Dell Intel PRO Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 46)

Exceptions:
l Do not use a multicast address (Least Significant Bit of the high byte = 1). For example, in the
address 0Y123456789A, "Y" cannot be an odd number. (Y must be 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, A, C, or E.)
l Do not use all zeros or all Fs.
If you do not enter an address, the address is the original network address of the adapter.
For example,
Multicast: 0123 4567 8999 Broadcast: FFFF FFFF FFFF
Unicast (legal): 0070 4567 8999
NOTE: In a team, Intel PROSet uses either:
l The primary adapter's permanent MAC address if the team does not have an LAA configured, or
l The team's LAA if the team has an LAA configured.
Intel PROSet does not use an adapter's LAA if the adapter is the primary adapter in a team and the team has an
LAA.
Log Link State Event
This setting is used to enable/disable the logging of link state changes. If enabled, a link up change event or a link
down change event generates a message that is displayed in the system event logger. This message contains the
link's speed and duplex. Administrators view the event message from the system event log.
The following events are logged.
l The link is up.
l The link is down.
l Mismatch in duplex.
l Spanning Tree Protocol detected.
Default Enabled
Range Enabled, Disabled
Priority & VLAN Tagging
Enables the adapter to offload the insertion and removal of priority and VLAN tags for transmit and receive.
Default Priority & VLAN Enabled
Range l Priority & VLAN Disabled
l Priority Enabled
l VLAN Enabled
l Priority & VLAN Enabled
Receive Side Scaling
When Receive Side Scaling (RSS) is enabled, all of the receive data processing for a particular TCP connection is
shared across multiple processors or processor cores. Without RSS all of the processing is performed by a single pro-
cessor, resulting in less efficient system cache utilization. RSS can be enabled for a LAN or for FCoE. In the first case, it
is called "LAN RSS". In the second, it is called "FCoE RSS".
LAN RSS
LAN RSS applies to a particular TCP connection.
NOTE: This setting has no effect if your system has only one processing unit.