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# $FreeBSD$
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README File
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QLogic 8300 series Dual Port
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10 Gigabit Ethernet & CNA Adapter Driver for FreeBSD 9.x/10.x
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QLogic Corporation.
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All rights reserved.
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Table of Contents
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1. Package Contents
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2. OS Support
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3. Supported Features
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4. Using the Driver
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4.1 Installing the driver
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4.2 Removing the driver
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5. Driver Parameters
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6. Additional Notes
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7. Contacting Support
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1. Package Contents
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* Documentation
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- README (this document) version:1.0
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- Release Notes Version:1.0
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* Driver (if_qlxgbe.ko)
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- FreeBSD 9.x/10.x
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* Firmware: pre-flashed on QLogic adapter;
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2. OS Support
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The Qlogic 83xx 10Gigabit Ethernet/CNA driver is compatible with the
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following OS platforms:
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* FreeBSD 9.x/10.x (64-bit) [Intel EM64T, AMD64]
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3. Supported Features
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10Gigabit Ethernet NIC/CNA driver supports following features
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* Large Segment Offload over TCP IPV4
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* Large Segment Offload over TCP IPV6
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* Receive Side scaling
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* TCP over IPv4 checksum offload
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* UDP over IPv4 checksum offload
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* IPV4 checksum offload
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* TCP over IPv6 checksum offload
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* UDP over IPv6 checksum offload
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* Jumbo frames
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* VLAN Tag
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4. Using the driver
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4.1 Installing the driver
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- copy the driver file (if_qlxgbe.ko) into some directory (say qla_driver)
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- cd <to qla_driver>
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- kldload -v ./if_qlxgbe.ko
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4.2 Removing the driver
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- kldunload if_qlxgbe
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5. Parameters to set prior to installing the driver
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Please run "sysctl kern.ipc" and "sysctl net.inet.tcp" and see if these
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values are already greater than shown below. Change only those which
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are less than shown below.
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- Add the following lines to /etc/sysctl.conf and reboot the machine prior
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to installing the driver
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2017-08-21 20:27:45 +00:00
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kern.ipc.nmbjumbo9=2000000
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kern.ipc.nmbclusters=1000000
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net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_max=262144
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net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_inc=16384
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kern.ipc.maxsockbuf=2097152
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net.inet.tcp.recvspace=131072
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net.inet.tcp.sendbuf_max=262144
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net.inet.tcp.sendspace=65536
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- If you do not want to reboot the system please run the following commands
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login or su to root
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2017-08-21 20:27:45 +00:00
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sysctl kern.ipc.nmbjumbo9=2000000
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sysctl kern.ipc.nmbclusters=1000000
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sysctl net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_max=262144
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sysctl net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_inc=16384
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sysctl kern.ipc.maxsockbuf=2097152
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sysctl net.inet.tcp.recvspace=131072
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sysctl net.inet.tcp.sendbuf_max=262144
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sysctl net.inet.tcp.sendspace=65536
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6. Compile options Makefile if building driver from sources
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None
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7. Contacting Support
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Please feel free to contact your QLogic approved reseller or QLogic
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Technical Support at any phase of integration for assistance. QLogic
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Technical Support can be reached by the following methods:
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Web: http://support.qlogic.com
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E-mail: support@qlogic.com
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(c) Copyright 2013-14. All rights reserved worldwide. QLogic, the QLogic
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logo, and the Powered by QLogic logo are registered trademarks of
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QLogic Corporation. All other brand and product names are trademarks
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or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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