Installing The Windows Driver; Driver Advanced Properties - Broadcom NetXtreme-C User Manual

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Table 12: VMware Commands (Continued)
Command
vmkload_mod bnxtnet
esxcli network nic set –n vmnicX –D full –S 25000
esxcli network nic down –n vmnicX
esxcli network nic up –n vmnic6
bnxtnetcli –s –n vmnic6 –S "25000"

6.4 Installing the Windows Driver

To install the Windows drivers:
1. Download the Windows driver installation package can be downloaded from:
download-search/?pg=Ethernet+Connectivity,+Switching,+and+PHYs&pf=Ethernet+Network+Adapters+-
+NetXtreme&pa=Driver.
2. Unzip the Wiin20xx_2xx.xx.x.zip file.
3. Launch the Device Manager.
4. Right-click on the Broadcom devices under Network Adapters.
5. Select Update Driver.
6. Select Browse My Computer For Driver Software and navigate to the folder where the driver files located. The driver
l updates automatically.
7. Reboot the system to ensure that the driver is running.

6.4.1 Driver Advanced Properties

The Windows driver advanced properties are shown in
.
Table 13: Windows Driver Advanced Properties
Driver Key
Encapsulated Task offload
Energy Efficient Ethernet
Flow control
Interrupt Moderation
Jumbo packet
Large Send offload V2 (IPv4)
Large Send offload V2 (IPv6)
Locally Administered Address
Description
Load bnxtnet module.
Set the speed and duplex of vmnicX.
Disable vmnicX.
Enable vmnicX.
Set the link speed. Bnxtnetcli is needed for older ESX versions to
support the 25G speed setting.
Table 13.
Parameters
Enable or Disable
Enable or Disable
TX or RX or TX/RX enable
Enable or Disable
1514, 4088, or 9014
Enable or Disable
Enable or Disable
User entered MAC address.
https://www.broadcom.com/support/
Description
Used for configuring NVGRE
encapsulated task offload.
EEE enabled for Copper ports and
Disabled for SFP+ or SFP28 ports. This
feature is only enabled for the
BCM957406A4060 adapter.
Configure flow control on RX or TX or both
sides.
Default Enabled. Allows frames to be
batch processed by saving CPU time.
Jumbo packet size.
LSO for IPv4.
LSO for IPv6.
Override default hardware MAC address
after OS boot.
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