Q-Logic 8100 SERIES manual NIC Driver Parameters for Windows

6–Configuring NIC Functionality in the Converged Network Adapter Configuring the NIC in a Windows Environment

Table 6-1. NIC Driver Parameters for Windows (Continued)

Parameter	Function	Default	Range	Method to Configure
Name		Value
Jumbo Packet	Enables Jumbo Packet	1514	9014,1514	Windows Property
	capability for TCP/IP pack-			Pages for QLogic
	ets. When large packets			adapter, navigate to
	make up the majority of traf-			Advanced tab or
	fic, and additional latency			QConvergeConsole CLI
	can be tolerated, jumbo
	packets can reduce CPU
	use and improve wire effi-
	ciency. FCoE traffic uses
	2554-byte Ethernet frames
	(baby jumbo) whether this
	parameter is enabled or
	not.
LargeSendOf-	Enable or disable Large	Enable	Disable	Windows Property
floadSupport	Send Offload support.		Enable	Pages for QLogic
	Enabling offloads the task			adapter, navigate to
	of segmenting TCP mes-			Advanced tab or
	sages into valid Ethernet			QConvergeConsole CLI
	frames onto the adapter,
	thereby reducing CPU use.
	Windows Server 2008 only.
	Applies to IPv4 and IPv6.
LocallyAdminis-	Locally Administered	Not present	12-digit	Windows Property
teredAddress	Address overrides the vir-		hexadeci-	Pages for QLogic
	tual, user-assigned adapter		mal MAC	adapter, navigate to
	MAC address. This param-			Advanced tab or
	eter does not override the			QConvergeConsole CLI
	adapter's physical MAC
	address.

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