Using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 4: Broadcom NetXtreme II® Network Adapter User Guide
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default value.
Transmit Buffers (0=Auto)
The number of transmit buffers. Transmit buffers are data segments that allow the network adapter to monitor transmit packets in
the system memory. The range of valid transmit buffers is 0 to 5000 in increments of 1 with 250 transmit buffers as the default
value.
TCP Connection Offload (IPv4)
Enables and disables TOE offload when using the IPv4 protocol. The default is Enabled.
TCP Connection Offload (IPv6)
Enables and disables TOE offload when using the IPv6 protocol. The default is Enabled.
Pause on Exhausted Host Ring
For BCM57711 and BCM57712 network adapters, there are two possible scenarios that can trigger pause frames to be generated: a
host ring buffer is exhausted or the on-chip buffers are depleted. With RSS enabled inside the system, it is possible to achieve better
Ethernet throughput if no pause frames are being generated in a case where a host ring buffer (of multiple RSS rings) is exhausted.
The default is Disabled.
Quality of Service
Enables Quality of Service (QoS) to provide different priorities to different applications.
Recv Segment Coalescing (IPv4)
Enable Receive Segment Coalescing (IPv4). Receive Segment Coalescing is an offload technology that reduces CPU utilization for
network processing on the receive side by offloading tasks from the CPU to a network adapter.
Recv Segment Coalescing (IPv6)
Enable Receive Segment Coalescing (IPv6). Receive Segment Coalescing is an offload technology that reduces CPU utilization for
network processing on the receive side by offloading tasks from the CPU to a network adapter.
SR-IOV
Enables Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV).
Viewing Resource Information
The
Resources
section of the
Information
tab displays information about connections and other essential functions for the selected
network adapter.
NOTE: Some information may not be available for all Broadcom network adapters.
Information Tab: Resources
Bus Type
The type of input/output (I/O) interconnect used by the adapter.
Adapters Supporting Remote PHY
The following properties are specific to blade servers using a NetXtreme II BCM5708S adapter that supports the Remote PHY
feature.
Chassis PHY Ethernet@Wirespeed
This property is the same as
Ethernet@Wirespeed
, and is only available when the blade server is attached to a pass-through
module.
Chassis PHY Flow Control
This property is the same as
Flow Control
, and is only available when the blade server is attached to a pass-through module.
