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Solarflare Server Adapter
User Guide
5.2 VMware Feature Set
lists the features available from the VMware host. The following options can also be
configured on the guest operating system:
• Jumbo Frames
• Task Offloads
• Virtual LANs (VLANs)
Table 58: VMware Host Feature Set
Jumbo frames
Support for MTUs (Maximum Transmission Units) from
1500 bytes to 9000 bytes.
• See
Adapter MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) on
Task offloads
Support for TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO), Large Receive
Offload (LRO), and TCP/UDP/IP checksum offload for improved
adapter performance and reduced CPU processing
requirements.
• See
TCP/IP Checksum Offload on page 260
• See
TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO) on page 260
NetQueue
Support for NetQueue, a performance technology that
significantly improves performance in 10 Gigabit Ethernet
virtualized environments.
• See
VMware ESX NetQueue on page 256
Teaming
Improve server reliability by creating teams on either the host
vSwitch, Guest OS or physical switch to act as a single adapter,
providing redundancy against single adapter failure.
• See
Virtual LANs (VLANs)
Support for VLANs on the host, guest OS and virtual switch.
• See
PXE booting
Support for diskless booting to a target operating system via PXE
boot.
• See
Sfboot: Command Line Options on page 242
• See
Solarflare Boot ROM Agent on page 344
Fault diagnostics
Support for comprehensive adapter and cable fault diagnostics
and system reports.
• See