Users Guide

8–VMware Driver Software
Networking Support, Drivers
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TSO: Enabled
WoL: Disabled
Unloading and Removing Driver
To unload the bnx2x VMware ESXi driver, issue the following command:
vmkload_mod -u bnx2x
Driver Messages
The following the bnx2x VMware ESXi driver messages are the most common
sample messages that may be logged in the file /var/log/vmkernel.log.
Issue the dmesg -n <level> command to control the level at which messages
appear on the console. Most systems are set to level 6 by default. To see all
messages, set the level higher.
Driver Sign-on
QLogic BCM57xxx 10Gigabit Ethernet Driver
bnx2x 0.40.15 ($DateTime: 2015/11/22 05:32:40 $)
NIC Detected
bnx2x: msix capability found
bnx2x: part number 0-0-0-0
PCI: driver bnx2x claimed device 0000:01:00.0
MSI-X Enabled Successfully
bnx2x 0000:01:00.0: vmnic0: using MSI-X IRQs: sp 16 fp[0] 28 ...
fp[7] 35
Link Up and Speed Indication
bnx2x 0000:01:00.0: vmnic0: NIC Link is Up, 10000 Mbps full duplex,
Flow control: ON - receive & transmit
Link Down Indication
bnx2x 0000:01:00.1: vmnic0: NIC Link is Down