Ethernet driver example – Dell Emulex Family of Adapters User Manual

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Emulex Drivers Version 10.2 for VMware ESXi User Manual

P010087-01A Rev. A

2. Installation

Preparing to Upgrade to ESXi 5.5

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And to verify that the value has been reprogrammed:

~ # esxcfg-module -g lpfc

lpfc enabled = 1 options = 'lpfc_lun_queue_depth=8'

Once verification has completed, reboot the server to activate the command and burn

the new driver parameters into the initial ram disk.

Ethernet Driver Example

This example assumes a single OCe10100 or OCe11100-series adapter in the host, since

the max_vfs parameter receives the number of VFs for each PF.
Before upgrading to ESXi 5.5, you would enter the following command:

~ # esxcfg-module -g be2net

be2net enabled = 1 options = ‘max_vfs=2,2’

After upgrading to ESXi 5.5, when the server administrator runs this command for the

out-of-box native mode Ethernet driver for the OCe10100 or OCe11100-series adapter,

there are no module parameters. Note that the driver binary name is now elxnet for the

native mode Emulex Ethernet driver for the OCe10100 and OCe11100-series adapter.

~# esxcfg-module -g elxnet

elxnet enabled = 1 options = ‘’

The server administrator must then run the following command to set the driver

module parameters:

~ # esxcfg-module -s max_vfs=2,2 elxnet

And to verify that the value has been reprogrammed:

~ # esxcfg-module -g elxnet

elxnet enabled = 1 options = 'max_vfs=2,2'

Once verification has completed, reboot the server to activate the command and burn

the new driver parameters into the initial ram disk.

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