Dell Mellanox Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 55)

User Manual for Mellanox ConnectX®-3 10/40 Gigabit Ethernet Adapters for Dell PowerEdge Servers Rev 1.1
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4.3 VMware Driver
For VMware, download and install the latest Mellanox Ethernet Driver for VMware vSphere 5.X
from the VMware support site:
http://www.vmware.com/support .
4.3.1 Installing and Running the Driver
4.3.1.1 Installing and Running the VIB Driver on ESXi-5.x
1. Log into the VMware ESXi server machine as root.
2. You can either:
a. Remove any earlier version of the driver from your VMware ESXi server machine prior to installing the new
version. Run:
b. Install the mlx4_en driver VIB package. Run:
c. Reboot ESXi server (The driver will be loaded automatically).
OR
a. Update the driver. Run:
b. Reboot ESXi server (The driver will be loaded automatically).
» To verify that the driver is loaded, run:
tx_tso_packets Number of packet that were aggregated
Table 14 - Per Ring (SW) Statistics (where is the ring I – per configuration)
Counter Description
rx_packets Total packets successfully received on ring i
rx_bytes Total bytes in successfully received packets on ring i.
tx_packets Total packets successfully transmitted on ring i.
tx_bytes Total bytes in successfully transmitted packets on ring i.
#> esxcli software vib list
#> esxcli software vib remove –n net-mlx4-en
#> esxcli software vib install –v
#> esxcli software vib update –v
#> vmkload_mod -l | grep mlx4_en
Table 13 - SW Statistics
Counter Description