Dell QMD8262-k

Introduction
Functionality and Features
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Functionality and Features
This section provides the following information:
 Functional Description
 Features
 Supported Operating Systems
Functional Description
Functional descriptions for the adapters are as follows:
 QMD8262-k: This a network daughter card with FCoE and iSCSI offload for
the blade server environment.
 QLE8262:
This is a standard form-factor adapter with FCoE and iSCSI offload
for the rack and tower server environment.
 QME8262-k: This is a mezzanine card with FCoE and iSCSI offload for the
blade server environment.
Features
The adapters provide the following features:
 Switch Independent Partitioning
 Message signaled interrupts (MSI-X)
 Device management for power and SAN
 Multi-boot capability including:
 PXE
 iSCSI
 Fibre Channel
 Unified extensible firmware interface (UEFI)
 PCIe
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2.0 x8
 User diagnostics that can be run from the CLI and the GUI
 Ethernet functions include:
 2x10 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) with KR (copper backplane) (does not
apply to QLE8262)
 Priority and virtual LAN (VLAN) tagging
 Jumbo frames up to 9618 bytes
 Enhanced Ethernet functions include:
 Priority-based flow control
 Enhanced transmission selection
 Advanced teaming
 VLAN configuration and management
 Preservation of teaming and VLAN configuration information during
driver upgrade