Description of problem: Install RHEL5.5 on PER210 and find that bnx2i(broadcom iscsi offload driver) does not recognize the onboard BCM 5716 nic port that has the iscsi offload functionality. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RHEL5.5. 2.6.18-194.el5 iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.871-0.16.el5 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Install RHEL5.5 2.yum install iscsi-initiator-utils 3.iscsiadm -m iface output Actual results: No iface file created device not recognized by bnx2i Expected results: 1) bnx2i should recognize the device 2) iscsiadm -m iface should show a default iface configuration. Additional info: dmesg snip.. All bugs added by David S. Miller <davem> cxgb3i: tag itt 0x1fff, 13 bits, age 0xf, 4 bits. iscsi: registered transport (cxgb3i) Broadcom NetXtreme II CNIC Driver cnic v2.1.0 (Oct 10, 2009) cnic: Added CNIC device: eth0 cnic: Added CNIC device: eth1 Broadcom NetXtreme II iSCSI Driver bnx2i v2.1.0 (Dec 06, 2009) iscsi: registered transport (bnx2i) bnx2i: unknown device, 0x163b scsi7 : Broadcom Offload iSCSI Initiator bnx2i: unknown device, 0x163b scsi8 : Broadcom Offload iSCSI Initiator iscsi: registered transport (tcp) iscsi: registered transport (iser) iscsi: registered transport (be2iscsi)
Hello Shyam, BCM5716 is not an iSCSI offload capable device. It is distributed as a L2 only nic. Eddie
Closing based on Comment #3