Dell Brocade 1020 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual - Page 249

Network driver parameters A IP address IP address for VMkernel NIC subnet mask Subnet mask for VMkernel NIC MTU size MTU size (1500-9000 kb) • Following is an example to configure a VLAN ID for a port group on a specific virtual switch. esxcfg-vswitch -v -p where: VLAN ID ID of 0-4094. A value of 0 disables VLANs. port group name Name of port group you have configured for virtual switch. virtual switch name Name of virtual switch containing port group. NOTE For more information on using the esxcfg commands, refer to your VMware system documentation or man pages. • Following is an example to enable or disable Ethernet pause. ethtool -A eth [autoneg on|off] [rx on|off] [tx on|off] where: ethx Adapter position in server. For example, eth0 is the first Ethernet interface found in the system, eth1 is the second, eth2 is the third, and so on. autoneg Autonegotiate on or off rx Receive on or off tx Transmit on or off Managing VMware driver configuration with ethtool To enable or disable interrupt moderation, use the following command. ethtool -C ethX adaptive-rx on|off where: ethx Adapter position in server. For example, eth0 is the first Ethernet interface found in the system, eth1 is the second, eth2 is the third, and so on. Configuring NetQueue NetQueue improves receive-side networking performance on servers in 10 Gigabit Ethernet virtualized environments. NetQueue provides multiple receive and transmit queues on the CNA, which allows processing on multiple CPUs to improve network performance. NOTE MSI-X is enabled in the network driver by default, and must remain enabled for NetQueue to function. Enabling NetQueue in VMware system also enables MSI-X in the system. Please make sure that bnad_msix_disable=1 is not listed in VMware module parameters because that would disable NetQueue. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 221 53-1002144-01