540-11148 Broadcom 5719 QP 1Gb NIC shows no iSCSI Option

I purchased this NIC for 70€ including shipping, (must be about 50USD) direct from Dell Germany. With the 5709 and 5708 DP NIC's i am able to configure all the iSCSI settings with BACS within windows. And i have 3 servers connected to MD3000 and MD3200 storage. The iSCSI options are greyed out in BACS, i will check the BIOS option. Even the cheap LOM has iscsi. thanks Jürgen

Hello juergenb52

I don't show there is a non-iSCSI bootable version of the 5719 that we sell. I was unable to locate the "cheap" version of the controller that you mentioned.

Make sure that you are going into the NIC BIOS via CTL S during boot to set the boot protocol as iSCSI.

Thanks

There are licenses built into the BCOM NICs. I show that ISCSi boot is a standard option and not a licensed option on the 5719, but it is possible that the reseller of the 5719 you purchased excluded some features from the card to reduce cost. I would suggest checking with them to see if that is the case.

Also, I show that the 5719 is compatible with the T110 II, but I don't show it is compatible with the first release T110. If you don't have the second revision then there may be limited functionality.

Thanks

Thanks Daniel,

i checked the CTRL S Settings.

It is possible to enable iSCSI Boot and set all the Options in CTRL S Mode.

But within Windows BACS only reports these offload capabilitys:   LSO, CO, RSS

I am still not shure if this NIC has full power or is only a cheap model.

Thanks,

the reseller is/was Dell Germany.

I will check on monday with tech department.

Thanks