Dell Brocade Adapters - Manual (Page 240)

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Network driver parameters
A
Locally
Administered
Address N/A Hexadecimal value
for MAC address Device Manager Overrides the burned-in MAC
address.
Priority and VLAN Disable Enable
Disable Device Manager Enables hardware-assisted
VLAN tagging.
Receive Buffers 32 32-1024 Device Manager Tunes receive buffer value.
Transmit Buffers 16 4-64 Device Manager Tunes transmit buffer value.
Receive Side
Scaling (RSS) Enable Enable
Disable Device Manager Supported on Windows Server
2003, 2008
Priority and VLAN
Support Enable Enable
Disable Device Manager
TCP/UDP IPv4
Checksum Offload Enable Enable
Disable Device Manager Supported on Windows Server
2003 and 2008 for IPv4
traffic.
TCP/UDP IPv6
Checksum Offload Enable Enable
Disable Device Manager Supported on Windows Server
2008 for IPv6 traffic.
Teaming N/A Team up to eight
ports. Device Manager
HCM
1
BCU commands. 1
Creates team of adapter
ports of following types:
•
Failover and failback
•
802.3ad based link
aggregation
VLAN ID Disabled = 0 Can enable VLAN IDs
with values from
0-4094
Device Manager
HCM
1
BCU commands 1
•
Create a single port
VLAN with Device
Manager.
•
Creates multiple VLANs
using BCU commands or
HCM. Disable VLANs in
Device Manager.
•
Supported by Windows
Server 2003 and 2008
VMQ Enabled = 1
•
Enabled =1
Virtual machine
queue capability
is published to
the operating
system.
•
Disabled =0
Virtual machine
queue capability
is not published
to the operating
system.
Device Manager
Configuring the VM
to use VMQ can be
done through
SCVMM or hyper-V
manager.
•
Virtual Machine Queue.
•
VMQ is only available
when 2008 R2 driver is
installed on a 2008 R2
operating system.
•
Unless the administrator
configures a VM to use
VMQ through SCVMM or
hyper-V manager, it will
not be used by the
operating system.
1. Refer to the Brocade Adapters Administrator’s Guide for details.
TABLE 37 Network driver configuration parameters (continued)
Function Default Value Possible Values Method to Configure Notes