Users Guide

8–VMware Driver Software
Driver Parameters
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bnx2x
Defaults for the bnx2x VMware ESXi driver are listed in Ta b le 8 - 4.
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Coalesce Tx frames 20 (range 0–255)
Coalesce Tx frames IRQ 2 (range 0–255)
Coalesce stats μsecs 999936 (approximately 1 second)
(range 0–16776960 in 256 increments)
MSI/MSI-X Enabled (if supported by 2.6/3.x kernel and interrupt test
passes)
TSO Enabled on 2.6/3.x kernels
WoL Initial setting based on NVRAM's setting.
Table 8-4. bnx2x Driver Defaults
Parameter Default
Speed Control Autonegotiation with all speeds advertised
Flow Control Autonegotiation with RX and TX advertised
MTU 1500 (range 46–9600)
Rx Ring Size 4078 (range 0–4078)
Tx Ring Size 4078 (range (MAX_SKB_FRAGS+4) – 4078).
MAX_SKB_FRAGS varies on different kernels and dif-
ferent architectures. On a 2.6 kernel for x86,
MAX_SKB_FRAGS is 18.
Coalesce RX Microseconds 25 (range 0–3000)
Coalesce TX Microseconds 50 (range 0–12288)
MSI-X Enabled (if supported by 2.6 kernel)
TSO Enabled
WoL Disabled
Table 8-3. bnx2 Driver Defaults (Continued)
Parameter Default