Dell Brocade 1020 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual - Page 251

Network driver parameters A TABLE 40 NetQueues and filters per NetQueue for CNAs CPUs NetQueues (no default) NetQueues (jumbo) Receive Filters per NetQueue 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 63 4 3 3 21 8 7 3 9 16 7 3 9 32 7 3 9 64 7 3 9 128 7 3 9 Table 41 summarizes NetQueues and Receive Filters per NetQueue values per number of CPUs for Fabric Adapter ports configured in CNA mode. TABLE 41 NetQueues and filters per NetQueue for Fabric Adapter ports in CNA mode CPUs NetQueues (no default) NetQueues (jumbo) Receive Filters per NetQueue 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 31 4 3 3 10 8 7 3 4 16 7 3 4 32 7 3 4 64 7 3 4 128 7 3 4 Setting heap size Enabling NetQueue and using jumbo frames can cause the network stack to run out of heap when default values are set for netPktHeapMaxSize and netPktHeapMinSize. To set heap values to appropriate values, use the following steps. 1. Log in to the VI Client. 2. Click the Configuration tab for the Server host. 3. Click Advanced Settings. 4. Click VMkernel. 5. Find the corresponding value field for VMkernel.Boot.netPktHeapMaxSize, and enter 128. 6. Find the corresponding value field for VMkernel.Boot.netPktHeapMinSize, and enter 32. 7. Click OK to save the changes. 8. Reboot the system. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 223 53-1002144-01