Solarflare
Server
Adapter
User
Guide
Solarflare
Adapters
on
Windows
Issue
20
©
Solarflare
Communications
2017
187
Max
Frame
Size
1514–9216
Specifies
the
maximum
Ethernet
frame
size
supported
by
the
adapter.
Note
:
Devices
will
drop
frames
if
they
are
unable
to
support
the
specified
frame
size,
so
ensure
the
value
you
set
here
is
supported
by
other
devices
on
the
network.
Default
settings:
Solarflare
adapter:
1514
bytes
Teamed
adapter:
1518
bytes
Note
:
The
setting
must
be
a
multiple
of
2.
Maximum
number
of
RSS
Processors
1
‐
256
Maximum
number
of
processors
that
can
be
used
by
RSS.
Default
value
is
16
.
Maximum
number
of
RSS
Queues
1
‐
64
Specify
the
number
of
RSS
receive
queues
are
created
by
the
adapter
driver.
Default
is
8
.
Preferred
Numa
Node
All
0
to
15
The
adapter
attempts
to
use
only
the
CPUs
from
the
specified
NUMA
node
for
RSS.
If
this
is
set
to
All
or
is
greater
than
or
equal
to
the
number
of
NUMA
nodes
in
the
system
all
NUMA
nodes
are
used.
Default
setting:
All
Receive
Segment
Coalescing
Enabled
Disabled
Receive
Segment
Coalescing
(RSC)
is
an
offload
technology
for
reducing
the
load
on
a
CPU
by
processing
TCP
segmentation
for
received
packets
in
the
adapter.
This
is
available
on
Windows
Server
2012
and
later.
Default
setting:
Enabled
Receive
Side
Scaling
(RSS)
Enabled
Disabled
Receive
Side
Scaling
(RSS)
is
a
technology
that
enables
packet
receive
processing
to
scale
with
the
number
of
available
processors
(CPUs),
distributing
the
processing
workload
across
the
available
resources.
Default
setting:
Enabled
Table
43:
Solarflare
Network
Adapter
Properties
Property
Name
Values
Description