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Configuring iSCSI Offload with QConvergeConsole: QLogic QME8242 Mezzanine Card User's Guide Back to Contents Page Configuring iSCSI Offload with QConvergeConsole: QLogic QME8242 Mezzanine Card User's Guide The iSCSI offload feature provides full iSCSI offloads that include header and data digest, receive Protocol Data Unit (PDU) parsing, and direct data placement. You can configure iSCSI offload parameters with the following utilities: QConvergeConsole GUI: graphical user interface QConvergeConsole CLI: interactive mode (menu driven) and non-interactive mode (command-line driven) NOTE: Information on installing and starting the GUI version of QLogic's QConvergeConsole utility is provided in the QConvergeConsole User's Guide. All procedural information for that utility is covered in the online help system. For the interactive mode of the QConvergeConsole CLI, refer to the QConvergeConsole CLI User's Guide. For the noninteractive mode of the QConvergeConsole CLI, refer to the procedures in this section to display and modify the following: Adapter-Level iSCSI Parameters Port-Level iSCSI Parameters Summary of Target Sessions Target Session-Level iSCSI Negotiated Parameters Target Session-Level Persistent iSCSI Parameters NOTE: The current release does not support iSCSI IPv6. Support is expected in a future release. Adapter-Level iSCSI Parameters This section shows the commands used to display and to modify adapter-level iSCSI parameters. Displaying Adapter-Level iSCSI Parameters To view the adapter configured settings, issue the -ch command. The positional parameter, [hba_port_inst], is optional. If an hba_port_inst is specified, information for only that adapter is shown. If the hba_port_inst is not specified, information for all adapters in the system is listed. Command line options: -ch [hba_port_inst] Example: $qaucli -pr iscsi -ch Or: $qaucli -iscsi -ch *** hba instance: 0 HBA_Alias hba instance: 1 HBA_Alias QLogic QLE8242 QLogic QLE8242 Modifying Adapter-Level iSCSI Parameters Use the -nh command to set the adapter-level parameters for single- or multi-port adapters. The positional parameter becomes and a series of one or more parameter name-value pairs. To check the list of parameters, use the -ch option. Command line options: -nh [ ] Example: file:///T|/htdocs/NETWORK/QLogic/71922/en/ioffload.htm[9/26/2012 4:25:41 PM]