4 QLogic 8100 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_qlxge.ko)
28 * Firmware: pre-flashed on QLogic adapter;
32 The Qlogic 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_qlxge.ko) into some directory (say qla_driver)
57 - kldload -v ./if_qlxge.ko
59 4.2 Removing the driver
63 5. Parameters to set prior to installing the driver
65 - Add the following lines to /etc/sysctl.conf and reboot the machine prior
66 to installing the driver
68 net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_max=262144
69 net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_inc=16384
70 kern.ipc.nmbclusters=1000000
71 kern.ipc.maxsockbuf=2097152
72 net.inet.tcp.recvspace=131072
73 net.inet.tcp.sendbuf_max=262144
74 net.inet.tcp.sendspace=65536
76 - If you do not want to reboot the system please run the following commands
80 sysctl net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_max=262144
81 sysctl net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_inc=16384
82 sysctl kern.ipc.nmbclusters=1000000
83 sysctl kern.ipc.maxsockbuf=2097152
84 sysctl net.inet.tcp.recvspace=131072
85 sysctl net.inet.tcp.sendbuf_max=262144
86 sysctl net.inet.tcp.sendspace=65536
89 Please feel free to contact your QLogic approved reseller or QLogic
90 Technical Support at any phase of integration for assistance. QLogic
91 Technical Support can be reached by the following methods:
92 Web: http://support.qlogic.com
93 E-mail: support@qlogic.com
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