Table 6-1. NIC Driver Parameters for Windows (Continued)
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PriorityVLANTag | Enables the sending and | Enable | Disable | Windows Property | |
| receiving of IEEE 802.3ac |
| Enable | Pages for QLogic | |
| tagged frames, which |
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| adapter, navigate to | |
| include: |
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| Advanced tab | |
| 802.1p QoS (Quality of |
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| Service) tags for prior- |
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| 802.1Q tags for VLANs |
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| enabled, tagged packets |
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| use the queue settings |
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| defined by the operating |
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| system's Priority Level Defi- |
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| nition. PriorityVLANTag is |
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| automatically enabled when |
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| you set up a VLAN using |
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| SANsurfer Networking CLI. |
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| Tagging is required for |
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| VLANs and cannot be dis- |
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| abled. |
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ReceiveSideS- | Receive Side Scaling | Enable | Disable | Windows Property | |
caling | (RSS) processes a TCP |
| Enable | Pages for QLogic | |
| connection across multiple |
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| adapter, navigate to | |
| processors or processor |
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| Advanced tab or | |
| cores. |
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| QConvergeConsole CLI | |
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| Windows Property | |
TCPChecksumO | Computes (Tx) or verifies | Rx and Tx | Disable | ||
ffloadIPv4 | (Rx) the TCP checksum of | Enable | Rx Enable | Pages for QLogic | |
| packets in IPv4. This |
| Tx Enable | adapter, navigate to | |
| parameter can improve per- |
| Rx and Tx | Advanced tab or | |
| formance and reduce CPU |
| Enable | QConvergeConsole CLI | |
| use. With Offloading |
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| enabled, the adapter com- |
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| putes or verifies the check- |
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| sum for the operating |
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| system. |
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