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Solarflare Server Adapter
User Guide
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Click the
Advanced
tab to view and edit the NDIS properties. See
for a list of the
available properties.
NOTE:
Changing these properties may impact the performance of your Solarflare adapter. You
are strongly advised to leave them at their default values.
NOTE:
Before making any changes to your Solarflare adapter features, read the
first.
Table 43: Solarflare Network Adapter Properties
Property Name
Values
Description
Adaptive Interrupt
Moderation
Enabled
Disabled
This setting is dependent on the
Interrupt
Moderation
setting. If
Interrupt Moderation
is
enabled,
Adaptive Interrupt Moderation
allows the
adapter to vary it’s interrupt moderation
automatically, according to network traffic
demands.
If
Adaptive Interrupt Moderation
is disabled,
interrupt moderation interval is fixed at the setting
specified in Interrupt Moderation Time.
Default setting:
Enabled
Flow Control
Auto Negotiation
Disabled
Rx & Tx Enbled
Rx Enabled
Tx Enabled
Ethernet flow control (802.3x) is a way for a network
device to signal to a sending device that it is
overloaded, such as when a device is receiving data
faster than it can process it.
The adapter does this by generating a ‘pause frame’
to request the sending device to temporarily stop
transmitting data. Conversely, the adapter can
respond to pause frames by suspending data
transmission, allowing time for the receiving device
to process its data.
Default setting:
Auto Negotiation.