem

Details how to format LUNs and mount the filesystem for FCoE initiators.

Offload Multi-Adapter Failover (MAFO)

4.1. Offloading TCP traffic over a bonded interface

Details the method to offload TCP traffic over a bonded interface using active-backup mode.

UDP Segmentation Offload and Pacing

4.1. Modifying the application

Details the steps to modify an application to use UDP offload functionality.

4.2. Configuring UDP Pacing

Describes how to set the pacing of UDP socket's traffic using the cxgbtool utility.

Bypass Driver

4.1. Starting ba server

Provides commands to start the ba server for IPv4 only and for IPv4 and IPv6.

4.2. Bypass API (CLI)

Describes the Bypass API CLI for managing bypass rules and tables.

WD Sniffing and Tracing

2. Installation and Usage

Details the installation and usage of basic support, sniffer, and tracer utilities.

2.2. Using Sniffer (wd_sniffer)

Provides setup and procedure for using the wd_sniffer tool for wire filter sniffing.

2.3. Using Tracer (wd_tcpdump_trace)

Details the setup and procedure for using the wd_tcpdump_trace utility for wire tapping.

Classification and Filtering

2.2. Creating Filter Rules

Details how to create filter rules using the cxgbtool utility.

2.2.1. Examples

Provides examples for drop, pass, and switch actions when creating filter rules.

2.5. Layer 3 example

Provides an example on how to achieve L3 routing functionality.

3. Hash/DDR Filters

Explains how to create LE-TCAM and HASH/DDR filters using cxgbtool.

3.1. Creating Filter Rules

Details how to create filter rules for Hash/DDR filters using cxgbtool.

3.5. Hit Counters

Provides a step-by-step guide to enable hit counters for Hash/DDR filter rules.

Traffic Management

2. Software/Driver Loading

Explains how to load TOE driver for Traffic Management on offloaded and non-offloaded connections.

4. Software/Driver Configuration and Fine-tuning

Covers configuration of Traffic Management rules, including Class Rate Limiting and Channel Rate Limiting.

4.1. Traffic Management Rules

Lists types of scheduler hierarchy levels configurable via cxgbtool: Class Rate Limiting, WRR, and Channel Rate Limiting.

4.2. Configuring Traffic Management

Details configuring traffic management for non-offloaded and offloaded connections.

4.2.1. For Non-offloaded connections

Explains a 2-step process to bind connections to NIC TX queues and TC Scheduler classes.

4.2.2. For Offloaded connections

Describes configuring traffic management for offloaded connections using COP policies or application modification.

Unified Wire Manager (UM)

4. Verifying UM components status

Explains how to verify the status of UM components like Management Agent.

4.1. Verifying Management Agent

Details how to verify if the Management Agent is running using ps command or service status.

4.3. Verifying Management Station

Details how to check the status of Management Station using its service command.

7.4.6. Bulk Configuration

Allows executing common configuration changes to multiple agents simultaneously.

7.5.4. System Diagnostics

Allows running diagnostic tests on Chelsio adapters to troubleshoot issues.

7.7.4. iSCSI Target (Linux)

Allows creating and managing iSCSI Targets, portals, LUNs, ACLs, and session details.

Unified Boot

2. Flashing firmware and option ROM

Provides two methods to flash firmware and option ROM onto Chelsio adapters: Legacy and uEFI.

4. PXE boot process

Explains the process of configuring PXE server and booting the client machine.

5. FCoE boot process

Explains the process of configuring FCoE boot using Chelsio CNA firmware and option ROM.

6. iSCSI boot process

Explains the process of performing iSCSI boot on Chelsio CNA.

Lustre File System

2. Creating/Configuring Lustre File System

Provides steps to create Lustre file system using Chelsio adapter, including driver loading and IP assignment.

Appendix A

1. Troubleshooting

Provides troubleshooting steps for common issues like inability to bring up interfaces or ping.