User guide

User Guide NetXtreme II
September 2013
Broadcom Corporation
Document INGSRVT78-CDUM100-R Managing the LAN Device Page 255
Driver Status. The status of the adapter driver.
• Loaded. Normal operating mode. The adapter driver has been loaded by the OS and is functioning.
• Not Loaded. The driver associated with the adapter has not been loaded by the OS.
• Information Not Available. The value is not obtainable from the driver that is associated with the adapter.
Driver Name. The file name of the adapter driver.
Driver Version. The current version of the adapter driver.
Driver Date. The creation date of the adapter driver.
Information Tab: Vital Signs
IP Address. The network address associated with the adapter. If the IP address is all 0s, the associated driver has not been
bound with Internet Protocol (IP).
IPv6 IP Address. The IPv6 network address associated with the adapter.
MAC Address. A physical MAC (media access control) address that is assigned to the adapter by the manufacturer. The
physical address is never all 0s.
Permanent MAC Address. The unique hardware address assigned to the network adapter.
Offload Capabilities. The offload capabilities supported by the adapter. This information is only available for Broadcom
NetXtreme II adapters.
• TOE. TCP Offload Engine (TOE) allows simultaneous operation of up to 1024 fully offloaded TCP connections for
1-Gbps network adapters and 1880 fully offloaded TCP connections for 10-Gbps network adapters to the hardware.
• iSCSI. iSCSI offload for block-level transfer of data.
• LSO. Large Send Offload (LSO) prevents an upper level protocol such as TCP from breaking a large data packet into a
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.
Information Tab: SR-IOV Switch Information
Number of HW Available. Configure the number of available HW.
Number of Available VFs. Configure the number of available Virtual Functions (VF).
Max VF Chains Per VFs. Enter the number of maximum chains per Virtual Function (VF).
VF Chains Pool Size. Enter the pool size of Virtual Function (VF) chains.
Switch Friendly Name. Enter the switch-friendly name.