3 QLogic 8100 series Dual Port
4 10 Gigabit Ethernet & CNA Adapter Driver for FreeBSD 9.x/10.x
15 4.1 Installing the driver
16 4.2 Removing the driver
23 - README (this document) version:1.0
24 - Release Notes Version:1.0
25 * Driver (if_qlxge.ko)
27 * Firmware: pre-flashed on QLogic adapter;
31 The Qlogic 10Gigabit Ethernet/CNA driver is compatible with the
32 following OS platforms:
33 * FreeBSD 9.x/10.x (64-bit) [Intel EM64T, AMD64]
36 10Gigabit Ethernet NIC/CNA driver supports following features
38 * Large Segment Offload over TCP IPV4
39 * Large Segment Offload over TCP IPV6
40 * Receive Side scaling
41 * TCP over IPv4 checksum offload
42 * UDP over IPv4 checksum offload
43 * IPV4 checksum offload
44 * TCP over IPv6 checksum offload
45 * UDP over IPv6 checksum offload
52 4.1 Installing the driver
54 - copy the driver file (if_qlxge.ko) into some directory (say qla_driver)
56 - kldload -v ./if_qlxge.ko
58 4.2 Removing the driver
62 5. Parameters to set prior to installing the driver
64 - Add the following lines to /etc/sysctl.conf and reboot the machine prior
65 to installing the driver
67 net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_max=262144
68 net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_inc=16384
69 kern.ipc.nmbclusters=1000000
70 kern.ipc.maxsockbuf=2097152
71 net.inet.tcp.recvspace=131072
72 net.inet.tcp.sendbuf_max=262144
73 net.inet.tcp.sendspace=65536
75 - If you do not want to reboot the system please run the following commands
79 sysctl net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_max=262144
80 sysctl net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_inc=16384
81 sysctl kern.ipc.nmbclusters=1000000
82 sysctl kern.ipc.maxsockbuf=2097152
83 sysctl net.inet.tcp.recvspace=131072
84 sysctl net.inet.tcp.sendbuf_max=262144
85 sysctl net.inet.tcp.sendspace=65536
88 Please feel free to contact your QLogic approved reseller or QLogic
89 Technical Support at any phase of integration for assistance. QLogic
90 Technical Support can be reached by the following methods:
91 Web: http://support.qlogic.com
92 E-mail: support@qlogic.com
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