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Correction #10371

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Update flow control tuning doc for chelsio

Added by Constantine Kormashev over 4 years ago. Updated over 4 years ago.

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Very Low
Assignee:
-
Category:
Interfaces
Target version:
-
Start date:
03/24/2020
Due date:
% Done:

0%

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Description

It would be good to add into Flow Contol section of https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/hardware/tuning-and-troubleshooting-network-cards.html info about chelsio NICs, due one is often used with pfsense:
cxl.0.pause_settings=0 disabling flow control
cxl.0.pause_settings=3 return to default settings

Actions #1

Updated by Ansley Barnes over 4 years ago

It may also be good to recommend disablement of the non-router related resource allocations so the NIC can use its entire resource set for relevant functions:

hw.cxgbe.toecaps_allowed=0
hw.cxgbe.rdmacaps_allowed=0
hw.cxgbe.iscsicaps_allowed=0
hw.cxgbe.fcoecaps_allowed=0

Source: https://people.freebsd.org/~olivier/talks/2018_AsiaBSDCon_Tuning_FreeBSD_for_routing_and_firewalling-Paper.pdf and the cxgbe man page

Actions #2

Updated by Jim Pingle over 4 years ago

  • Tracker changed from Feature to Correction
  • Project changed from pfSense to pfSense Docs
  • Category set to Interfaces
Actions #4

Updated by Jim Pingle over 4 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Resolved
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