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1. Collis Collis Cx COCO CO Cre SOS Cre co o If you use MAC policy you may not see packets on certain interfaces as shown in the example This occurs because two or more clients may have MAC addresses with the last two bits identical See TABLE 1 2 on page 10 for more information Chapter 1 Installing and Configuring the Sun Trunking 1 0 Software 19 20 Using the snoop Command Use the snoop d command to capture and inspect network packets This command enables you to troubleshoot network problems at the packet level allowing examination of the contents of a packet The following shows example output for qfel snoop d qfel Seq 1433697461 Len 14 60 hs4 n hs2 n Seq 14336 vt co 921 Len 14 60 hs4 n hs2 n Seq 14337 ct o 381 Len 14 t11 60 hs4 n hs2 n Seq 14337 ome Es 841 Len 14 60 hs4 net11 hs2 n eq 1521211593 Len 14 ET 60 hs4 net11 hs2 n eq 1521213053 Len 14 t11 60 hs4 net11 hs2 n eq 1521214513 Len 14 E17 60 hs4 net11 hs2 n eq 1521215973 Len 14 t11 60 hs4 net11 hs2 n eq 1521217433 Len 14 60 hs4 net11 hs2 n eq 1521218893 Len 14 t11 60 hs4 n hs2 n Seq 14337 etu 301 Len 14 60 hs4 net11 gt hs2 n t11 tI LIT t112. t cd umount cdrom sun trunking 1 0 f eject cdrom 8 Add etc opt SUNWqfetr bin to your PATH variable and opt SUNWgfetr man to your MANPATH variable You should have now successfully installed the Trunking software Before rebooting your system however you must first configure the Trunking software files as described in the next section Chapter 1 Installing and Configuring the Sun Trunking 1 0 Software 5 Sun Trunking Directories and Files FIGURE 1 1 shows the hierarchy of directories and files for Sun Trunking 1 0 etc kernel opt opt drv SUNWafetr SUNWafetr dfe driver qfe man bin manim man4 man7d Trunking utility Trunking configuration dieti filo afei sh gfetr 1m qfetr sh 4 qfe 7d FIGURE 1 1 Sun Trunking 1 0 Directories and Files 6 Configuring the Trunking Software Before rebooting your system you must first edit and create configuration files that will define how you will link the Quad FastEthernet channels In order to configure these files you will need to know the following for each Quad FastEthernet adapter The device instance numbers of each FastEthernet channel The number of trunks you want per adapter 2 or 4 The device instance number for each trunk optional The trunking policy you want to use media access control MAC or round robin See TABLE 1 2 on page 10 Sun Trunkin
3. v To Edit the qfetr sh File The main configuration file of the Trunking software is the etc opt SUNWqfetr bin qfetr sh file You will define each trunk by adding commands to this file Before editing the qfetr sh file you will need to know how many FastEthernet channels you are going to link into a trunk the first instance number of each trunk also called the trunk head and the trunking policy used in the trunk The two supported trunking policies used in the Trunking software are MAC and round robin TABLE 1 2 lists and defines these policies TABLE 1 2 Supported Trunking Policies Trunking Policy Definition MAC This is the default policy used by the Trunking software This policy uses the last two bits of the MAC address of both the source and destination Round Robin As the name suggests each channel of the trunk is used in turn This policy is useful when connecting two servers back to back since the temporal ordering of the packet is not observed Using a text editor add commands to the qfetr sh file to define your trunking network In the q etr sh file you will need to add lines containing the gfet r command to define the trunked network The format of this command is qfetr setup trunk head instance 1inks lt 214 gt policy 11l2 members lt instance instance In the command above the trunk head instance is the instance number of the first linked channel of the trunk The links optio
4. TABLEP 2 Shell Prompts Shell C shell C shell superuser Bourne shell and Korn shell Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser Sun Trunking 1 0 Installation and User s Guide October 1997 Prompt machine names machine names Related Documentation TABLE P 3 Related Documentation Application Title Part Number Other Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Installation and User s Guide 805 0732 11 Other Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI Installation and User s Guide 805 1797 10 Ordering Sun Documents SunDocsS is a distribution program for Sun Microsystems technical documentation Contact SunExpress for easy ordering and quick delivery You can find a listing of available Sun documentation on the World Wide Web TABLE P 4 SunExpress Contact Information Country Telephone Fax Belgium 02 720 09 09 02 725 88 50 Canada 1 800 873 7869 1 800 944 0661 France 0800 90 61 57 0800 90 61 58 Germany 01 30 81 61 91 01 30 81 61 92 Holland 06 022 34 45 06 022 34 46 Japan 0120 33 9096 0120 33 9097 Luxembourg 32 2 720 09 09 32 2 725 88 50 Sweden 020 79 57 26 020 79 57 27 Switzerland 0800 55 19 26 0800 55 19 27 United Kingdom United States World Wide Web http www 0800 89 88 88 1 800 873 7869 Sun com sunexpress 0800 89 88 87 1 800 944 0661 vii Sun Welcomes Your Comments Please use the Reader Comment Card that accompanies this document We are interested in improving our documentation and welcome your comments and su
5. Caution If you are using gfe as your main network interface do this de installation and installation process from the system console only Make sure no users or applications are on the system since a reboot will be necessary To remove previously installed packages 1 At the system console become superuser oe su Password Type in your superuser password 2 Check to see if any q e packages are currently installed pkginfo grep qfe If no package names appear you can immediately install the Sun Trunking software If previous versions of qfe are installed the package names appear For example if Sun Quad FastEthernet 2 0 is currently installed the following output would appear system SUNWqfed Sun Quad FastEthernet Adapter Driver system SUNWqfedu Sun Quad FastEthernet Adapter Driver Headers 3 Remove all existing qfe packages for example pkgrm SUNWqfed SUNWqfedu Chapter 1 Installing and Configuring the Sun Trunking 1 0 Software 3 Installing the Trunking 1 0 Software The Trunking 1 0 software is composed of three software packages that are distributed on a CD ROM v To Install the Trunking Software Note If the CD ROM drive that you are using for software installation is attached to a remote machine refer to your Solaris installation guide for remote CD ROM access 1 At the system console become superuser root 2 Place the CD ROM in the CD ROM drive 3 Mou
6. links number per Quad FastEthernet adapter 9 MAC networking policy 10 main network interface 3 monitor the network statistics 15 N networking policies MAC Round Robin 10 OpenBoot PROM 25 P path_to_inst 8 Index 27 Q qfe instances 14 qfe packages removing 3 qfetr stats command 19 qfetr conf command 14 21 shows policy 14 qfetr confcommand 8 qfetr debug command 17 qfetr stat trunkhead command monitor network statistics 15 qfetr stats trunkhead interval 16 qfetr sh editing the file 10 R reconfiguration boot 13 requirements hardware software 1 Round Robin networking policy 10 S show devs 25 show devs command 24 snoop d qfel command 20 switch configuration 9 T trunk head 10 trunk head instance 10 trunk head interfaces 14 trunking policy 6 trunks 6 V verify trunking interfaces 14 28 Sun Trunking 1 0 Installation and User s Guide October 1997 Ordering Sun Documents SunDocs is a distribution program for technical documentation and is available from SunExpress order or for more information Country Phone Fax Country Phone Fax Belgium 02 720 09 09 02 725 88 50 Luxembourg 32 2 720 09 09 32 2 725 88 50 Canada 1 800 873 7869 1 800 944 0661 Sweden 020 79 57 26 020 79 57 27 France 0800 90 61 57 0800 90 61 58 Switzerland 0800 55 19 26 0800 55 19 27 Germany 01 30 81 61 91 01 30 81 61 92 United Kingdom 0800 89 88 88 0800 89 88 87 Holla
7. sbus 2 0 SUNW qfe 1 8c30000 3 qfe sbus 2 0 SUNW qfe 1 8c00000 0 qfe sbus 2 0 SUNW qfe 1 8c10000 1 qfe In the example above the SUNW qfe 0 instance is a FastEthernet adapter installed in SBus slot 0 and the four SUNW qfe 1 instances are from a Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter installed in slot 1 For clarity the instance numbers are bold TABLE 1 1 lists the channel number physical name and instance number for each Quad FastEthernet instance on this example system TABLE 1 1 Example Quad FastEthernet Instance Numbers Channel Number Device Name Instance Number 0 sbus 2 0 SUNW qfe 1 8c00000 0 1 sbus 2 0 SUNW qfe 1 8c10000 1 2 sbus 2 0 SUNW qfe 1 8c20000 2 3 sbus 2 0 SUNW qfe 1 8c30000 3 To use the qfetr conf command you must be in the etc opt SUNWqfetr bin directory If you added etc opt SUNWqfetr bin to your search path you will not need to change directories cd etc opt SUNWqfetr bin qfetr conf Name Head Policy QFE Type Original Mac Addr qfe0 qfe0 1 qfe sbus 8 0 20 81 e6 ac qfel qfe0 qfe sbus 8 0 20 81 e6 ac qfe2 qfe0 qfe sbus 8 0 20 81 e6 ac qfe3 qfe0 qfe sbus 8 0 20 81 e6 ac You will need to know the instance numbers of the Quad FastEthernet channels in order to configure the Trunking software 8 Sun Trunking 1 0 Installation and User s Guide October 1997 Number of Links per Quad FastEthernet Adapter The four chan
8. Win 87 Win 87 L TC Win 87 LE Win 87 L TC Win 87 L TC Win 87 L TC Win 87 L TC Win 87 TC Win 87 L TE Win 87 TE Win 87 t11 TE TCE 6 D Uo Va S 328 S 328 S 328 S 328 328 328 328 328 S 328 S 328 S 328 k 3609213440 k 3609213440 k 3609213440 k 3609335122 k 3609335122 k 3609335122 k 3609335122 k 3609335122 k 3609335122 k 3609213440 k 3609213440 In this example if there were packets meant for hostname hs4 net11 but none showed in the output from the snoop command you would know a problem existed In that case you should check your host file network connect or your ethernet switch setup Refer to the snoop 1M man page for more information Sun Trunking 1 0 Installation and User s Guide October 1997 Using the conf Command Use the qfetr conf command to verify your trunking configuration etc opt SUNWqfetr bin qfetr conf Name Head Policy QFE Type Original Mac Addr qfe0 qfe0 t qfe sbus 8 0 20 81 e6 ac qfel qfe0 qfe sbus 8 0 20 81 e6 ac qfe2 qfe0 qfe sbus 8 0 20 81 e6 ac qfe3 qfe0 qfe sbus 8 0 20 81 e6 ac Make sure the Ethernet switch software and the trunking software are configured symmetrically For example both Sun Trunking and the switch should be configured with the same number of links per trunk Once you
9. To Change the hme Device Name to Use the qfe Device Driver 29 iv Sun Trunking 1 0 Installation and User s Guide October 1997 Preface Sun Trunking 1 0 Installation and User s Guide describes how to install and configure the Trunking 1 0 software These instructions are designed for an experienced system administrator with networking knowledge Using UNIX Commands This document may not contain information on basic UNIX commands and procedures such as shutting down the system booting the system and configuring devices See one or more of the following for this information m Solaris 2 x Handbook for SMCC Peripherals m AnswerBook online documentation for the Solaris 2 x software environment m Other software documentation that you received with your system Preface v Typographic Conventions TABLEP 1 Typographic Conventions Typeface or Symbol Meaning AaBbCc123 The names of commands files and directories on screen computer output AaBbCc123 What you type when contrasted with on screen computer output AaBbCc123 Book titles new words or terms words to be emphasized Command line variable replace with a real name or value Examples Edit your login file Use 1s a to list all files 2 You have mail 2 6 SU Password Read Chapter 6 in the User s Guide These are called class options You must be root to do this To delete a file type rm filename Shell Prompts
10. have configured Sun Trunking be sure to re configure your switch to match the trunking configuration Getting Help If you cannot resolve the problems and you have a SunService contract send the information gathered from these commands to your SunService representative You must have the following information ready m Product name and release number Sun Trunking 1 0 Model number of your machine m Solaris release number Use the showrev command to display your software release 9 showrev Hostname proboscis 11 Hostid 8081d6ca Release 5 5 1 Kernel architecture sun4u Application architecture sparc Hardware provider Sun Microsystems Chapter 1 Installing and Configuring the Sun Trunking 1 0 Software 21 22 Sun Trunking 1 0 Installation and User s Guide October 1997 APPENDIX A Changing Device Names to Use the Quad FastEthernet 2 0 Device Driver To use the Sun Quad FastEthernet 2 0 with the qfe driver software you must change the device names of the Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus adapter s four channels These device names must be changed to SUNW gfe so that the device driver can recognize the adapter s four Ethernet channels You must make this change before installing the Sun Quad FastEthernet 2 0 driver software Note This workaround is not supported by the SunService organization If you wish to use the Sun Quad FastEthernet 2 0 driver software contact your local SunService representa
11. Mbps performance with the high density of four high speed 10 100 auto negotiating Ethernet ports Quad FastEthernet delivers scalable bandwidth multi homing and redundancy solutions in a single wide interface card m Load balancing Sun Trunking 1 0 supports true load balancing and failure recovery capabilities It distributes traffic including unicast broadcast and multicast traffic evenly across the aggregated links In the event of a link failure Sun Trunking 1 0 automatically redistributes loads across the remaining links m Single MAC address Because ports aggregated with Sun Trunking 1 0 share a single logical MAC address there is no need to assign individual MAC addresses to aggregated ports Preparing for the Software Installation Before installing the Sun Trunking 1 0 software you should have already installed either the Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus or PCI adapter Refer to either Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter Installation and User s Guide or the Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI Adapter Installation and User s Guide for those installation instructions If you have also installed the driver software that came with it you will have to remove it before installing the Sun Trunking 1 0 software 2 Sun Trunking 1 0 Installation and User s Guide October 1997 Removing Previously Installed qfe Packages If any qfe packages have been previously installed you must remove them before installing Sun Trunking 1 0 packages
12. RUNNING MULTICAST gt mtu 1500 inet 129 144 131 154 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 129 144 131 255 ether 8 0 20 81 e6 ac qfe0 flags 863 lt UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST gt mtu 1500 inet 192 144 11 154 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192 144 11 255 ether 8 0 20 81 e6 ac Even though a trunk may be composed of four linked FastEthernet channels the ifconfig a command will only print out the addressing information for the trunk head interfaces qfe0 in the example above For a more complete listing of the qfe devices use the qfetr conf command This command will print out a list of all of the qfe instances on the system including how the qfe instances are organized into trunks etc opt SUNWqfetr bin qfetr conf ame Head Policy QFE Type Original Mac Addr qfe0 qfe0 1 qfe sbus 8 0 20 81 e6 ac qfel qfe0 qfe sbus 8 0 20 81 e6 ac qfe2 qfe0 qfe sbus 8 0 20 81 e6 ac qfe3 qfe0 qfe sbus 8 0 20 81 e6 ac In the example above the qfe0 interface is the trunk head for a four channel trunk composed of the qfe0 qfel qfe2 and qfe3 interfaces The qfetr conf command will also show the policy of each trunk on the system as well as listing the original MAC address of each interface 14 Sun Trunking 1 0 Installation and User s Guide October 1997 Use the gfetr stat trunkhead command to monitor the network statistics of each interface on the system replace trunkhead with the trunk head inter
13. face number of the trunk you want to monitor etc opt SUNWqfetr bin qfetr stats 0 Name Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Collis Cre 18254004 101 0 0 0 0 qfel 18418495 1150 14496974 0 0 0 qfe2 0 0 13224734 0 0 0 qfe3 635 0 3 0 0 0 This command will list each interface and the network performance statistics summarized in TABLE 14 of the specified trunk TABLE 1 4 Output of the gfetr stats Command Network Statistic Definition Ipkts The number of Ethernet packets inputted into the interface Ierrs The number of errors that occurred while inputting these Ethernet packages Opkts The number of Ethernet packets outputted through the interface Oerrs The number of errors that occurred while outputting these Ethernet packages Collis The number of collisions detected on the interface Crc The number of cyclic redundancy check CRC errors detected on the interface Chapter 1 Installing and Configuring the Sun Trunking 1 0 Software 15 You can also monitor the network statistics of a trunk at regular intervals The full usage of the command is qfetr stats trunkhead interval with interval being the number of seconds between monitoring the trunk s interfaces In the example below the trunk is monitored once each second etc opt SUNWqfetr bin qfetr stats 0 1 ame Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Collis Cre 18254004 101 0 0 0 0 qfel 18418495 1150 14496974 0 0 0 qfe2 0 0 13224734 0 0 0 qfe3 635 0 3 0 0 0 ame Ipkt
14. g 1 0 Installation and User s Guide October 1997 Determining the Instance Numbers of the FastEthernet Channels There are four channels on each Quad FastEthernet adapter FIGURE 1 2 shows the four FastEthernet channels of the Quad FastEthernet SBus adapter FastEthernet Channels FIGURE 1 2 Four Channels of the Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter While these channels are labeled 0 to 3 on the adapter s back plate their device instance numbers are generated by the machine at boot time You will need to know the device instance numbers of these channels before you can configure the Trunking software files You can find the instance numbers in two ways by searching the etc path_to_inst file or by typing qfetr confinthe etc opt SUNWqfetr bin directory Both files contain the physical name the instance number and driver name for each device on the system By searching this file for FastEthernet qfe devices you can find the instance numbers of the Quad FastEthernet channels that will be used with the Trunking software Chapter 1 Installing and Configuring the Sun Trunking 1 0 Software 7 Using the grep command you can search the path to inst file for all of the qfe devices on your system grep qfe etc path_to_inst sbus 3 0 SUNW qfe 0 8c20000 6 qfe sbus 3 0 SUNW qfe 0 8c30000 7 qfe sbus 3 0 SUNW qfe 0 8c00000 4 qfe sbus 3 0 SUNW qfe 0 8c10000 5 qfe sbus 2 0 SUNW qfe 1 8c20000 2 qfe
15. ggestions If a card is not available you can email or fax your comments to us Please include the part number of your document in the subject line of your email or fax message m Email smcc docs sun com m Fax SMCC Document Feedback 1 650 786 6443 viii Sun Trunking 1 0 Installation and Users Guide October 1997 CHAPTER 1 Installing and Configuring the Sun Trunking 1 0 Software Sun Trunking 1 0 software provides the ability to aggregate up to four 10 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet ports into a single virtual link Once aggregated these point to point links act as a single fat pipe to deliver increased performance to areas of the network that are experiencing congestion Hardware and Software Requirements Before installing the Trunking 1 0 software make sure your system meets the following hardware and software requirements Hardware and Software Requirements Hardware Requirements Sun Ultra Sparc system SPARCserver 1000 SPARCcenter 2000 or Sun Ultra Enterprise 3000 4000 5000 or 6000 system Cisco Switch Cat 5000 5002 or 5500 equipped with Fast EtherChannel module Software Requirements e Solaris 2 5 1 2 5 1 Hardware 4 97 and 2 5 1 Hardware 8 97 2 3 CAT 5000 Series Software Key Features Sun Trunking 1 0 consists of the following key features m Fast Ethernet Links The Sun Quad FastEthernet network interface card comprises the heart of Sun Trunking 1 0 Combining 100
16. gl ipg2 adv o OO OO our lp 2f 2f 28 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2 2f 2f 2b BP BD In this instance there are no problems All the links are Up and the speed is 100 Mbps The trunk head is using the qfe1 interface as it was set The trunking policy 1 MAC is set TABLE 1 5 describes the information shown by the qfetr debug command lists likely problems and their solutions TABLE 1 5 Definition Interface name Interface name of trunk head Number of trunking policy 1 is MAC 2 is Round Robin Shows whether link is Up or Down Chapter 1 Output of the qfetr debug Command Problem See 1 Wrong interface listed as the trunk head Incorrect policy Link is Down Solution See Re configure using configuration instructions Re configure using configuration instructions Check connection to the ethernet switch card and cable Installing and Configuring the Sun Trunking 1 0 Software 17 Configuration TABLE 1 5 Definition Problem Output of the qfetr debug Command Continued Solution spd Mode Xcvr ipg adv our lp Shows speed in Mbps Shows whether full duplex Fdx is running Shows whether transceiver is internal Intl or external Shows inner packet gap value ipg0 ipg2 ipg2 Shows the local transceiver capabilities advertised by the hardware Shows the read only transceiver capabilities Shows the read only link partner capabi
17. hapter 1 Installing and Configuring the Sun Trunking 1 0 Software 11 v To Configure the FastEthernet Host Files Before you can use these trunked Ethernet channels you will need to create an etc hostname qfe file and you will need to add an entry in the etc hosts file for each trunk 1 For each trunk create a etc hostname qfe file where corresponds to the instance number used as the trunk head For example if you had two trunks using two channels each you would have to create two files containing the host name of the trunk as seen by network The extensions of these files would have to correspond with the trunk head interface numbers of the trunks TABLE 1 3 Example hostname qfe Files Quad FastEthernet Adapter Filename Trunk Head Instance Number Channels Used in the Trunk etc hostname qfe0 0 0 1 etc hostname qfe2 2 2 3 1 See FIGURE 1 2 on page 7 for more information m The etc hostname qfe file must contain an appropriate host name for the trunk m The host name should be different from any other host name of any other interface for example etc hostname qfe0 and etc hostname qfe2 cannot share the same host name m The host name should have an IP address that should be entered in the etc hosts file see Step 2 Using the example trunk head instance numbers in TABLE 1 3 the following example shows the three etc hostname qfe files required for a system called proboscis which has an onboard FastEther
18. ilisation graphique OPEN LOOK et qui en outre se conforment aux licences crites de Sun CETTE PUBLICATION EST FOURNIE EN L ETAT ET AUCUNE GARANTIE EXPRESSE OU IMPLICITE N EST ACCORDEE Y COMPRIS DES GARANTIES CONCERNANT LA VALEUR MARCHANDE L APTITUDE DELA PUBLICATION A REPONDRE A UNE UTILISATION PARTICULIERE OU LE FAIT QU ELLE NE SOIT PAS CONTREFAISANTE DE PRODUIT DE TIERS CE DENI DE GARANTIE NE S APPLIQUERAIT PAS DANS LA MESURE OU IL SERAIT TENU JURIDIQUEMENT NUL ET NON AVENU Sb 4 Please Adobe PostScript Recycle Contents Preface v Installing and Configuring the Sun Trunking 1 0 Software 1 Hardware and Software Requirements 1 Key Features 2 Preparing for the Software Installation 2 Removing Previously Installed qfe Packages 3 Installing the Trunking 1 0 Software 4 v Tolnstall the Trunking Software 4 Sun Trunking Directories and Files 6 Configuring the Trunking Software 6 Determining the Instance Numbers of the FastEthernet Channels 7 Number of Links per Quad FastEthernet Adapter 9 Configuring the Trunking Software Files 10 v ToEditthe qfetr shFile 10 v To Configure the FastEthernet Host Files 12 Verifying the Trunking Interfaces 14 Disabling the Trunking Interface 16 Troubleshooting 17 Using the debug Command 17 Contents iii Using the stats Command 19 Using the snoop Command 20 Using the conf Command 21 Getting Help 21 A Changing Device Names to Use the Quad FastEthernet 2 0 Device Driver 23 v
19. lities Speed is less than 100 Half duplex hdx is running Transceiver is external Extl See See See See Configure the switch for the proper speed and use the ndd command to check the device status Configure the switch for the proper mode and use the ndd command to check the device status Sun Quad FastEthernet card is probably bad 1 See See See See 1 There are several problems and solutions that might occur for this field Refer to the Quad FastEthernet SBus Adaptor Installation and User s Guide or the Quad FastEthernet PCI Adapter Installation and User s Guide for more information 18 Sun Trunking 1 0 Installation and User s Guide October 1997 Using the stats Command Use the gfetr stats command to check whether network packets are showing in each trunk instance In the following example 1 represents the trunk head instance being monitored Name qfe0 qfel qfe2 qfe3 ame qfe0 qfel qfe2 qfe3 Name qfe0 qfel qfe2 qfe3 Ipkts 81207377 71282679 77501339 0 Ipkts 7614 7307 6896 0 Ipkts 8040 6983 7259 0 Ierrs 221596 273118 271540 0 lIerrs 32 34 40 Ierrs 31 29 30 Opkts 39254129 104051423 97093100 262 Opkts 3549 10756 10073 0 Opkts 3651 10349 9718 0 etc opt SUNWqfetr bin qfetr stats 1 1 Oerrs Ooooo Oerrs OS Oerrs OS Collis
20. n defines the number of channels either 2 or 4 that are linked into a trunk the default value is 4 The policy option can either be the default value of 1 for MAC or 2 for round robin If you want to select your own instance member for a trunk member the instance numbers must belong to the same adapter 10 Sun Trunking 1 0 Installation and User s Guide October 1997 Below are some example gfetr sh entries Note In the examples below the instance numbers found in TABLE 1 1 on page 8 will be used The instance numbers on your system will be different See the Determining the Instance Numbers of the FastEthernet Channels Section for more information For one trunk containing all four channels and using the default MAC trunking policy you would only need to add this line to the qfetr sh file qfetr setup 0 qfe trunk members qfe0 head qfel qfe2 qfe3 After editing the trunking software files run the qfetr conf command again qfetr conf Name Head Policy QFE Type Original Mac Addr qfe0 qfe0 1 qfe sbus 8 0 20 81 e6 ac qfel qfe0 qfe sbus 8 0 20 81 e6 ac qfe2 qfe0 qfe sbus 8 0 20 81 e6 ac qfe3 qfe0 qfe sbus 8 0 20 81 e6 ac For two trunks containing two channels each you would add these two lines qfetr setup 0 links 2 qfetr setup 2 links 2 For one trunk containing two channels and using the round robin policy you would add this line qfetr setup 0 links 2 policy 2 C
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22. nels of the Quad FastEthernet QFE adapter can be linked in a number of ways depending on the needs of your network All four of the channels can be linked into one trunk or two channels can be linked into a trunk FIGURE 1 3 shows three different linking possibilities for a single adapter e I 41 QFE m E QFE i E Adapter m t Adapter i t i t h i h 1 e e All four channels zt Four channels jr linked into one come linked into two trunk j E separate trunks 5 li D 5 S i n w q t y t 1 c c gd h d h q 17 QFE E Adapter o oh 1 e Two channels Dr linked into a D UH trunk with the two i d other channels i used as separate 1 g network interfaces d t 1 h q FIGURE 1 3 Three Trunking Network Configuration Examples The configuration of the Trunking software files will depend on how you want to organize the Ethernet network You must also configure the Ethernet switch software to be symmetrical with how you configured the Trunking software Refer to your Ethernet switch documentation for the switch configuration instructions Chapter 1 Installing and Configuring the Sun Trunking 1 0 Software 9 Configuring the Trunking Software Files After locating the instance numbers of the Quad FastEthernet channels and deciding how you want to organize your network you can begin to configure the Trunking software
23. net device proboscis and two trunks proboscis 11 proboscis 12 f cat etc hostname hme0 proboscis f cat etc hostname qfe0 proboscis 11 cat etc hostname qfe2 proboscis 12 12 Sun Trunking 1 0 Installation and User s Guide October 1997 Note Only trunk heads are visible 2 Create an appropriate entry in the etc hosts file for each trunk Using the example from Step 1 you would have cat etc hosts Internet host table 127 200 1 localhost 129 144 10 57 proboscis loghost 129 144 11 83 proboscis 11 129 144 12 41 proboscis 12 Note Make sure you configure the switch software to be symmetrical with how you configured the Trunking software Refer to your Ethernet switch documentation for instructions After editing these files you will need to reboot your system to make these trunked networks active 3 Shut down your system and perform a reconfiguration boot sync init O Shutdown messages ok boot r Chapter 1 Installing and Configuring the Sun Trunking 1 0 Software 13 Verifying the Trunking Interfaces You can verify trunking networks using the ifconfig and the qfetr commands Use the ifconfig a command to print out the addressing information for each interface on the system usr sbin ifconfig a 100 flags 849 lt UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MULTICAST gt mtu 8232 inet 127 0 0 1 netmask ff000000 hme0 flags 863 lt UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS
24. nt the CD ROM on a local directory If the Volume Manager vold is running on your machine then the CD ROM is mounted automatically under cdrom sun trunking 1 0 when it is loaded in the drive If the Volume Manager vold is not running on your machine create a directory called cdrom sun_trunking_1_0 and mount the CD ROM manually mkdir cdrom sun_trunking_1_0 t mount F hsfs r dev sr0 cdrom sun_trunking_1_0 4 Sun Trunking 1 0 Installation and User s Guide October 1997 4 Install the Sun Trunking 1 0 packages cd cdrom sun trunking 1 0 Product pkgadd d The following then appears indicating the available packages The following packages are available 1 SUNWqfed Sun Quad FastEthernet Adapter Driver sparc 3 0 2 SUNWqfedu Sun Quad FastEthernet Adapter Driver Headers sparc 3 0 3 SUNWgfetr Sun Trunking Utility sparc 1 0 Select package s you wish to process or all to process all packages default all q 5 Type all and press Return to install all software packages 6 After the installation is complete verify that the Sun Trunking 1 0 software packages have been installed pkginfo grep qfe The following packages should appear system SUNWqfed Sun Quad FastEthernet Adapter Driver system SUNWqfedu Sun Quad FastEthernet Adapter Driver Headers applicationSUNWqfetr Sun Trunking Utility 7 After the software has been installed unmount and eject the CD ROM
25. on of the OpenBoot PROM Refer to the OpenBoot Command Reference manual for more information Your system will reset and the banner will be displayed Press the Stop A keys to get to the ok prompt At the ok prompt type show devs to list your system devices and verify that the name property was changed correctly You should see the full path name of the qfe devices similar to the example below sbus 1f 0 SUNW qfe 1 8c30000 sbus 1f 0 SUWN qfe 1 8c20000 sbus 1f 0 SUNW qfe 1 8c10000 sbus 1f 0 SUNW qfe 1 8c00000 Perform a reconfiguration boot on the system ok boot r Note You may need to install a Feature Enhancement patch on your system before you can use the Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter Refer to the Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter Release Notes 805 1444 12 for more information Appendix A Changing Device Names to Use the Quad FastEthernet 2 0 Device Driver 25 26 Sun Trunking 1 0 Installation and User s Guide October 1997 Index C configure switch software 13 configure host files 12 create configuration files 6 D define each trunk 10 device instance 6 device names changing 23 disabling the trunking interface 16 G grep command 8 H hierarchy of directories and files 6 ifconfig a command 14 instance numbers 6 8 determining 7 L link into a trunk 10 linked FastEthernet channels 14 linking channels 9 linking Quad FastEthernet channels 6
26. oun Trunking 1 0 Installation and User s Guide Sun microsystems THE NETWORK IS THE COMPUTER Sun Microsystems Computer Company A Sun Microsystems Inc Business 901 San Antonio Road Palo Alto CA 94303 4900 USA 650 960 1300 fax 650 969 9131 Part No 805 2348 10 Revision A October 1997 Copyright 1997 Sun Microsystems Inc 2550 Garcia Avenue Mountain View California 94043 1100 U S A All rights reserved This product or document is protected by copyright and distributed under licenses restricting its use copying distribution and decompilation No part of this product or document may be reproduced in any form by any means without prior written authorization of Sun and its licensors if any Third party software including font technology is copyrighted and licensed from Sun suppliers Parts of the product may be derived from Berkeley BSD systems licensed from the University of California UNIX is a registered trademark in the U S and other countries exclusively licensed through X Open Company Ltd Sun Sun Microsystems the Sun logo AnswerBook SunDocs and Solaris are trademarks registered trademarks or service marks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the U S and other countries All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International Inc in the U S and other countries Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsy
27. s Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Collis Cre qfe0d 9408 0 0 0 0 0 qfel 9407 0 7681 0 0 0 qfe2 0 0 6773 0 0 0 qfe3 0 0 0 0 0 0 You can also use the netstat 1M command to monitor the network statistics Refer to the netstat 1M man page for more information 16 Disabling the Trunking Interface If you need to disable a trunk for any reason use the qfetr release trunkhead command with trunkhead being the trunk head interface number of the trunk you want to disable etc opt SUNWqfetr bin qfetr release 0 To permanently disable the trunking interface comment out the qfet r command in the etc opt SUNWq etr bin qfetr sh file You will need to reconfigure the etc hostname qfe and etc hosts files if you want to use the FastEthernet channels separately Refer to the Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter Installation and User s Guide more information Sun Trunking 1 0 Installation and User s Guide October 1997 Configuration Name Head Pcy Link Troubleshooting If you have problems with Sun Trunking 1 0 use the following commands to gather information that may help resolve the problems Using the debug Command Use the qfetr debug command to check for configuration and connection problems Name Head Pcy qfe0 qfel qfel qfel 1 qfe2 qfel qfe3 qfel etc opt SUNWqfetr bin qfetr debug Link Spd Up 100 Fdx Intl 16 Up 100 Fdx Intl 16 Up 100 Fdx Intl 16 Up 100 Fdx Intl 16 Mode Xcvr ipg0 ip
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29. tive for assistance or contact your local SunService authorized service provider for information on how to receive a replacement adapter To Change the hme Device Name to Use the qfe Device Driver Shut down your system Use the standard shutdown procedures described in the Solaris 2 x Handbook for SMCC Peripherals 23 2 At the ok prompt type ok setenv use nvramrc true ok show devs The show devs command lists the system devices You should see the full path name of the hme channels similar to the example below sbus 1f 0 SUNW hme 1 8c30000 sbus 1f 0 SUNW hme 1 8c20000 sbus 1f 0 SUNW hme 1 8c10000 sbus 1f 0 SUNW hme 1 8c00000 3 Type ok nvedit 4 Type the following spaces and quotation marks included pressing the Return key at the end of all but the last line 0 probe all install console banner 1 ed full path to channel 15 2 SUNW qfe nameprop 3 device end 4 ed full path to channel 2 gt 5 SUNW qfe nameprop 6 device end 7 ed full path to channel 3 gt 8 SUNW qfe nameprop 9 device end 10 ed full path to channel 45 11 SUNW qfe nameprop 12 device end 5 Press the Control C keys after typing the final device end 6 At the ok prompt type ok nvstore 24 Sun Trunking 1 0 Installation and User s Guide October 1997 7 10 Reset your system Use the command to reset your system that exists in your system s versi
30. un et de ses bailleurs de licence s il y en a Le logiciel d tenu par des tiers et qui comprend la technologie relative aux polices de caract res est prot g par un copyright et licenci par des fournisseurs de Sun Des parties de ce produit pourront tre d riv es des syst mes Berkeley BSD licenci s par l Universit de Californie UNIX est une marque d pos e aux Etats Unis et dans d autres pays et licenci e exclusivement par X Open Company Ltd Sun Sun Microsystems lelogo Sun AnswerBook SunDocs et Solaris sont des marques de fabrique ou des marques d pos es ou marques de service de Sun Microsystems Inc aux Etats Unis et dans d autres pays Toutes les marques SPARC sont utilis es sous licence et sont des marques de fabrique ou des marques d pos es de SPARC International Inc aux Etats Unis et dans d autres pays Les produits portant les marques SPARC sont bas s sur une architecture d velopp e par Sun Microsystems Inc L interface d utilisation graphique OPEN LOOK et Sun a t d velopp e par Sun Microsystems Inc pour ses utilisateurs et licenci s Sun reconna t les efforts de pionniers de Xerox pour la recherche et le d veloppement du concept des interfaces d utilisation visuelle ou graphique pour l industrie de l informatique Sun d tient une licence non exclusive de Xerox sur l interface d utilisation graphique Xerox cette licence couvrant galement les licenci s de Sun qui mettent en place l interface d ut
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