Software/Driver Configuration And Fine-Tuning; Assigning Ip Address To The Chelsio Network Adapter; Advanced Configuration - Chelsio T5 Installation And User Manual

Chapter II. NDIS Function

2. Software/Driver Configuration and Fine-tuning

2.1.

Assigning IP address to the Chelsio Network Adapter

1. Double click on the Network Connections icon and choose the Chelsio card entry and
double click it.
2. Click on the Properties button from the Local Area Connection X Status.
3. Select "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" from the list and click on Properties button below it.
4. From the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window, assign an IP Address (e.g.
192.169.1.10) and subnet mask (e.g. 255.255.255.0).
5. Click on Ok and close on the other window.
6. Check to see if you can ping to some other address on this subnet.
2.2.

Advanced Configuration

The Chelsio Network driver provides advanced configuration options under the Device
Properties. In the Network Connections window, select the Chelsio Adapter's Local Area
Connection interface (right-click -> properties). Click the Configure button.
2.2.1. VBD Driver Parameters
To see all tunable VBD driver parameters, open the Device Manager (Control Panel -> System
& Security-> System -> Device Manager), click on the System Devices, double click on the
Chelsio T5/T4 40G/10G Bus Enumerator, and then click the Advanced tab.
Nic Instances:

Description: Specify the number of NIC instances.

Value: 0-8|default

Default: default
2.2.2. NDIS Miniport Driver Parameters
To see all tunable NDIS Miniport Driver parameters, open the Device Manager (Control Panel -
> System & Security-> System -> Device Manager), click on the Network adapters, double
click on any Chelsio Network Adapter, and then click the Advanced tab.
Encapsulated Task Offload

Description: Enable or disable the stateless offloads (checksums, LSO, VMQ and
filtering) of encapsulated traffic.

Value: Disabled | Enabled

Default: Enabled
This parameter is available only for T5 adapters.
Note
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