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ethtool_facts

Custom fact containing ethtool output for every interface.

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Version information

  • 0.1.0 (latest)
released Jul 31st 2023
This version is compatible with:
  • Puppet Enterprise 2023.6.x, 2023.5.x, 2023.4.x, 2023.3.x, 2023.2.x, 2023.1.x, 2021.7.x
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  • Bolt
  • Manual installation
  • Direct download

Add this module to your Puppetfile:

mod 'phihos-ethtool_facts', '0.1.0'
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Add this module to your Bolt project:

bolt module add phihos-ethtool_facts
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Manually install this module globally with Puppet module tool:

puppet module install phihos-ethtool_facts --version 0.1.0

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phihos/ethtool_facts — version 0.1.0 Jul 31st 2023

puppet-ethtool_facts

Custom fact containing ethtool output for every interface.

Table of Contents

  1. Description
  2. Setup
  3. Usage

Description

When attempting to automate NIC tuning via Puppet the built-in facts are a good start but not sufficient. A good example is channel tuning: If you want to set the NIC channels to the maximum value you need to know what the maximum value is. On CLI you can detect that via ethtool -l <interface>. This module takes on the task of reading the output of this and several other ethtool flags to make that information available at catalog compile time.

Setup

Setup Requirements

ethtool must be installed. If not, then the fact will be empty. You need to ensure that the binary is present on you system.

Beginning with ethtool_facts

The very basic steps needed for a user to get the module up and running. This can include setup steps, if necessary, or it can be an example of the most basic use of the module.

Usage

Just install this module and puppet facts | jq '.values.ethtool' should show something like this:

{
  "eno1": {
    "ring": {
      "Pre-set maximums": {
        "RX": "4096",
        "RX Mini": "n/a",
        "RX Jumbo": "n/a",
        "TX": "4096"
      },
      "Current hardware settings": {
        "RX": "4096",
        "RX Mini": "n/a",
        "RX Jumbo": "n/a",
        "TX": "4096"
      }
    },
    "channels": {
      "Pre-set maximums": {
        "RX": "n/a",
        "TX": "n/a",
        "Other": "1",
        "Combined": "63"
      },
      "Current hardware settings": {
        "RX": "n/a",
        "TX": "n/a",
        "Other": "1",
        "Combined": "8"
      }
    },
    "coalesce": {
      "stats-block-usecs": "n/a",
      "sample-interval": "n/a",
      "pkt-rate-low": "n/a",
      "pkt-rate-high": "n/a",
      "rx-usecs": "1",
      "rx-frames": "n/a",
      "rx-usecs-irq": "n/a",
      "rx-frames-irq": "n/a",
      "tx-usecs": "0",
      "tx-frames": "n/a",
      "tx-usecs-irq": "n/a",
      "tx-frames-irq": "n/a",
      "rx-usecs-low": "n/a",
      "rx-frame-low": "n/a",
      "tx-usecs-low": "n/a",
      "tx-frame-low": "n/a",
      "rx-usecs-high": "n/a",
      "rx-frame-high": "n/a",
      "tx-usecs-high": "n/a",
      "tx-frame-high": "n/a"
    },
    "features": {
      "rx-checksumming": "on",
      "tx-checksumming": "on",
      "tx-checksum-ipv4": "off [fixed]",
      "tx-checksum-ip-generic": "on",
      "tx-checksum-ipv6": "off [fixed]",
      "tx-checksum-fcoe-crc": "on [fixed]",
      "tx-checksum-sctp": "on",
      "scatter-gather": "on",
      "tx-scatter-gather": "on",
      "tx-scatter-gather-fraglist": "off [fixed]",
      "tcp-segmentation-offload": "on",
      "tx-tcp-segmentation": "on",
      "tx-tcp-ecn-segmentation": "off [fixed]",
      "tx-tcp-mangleid-segmentation": "off",
      "tx-tcp6-segmentation": "on",
      "generic-segmentation-offload": "on",
      "generic-receive-offload": "on",
      "large-receive-offload": "off",
      "rx-vlan-offload": "on",
      "tx-vlan-offload": "on",
      "ntuple-filters": "off",
      "receive-hashing": "on",
      "highdma": "on [fixed]",
      "rx-vlan-filter": "on",
      "vlan-challenged": "off [fixed]",
      "tx-lockless": "off [fixed]",
      "netns-local": "off [fixed]",
      "tx-gso-robust": "off [fixed]",
      "tx-fcoe-segmentation": "on [fixed]",
      "tx-gre-segmentation": "on",
      "tx-gre-csum-segmentation": "on",
      "tx-ipxip4-segmentation": "on",
      "tx-ipxip6-segmentation": "on",
      "tx-udp_tnl-segmentation": "on",
      "tx-udp_tnl-csum-segmentation": "on",
      "tx-gso-partial": "on",
      "tx-tunnel-remcsum-segmentation": "off [fixed]",
      "tx-sctp-segmentation": "off [fixed]",
      "tx-esp-segmentation": "on",
      "tx-udp-segmentation": "on",
      "tx-gso-list": "off [fixed]",
      "fcoe-mtu": "off [fixed]",
      "tx-nocache-copy": "off",
      "loopback": "off [fixed]",
      "rx-fcs": "off [fixed]",
      "rx-all": "off",
      "tx-vlan-stag-hw-insert": "off [fixed]",
      "rx-vlan-stag-hw-parse": "off [fixed]",
      "rx-vlan-stag-filter": "off [fixed]",
      "l2-fwd-offload": "off",
      "hw-tc-offload": "off",
      "esp-hw-offload": "on",
      "esp-tx-csum-hw-offload": "on",
      "rx-udp_tunnel-port-offload": "on",
      "tls-hw-tx-offload": "off [fixed]",
      "tls-hw-rx-offload": "off [fixed]",
      "rx-gro-hw": "off [fixed]",
      "tls-hw-record": "off [fixed]",
      "rx-gro-list": "off",
      "macsec-hw-offload": "off [fixed]",
      "rx-udp-gro-forwarding": "off",
      "hsr-tag-ins-offload": "off [fixed]",
      "hsr-tag-rm-offload": "off [fixed]",
      "hsr-fwd-offload": "off [fixed]",
      "hsr-dup-offload": "off [fixed]"
    }
  }
}