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NetXtreme-C/NetXtreme-E
User Guide
4.2 Virtualization Features
Table 7
lists the virtualization features of the NetXtreme-C/NetXtreme-E.
RDMA over Converge Ethernet (RoCE)
The BCM5741X supports RoCE v1/v2 for Windows, Linux, and
VMware.
Data Center Bridging (DCB)
The BCM5741X supports DCBX (IEEE and CEE specification),
PFC, and AVB.
NCSI (Network Controller Sideband Interface)
Supported.
Wake on LAN (WOL)
Supported on designs with 10GBASE-T, SFP+, and SFP28
interfaces.
PXE boot
Supported.
UEFI boot
Supported.
Flow Control (Pause)
Supported.
Auto negotiation
Supported.
IEEE 802.1q VLAN
Supported.
Interrupt Moderation
Supported.
MAC/VLAN filters
Supported.
Table 7: Virtualization Features
Feature
Details
Linux KVM Multiqueue
Supported.
VMware NetQueue
Supported.
NDIS Virtual Machine Queue (VMQ)
Supported.
Virtual eXtensible LAN (VXLAN) – Aware stateless offloads (IP/
UDP/TCP checksum offloads
Supported.
Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) – Aware stateless offloads
(IP/UDP/TCP checksum offloads
Supported.
Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation
(NVGRE) – Aware stateless offloads
Supported.
IP-in-IP aware stateless offloads (IP/UDP/TCP checksum offloads
Supported
SR-IOV v1.0
128 Virtual Functions (VFs) for Guest Operating Systems (GOS)
per device. MSI-X vector per VF is set to 16.
Table 6: Host Interface Features (Continued)
Feature
Details
