PCI network adapter capabilities
The network adapter PCI functions support most of the typical network
interface capabilities. The following list provides selected examples, without any claim
to completeness.
- Hardware offloads
- By default, the PCI functions use hardware acceleration, for example, for checksums and for TCP segmentation.
- HSCI interfaces
- You can connect a PCI function with a HiperSockets™ device to create a HiperSockets Converged Interface (HSCI). For more information about HSCI, see Device Drivers, Features, and Commands.
- rdma-core library
- The PCI functions support the rdma-core library.
- iSER
- The PCI functions support the iSCSI Extensions for RDMA (iSER).
- NVMe
- The PCI functions support NVMe over RDMA.
- VLAN
- The PCI functions support VLAN configurations.
- QoS
- You can prioritize network traffic to attain quality of service (QoS) goals.
- ECN and flow control
- The PCI functions support explicit congestion notification (ECN) and flow control.
- Jumbo frames
- The PCI functions support jumbo frames.
You can use the ethtool and ip commands for a transient configuration of your network interface. For a persistent configuration, use the network configuration tools of your distribution.