3–Driver Installation
Installing VMware Driver Software
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To install the
.vib
file using the command line interface, issue the
following command. Be sure to specify the full
.vib
file path.
#
esxcli software vib install -v
/tmp/qedentv-1.0.3.11-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820.x86_64.vib
Option 2:
To install all of the individual VIBs at one time, issue the following
command:
#
esxcli software vib install –d /tmp/qedentv-bundle-2.0.3.zip
To upgrade an existing driver:
Follow the steps for a new installation, except replace the command in the
preceding Option 1 with the following:
#
esxcli software vib update -v
/tmp/qedentv-1.0.3.11-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820.x86_64.vib
VMware Driver Optional Parameters
describes the optional parameters that can be supplied as command
line arguments to the
esxcfg-module
command.
Table 3-6. VMware Driver Optional Parameters
Parameter
Description
hw_vlan
Globally enables (
1
) or disables (
0
) hardware VLAN insertion and removal.
Disable this parameter when the upper layer needs to send or receive fully
formed packets.
hw_vlan=1
is the default.
num_queues
Specifies the number of TX/RX queue pairs.
num_queues
can be
1–11
or
one of the following:
–1
allows the driver to determine the optimal number of queue pairs
(default).
0
uses the default queue.
You can specify multiple values delimited by commas for multiport or multi-
function configurations.
multi_rx_filters
Specifies the number of RX filters per RX queue, excluding the default
queue.
multi_rx_filters
can be
1–4
or one of the following values:
–1
uses the default number of RX filters per queue.
0
disables RX filters.
disable_tpa
Enables (
0
) or disables (
1
) the TPA (LRO) feature.
disable_tpa=0
is the
default.
