Cisco Systems UCSCPCIECSC02 manual Ethernet Interrupt area, update the following fields

Managing Network Adapters

Modifying vNIC Properties

Name	Description
Channel Number field	Select the channel number that will be assigned to this vNIC.
	Note	NIV mode is required for this
		option.
Port Profile drop-down list	Select the port profile that should be associated with the vNIC.
	This field displays the port profiles defined on the switch to which this
	server is connected.
	Note	NIV mode is required for this
		option.
Enable Uplink Failover check box	Check this box if traffic on this vNIC should fail over to the secondary
	interface if there are communication problems.
	Note	NIV mode is required for this
		option.
Failback Timeout field	After a vNIC has started using its secondary interface, this setting
	controls how long the primary interface must be available before the
	system resumes using the primary interface for the vNIC.
	Enter a number of seconds between 0 and 600.
	Note	NIV mode is required for this
		option.
Step 9 In the Ethernet Interrupt area, update the following fields:
Name	Description
Interrupt Count field	The number of interrupt resources to allocate. In general, this value
	should be equal to the number of completion queue resources.
	Enter an integer between 1 and 514.
Coalescing Time field	The time to wait between interrupts or the idle period that must be
	encountered before an interrupt is sent.
	Enter an integer between 1 and 65535. To turn off interrupt coalescing,
	enter 0 (zero) in this field.
Coalescing Type drop-down list	This can be one of the following:
	• MIN—The system waits for the time specified in the Coalescing
		Time field before sending another interrupt event.

• IDLE—The system does not send an interrupt until there is a period of no activity lasting as least as long as the time specified in the Coalescing Time field.

Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Integrated Management Controller GUI Configuration Guide, Release 1.4

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