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Intel^® 82598EB 10 GbE Controller - NC-SI Support
Table 5-22. Optional NC-SI Features Support
AENs
Feature
Supported
Yes
Get Controller Packet Statistics
Command
Get NC-SI Statistics Command
Get NC-SI Pass-Through
Statistics Command
No
Yes, partially
Yes, partially
VLAN Modes
MAC Address Filters
Channel Count
VLAN Filters
Broadcast Filters
Yes, partially
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multicast Filters
Yes
NC-SI Flow Control Command
No
HW Arbitration
No
Allow Link Down
No
Details
Note: The driver state AEN might be emitted up to 15 seconds after
actual driver change.
Supports the following counters: 1-4, 7.
Supports the following counters: 2
Support the following counters only when the OS is down: 1, 6, 7.
Supports only modes 1, 3.
Supports two MAC addresses as mixed per port.
Supports two channels.
Supports eight VLAN filters per port.
Supports the following filters:
• ARP.
• DHCP.
• NetBIOS.
Supports the following filters:
• IPv6 neighbor advertisement.
• IPv6 router advertisement.
• DHCPv6 relay and server multicast.
Does not support NC-SI flow-control.
Does not support NC-SI HW arbitration.
Does not support shutting down the link when disabled.
5.4.2.2 NC-SI Mode - Intel Specific Commands
In addition to the regular NC-SI commands, the following Intel vendor specific commands are
supported. The purpose of these commands is to provide a means for the Baseboard Management
Controller (BMC) to access some of the Intel-specific features present in the 82598EB.
5.4.2.2.1 Overview
The following features are available via the NC-SI OEM specific command:
• Receive filters:
—Packet Addition Decision Filters 0x0…0x4
—Packet Reduction Decision Filters 0x5…0x7
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