Contents
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Viewing Supported DPInst Options...............................................................................................................................60
Chapter 4: Configuring the Ethernet Interface for Linux Systems ................................................................................61
Overview...............................................................................................................................................................................62
Configuring an Ethernet Interface on Linux Systems............................................................................................................63
Configuring an Ethernet Interface on Ubuntu................................................................................................................63
Configuring an Ethernet Interface on Red Hat...............................................................................................................64
Chapter 5: Modifying Advanced Properties ....................................................................................................................67
Overview...............................................................................................................................................................................69
Guidelines......................................................................................................................................................................69
Supported Advanced Properties...........................................................................................................................................70
Windows XP and Server 2003.......................................................................................................................................70
Windows Vista and Server 2008....................................................................................................................................71
Windows 7 and Server 2008R2.....................................................................................................................................73
Windows 8 and Server 2012.........................................................................................................................................75
Accessing Advanced Properties...........................................................................................................................................76
802.1p QOS..........................................................................................................................................................................78
802.3az EEE.........................................................................................................................................................................79
ARP Offload..........................................................................................................................................................................80
EEE Control Policies.............................................................................................................................................................81
Ethernet@WireSpeed...........................................................................................................................................................83
Flow Control..........................................................................................................................................................................84
Interrupt Moderation.............................................................................................................................................................86
Checksum Offload................................................................................................................................................................87
IPv4 Checksum Offload........................................................................................................................................................88
Jumbo Mtu............................................................................................................................................................................89
Large Send Offload...............................................................................................................................................................90
Large Send Offload (IPv4)....................................................................................................................................................91
Large Send Offload v2 (IPv4)...............................................................................................................................................93
Large Send Offload v2 (IPv6)...............................................................................................................................................95
Locally Administered Address...............................................................................................................................................96
Guidelines for Assigning a Locally Administered Address.............................................................................................96
Assigning the Locally Administered Address.................................................................................................................96
Network Address...................................................................................................................................................................98
NS Offload..........................................................................................................................................................................100
Priority & VLAN...................................................................................................................................................................101
Receive Side Scaling..........................................................................................................................................................103
Maximum Number of RSS Queues.....................................................................................................................................104
RSS Queues.......................................................................................................................................................................105
Speed & Duplex..................................................................................................................................................................106
TCP/UDP Checksum Offload (IPv4)...................................................................................................................................108
TCP/UDP Checksum Offload (IPv6)...................................................................................................................................110
VLAN ID..............................................................................................................................................................................112
Wake Up Capabilities..........................................................................................................................................................113
Wake on Magic Packet.......................................................................................................................................................115
Wake on Pattern Match......................................................................................................................................................116
WOL Speed........................................................................................................................................................................117
Chapter 6: Uninstalling the Driver Software ..................................................................................................................119
Overview.............................................................................................................................................................................120
Guidelines....................................................................................................................................................................120
Uninstalling the Driver Software Using Device Manager....................................................................................................121
Uninstalling the Driver Software Silently.............................................................................................................................122
Chapter 7: Troubleshooting ............................................................................................................................................123
Checking the Port LED on the Adapter...............................................................................................................................124
Troubleshooting Checklist...................................................................................................................................................125
Testing Network Connectivity.............................................................................................................................................126
Windows......................................................................................................................................................................126
Linux............................................................................................................................................................................127