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7–Windows Server 2003, 2008, and 2008 R2 Driver Configuration
NIC Driver Properties and Configuration
7-6 NE0154601-00 C
Number of Transmit Buffers This parameter specifies the packet buffers used by
the driver for transmit operations (DMA memory and
indicated to stack). Each buffer is 1536 bytes.
Registry Key: TransmitBuffers
Min: 1K
Max: 2K
Default: 1024
Values: 0 (1024), 1 (2048)
Optimization This parameter controls optimization and IP forward-
ing. Enable this function when the QLogic adapter is
used for IP forwarding.
Registry Key: Optimization
Default: Disabled
Values: Disabled/Enabled
Priority and VLAN Tag This parameter controls support for 802.1p/q priority
tagging. Enable this parameter to set the virtual LAN
(VLAN) ID. There are four options (values).
0: Both 802.1p/q priority tagging and VLAN tagging
disabled.
1: Priority tagging enabled, VLAN tagging disabled.
2: VLAN tagging enabled, priority tagging disabled.
3: Both 802.1p/q priority tagging and VLAN tagging
enabled.
Registry Key: PriorityVLANTag
Default: 3
Values: 0, 1, 2, 3
Receive Side Scaling This parameter enables/disables the receive side
scaling (RSS) feature.
Registry Key: RSS
Default: Enabled
Values: Enabled/Disabled
Table 7-1. Advanced Properties Parameters (Continued)
Parameter Description