README File QLogic 3200 and 8200 series Single/Dual Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet & CNA Adapter Driver for FreeBSD 7.x/8.x/9.x QLogic Corporation. All rights reserved. Table of Contents 1. Package Contents 2. OS Support 3. Supported Features 4. Using the Driver 4.1 Installing the driver 4.2 Removing the driver 5. Driver Parameters 6. Additional Notes 7. Contacting Support 1. Package Contents * Documentation - README (this document) version:1.0 - Release Notes Version:1.0 * Driver (if_qlxgb.ko) - FreeBSD 7.x/8.x/9.x * Firmware: pre-flashed on QLogic adapter; 2. OS Support The Qlogic 10Gigabit Ethernet/CNA driver is compatible with the following OS platforms: * FreeBSD 7.x/8.x/9.x (64-bit) [Intel EM64T, AMD64] 3. Supported Features 10Gigabit Ethernet NIC/CNA driver supports following features * Large Segment Offload over TCP IPV4 * Large Segment Offload over TCP IPV6 * Receive Side scaling * TCP over IPv4 checksum offload * UDP over IPv4 checksum offload * IPV4 checksum offload * TCP over IPv6 checksum offload * UDP over IPv6 checksum offload * Jumbo frames * VLAN Tag 4. Using the driver 4.1 Installing the driver - copy the driver file (if_qlxgb.ko) into some directory (say qla_driver) - cd - kldload -v ./if_qlxgb.ko 4.2 Removing the driver - kldunload if_qlxgb 5. Parameters to set prior to installing the driver - Add the following lines to /etc/sysctl.conf and reboot the machine prior to installing the driver kern.ipc.nmbjumbo9=262144 net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_max=262144 net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_inc=16384 kern.ipc.nmbclusters=1000000 kern.ipc.maxsockbuf=2097152 net.inet.tcp.recvspace=131072 net.inet.tcp.sendbuf_max=262144 net.inet.tcp.sendspace=65536 - If you do not want to reboot the system please run the following commands login or su to root sysctl kern.ipc.nmbjumbo9=262144 sysctl net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_max=262144 sysctl net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_inc=16384 sysctl kern.ipc.nmbclusters=1000000 sysctl kern.ipc.maxsockbuf=2097152 sysctl net.inet.tcp.recvspace=131072 sysctl net.inet.tcp.sendbuf_max=262144 sysctl net.inet.tcp.sendspace=65536 6. Contacting Support Please feel free to contact your QLogic approved reseller or QLogic Technical Support at any phase of integration for assistance. QLogic Technical Support can be reached by the following methods: Web: http://support.qlogic.com E-mail: support@qlogic.com (c) Copyright 2013. All rights reserved worldwide. QLogic, the QLogic logo, and the Powered by QLogic logo are registered trademarks of QLogic Corporation. All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.