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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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ethtool -K|--offload
DEVNAME
Set protocol offload Not implemented Not implemented (esxcli
network nic sg/tso/cso set -n
vmnicX)
Supported using:
vsish:vsish -e get
/net/pNics/vmic<>/
hwCapabilities
vsish -e set
/net/pNics/vmnic0/
hwCapabilities/<CAP>
<1/0>
ethtool -i|--driver
DEVNAME
Show driver
information

(esxcli network nic info get)
ethtool
-d|--register-dump
DEVNAME
Dump device registers 
(esxcli elxnet regdump get -p
<pcidevname> -f <filepath>)
ethtool
-e|--eeprom-dump
DEVNAME
Dump device EEPROM  Not implemented (esxcli
network nic eeprom dump -n
vmnicX)
ethtool
-E|--change-eeprom
DEVNAME
Change bytes in device
EEPROM
Not implemented Not implemented
(esxcli network nic eeprom
change -n vmnicX)
ethtool
-r|--negotiate
DEVNAME
Restart N-WAY
negotiation
Not implemented Not implemented
(esxcli network nic negotiate
restart -n vmnicX)
ethtool -p|--identify
DEVNAME
Show visible port
identification (for
example, blinking)
 esxcli does not support it
ethtool -t|--test
DEVNAME
Execute adapter self
test
Not implemented Not implemented (esxcli
network nic selftest run -n
vmnicX)
ethtool
-S|--statistics
DEVNAME
Show adapter statistics 
(esxcli network nic stats get)
The standard esxcli statistics
only expose a limited set of
statistic counters. More
extensive statistics are
available through the esxcli
plug-in available in the
asynchronous driver:
esxcli elxnet stats get -p
<pci dev name>
Table 4-11 ESXi 5.5 Native Mode NIC Driver Support for ethtool Commands (Continued)
ethtool Command Description
ESXi 5.0 vmklinux
Driver Support
(VmkMgmtKeyVal
interface)
ESXi 5.5 Native Mode
Driver Support
(esxcli/ vsish command)