Qlogic QL45212, User Manual

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3–Installing Drivers
VMware Driver Software
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To upgrade an existing driver, follow the steps for a new installation, except
replace the command in
Step 6 with the following:
#
esxcli software vib update -v
/tmp/qedentv-1.0.3.11-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820.x86_64.vib
VMware Driver Optional Parameters
Table 3-4 describes the optional parameters that can be supplied as a command
line arguments to the
esxcfg-module
command.
Table 3-4. VMware Driver Optional Parameters
Parameter Description
hw_vlan
The
hw_lan
parameter globally enables (1) or disables (0)
HW VLAN insertion and removal. Disable this parameter
when the upper layer needs to send or receive fully formed
packets.
hw_vlan
=1 is the default.
num_queues
The num_queues parameter specifies the number of Tx/Rx
queue pairs.
num_queues
can be 1–11 or one of the follow-
ing:

–1: Allow the driver to determine the optimal number of
queue pairs (default)

0: Use the default queue.
You can specify multiple values delimited by commas for mul-
tiport or multifunction configurations.
multi_rx_filters
The
multi_rx_filters
parameter specifies the number of
Rx filters per Rx queue, excluding the default queue.
mul-
ti_rx_filters
can be 1–4 or one of the following values:

–1: Use the default number of Rx filters per queue.

0: Disable Rx filters.
disable_tpa
Enables (0) or disables (1) the TPA (LRO) feature.
dis-
able_tpa=0
is the default.
max_vfs
Specifies the number of virtual functions (VFs) per physical
function (PF).
max_vfs
can be 0 (disable), or 8 or 16
(enable).