ip_squeue_fanout

Description

Determines the mode of associating TCP/IP connections with squeues

A value of 0 associates a new TCP/IP connection with the CPU that creates the connection. A value of 1 associates the connection with multiple squeues that belong to different CPUs. The number of squeues that are used to fanout the connection is based upon ip_soft_rings_cnt.

Default

0

Range

0 or 1

Dynamic?

Yes

When to Change

Consider setting this parameter to 1 to spread the load across all CPUs in certain situations. For example, when the number of CPUs exceed the number of NICs, and one CPU is not capable of handling the network load of a single NIC, change this parameter to 1.

Zone Configuration

This parameter can only be set in the global zone.

Commitment Level

Unstable

Change History

For information, see ip_squeue_fanout (Solaris 10 11/06 Release).