From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (firstgate.proxmox.com [212.224.123.68]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 73FA9BACFA for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2024 16:51:00 +0100 (CET) Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id DF282316A3 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2024 16:50:59 +0100 (CET) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (proxmox-new.maurer-it.com [94.136.29.106]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTPS for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2024 16:50:59 +0100 (CET) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 13BB7415A9 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2024 16:50:59 +0100 (CET) From: Stefan Sterz To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 16:50:44 +0100 Message-Id: <20240321155044.190520-2-s.sterz@proxmox.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.39.2 In-Reply-To: <20240321155044.190520-1-s.sterz@proxmox.com> References: <20240321155044.190520-1-s.sterz@proxmox.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 0 AWL -0.071 Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address BAYES_00 -1.9 Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% DMARC_MISSING 0.1 Missing DMARC policy KAM_DMARC_STATUS 0.01 Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with Strict Alignment SPF_HELO_NONE 0.001 SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record SPF_PASS -0.001 SPF: sender matches SPF record T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE -0.01 - Subject: [pve-devel] [PATCH docs 2/2] qm: add documentation on configuring multiqueue for windows guests X-BeenThere: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Proxmox VE development discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 15:51:00 -0000 Signed-off-by: Stefan Sterz --- qm.adoc | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/qm.adoc b/qm.adoc index 8630419..711fa3f 100644 --- a/qm.adoc +++ b/qm.adoc @@ -780,6 +780,16 @@ ethtool command: where X is the number of the number of vCPUs of the VM. +To configure a Windows guest for Multiqueue install the +https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.iso[ +Redhat VirtIO Ethernet Adapter drivers], then adapt the NIC's configuration as +follows. Open the device manager, right click the NIC under "Network adapters", +and select "Properties". Then open the "Advanced" tab and select "Receive Side +Scaling" from the list on the left. Make sure it is set to "Enabled". Next, +navigate to "Maximum number of RSS Queues" in the list and set it to the number +of vCPUs of your VM. Once you verified that the settings are correct, click "OK" +to confirm them. + You should note that setting the Multiqueue parameter to a value greater than one will increase the CPU load on the host and guest systems as the traffic increases. We recommend to set this option only when the VM has to -- 2.39.2