
Chapter XII. Offload IPv6 driver
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1. Introduction
The growth of the Internet has created a need for more addresses than are possible with IPv4.
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is a version of the Internet Protocol (IP) designed to succeed
the Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4).
Offload IPv6 driver provides support to fully offload IPv6 and UDP Segmentation traffic
to the T4 adapter.
1.1. Hardware Requirements
1.1.1. Supported Adapters
The following are the currently shipping Chelsio Adapters that are compatible with Chelsio
Offload IPv6 driver:
T420-CR
T420-LL-CR
T440-CR
T440-LP-CR
T420-BCH
T422-CR
T420-SO-CR
T420-CX
T420-BT
T404-BT
1.2. Software Requirements
1.2.1. Linux Requirements
Currently the Offload IPv6 driver is available for the following versions:
Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 update 4 kernel (RHEL5.4), 2.6.18-164.el5
Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 update 5 kernel (RHEL5.5), 2.6.18-194.el5
Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 update 6 kernel (RHEL5.6), 2.6.18-238.el5
Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 update 7 kernel (RHEL5.7), 2.6.18-274.el5
Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 update 8 kernel (RHEL5.8), 2.6.18-308.el5
Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 base kernel (RHEL6.0), 2.6.32-71.el6
Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 update 1 kernel (RHEL6.1), 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6
Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 update 2 kernel (RHEL6.2), 2.6.32-220.el6
Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 update 3 kernel (RHEL6.3), 2.6.32-279.el6
Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 kernel (SLES11) , 2.6.27.19-5
Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 kernel (SLES11SP1), 2.6.32.12-0.7
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