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	    		           Chelsio T3 Family Virtual Multi-port 
                                            Software Driver
		           

					Version : 1.3.1
					Date    : 02/04/2010 



Overview
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Chelsio's Virtual-Multi-Port-Software provides users who have deployed ESX 4.0 the flexibility 
of virtually consolidating their existing 1Gb links over a Physical 10G Ethernet Adapter. 
Chelsio's software provides this consolidation keeping the infrastructure update transparent to 
the ESX hypervisor. This software will make the 10G Adapter appear to the hypervisor as up to 
four Virtual Adapters.This software has the following advantages:

1. Guaranteed traffic segregation
2. Guaranteed net rate limiting
3. Non intrusive implementation in the certified ESX 4.0 Driver



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  CONTENTS
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-1.Requirements
-2.Supported Operating System
-3.Supported Cards
-4.How to Use
-5.Customer Support



1.Requirements
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- Chelsio - T3 10/1Gb adapter and system with below mentioned supported platforms.



2.Supported Operating System
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- ESX 4.0 
- ESX 4.0 U1
- ESXi 4.0 
- ESXi 4.0 U1



3.Supported Cards
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- N310E
- N310E-CXA
- N320E
- N320E-CXA
- N320E-G2-CR
- S310E-CR
- S310E-SR
- S310E-CXA
- S320E-CR
- S320E-LP-CR
- S320E-CXA
- S320EM-BS
- S320EM-BCH




4. How to Use
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Driver Installation
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To install the Virtual-Multi-Port-Software Driver,

1. Power on the ESX or ESXi Host.
2. Put the ESX host in the Maintenance Mode using vSphere Client
   (Inventory -> Host -> Enter Maintenance Mode).
3. Use command "esxupdate query --vib-view | grep cxgb" to find 
   the ID of already installed Chelsio drivers.
4. Use command "esxupdate -b <vibID> remove" to remove installed VIB
5. Run the esxupdate command to install Multiport driver using
   the vib downloaded from Chelsio Website

esxupdate -b <.vib> --nosigcheck update

6. Reboot the Host.
7. Exit the Maintenance Mode using vSphere Client.

**NOTE: For PXE Boot/Install of ESXi 4.0 U1, replace image.tgz within the TFTP Server with the 
one provided on the website so that the driver is installed and loaded automatically on reboot.



5.Customer Support
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Please contact Chelsio support at support@chelsio.com for any issues regarding the product.








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