I am trying to set up an FCoE software adapter for an Intel 82599EB 10Gb CNA. I have created a vSwitch with a kernel port bound to the nic and then tried to add the software adapter, but the option is greyed out.
When is run 'esxcli fcoe nic list', the adapter is not listed.
The nic should be capable of FCoE offloads.
Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?
In terms of networking, I have two identical servers, with the intel nics cabled back-to-back, as I was intending to test the FCoE target using TargetCLI on a linux VM. I have managed to do this using iSCSI, but am getting stuck with not being able to add the FCoE software adapter. Do I need to go through a switch for this to work with FCoE?
Many thanks for any help on this!!