Ethernet Support Guide for HP-UX 11i v3

Table 3 Description of features (continued)
DescriptionFeature
Directs the data link service (DLS) provider to return 64-bit statistics.MIB (SNMP) and driver
statistics
A tool for capturing network events or packets. Logging captures network activities such as
state changes, errors, and connection establishment. Tracing captures, or takes a snapshot
nettl tracing/
logging
of, inbound and outbound packets going through the network, as well as loopback or header
information. For more information, see the nettl(1m) manpage.
1
Requires installation of PCIErrorHandling-00 bundle.
Table 4 (page 12) indicates the driver support for each feature.
Table 4 Feature support per driver
10 Gigabit EthernetGigabit EthernetFast
Ethernet
iocxgbe
10GigEthr-03
iexgbe
10GigEthr-02
icxgbe
10GigEthr-01
ixgbe
10GigEthr-00
igelan
GigEther-01
gelan
GigEther-00
iether
IEther-00
btlanFeature
YesYes
1
YesYesYesYesYesNoReceive flow
control
YesYesYesYesNoNoNoNoTransmit flow
control
YesYesYes
3
Yes
2
YesYesYesNoReceive CKO
YesYesYes
3
Yes
2
YesYesYesNoTransmit CKO
YesYesYesYesYesNoYesNoTransmit TSO
YesYesYesYesNoNoNoNoTCP segment
reassembly in
driver (LRO)
YesYesNoNoNoN/ANoN/AFlex-10
bandwidth
allocation
NoNoYesYesNoNoNoNoMultiple
transmit
queues
Yes
4
YesYesYesNoNoNoNoMultiple
receive
queues
Yes
6
Yes
6
Yes
6
Yes
5
NoNoNoNoReceive Side
Scaling (RSS)
with
TCP/UDP
YesYes
8
YesYesYesYesYesNoJumbo
Frames
7
YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesMulticast and
Promiscuous
mode
YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesIPv6
YesYesYesYesYes
9
Yes
9
Yes
9
Yes
9
IEEE802.1Q
VLAN
tagging and
stripping in
h/w
12 Overview