3–Installing Drivers
VMware Driver Software
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To upgrade an existing driver, follow the steps for a new installation, except
replace the command in Step 6 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
Table 3-4 describes the optional parameters that can be supplied as a command
line arguments to the esxcfg-module command.
Table 3-4. VMware Driver Optional Parameters
Parameter Description
hw_vlan The hw_lan parameter globally enables (1) or disables (0)
HW 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 The num_queues parameter specifies the number of Tx/Rx
queue pairs. num_queues can be 1–11 or one of the follow-
ing:
–1: Allow the driver to determine the optimal number of
queue pairs (default)
0: Use the default queue.
You can specify multiple values delimited by commas for mul-
tiport or multifunction configurations.
multi_rx_filters The multi_rx_filters parameter specifies the number of
Rx filters per Rx queue, excluding the default queue. mul-
ti_rx_filters can be 1–4 or one of the following values:
–1: Use the default number of Rx filters per queue.
0: Disable Rx filters.
disable_tpa Enables (0) or disables (1) the TPA (LRO) feature. dis-
able_tpa=0 is the default.
max_vfs Specifies the number of virtual functions (VFs) per physical
function (PF). max_vfs can be 0 (disable), or 8 or 16
(enable).
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