82598EB Datasheet, PDF (215/596 Pages) Intel Corporation – Intel® 82598EB 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller Datasheet

Intel^® 82598EB 10 GbE Controller - Receive Functionality
Figure 3-20. Rx Filtering Flow Chart
3.5.2.1.1 L2 Filtering
Figure 3-21 shows L2 filtering. A packet passes successfully through L2 filtering if any of the following
conditions are met:
1. It is a unicast packet and promiscuous unicast filtering is enabled.
2. It is a multicast packet and promiscuous multicast filtering is enabled.
3. It is a unicast packet and it matches one of the unicast MAC filters (host or manageability).
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