User guide

NetXtreme II User Guide
September 2013
Broadcom Corporation
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series of smaller packets with headers appended to them.
• CO. Checksum Offload (CO) allows the TCP/IP/UDP checksums for send and receive traffic to be calculated by the
adapter hardware rather than by the host CPU.
LiveLink IP Address. The network address of the LiveLink enabled adapter.
Local Connection. Identifies the module to which the blade server is attached.
• Chassis SW. Chassis switch module
• Chassis PHY. Pass-through module
• None. No modules attached
BASP State. Information about the status of the BASP application. This information is displayed only when there is a team
(see Configuring Teaming).
VIEWING NIC PARTITIONING INFORMATION
The NIC partitioning feature is available on Broadcom NetXtreme II adapters only.
The NIC Partitioning section of the Information tab displays information about the partitions for the selected network
adapter.
To view NIC Partitioning for any installed network adapter, click the name of the adapter listed in the Explorer View pane,
then click the Information tab.
NOTE: Some information may not be available for all Broadcom network adapters.
NIC partitioning divides a Broadcom NetXtreme II 10 Gigabit Ethernet NIC into multiple virtual NICs by having multiple PCI
physical functions per port. Each PCI function is associated with a different virtual NIC. To the OS and the network, each
physical function appears as a separate NIC port. For more information, see the NIC Partitioning topic in the
Broadcom
NetXtreme II Network Adapter User Guide
.
Number of Partitions. The number of partitions for the port. Each port can have from one to four partitions with each
partition behaving as if it is an independent NIC port.
Network MAC Address. The MAC address of the port.
iSCSI MAC Address. If an iSCSI adapter is loaded onto the system, the iSCSI MAC address will appear.
Flow Control. The flow control setting of the port.
Physical Link Speed. The physical link speed of the port, either 1G or 10G.
Relative Bandwidth Weight (%)
• The relative bandwidth setting represents a weight or importance of a particular function. There are up to four functions
per port. The weight is used to arbitrate between the functions in the event of congestion.
• The sum of all weights for the functions on a single port is either 0 or 100.
•A value of 0 for all functions means that each function will be able to transmit at 25% of the physical link speed, not to
exceed the Maximum Bandwidth setting.