NIC driver set up and clarify Infinite Band (IB) device in Windows

Step to install NIC driver in Windows

First, we should prepare the RDMA driver. For Broadcom RDMA driver, we could download from here: https://www.broadcom.com/products/ethernet-connectivity/network-adapters/p210tp

Provides information on installing the Windows driver on Ethernet network adapters. Use the following steps to install the Windows drivers:

• Step 1: Download and unzip the Windows driver installation package

• Step 2: Click Server Manager -> Tools -> Computer Management -> Device Manager.

• Step 3: Right-click on the Broadcom devices under Network Adapters.

• Step 4: Select Update Driver and select Browse My Computer for driver Device Manager software and select Have Disk to navigate to the folder where the driver files are located.

• Step 5: Click Next to update the driver automatically.

• Step 6: Reboot the system to ensure that the driver is running. (in the advance feature page of network adapter content)

Configure your RDMA device in windows

• You can use the Performance Monitor (Perfmon) or Power Shell to verify a RDMA connection.

• Using Perfmon, the total number of active RDMA connections can be verified by using the RDMA Activity counter.

• Check specific RDMA connection counter via Perfmon