Dell QLogic Family of Adapters QLogic QME8242 Mezzanine Card User's Guide - Page 92

Linux NIC Driver Management Applications: QLogic QME8242 Mezzanine Card User's Guide ethtool Utility Use the ethtool utility to view adapter statistics and configure interface options. For additional details, refer to qlcnic driver man page and ethtool man page. Examples: To disable transmit segmentation offload, issue the following command, where [n] represents a numerical value for a specific instance: ethtool -K eth[n] tso off To list interface statistics, issue the following command, where [n] represents a numerical value for a specific instance: ethtool -S eth[n] Sample Output 1: ethtool -S eth8 NIC statistics: xmit_called: 6 xmit_finished: 6 rx_dropped: 0 tx_dropped: 0 csummed: 0 rx_pkts: 0 lro_pkts: 0 rx_bytes: 0 tx_bytes: 468 lrobytes: 0 lso_frames: 0 xmit_on: 0 xmit_off: 0 skb_alloc_failure: 0 null skb: 0 null rxbuf: 0 rx dma map error: 0 In the following example, ethtool eth[n] lists interface settings Sample Output 2: Ethtool eth8 Settings for eth8: Supported ports: [ TP FIBRE ] Supported link modes: Supports auto-negotiation: No Advertised link modes: 10000baseT/Full Advertised auto-negotiation: No Speed: 10000Mb/s Duplex: Full Port: FIBRE PHYAD: 1 Transceiver: external Auto-negotiation: off Supports Wake-on: g Wake-on: g Current message level: 0x00000000 (0) Link detected: yes phantomcore Utility Use the phantomcore utility to collect a firmware dump that is useful for forwarding to QLogic Support. To collect a firmware dump: 1. To turn off auto recovery in the driver, issue the following command: insmod qlcnic.ko auto_fw_reset=0 2. To collect the firmware dump, issue the following command: phantomcore -i The utility generates a core file that contains the firmware dump. Please read all restrictions and disclaimers. file:///T|/htdocs/NETWORK/QLogic/71922/en/lnxdrivr.htm[9/26/2012 4:26:08 PM]