Appendix D—Tuning Gigabit Ethernet Network Performance

4.In the Local Area Connections pane, double-click the Local Area Connection corresponding to the 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) NIC card and select Properties to display the Local Area Connection Properties window.

Figure 25 Local Area Connection

Properties.

5.On the General tab, select Configure to display the Intel driver configuration dialog box.

6.On the Advanced tab, select Max Jumbo Buffers and use the drop-down list to select the desired maximum transmission unit size.

Figure 26 Set the Max Jumbo Buffers value.

7.Select OK to save your changes and close the configuration dialog box.

8.Close the Local Area Connection Properties dialog box.

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