User guide

NetXtreme II User Guide
September 2013
Broadcom Corporation
Page 156 Setting Values for Optional Properties Document INGSRVT78-CDUM100-R
insmod bnx2i.ko en_tcp_dack=0
or
modprobe bnx2i en_tcp_dack=0
time_stamps
“Enable TCP TimeStamps”, enables/disables TCP time stamp feature on offloaded iSCSI connections.
Defaults: TCP time stamp option is DISABLED. For example:
insmod bnx2i.ko time_stamps=1
or
modprobe bnx2i time_stamps=1
sq_size
"Configure SQ size", used to choose send queue size for offloaded connections and SQ size determines the maximum SCSI
commands that can be queued. SQ size also has a bearing on the number of connections that can be offloaded; as QP size
increases, the number of connections supported will decrease. With the default values, the BCM5706/BCM5708 adapter
can offload 28 connections.
Defaults: 128
Range: 32 to 128
Note that Broadcom validation is limited to a power of 2; for example, 32, 64, 128.
rq_size
“Configure RQ size”, used to choose the size of asynchronous buffer queue size per offloaded connections. RQ size is not
required greater than 16 as it is used to place iSCSI ASYNC/NOP/REJECT messages and SCSI sense data.
Defaults: 16
Range: 16 to 32
Note that Broadcom validation is limited to a power of 2; for example, 16, 32.
event_coal_div
"Event Coalescing Divide Factor", performance tuning parameter used to moderate the rate of interrupt generation by the
iscsi firmware.
Defaults: 1
Valid values: 1, 2, 4, 8
last_active_tcp_port