Technical Tip: How to increase the receive queue/buffer on the NIC to optimize throughput

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Description	This article describes how to increase the receive queue/buffer on the NIC to optimize throughput.
Scope	FortiGate.
Solution	If rx/tx transmit buffer, then there is one place to that. It is necessary to go to CLI and do the following: config system interface     edit <port number> <----- Replace with the port wanted.         set ring-rx <value>         set ring-tx <value>     next end The output of the following command from FortiGate's CLI displays a wide variety of statistics for FortiGate interfaces: R2D2-kvm19 # diagnose hardware deviceinfo nic-channel < Enter> The following NICs are available: port1 port2 port3 port4 port5 R2D2-kvm19 # diagnose hardware deviceinfo nic-channel port1 Pre-set maximums: RX:             512 TX:             256 Other:          0 Combined:       1 Current hardware settings: RX:             512 TX:             4096 Other:          0 Combined:       1 Related document: https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate-private-cloud/7.2.0/vmware-esxi-administration-guide/77...