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ETHTOOL(8)                           System Manager's Manual                           ETHTOOL(8)



NAME
       ethtool - query or control network driver and hardware settings

SYNOPSIS
       ethtool devname

       ethtool -h|--help

       ethtool --version

       ethtool -a|--show-pause devname

       ethtool -A|--pause devname [autoneg on|off] [rx on|off] [tx on|off]

       ethtool -c|--show-coalesce devname

       ethtool -C|--coalesce devname [adaptive-rx on|off] [adaptive-tx on|off] [rx-usecs N]
              [rx-frames N] [rx-usecs-irq N] [rx-frames-irq N] [tx-usecs N] [tx-frames N]
              [tx-usecs-irq N] [tx-frames-irq N] [stats-block-usecs N] [pkt-rate-low N]
              [rx-usecs-low N] [rx-frames-low N] [tx-usecs-low N] [tx-frames-low N]
              [pkt-rate-high N] [rx-usecs-high N] [rx-frames-high N] [tx-usecs-high N]
              [tx-frames-high N] [sample-interval N]

       ethtool -g|--show-ring devname

       ethtool -G|--set-ring devname [rx N] [rx-mini N] [rx-jumbo N] [tx N]

       ethtool -i|--driver devname

       ethtool -d|--register-dump devname [raw on|off] [hex on|off] [file name]

       ethtool -e|--eeprom-dump devname [raw on|off] [offset N] [length N]

       ethtool -E|--change-eeprom devname [magic N] [offset N] [length N] [value N]

       ethtool -k|--show-features|--show-offload devname

       ethtool -K|--features|--offload devname feature on|off ...

       ethtool -p|--identify devname [N]

       ethtool -P|--show-permaddr devname

       ethtool -r|--negotiate devname

       ethtool -S|--statistics devname

       ethtool -t|--test devname [offline|online|external_lb]

       ethtool -s devname [speed N] [duplex half|full] [port tp|aui|bnc|mii] [mdix auto|on|off]
              [autoneg on|off] [advertise N] [phyad N] [xcvr internal|external]
              [wol p|u|m|b|a|g|s|d...]  [sopass xx:yy:zz:aa:bb:cc] [msglvl N | msglvl type on|off
              ...]

       ethtool -n|-u|--show-nfc|--show-ntuple devname
              [ rx-flow-hash tcp4|udp4|ah4|esp4|sctp4|tcp6|udp6|ah6|esp6|sctp6 |
              rule N ]

       ethtool -N|-U|--config-nfc|--config-ntuple devname
              rx-flow-hash tcp4|udp4|ah4|esp4|sctp4|tcp6|udp6|ah6|esp6|sctp6 m|v|t|s|d|f|n|r... |
              flow-type ether|ip4|tcp4|udp4|sctp4|ah4|esp4
              [src xx:yy:zz:aa:bb:cc [m xx:yy:zz:aa:bb:cc]]
              [dst xx:yy:zz:aa:bb:cc [m xx:yy:zz:aa:bb:cc]] [proto N [m N]]
              [src-ip x.x.x.x [m x.x.x.x]] [dst-ip x.x.x.x [m x.x.x.x]] [tos N [m N]]
              [l4proto N [m N]] [src-port N [m N]] [dst-port N [m N]] [spi N [m N]]
              [l4data N [m N]] [vlan-etype N [m N]] [vlan N [m N]] [user-def N [m N]] [dst-
              mac xx:yy:zz:aa:bb:cc [m xx:yy:zz:aa:bb:cc]] [action N] [loc N] |
              delete N

       ethtool -w|--get-dump devname [data filename]

       ethtool -W|--set-dump devname N

       ethtool -T|--show-time-stamping devname

       ethtool -x|--show-rxfh-indir|--show-rxfh devname

       ethtool -X|--set-rxfh-indir|--rxfh devname [hkey xx:yy:zz:aa:bb:cc:...]  [ equal N |
              weight W0 W1 ... ]

       ethtool -f|--flash devname file [N]

       ethtool -l|--show-channels devname

       ethtool -L|--set-channels devname [rx N] [tx N] [other N] [combined N]

       ethtool -m|--dump-module-eeprom|--module-info devname [raw on|off] [hex on|off] [offset N]
              [length N]

       ethtool --show-priv-flags devname

       ethtool --set-priv-flags devname flag on|off ...

       ethtool --show-eee devname

       ethtool --set-eee devname [eee on|off] [tx-lpi on|off] [tx-timer N] [advertise N]


DESCRIPTION
       ethtool is used to query and control network device driver and hardware settings, particu‐
       larly for wired Ethernet devices.

       devname is the name of the network device on which ethtool should operate.


OPTIONS
       ethtool with a single argument specifying the device name prints current settings  of  the
       specified device.

       -h --help
              Shows a short help message.

       --version
              Shows the ethtool version number.

       -a --show-pause
              Queries the specified Ethernet device for pause parameter information.

       -A --pause
              Changes the pause parameters of the specified Ethernet device.

       autoneg on|off
              Specifies whether pause autonegotiation should be enabled.

       rx on|off
              Specifies whether RX pause should be enabled.

       tx on|off
              Specifies whether TX pause should be enabled.

       -c --show-coalesce
              Queries the specified network device for coalescing information.

       -C --coalesce
              Changes the coalescing settings of the specified network device.

       -g --show-ring
              Queries the specified network device for rx/tx ring parameter information.

       -G --set-ring
              Changes the rx/tx ring parameters of the specified network device.

       rx N   Changes the number of ring entries for the Rx ring.

       rx-mini N
              Changes the number of ring entries for the Rx Mini ring.

       rx-jumbo N
              Changes the number of ring entries for the Rx Jumbo ring.

       tx N   Changes the number of ring entries for the Tx ring.

       -i --driver
              Queries the specified network device for associated driver information.

       -d --register-dump
              Retrieves  and prints a register dump for the specified network device.  The regis‐
              ter format for some devices is known and decoded others are printed in  hex.   When
              raw  is  enabled,  then  ethtool dumps the raw register data to stdout.  If file is
              specified, then use contents of previous raw register  dump,  rather  than  reading
              from the device.

       -e --eeprom-dump
              Retrieves  and prints an EEPROM dump for the specified network device.  When raw is
              enabled, then it dumps the raw EEPROM data to stdout. The length and offset parame‐
              ters  allow  dumping certain portions of the EEPROM.  Default is to dump the entire
              EEPROM.

       -E --change-eeprom
              If value is specified, changes EEPROM byte for the specified network device.   off‐
              set  and  value  specify  which byte and it's new value. If value is not specified,
              stdin is read and written to the EEPROM. The length  and  offset  parameters  allow
              writing  to  certain  portions  of the EEPROM.  Because of the persistent nature of
              writing to the EEPROM, a device-specific magic key must be specified to prevent the
              accidental writing to the EEPROM.

       -k --show-features --show-offload
              Queries  the  specified  network device for the state of protocol offload and other
              features.

       -K --features --offload
              Changes the offload parameters and other features of the specified network  device.
              The following feature names are built-in and others may be defined by the kernel.

       rx on|off
              Specifies whether RX checksumming should be enabled.

       tx on|off
              Specifies whether TX checksumming should be enabled.

       sg on|off
              Specifies whether scatter-gather should be enabled.

       tso on|off
              Specifies whether TCP segmentation offload should be enabled.

       ufo on|off
              Specifies whether UDP fragmentation offload should be enabled

       gso on|off
              Specifies whether generic segmentation offload should be enabled

       gro on|off
              Specifies whether generic receive offload should be enabled

       lro on|off
              Specifies whether large receive offload should be enabled

       rxvlan on|off
              Specifies whether RX VLAN acceleration should be enabled

       txvlan on|off
              Specifies whether TX VLAN acceleration should be enabled

       ntuple on|off
              Specifies whether Rx ntuple filters and actions should be enabled

       rxhash on|off
              Specifies whether receive hashing offload should be enabled

       -p --identify
              Initiates adapter-specific action intended to enable an operator to easily identify
              the adapter by sight.  Typically this involves blinking one or  more  LEDs  on  the
              specific network port.

       N      Length of time to perform phys-id, in seconds.

       -P --show-permaddr
              Queries the specified network device for permanent hardware address.

       -r --negotiate
              Restarts  auto-negotiation on the specified Ethernet device, if auto-negotiation is
              enabled.

       -S --statistics
              Queries the specified network device for NIC- and driver-specific statistics.

       -t --test
              Executes adapter selftest on the specified network device. Possible test modes are:

       offline
              Perform full set of tests, possibly interrupting normal operation during the tests,

       online Perform limited set of tests, not interrupting normal operation,

       external_lb
              Perform full set of tests, as for offline, and  additionally  an  external-loopback
              test.

       -s --change
              Allows  changing some or all settings of the specified network device.  All follow‐
              ing options only apply if -s was specified.

       speed N
              Set speed in Mb/s.  ethtool with just the device name as an argument will show  you
              the supported device speeds.

       duplex half|full
              Sets full or half duplex mode.

       port tp|aui|bnc|mii
              Selects device port.

       mdix auto|on|off
              Selects  MDI-X  mode for port. May be used to override the automatic detection fea‐
              ture of most adapters. An argument of auto means automatic detection of MDI status,
              on forces MDI-X (crossover) mode, while off means MDI (straight through) mode.  The
              driver should guarantee that this command takes effect immediately, and  if  neces‐
              sary may reset the link to cause the change to take effect.

       autoneg on|off
              Specifies  whether autonegotiation should be enabled. Autonegotiation is enabled by
              default, but in some network devices may have trouble with it, so you  can  disable
              it if really necessary.

       advertise N
              Sets  the  speed and duplex advertised by autonegotiation.  The argument is a hexa‐
              decimal value using one or a combination of the following values:

              0x001       10baseT Half
              0x002       10baseT Full
              0x004       100baseT Half
              0x008       100baseT Full
              0x010       1000baseT Half       (not supported by IEEE standards)
              0x020       1000baseT Full
              0x20000     1000baseKX Full
              0x8000      2500baseX Full       (not supported by IEEE standards)
              0x1000      10000baseT Full
              0x40000     10000baseKX4 Full
              0x80000     10000baseKR Full
              0x200000    20000baseMLD2 Full   (not supported by IEEE standards)
              0x400000    20000baseKR2 Full    (not supported by IEEE standards)
              0x800000    40000baseKR4 Full
              0x1000000   40000baseCR4 Full
              0x2000000   40000baseSR4 Full
              0x4000000   40000baseLR4 Full

       phyad N
              PHY address.

       xcvr internal|external
              Selects transceiver type. Currently only internal and external can be specified, in
              the future further types might be added.

       wol p|u|m|b|a|g|s|d...
              Sets  Wake-on-LAN options.  Not all devices support this.  The argument to this op‐
              tion is a string of characters specifying which options to enable.

              p   Wake on PHY activity
              u   Wake on unicast messages
              m   Wake on multicast messages
              b   Wake on broadcast messages
              a   Wake on ARP
              g   Wake on MagicPacket™
              s   Enable SecureOn™ password for MagicPacket™
              d   Disable (wake on  nothing).   This  option
                  clears all previous options.

       sopass xx:yy:zz:aa:bb:cc
              Sets the SecureOn™ password.  The argument to this option must be 6 bytes in Ether‐
              net MAC hex format (xx:yy:zz:aa:bb:cc).

       msglvl N
       msglvl type on|off ...
              Sets the driver message type flags by name or number. type names the type  of  mes‐
              sage  to enable or disable; N specifies the new flags numerically. The defined type
              names and numbers are:

              drv         0x0001  General driver status
              probe       0x0002  Hardware probing
              link        0x0004  Link state
              timer       0x0008  Periodic status check
              ifdown      0x0010  Interface being brought down
              ifup        0x0020  Interface being brought up
              rx_err      0x0040  Receive error
              tx_err      0x0080  Transmit error
              tx_queued   0x0100  Transmit queueing
              intr        0x0200  Interrupt handling
              tx_done     0x0400  Transmit completion
              rx_status   0x0800  Receive completion
              pktdata     0x1000  Packet contents
              hw          0x2000  Hardware status
              wol         0x4000  Wake-on-LAN status

              The precise meanings of these type flags differ between drivers.

       -n -u --show-nfc --show-ntuple
              Retrieves receive network flow classification options or rules.

       rx-flow-hash tcp4|udp4|ah4|esp4|sctp4|tcp6|udp6|ah6|esp6|sctp6
              Retrieves the hash options for the specified flow type.

              tcp4    TCP over IPv4
              udp4    UDP over IPv4
              ah4     IPSEC AH over IPv4
              esp4    IPSEC ESP over IPv4
              sctp4   SCTP over IPv4
              tcp6    TCP over IPv6
              udp6    UDP over IPv6
              ah6     IPSEC AH over IPv6
              esp6    IPSEC ESP over IPv6
              sctp6   SCTP over IPv6

       rule N Retrieves the RX classification rule with the given ID.

       -N -U --config-nfc --config-ntuple
              Configures receive network flow classification options or rules.

       rx-flow-hash tcp4|udp4|ah4|esp4|sctp4|tcp6|udp6|ah6|esp6|sctp6m|v|t|s|d|f|n|r...
              Configures the hash options for the specified flow type.

              m   Hash on the Layer 2 destination address of the rx packet.
              v   Hash on the VLAN tag of the rx packet.
              t   Hash on the Layer 3 protocol field of the rx packet.
              s   Hash on the IP source address of the rx packet.
              d   Hash on the IP destination address of the rx packet.
              f   Hash on bytes 0 and 1 of the Layer 4 header of the rx packet.
              n   Hash on bytes 2 and 3 of the Layer 4 header of the rx packet.
              r   Discard all packets of this flow type. When  this  option  is
                  set, all other options are ignored.

       flow-type ether|ip4|tcp4|udp4|sctp4|ah4|esp4
              Inserts or updates a classification rule for the specified flow type.

              ether   Ethernet
              ip4     Raw IPv4
              tcp4    TCP over IPv4
              udp4    UDP over IPv4
              sctp4   SCTP over IPv4
              ah4     IPSEC AH over IPv4
              esp4    IPSEC ESP over IPv4

       For  all fields that allow both a value and a mask to be specified, the mask may be speci‐
       fied immediately after the value using the m keyword, or separately using the  field  name
       keyword with -mask appended, e.g. src-mask.

       src xx:yy:zz:aa:bb:cc [m xx:yy:zz:aa:bb:cc]
              Includes  the  source MAC address, specified as 6 bytes in hexadecimal separated by
              colons, along with an optional mask.  Valid only for flow-type ether.

       dst xx:yy:zz:aa:bb:cc [m xx:yy:zz:aa:bb:cc]
              Includes the destination MAC address, specified as 6 bytes in hexadecimal separated
              by colons, along with an optional mask.  Valid only for flow-type ether.

       proto N [m N]
              Includes the Ethernet protocol number (ethertype) and an optional mask.  Valid only
              for flow-type ether.

       src-ip x.x.x.x [m x.x.x.x]
              Specify the source IP address of the incoming packet to match along with an option‐
              al mask.  Valid for all IPv4 based flow-types.

       dst-ip x.x.x.x [m x.x.x.x]
              Specify  the  destination  IP address of the incoming packet to match along with an
              optional mask.  Valid for all IPv4 based flow-types.

       tos N [m N]
              Specify the value of the Type of Service field in  the  incoming  packet  to  match
              along with an optional mask.  Applies to all IPv4 based flow-types.

       l4proto N [m N]
              Includes  the  layer 4 protocol number and optional mask.  Valid only for flow-type
              ip4.

       src-port N [m N]
              Specify the value of the source port field (applicable to TCP/UDP packets)  in  the
              incoming  packet  to  match along with an optional mask.  Valid for flow-types ip4,
              tcp4, udp4, and sctp4.

       dst-port N [m N]
              Specify the value of the destination port field (applicable to  TCP/UDP  packets)in
              the  incoming  packet  to  match along with an optional mask.  Valid for flow-types
              ip4, tcp4, udp4, and sctp4.

       spi N [m N]
              Specify the value of the security parameter index field (applicable to AH/ESP pack‐
              ets)in  the  incoming packet to match along with an optional mask.  Valid for flow-
              types ip4, ah4, and esp4.

       l4data N [m N]
              Specify the value of the first 4 Bytes of Layer 4 in the incoming packet  to  match
              along with an optional mask.  Valid for ip4 flow-type.

       vlan-etype N [m N]
              Includes the VLAN tag Ethertype and an optional mask.

       vlan N [m N]
              Includes the VLAN tag and an optional mask.

       user-def N [m N]
              Includes 64-bits of user-specific data and an optional mask.

       dst-mac xx:yy:zz:aa:bb:cc [m xx:yy:zz:aa:bb:cc]
              Includes the destination MAC address, specified as 6 bytes in hexadecimal separated
              by colons, along with an optional mask.  Valid for all IPv4 based flow-types.

       action N
              Specifies the Rx queue to send packets to, or some other action.

              -1            Drop the matched flow
              0 or higher   Rx queue to route the flow

       loc N  Specify the location/ID to insert the rule. This will overwrite any rule present in
              that location and will not go through any of the rule ordering process.

       delete N
              Deletes the RX classification rule with the given ID.

       -w --get-dump
              Retrieves  and  prints firmware dump for the specified network device.  By default,
              it prints out the dump flag, version and length of the dump data.  When data is in‐
              dicated, then ethtool fetches the dump data and directs it to a file.

       -W --set-dump
              Sets the dump flag for the device.

       -T --show-time-stamping
              Show the device's time stamping capabilities and associated PTP hardware clock.

       -x --show-rxfh-indir --show-rxfh
              Retrieves the receive flow hash indirection table and/or RSS hash key.

       -X --set-rxfh-indir --rxfh
              Configures the receive flow hash indirection table and/or RSS hash key.

       hkey   Sets RSS hash key of the specified network device. RSS hash key should be of device
              supported length.  Hash key format must be in xx:yy:zz:aa:bb:cc format meaning both
              the nibbles of a byte should be mentioned even if a nibble is zero.

       equal N
              Sets  the  receive  flow  hash indirection table to spread flows evenly between the
              first N receive queues.

       weight W0 W1 ...
              Sets the receive flow hash indirection table to spread flows between receive queues
              according  to  the given weights.  The sum of the weights must be non-zero and must
              not exceed the size of the indirection table.

       -f --flash
              Write a firmware image to flash or other non-volatile memory on the device.

       file   Specifies the filename of the firmware image.  The firmware must first be installed
              in  one  of the directories where the kernel firmware loader or firmware agent will
              look, such as /lib/firmware.

       N      If the device stores multiple firmware images in separate regions  of  non-volatile
              memory,  this  parameter may be used to specify which region is to be written.  The
              default is 0, requesting that all regions are written.  All other values are  driv‐
              er-dependent.

       -l --show-channels
              Queries the specified network device for the numbers of channels it has.  A channel
              is an IRQ and the set of queues that can trigger that IRQ.

       -L --set-channels
              Changes the numbers of channels of the specified network device.

       rx N   Changes the number of channels with only receive queues.

       tx N   Changes the number of channels with only transmit queues.

       other N
              Changes the number of channels used only for other purposes e.g. link interrupts or
              SR-IOV co-ordination.

       combined N
              Changes the number of multi-purpose channels.

       -m --dump-module-eeprom --module-info
              Retrieves  and  if possible decodes the EEPROM from plugin modules, e.g SFP+, QSFP.
              If the driver and module support it, the optical  diagnostic  information  is  also
              read and decoded.

       --show-priv-flags
              Queries the specified network device for its private flags.  The names and meanings
              of private flags (if any) are defined by each network device driver.

       --set-priv-flags
              Sets the device's private flags as specified.

       flag on|off Sets the state of the named private flag.

       --show-eee
              Queries the specified network device for its support of  Energy-Efficient  Ethernet
              (according to the IEEE 802.3az specifications)

       --set-eee
              Sets the device EEE behaviour.

       eee on|off
              Enables/disables the device support of EEE.

       tx-lpi on|off
              Determines whether the device should assert its Tx LPI.

       advertise N
              Sets  the  speeds  for which the device should advertise EEE capabiliities.  Values
              are as for --change advertise

       tx-timer N
              Sets the amount of time the device should stay in idle mode prior to asserting  its
              Tx LPI (in microseconds). This has meaning only when Tx LPI is enabled.

BUGS
       Not supported (in part or whole) on all network drivers.

AUTHOR
       ethtool was written by David Miller.

       Modifications  by  Jeff  Garzik,  Tim Hockin, Jakub Jelinek, Andre Majorel, Eli Kupermann,
       Scott Feldman, Andi Kleen, Alexander Duyck, Sucheta Chakraborty.

AVAILABILITY
       ethtool is available from ⟨http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/⟩



Ethtool version 3.16                      September 2014                               ETHTOOL(8)


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