HP NC320m HP ProLiant Network Adapter Scripting Utility User Guide
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HP ProLiant Network Adapter Scripting Utility User Guide Part Number 515635-003 September 2009 (Third Edition) - HP NC320m | HP ProLiant Network Adapter Scripting Utility User Guide - Page 2
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 , and troubleshoots servers and storage systems. HP assumes you are qualified in the servicing of computer - HP NC320m | HP ProLiant Network Adapter Scripting Utility User Guide - Page 3
Contents Overview...4 Network Configuration Utility and Scripting 4 Scripting functionality ...4 Scripting ...5 Preliminary scripting information ...5 Order of adapters on target systems 5 Multifunction parameters on target systems 5 Teams on target systems ...6 Script conversion...8 Scripting - HP NC320m | HP ProLiant Network Adapter Scripting Utility User Guide - Page 4
feature of the utility provides the ability to perform adapter configuration using a batch process. This guide provides information about using the HP Network Adapter Scripting Utility to configure HP adapters. Scripting functionality Scripting functionality provides the capability to configure - HP NC320m | HP ProLiant Network Adapter Scripting Utility User Guide - Page 5
port order for adapters in non-HP BladeSystem configurations • Enclosure switch bay number and switch port order for adapters in HP BladeSystem configurations Adapters assigned to an adapter that does not support iSCSI or TOE, they are ignored. • If an adapter supports multifunction parameters but - HP NC320m | HP ProLiant Network Adapter Scripting Utility User Guide - Page 6
Translation (IPNAT); third-party firewalls; and NDIS 5.1 intermediate drivers. Download article number KB912222 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912222/en-us) from the Microsoft website for more information. • TOE and RSS are incompatible on NetXen adapters. If RSS is already enabled and then you - HP NC320m | HP ProLiant Network Adapter Scripting Utility User Guide - Page 7
firewalls; and NDIS 5.1 intermediate drivers. Download article number KB912222 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912222/en-us upgrade to Service Pack 2 or later. iSCSI teaming limitations • The following team types are not supported for iSCSI-enabled adapters. Disable iSCSI on the adapter or team - HP NC320m | HP ProLiant Network Adapter Scripting Utility User Guide - Page 8
NCU are supported; however, HP recommends that you recreate the script using the latest version of the NCU. Scripting application (CQNICCMD) CQNICCMD is a Windows utility that processes a network adapter configuration script file to duplicate the adapter teaming configuration of a source ProLiant BL - HP NC320m | HP ProLiant Network Adapter Scripting Utility User Guide - Page 9
be removed, and 802.1p/q Packet Tagging to be disabled for all adapters that had no VLANs. No additional arguments are required or allowed with this log file name will cause the configuration to terminate with no changes. HP recommends this option only in batch files. This option causes all errors, - HP NC320m | HP ProLiant Network Adapter Scripting Utility User Guide - Page 10
/L cqniccmd /Cc:\HP\teamcfg.xml /Lc:\HP\config.log cqniccmd /C c:\HP\teamcfg.xml /L c:\HP\config.log cqniccmd /C"c:\HP\teamcfg.xml" /L" c:\HP\config.log" /F cqniccmd /F /C c:\HP\teamcfg.xml Scripting 10 - HP NC320m | HP ProLiant Network Adapter Scripting Utility User Guide - Page 11
displays only if the property is supported by the selected adapter. • PriorityVLANTag-Enables or disables the ability to insert or remove the 802.1q tags for priority and VLAN. • JumboPacket-The size in bytes of the largest supported Jumbo Packet (an Ethernet frame that is greater than 1514 bytes - HP NC320m | HP ProLiant Network Adapter Scripting Utility User Guide - Page 12
the link partner (examples: switch, hub). • TargetInterruptsPerSecond-The driver will adjust the interrupt moderation setting for the adapter to achieve this desired DPC rate. Optimize Interrupt Moderation must be set to manual. • OptimizationMethod-When this configuration is set to optimize, the - HP NC320m | HP ProLiant Network Adapter Scripting Utility User Guide - Page 13
manual, the user can select a Target DPC Rate and the driver adjusts the adapter adapter on the target system. • PreferredPrimaryRanking-Determines the preferred primary ranking of the adapter. This value is written only for teamed adapters. • ConfiguredPortCost-Defines the port cost for the adapter - HP NC320m | HP ProLiant Network Adapter Scripting Utility User Guide - Page 14
the IPv4 address (dotted decimal) for the iSCSI enabled device. If DHCP is enabled, the connections to HP Multifunction Server Adapters. Team configuration RxPathValidationVlanId-Determines the VLAN on which Receive Path Validation packet frames are transmitted. This value is only written when a - HP NC320m | HP ProLiant Network Adapter Scripting Utility User Guide - Page 15
TCP connections to HP Multifunction Server Adapters. The TOEEnabled property is only valid when all the team members support TOE. Possible values of the largest supported Jumbo Packet (an Ethernet frame that is greater than 1514 bytes) that the hardware can support. • IPChecksumOffloadIPv4-Describes - HP NC320m | HP ProLiant Network Adapter Scripting Utility User Guide - Page 16
and teams and consists of the following XML elements: • -Brackets the entire data file and is required. • -Defines adapter properties. • -Defines teams and their properties. • -Defines VLANs and their properties. The 'relnics' attribute of the element - HP NC320m | HP ProLiant Network Adapter Scripting Utility User Guide - Page 17
" value="Rx/Tx Enable" /> - - - HP NC320m | HP ProLiant Network Adapter Scripting Utility User Guide - Page 18
" value="1" /> - HP NC320m | HP ProLiant Network Adapter Scripting Utility User Guide - Page 19
handling and reporting Error checking and completion code Errors can occur for a variety of reasons including differences between the source and target system NICs or because of errors introduced by editing the XML data file. The software performs extensive error checking as the XML data file is - HP NC320m | HP ProLiant Network Adapter Scripting Utility User Guide - Page 20
Acronyms and abbreviations iSCSI Internet Small Computer System Interface NCU Network Configuration Utility NFT network fault tolerant RSS Receive-Side Scaling TOE TCP/IP Offload Engine VLAN virtual local-area network XML extensible markup language Acronyms and abbreviations 20 - HP NC320m | HP ProLiant Network Adapter Scripting Utility User Guide - Page 21
B bay numbering 5 C checksum offload 11 codes, return 19 command line options 9 CQNICCMD 8 D data file 9, 16 E error code 19 examples 9 F Flow Control 11 I iSCSI configuration 13 iSCSI devices 5, 13 J jumbo packet 11 L load balancing 14 log files 19 M multifunction adapter properties 5 multifunction
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HP ProLiant Network Adapter Scripting Utility
User Guide
Part Number 515635-003
September 2009 (Third Edition)