Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 1021)

Emulex Drivers Version 10.2 for VMware ESXi User Manual P010087-01A Rev. A
3. Configuration
NIC Driver Configuration
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NIC Driver Configuration
Configuring ESXi 5.5 NIC Driver Parameters
Table 3-2, ESXi 5.5 Ethernet Driver Parameters lists the Ethernet driver module
parameters, their descriptions, and their corresponding values in previous ESXi
environments and in ESXi 5.5 native mode.
Deprecated Module Option
The vlan_offload module parameter of the previous Ethernet driver (be2net), which
provided control for hardware VLAN filtering, is deprecated and no longer supported
in the elxnet driver.
Table 3-2 ESXi 5.5 Ethernet Driver Parameters
Module
Parameter
Description
ESXi 5.0, 5.1
Legacy
Driver Model
Values ESXi 5.5 OP
Native Mode
Driver Model
Values
Comments
emi_canceller Enable or disable the EMI
Canceller Def = 0 Def = 0 No changes
max_vfs The number of PCI VFs to
initialize.
0 = disabled
1–63 = enable this many
VFs (depends on the
ESXi version and
adapter)
Def = 0
Min = 0
Max = 16 Def = 0
Min = 0
Max = 63 (depends
on adapter) The driver
currently supports
a maximum of 30
VFs per PF for the
OCe11100-series
adapters, 32 VFs
per PF for the
LPe16202/OCe1510
0 adapters, 32 VFs
per PF for the
OCe14100-series
adapters, and 63
VFs per PF for the
OCe14400-series
adapters.
Note: HP Virtual
Connect
adapters
support a
maximum of
24 VFs per
PF.
msix Enable or disable MSI-X Def = 1 For the native
mode driver
vxlan_offload Enable or disable
vxlan_offload Def = 1 For the native
mode driver
vlan_offload Enable or disable VLAN
filtering by the hardware Deprecated and not
supported by the
native mode driver