**************************************** README **************************************** Chelsio T3 iSCSI driver installer for Windows Version : 1.5.13.49 Date : 04/01/2011 Overview ================================================================================ Chelsio T3 Family 10G chiSCSI driver installShield is for Chelsio's T3 10/1G adapters. Access to the InstallShield is through the downloadable file "chiscsi-1.5.13.49.exe" which installs Chelsio iSCSI driver. The InstallShield contains chvbd v1.5.13.46 and iSCSI driver v1.5.13.49 ================================================================================ CONTENTS ================================================================================ -1.Requirements -2.Supported Operating System -3.Supported Cards -4.How to Use -5.Support Documentation -6.Customer Support 1.Requirements ================================================================================ Chelsio - T3 10/1Gb adapter and system with below mentioned supported platforms. Before installation of the Chelsio iSCSI driver on a Windows 2003-SP2 Operating system, please install the following Microsoft hotfix. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943295 Once you have browsed to the above link, please scroll down to "Update information".You can find the hotfix for Windows 2003-32bit and Windows 2003-64bit Operating systems. After installing the hotfix, please reboot the machine and then install the Chelsio iSCSI driver. 2.Supported Operating System ================================================================================ - Windows 2003-32bit - Windows 2003-64bit - Windows Vista-32bit - Windows Vista-64bit - Windows 2008-32bit - Windows 2008-64bit - Windows 2008-R2 64bit - Windows 2008-R2_SP1 64-bit - Windows7 32bit - Windows7 64bit 3.Supported Cards ================================================================================ - S320E (SFP+) - S320E-CXA - S320E-LP-CR - S310E (SFP+) - S310E-CR - S310E-SR - S310E-CXA - S302E - S320EM-BCH - S320EM-BS 4.How to Use ================================================================================ Installation ---------------------------------------- 1) Run the "chiscsi-1.5.13.49.exe" application. 2) Click on the "NEXT" button for the Welcome window. 3) Select the radio button "I accept the terms of the license agreement" and click on "NEXT" button. 4) Now clicking on "INSTALL" button will install the driver. 5) Click on the "Finish" button to exit from the InstallShield wizard. **NOTE: iWARP is not supported with the current package and hence the driver is not supplied with the package. To enable iWARP go to VBD parameter and enable the iWARP Function. ** For more information please refer to "iSCSIInstallGuide_Windows.pdf" Un-Installation ---------------------------------------- - Run the "chiscsi-1.5.13.49.exe" application. - Select the radio button "Remove" and click "NEXT". - Click on the "Finish" button to exit from the Install shield wizard. **NOTE: You can Un-install the driver using InstallShield only if you have installed the driver using the InstallShield application. Multipath I/O settings ---------------------------------------- As per the following KB article from Microsoft we recommend to set following registry keys to following values when Chelsio iscsi initiator is used along with MPIO. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972324/EN-US Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\mpio\Parameters\UseCustomPathRecoveryInterval to 1 Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\mpio\Parameters\PathRecoveryInterval to 30. 5.Support Documentation ================================================================================ The documentation for this release can be found in the \Chelsio\doc\ directory after installing chelsio iSCSI driver InstallShield. It contains: - iSCSIInstallGuide.pdf - README.txt - Release Notes.txt 6.Customer Support ================================================================================ Please contact Chelsio support at support@chelsio.com for any issues regarding the product. ******************************************************************************** Copyright (C) 2011 Chelsio Communications. All Rights Reserved The information in this document is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by Chelsio Communications. Chelsio Communications assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this document or any software that may be provided in association with this document. Except as permitted by such license, no part of this document may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted in any form or by any means without the express written consent of Chelsio Communications.