Issue 11
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Solarflare Server Adapter
User Guide
4.24 Sfnet
• Sfnet: Command Usage...Page 203
• Sfnet: Command Line Options...Page 204
• Completion codes (%errorlevel%)...Page 207
Sfnet is a Windows command line utility to configure the physical or virtual adapter settings, such
as checksum offloading, RSS, VMQ and Power Management.
Sfnet: Command Usage
1
Login with an administrator account.
2
Click
Start > All Programs > Solarflare Network Adapter > Command Line Interface for
network adapters
. If you installed the Solarflare system tray icon, you can right-click the icon
and choose
Command-line tools
instead.
3
In the Command Prompt window, enter your command using the following syntax:
sfnet [/Adapter Identifier] [options]
where:
Identifier
is the name or ID of the adapter that you want to manage. Specifying the
adapter is optional - if it is not included the command is applied to all Solarflare adapters in the
machine.
option
is the option to apply. See
for a list of available options.
To see all adapters installed on the computer and their current options and parameter settings
use the
sfnet /List
option.
If using sfnet in a configuration script, you can include the environment variable %SFTOOLS%
to set the path to the Solarflare tools. For example:
SET PATH=%PATH%;%SFNET%
or refer to sfnet as:
%SFTOOLS%\sfnet
NOTE:
Changing these settings may significantly alter the performance of the adapter. You should
contact Solarflare technical support before changing any of these settings.