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2			README File
3	QLogic 3200 and 8200 series Single/Dual Port
410 Gigabit Ethernet & CNA Adapter Driver for FreeBSD 7.x/8.x/9.x
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6		QLogic Corporation.
7		All rights reserved.
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10Table of Contents
111. Package Contents
122. OS Support
133. Supported Features
144. Using the Driver
15   4.1 Installing the driver
16   4.2 Removing the driver
175. Driver Parameters
186. Additional Notes
197. Contacting Support
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211. Package Contents
22 * Documentation
23   - README (this document) version:1.0
24   - Release Notes Version:1.0
25 * Driver (if_qlxgb.ko)
26	- FreeBSD 7.x/8.x/9.x
27 * Firmware: pre-flashed on QLogic adapter;
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292. OS Support
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31The Qlogic 10Gigabit Ethernet/CNA driver is compatible with the
32following OS platforms:
33 * FreeBSD 7.x/8.x/9.x (64-bit) [Intel EM64T, AMD64]
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353. Supported Features
3610Gigabit Ethernet NIC/CNA driver supports following features
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38* Large Segment Offload over TCP IPV4
39* Large Segment Offload over TCP IPV6
40* Receive Side scaling
41* TCP over IPv4 checksum offload
42* UDP over IPv4 checksum offload
43* IPV4 checksum offload
44* TCP over IPv6 checksum offload
45* UDP over IPv6 checksum offload
46* Jumbo frames
47* VLAN Tag
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504. Using the driver
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52 4.1 Installing the driver
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54   - copy the driver file (if_qlxgb.ko) into some directory (say qla_driver)
55   - cd <to qla_driver>
56   - kldload -v ./if_qlxgb.ko
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58 4.2 Removing the driver
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60  - kldunload if_qlxgb
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625. Parameters to set prior to installing the driver
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64   - Add the following lines to /etc/sysctl.conf and reboot the machine prior
65     to installing the driver
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67	kern.ipc.nmbjumbo9=262144
68	net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_max=262144
69	net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_inc=16384
70	kern.ipc.nmbclusters=1000000
71	kern.ipc.maxsockbuf=2097152
72	net.inet.tcp.recvspace=131072
73	net.inet.tcp.sendbuf_max=262144
74	net.inet.tcp.sendspace=65536
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76   - If you do not want to reboot the system please run the following commands
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78	login or su to root
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80	sysctl kern.ipc.nmbjumbo9=262144
81	sysctl net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_max=262144
82	sysctl net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_inc=16384
83	sysctl kern.ipc.nmbclusters=1000000
84	sysctl kern.ipc.maxsockbuf=2097152
85	sysctl net.inet.tcp.recvspace=131072
86	sysctl net.inet.tcp.sendbuf_max=262144
87	sysctl net.inet.tcp.sendspace=65536
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896. Contacting Support
90Please feel free to contact your QLogic approved reseller or QLogic
91Technical Support at any phase of integration for assistance. QLogic
92Technical Support can be reached by the following methods:
93Web:    http://support.qlogic.com
94E-mail: support@qlogic.com
95(c) Copyright 2013. All rights reserved worldwide. QLogic, the QLogic
96logo, and the Powered by QLogic logo are registered trademarks of
97QLogic Corporation. All other brand and product names are trademarks
98or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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