Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 1026)

Emulex Drivers Version 10.2 for VMware ESXi User Manual P010087-01A Rev. A
3. Configuration
NIC Driver Configuration
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VxLAN Configuration
The elxnet driver supports hardware offloads for VxLAN on the OCe14000-series
adapters. These offloads are enabled by default and can be disabled using the module
parameter vxlan_offload.
rx_crc_errors The number of packets received with CRC errors.
rx_frame_errors The number of packets received with a frame alignment
error.
rx_fifo_errors The number of received packets dropped when FIFO entering
the packet demux block overflows, or an internal FIFO going
into the main packet buffer tank (PMEM) overflows.
rx_buf_post_fail The number of times the driver could not allocate a buffer to
replenish the receive ring. If this error is frequently
observed, you can increase the network heap size using the
following command:
esxcfg-advcfg -j netPktHeapMaxSize
Ensure that you reboot the host.
tx_packets The number of packets transmitted.
tx_bytes The total number of bytes transmitted.
tx_errors The total number of error packets transmitted.
tx_timeout_counter The number of times that a transmit timeout occurred.
tx_rate The total throughput transmitted from a vmnic interface in
Mb/s.
rx_rate The total throughput received by a vmnic interface in Mb/s.
on_die_temperature The current temperature of the chip die in degrees Celsius.
link_down_reason A value indicating the reason for a link being down:
0 – The link is down for an unknown reason.
1 – The link is down due to DCC.
2 – The link is down due to FIP.
3 – The link is down due to vNIC configuration.
4 – The link is down due to a receive PAUSE flood.
ints-netq-<N> The number of interrupts on Netqueue <N>.
rx_events-netq-<N> The number of events received on Netqueue <N>.
rx_packets-netq-<N> The number of packets received on Netqueue <N>.
rx_bytes-netq-<N> The number of bytes received on Netqueue <N>.
tx_events-netq-<N> The number of events transmitted on Netqueue <N>.
tx_packets-netq-<N> The number of packets transmitted on Netqueue <N>.
tx_bytes-netq-<N> The number of bytes transmitted on Netqueue <N>.
Table 3-4 Port Statistics Counters (Continued)
Ethtool Statistics Counter Name Description