On 09/09/2011 10:05 PM, Drew Weaver wrote:
Hi,
I could be wrong here but don't you go into the Broadcom NIC configuration while the server is booting and add the iSCSI target in there and then it should appear as "Just Another Volume (TM)" to the operating system?
I've never tried it but I assume thats how the 'offloading' works.
close, but not. TCP Offloading (obviously) offloads the TCP protocol processing from the server CPU onto the server adapter. This preserves valuable CPU cycles for applications processing and improves overall server performance and network efficiency, as the heavy lifting for iSCSI is done on the card, by the card.
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After finding multiples answers to this question via google, but withoutmaking it work on my servers. Has anybody iSCSI Offload working on a Dell Server with Broadcom NICs ?
Depending on how the Broadcom is in the server (ie - Physical Card vs onboard mezzanine card) depends on if you enable it in BIOS, or switch into the firmware when prompted at boot time to enable it.