Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 1144)

Emulex Drivers Version 10.2 for VMware ESXi User Manual P010087-01A Rev. A
4. Troubleshooting
ESXi 5.5 Native Mode NIC Driver Support for ethtool Commands
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ESXi 5.5 Native Mode NIC Driver Support for ethtool
Commands
Table 4-11 lists the ethtool support provided by the earlier vmklinux driver and the
equivalent support provided through the esxcli and vsish commands.
Table 4-11 ESXi 5.5 Native Mode NIC Driver Support for ethtool Commands
ethtool Command Description
ESXi 5.0 vmklinux
Driver Support
(VmkMgmtKeyVal
interface)
ESXi 5.5 Native Mode
Driver Support
(esxcli/ vsish command)
ethtool
-a|--show-pause
DEVNAME Show pause options  
(esxcli network nic get -n
vmnic0)
ethtool -A|--pause
DEVNAME Set pause options  
To enable RX/TX pause:
vsish -e set
/net/pNics/vmnic1/firmwar
e/pauseParams <
autonegsupport>
<txpauseenabled>
<rxpauseenabled>
Enable:
vsish -e set
/net/pNics/vmnic1/firmwar
e/pauseParams 0 1 1
Disable:
vsish -e set
/net/pNics/vmnic1/firmwar
e/pauseParams 0 0 0
ethtool
-c|--show-coalesce
DEVNAME Show coalesce options  
(esxcli network nic coalesce
get -n vmnicX)
ethtool
-C|--coalesce
DEVNAME Set coalesce options  
(esxcli network nic coalesce
set -n vmnicX)
ethtool
-g|--show-ring
DEVNAME Query RX/TX ring
parameters  esxcli does not support it
ethtool -G|--set-ring
DEVNAME Set RX/TX ring
parameters Not implemented esxcli does not support it
ethtool
-k|--show-offload
DEVNAME Get protocol offload
information  
(esxcli network nic sg/tso/cso
get)