Supported Operating Systems; Adapter Specifications; Physical Characteristics; Standards Specifications - Lenovo 8200 Series Installation Manual

• Enhanced Ethernet functions include:
— Priority-based flow control (802.1Qbb)
— Enhanced transmission selection (802.1Qaz)
— Data center bridging exchange protocol (802.1Qaz)
— Link aggregation (802.3ad)
• Advanced stateless offload features include:
— IP, TCP, and UDP checksums
— Large send offload (LSO)
— Large receive offload (LRO)
• QLogic FlexOffload
— iSCSI
— FCoE
• QLogic ConvergeFlex
— TCP/IP
— iSCSI
— FCoE
• Several advanced management features for iSCSI and Fibre Channel adapters, including
QConvergeConsole (QCC) (GUI and CLI) and NIC partitioning (NPAR)
• Interrupt management and scalability features including:
— Receive side scaling (RSS)
— Interrupt moderation
— Flow control
— Locally administered address (LAA)
• Enhanced optimization with MSI, MSI-X, and NetQueue

Supported Operating Systems

The 8200 and 3200 Series Adapters support commonly used operating systems (OSs): Windows, Linux,
® ®
Solaris , and ESX .
For a detailed list of the currently supported operating systems, refer to the adapter's Readme files on the
QLogic Web site: http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com

Adapter Specifications

Physical Characteristics

The 8200 and 3200 Series Adapters are implemented as low-profile PCIe cards. The adapters ship with a
full-height bracket for use in a standard PCIe slot or an optional spare low-profile bracket for use in a
low-profile PCIe slot. Low-profile slots are typically found in compact servers.

Standards Specifications

The 8200 and 3200 Series adapters support the following standards specifications:
• IEEE: 802.3ae (10 Gb Ethernet)
8200 Series Converged Network Adapter and 3200 Series Intelligent Ethernet Adapter
TM
stateful offload features (8200 Series only) include:
TM capability (8200 Series only) supports the following protocols simultaneously:
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