User guide

NetXtreme II User Guide
September 2013
Broadcom Corporation
Page 178 Drivers Document INGSRVT78-CDUM100-R
Flow Control: Autonegotiation with rx and tx advertised
MTU: 1500 (range 46–9000)
Rx Ring Size: 4078 (range 0–4078)
Tx Ring Size: 4078 (range (MAX_SKB_FRAGS+4) - 4078). MAX_SKB_FRAGS varies on different kernels and different
architectures. On a 2.6 kernel for x86, MAX_SKB_FRAGS is 18.
Coalesce RX Microseconds: 25 (range 0–3000)
Coalesce TX Microseconds: 50 (range 0–12288)
MSI-X: Enabled (if supported by 2.6 kernel)
TSO: Enabled
WoL: Disabled
UNLOADING AND REMOVING DRIVER
To unload the driver, type the following:
vmkload_mod -u bnx2x
DRIVER MESSAGES
The following are the most common sample messages that may be logged in the file /var/log/messages. Use dmesg -n
<level> to control the level at which messages will appear on the console. Most systems are set to level 6 by default. To
see all messages, set the level higher.
Driver Sign On
Broadcom NetXtreme II 5771x 10Gigabit Ethernet Driver
bnx2x 0.40.15 ($DateTime: 2007/11/22 05:32:40 $)
NIC Detected
eth0: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM57710 XGb (A1)
PCI-E x8 2.5GHz found at mem e8800000, IRQ 16, node addr 001018360012
MSI-X Enabled Successfully
bnx2x: eth0: using MSI-X
Link Up and Speed Indication
bnx2x: eth0 NIC Link is Up, 10000 Mbps full duplex, receive & transmit flow control ON
Link Down Indication
bnx2x: eth0 NIC Link is Down
Memory Limitation