What are the recommendations for 10 Gigabit network adapter tuning parameters?
Issue
- What are the recommendations for 10 Gigabit network adapter tuning parameters?
- 10Gbit NIC with MTU of 9000. Testing using
iperf
between two systems only results in 6-7 gigabits/s transfer speed. - What are the expected and recommended tuning parameters to configure to achieve 10Gbps connection wirespeed for streaming bulk transfers?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- 10 Gigabit Ethernet network interface adapters (10GbE)
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