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VMware Driver Parameter Defaults
lists the VMware driver parameter default values.
auto_fw_reset
Enables (
1
) or disables (
0
) the driver automatic firmware recovery capability.
When this parameter is enabled, the driver attempts to recover from events
such as transmit timeouts, firmware asserts, and adapter parity errors. The
default is
auto_fw_reset=1
.
vxlan_filter_en
Enables (
1
) or disables (
0
) the VXLAN filtering based on the outer MAC, the
inner MAC, and the VXLAN network (VNI), directly matching traffic to a spe-
cific queue. The default is
vxlan_filter_en=1
. You can specify multiple
values delimited by commas for multiport or multifunction configurations.
enable_vxlan_offld
Enables (
1
) or disables (
0
) the VXLAN tunneled traffic checksum offload and
TCP segmentation offload (TSO) capability. The default is
enable_vxlan_offld=1
. You can specify multiple values delimited by
commas for multiport or multifunction configurations.
Table 3-7. VMware Driver Parameter Defaults
Parameter
Default
Speed
Autonegotiation with all speeds advertised. The speed
parameter must be the same on all ports. If auto-
negotiation is enabled on the device, all of the device
ports will use autonegotiation.
Flow Control
Autonegotiation with RX and TX advertised
MTU
1,500
(range
46–9,600
)
Rx Ring Size
8,192
(range
128–8,192
)
Tx Ring Size
8,192
(range
128–8,192
)
MSI-X
Enabled
Transmit Send Offload
(TSO)
Enabled
Large Receive Offload
(LRO)
Enabled
RSS
Enabled
(four RX queues)
HW VLAN
Enabled
Table 3-6. VMware NIC Driver Optional Parameters (Continued)
Parameter
Description
