Reference Guide

NOTE: This group is applicable only for iDRAC on Rack and Tower Servers and not for iDRAC Enterprise on Blade
Servers.
CAUTION: Use extra precaution when modifying properties in this group. Inappropriate modification of the properties in
this group can result in your RAC NIC become inoperable.
The following sections provide information about the objects in the cfgNetTuning group.
cfgNetTuningNicAutoneg (Read or Write)
Description
Enables auto negotiation of physical link speed and duplex. If enabled, auto negotiation takes priority over other
values set in this group.
Legal Values
• 0 = Auto Negotiation is Disabled
• 1 = Auto Negotiation is Enabled
Default
1
Example
racadm getconfig -g cfgNetTuning
cfgNetTuningNicSpeed=100
cfgNetTuningNicFullDuplex=1
cfgNetTuningNicMtu=1500
cfgNetTuningNicAutoneg=1
cfgNetTuningNic100MB (Read or Write)
Description
Specifies the speed for iDRAC NIC.
NOTE: To set this property:
• iDRAC NIC selection must be set to Dedicated mode.
• iDRAC NIC Auto negotiation must be disabled.
• iDRAC IPv4 must be enabled.
• iDRAC IPv4 DHCP must be enabled.
• iDRAC IPv6 must be enabled.
• iDRAC IPv6 auto configuration must be enabled.
Legal Values
• 0 (10 MBit)
• 1 (100 MBit)
• 2 (1000 MBit)
NOTE: You cannot manually set the Network Speed to 1000 MBit. This option is available only if
cfgNetTuningNicAutoNeg is set to 1 (Enabled).
Default
1
cfgNetTuningNicFullDuplex (Read or Write)
Description
Specifies the duplex setting for the NIC. This property is used only if thecfgNetTuningNicAutoNeg is set
to 0 (disabled).
Legal Values
• 0 (Half Duplex)
• 1 (Full Duplex)
Default
1
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