Chapter 8: Setting Advanced Properties

Updating the

Interrupt

Moderation

Property

Interrupt moderation enables adaptive interrupt coalescing, which limits the rate of interrupt to the CPU during packet transmission and packet reception. The disabled option allows one interrupt for every packet transmission and packet reception. The default value is Enabled.

To change the Interrupt Moderation setting, do the following:

1.Access the Advanced tab:

For Windows Server 2003 Operating systems, see “Selecting the Advanced Tab in Windows Server 2003” on page 100.

For Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 Operating systems, see “Selecting the Advanced Tab in Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows 7” on page 103.

For Windows Operating systems, see “Selecting the Advanced Tab in Windows Vista” on page 104.

The Advanced tab is shown in Figure 19 on page 102.

2.From the Property list on the Advanced tab, select Interrupt Moderation.

For an example of the Advanced tab, see Figure 19 on page 102.

3.From the Value list on the Advanced tab, select one of the following:

Enabled

Disabled

4.Click OK.

5.If prompted to restart your computer, click Yes.

Although it is not necessary to reboot the system for new adapter properties to take effect, Allied Telesis recommends rebooting to reinitialize all of the registers.

6.Verify that the port LED operates correctly. See one of the following descriptions:

“AT-2973SX Adapter Physical Description” on page 17

“AT-2973T Adapter Physical Description” on page 18

“AT-2973T/4 Adapter Physical Description” on page 21

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Allied Telesis AT-2973SX, AT-2973T/4 manual Updating Interrupt Moderation Property,  Enabled  Disabled