Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 595)

Emulex Drivers for Windows User Manual P010077-01A Rev. A
3. Configuration
NIC Driver Configuration
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Maximum Number
of RSS Queues Windows Server 2008; for
OCe10102, OCe11102 legacy,
OCe11102 advanced mode,
LPe16000, OCe14000:
• Min 1, Max 4, default 4
Windows Server 2008 R2,
Windows Server 2012,
Windows Server 2012 R2;
• OCe10102: Min 1, Max 4,
Default 4
• OCe11102, legacy: Min 1,
Max 4, Default 4
• OCe11102, advanced
mode: Min 1, Max 8,
Default 8
• LPe16000: Min 1, Max 16,
default 8
• OCe14000: Min 1, Max 16,
default 8
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2 When RSS is enabled, this
parameter controls the number of
receive queues. Typically, this is
left at the maximum value.
Windows reduces the number of
queues as necessary based on the
number of installed CPU cores.
This value may be reduced during
performance tuning for a
particular application. It is
possible that system performance
may improve by limiting the
number of RSS queues.
For OCe11102, greater than 4 RSS
queues requires Advanced Mode
Support be enabled in the BIOS
controller configuration.
Maximum RSS
Processor Number Min: 1
Max: The number of CPU
cores installed on your
system. Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2 This parameter sets the maximum
processor number for the RSS
CPUs. This is the highest processor
number of any processors from the
RSSMaxProcGroup parameter.
Network Address Valid MAC Address
The default setting is None. Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2 This overrides the permanent MAC
address for the interface. The MAC
address should follow this format
XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX, where X is a
hex digit (0-9 or A-F).
• The address cannot be a
multicast address, which has
the lowest bit in the first byte
set.
• The address cannot be all
zeros.
For example, 01:00:00:00:00:00 is
not valid, while 02:00:00:00:00:00
is valid.
Table 3-3 Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2 NIC
Driver Options (Continued)
Option Name Acceptable Values
Supported Operating
Systems
Definition