This parameter was enhanced in the Solaris 10 release to deliver IP fragments in batches to the network driver. For more information, see ip_multidata_outbound.
Enables the network stack to send more than one packet at one time to the network device driver during transmission.
Enabling this parameter reduces the per-packet processing costs by improving host CPU utilization, network throughput, or both.
The multidata transmit (MDT) feature is only effective for device drivers that support this feature.
See also tcp_mdt_max_pbufs.
1 (Enabled)
0 (disabled) or 1 (enabled)
Yes
If you do not want this parameter enabled for debugging purposes or for any other reasons, disable it.
Unstable
For information, see ip_multidata_outbound (Solaris 9 Release).