Users Guide

8–VMware Driver Software
Driver Parameters
86 BC0054508-00 M
Otherwise, allow the bnx2x driver to select the quantity of NetQueues to use by
issuing the following command:
esxcfg-module -s "num_queues=0" bnx2x
The optimal number is to have the quantity of NetQueues match the quantity of
CPUs on the machine.
bnx2
BNX2 Driver Sign-on
QLogic Gigabit Ethernet Driver bnx2 v1.1.3 (Jan. 13, 2005)
CNIC Driver Sign-on
QLogic CNIC Driver cnic v1.1.19 (Sep 25, 2007)
NIC Detected
eth0: QLogic 5706 1000Base-T (A2) PCI 64-bit 66MHz found at mem
f6000000, IRQ 16, node addr 0010180476ae
cnic: Added CNIC device: eth0
MSI Enabled Successfully
bnx2: eth0: using MSI
Link up and Speed Indication
bnx2: eth0 NIC Copper Link is Up, 1000 Mbps full duplex, receive &
transmit flow control ON
Link Down
bnx2: eth0 NIC Copper Link is Down
Incompatible cnic, bnx2, bnx2x, bnx2i, bnx2fc Drivers
When this message appears, the Marvell bnx2 package must be re-installed.
cnic: bnx2 not compatible with cnic expecting: 0x12340002 got:
0x12340001
cnic: ulp 1 not compatible with cnic, expecting: 0x57770003 got:
0x57770002