4 QLogic 8300 series Dual Port
5 10 Gigabit Ethernet & CNA Adapter Driver for FreeBSD 9.x/10.x
16 4.1 Installing the driver
17 4.2 Removing the driver
24 - README (this document) version:1.0
25 - Release Notes Version:1.0
26 * Driver (if_qlxgbe.ko)
28 * Firmware: pre-flashed on QLogic adapter;
32 The Qlogic 83xx 10Gigabit Ethernet/CNA driver is compatible with the
33 following OS platforms:
34 * FreeBSD 9.x/10.x (64-bit) [Intel EM64T, AMD64]
37 10Gigabit Ethernet NIC/CNA driver supports following features
39 * Large Segment Offload over TCP IPV4
40 * Large Segment Offload over TCP IPV6
41 * Receive Side scaling
42 * TCP over IPv4 checksum offload
43 * UDP over IPv4 checksum offload
44 * IPV4 checksum offload
45 * TCP over IPv6 checksum offload
46 * UDP over IPv6 checksum offload
53 4.1 Installing the driver
55 - copy the driver file (if_qlxgbe.ko) into some directory (say qla_driver)
57 - kldload -v ./if_qlxgbe.ko
59 4.2 Removing the driver
63 5. Parameters to set prior to installing the driver
64 Please run "sysctl kern.ipc" and "sysctl net.inet.tcp" and see if these
65 values are already greater than shown below. Change only those which
66 are less than shown below.
68 - Add the following lines to /etc/sysctl.conf and reboot the machine prior
69 to installing the driver
71 kern.ipc.nmbjumbo9=2000000
72 kern.ipc.nmbclusters=1000000
73 net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_max=262144
74 net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_inc=16384
75 kern.ipc.maxsockbuf=2097152
76 net.inet.tcp.recvspace=131072
77 net.inet.tcp.sendbuf_max=262144
78 net.inet.tcp.sendspace=65536
80 - If you do not want to reboot the system please run the following commands
84 sysctl kern.ipc.nmbjumbo9=2000000
85 sysctl kern.ipc.nmbclusters=1000000
86 sysctl net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_max=262144
87 sysctl net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_inc=16384
88 sysctl kern.ipc.maxsockbuf=2097152
89 sysctl net.inet.tcp.recvspace=131072
90 sysctl net.inet.tcp.sendbuf_max=262144
91 sysctl net.inet.tcp.sendspace=65536
93 6. Compile options Makefile if building driver from sources
97 Please feel free to contact your QLogic approved reseller or QLogic
98 Technical Support at any phase of integration for assistance. QLogic
99 Technical Support can be reached by the following methods:
100 Web: http://support.qlogic.com
101 E-mail: support@qlogic.com
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