5–Windows Server 2003 and 2008 Driver Installation and Configuration
Windows Server Driver Configuration
Number of Transmit Buffers
Optimization
Priority and VLAN Tag
Receive Side Scaling
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Table 5-1. Advanced Properties Parameters (Continued)
Parameter
Description
This parameter specifies the packet buffers used by
the driver for transmit operations (DMA memory and
indicated to stack). Each buffer is 1536 bytes.
Registry Key: TransmitBuffers
Min: 1K
Max: 2K
Default: 1024
Values: 0 (1024), 1 (2048)
This parameter controls optimization and IP forward-
ing. Enable this function when the QLogic adapter is
used for IP forwarding.
Registry Key: Optimization
Default: Disabled
Values: Disabled/Enabled
This parameter controls support for 802.1p/q priority
tagging. Enable this parameter to set the VLAN ID.
There are four options.
0: Both 802.1p/q priority tagging and VLAN tagging
disabled.
1: Priority tagging enabled, VLAN tagging disabled.
2: VLAN tagging enabled, priority tagging disabled.
3: Both 802.1p/q priority tagging and VLAN tagging
enabled.
Registry Key: PriorityVLANTag
Default: 3
Values: 0, 1, 2, 3
This parameter enables/disables the receive side
scaling (RSS) feature.
Registry Key: RSS
Default: Enabled
Values: Enabled/Disabled
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