09-30-2019 07:08 AM
I have the UCS C 220 M5SX with CNA X550-T2 card and from the specs FCOE is supported. When I boot the system up I am only seeing the iSCSI boot option menu and not FCOE option. What do I need to do in order to get this card configured with the FCOE boot option?
09-30-2019 08:10 AM
I don't believe that intel card actually has a FC type optionROM that would be required for BFS.
For FC boot from SAN you will want to either use the Cisco VIC cards, or a native FC cards on the spec sheet.
Kirk...
09-30-2019 08:15 AM
Well this is a CNA card so it can do both LAN/SAN and FCOE is a supported protocol.
09-30-2019 09:27 AM - edited 10-01-2019 06:06 AM
The Cisco Spec sheet just lists it as a NIC.
May be that Cisco doesn't advertise it as CNA if it doesn't have full BFS options, but can do software FCOE once the OS is loaded.
I know on some of the 1Gb cards from Intel, you had to actually run a config util to change the Option rom from PXE to iSCSI, in order to use iSCSI BFS. Maybe something similar is required for this card.
Kirk...
09-30-2019 09:35 AM
oh ok...I'll try that and hopefully that works. It's so hard getting information from Intel.......
09-30-2019 11:01 AM
10-01-2019 01:56 PM
The Cisco HCL is fairly clear in regards to this specific adapter, and it's respective capabilities. I have found that just because "OEM" states capabilities of a device, it does not always translate when certified on another "OEM" hardware platform.
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