Oracle® Solaris 11.2 Tunable Parameters Reference Manual

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Updated: December 2014
 
 

max_buf

Description

Defines the maximum send and receive buffer size for a UDP socket. It controls how large the send and receive buffers are set to by an application that uses getsockopt (3SOCKET) .

Default

2,097,152

Range

65,536 to 1,073,741,824

Dynamic?

Yes

When to Change

Increase the value of this parameter to match the network link speed if associations are being made in a high-speed network environment.

Commitment Level

Unstable