Linux Tuning; Vmware Tuning - Brocade Communications Systems CNA 1010 Troubleshooting Manual

Linux tuning

All Linux tunable parameters for the network driver are optimized for best performance using
default values. For details on configuring the parameters in the following table, refer to the
"Adapter Configuration" chapter in the Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual.
Table 10
TABLE 10
Parameter
Interrupt moderation
Log Level
Jumbo packet size
TCP=UDP checksum
offload
TCP Segmentation
Offload (TSO)
MSI-X (Message Signaled
Interrupts Extended

VMware tuning

All VMware tunable parameters for the network driver are optimized for best performance using
default values. For details on configuring the parameters in the following table, refer to the
"Adapter Configuration" chapter in the Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual.
Table 11
TABLE 11
Parameter
Jumbo Packet Size
VLAN ID
MSI-X
(Message Signaled
Interrupts Extended)
Interrupt Moderation
(Set for receive
interrupts)
NetQueue
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provides default values for all Linux tunable parameters.
Default values for Linux tunable parameters
Default
Enabled
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Enabled
Enabled
Enabled
provides default values for VMware tunable parameters.
Default values for VMware tunable parameters
Default
1500
Disabled
Enable
On
Disabled
Tuning network drivers (CNAs only)
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