Oracle® Solaris 11.2 Tunable Parameters Reference Manual

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Updated: December 2014
 
 

max_buf

Description

Controls the maximum send and receive buffer size in bytes. It controls how large the send and receive buffers are set to by an application that uses getsockopt (3SOCKET) .

Default

1,048,576

Range

102,400 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