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Recommended range: 1000–10000
NetRXClusterDelayOn
This parameter specifies how sensitive to changes in traffic rate the VMkernel is when
it is in interrupt mode.
Lowering the value of this parameter causes the VMkernel to switch to polling mode
faster in response to sudden increases in traffic rate.
Raising the value of this parameter causes the VMkernel to be more tolerant of erratic
traffic rates.
Recommended range: 0–10
NetRXClusterDelayOff
This parameter specifies how sensitive to changes in traffic rate the VMkernel is when
it is in polling mode.
Lowering the value of this parameter causes the VMkernel to switch to interrupt
mode faster in response to sudden decreases in traffic rate.
Raising the value of this parameter causes the VMkernel to be more tolerant of erratic
traffic rates.
Recommended range: 10–30
NetRXClusterTMaxFreq
The interrupt clustering feature relies on a periodic timer both for sampling the traffic
rate and for processing received packets when the NIC is in polling mode. The value of
this parameter specifies the frequency (as a power of 2) at which the network adapter
is polled for packets when it is in polling mode.
Lowering the value of this parameter can increase performance in situations where
traffic rates are high and the traffic is made up of connections to many different
machines.
Raising the value of this parameter can increase performance in situations where
traffic rates are low or the traffic is made up of connections to only a few machines.
Recommended range for 100Mb connections: 9–11
Recommended range for 1000Mb connections: 10–12
NetRXClusterTMinFreq
The value of this parameter specifies the frequency (as a power of 2) at which the
traffic rate is sampled when the network adapter is in interrupt mode.
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