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Intelligent NIC Installation and Tuning Guide
NetXen, Inc.
5. Detailed Installation and Configuration
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Click on the
Driver
tab in the Advanced Properties window.
The driver can be updated, rolled back, or uninstalled from this window.
Receive Side Scaling
This parameter is for enabling/disabling the Receive Side Scaling
(RSS) feature.
Registry Key: RSS
Default: Enabled
Values: Enabled/Disabled
Receive Side Scaling Rings
This parameter controls the number of rings used, the total is
calculated by 1KB X 2
n
with a value of 5 for a maximum of 32KB.
Registry Key: MaxStatusRings
Default: 4
Values: 1 - 5
Receive TCP/UDP Checksum Offload This parameter is for enabling/disabling the receive TCP and
receive UDP checksum offload.
Registry Key: RxTCPChecksumOffload
Default: Enabled
Values: Enabled/Disabled
Status Ring Size
Receive status ring size from hardware.
Registry Key: StsRingSize
Default: 8192
Values: 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, 32768
TCPv4 Stateful Offload
TCPv4 stateful offload.
Registry Key: EnableTcpOffload
Default: Disabled
Values: Enabled/Disabled
Transmit IP Checksum Offload
This parameter is for enabling/disabling the transmit IP checksum
offload.
Registry Key: TxIPChecksumOffload
Default: Enabled
Values: Enabled/Disabled
Transmit Ring Size
Transmit command ring size provided to hardware.
Registry Key: TxRingSize
Default: 1024
Values: 1024, 2048.
Transmit TCP/UDP Checksum Offload This parameter is for enabling/disabling the transmit TCP and
transmit UDP checksum offload.
Registry Key: TxTCPChecksumOffload
Default: Enabled
Values: Enabled/Disabled
VLAN ID
For setting the VLAN ID for this interface (also exposed through
the standard OID).
Registry Key: VlanId
Default: 0 (no VLAN)
Range: 0 - 4094
Table 8 Description of Advanced Properties Parameters (Continued)
Parameter
Description
