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1. Also set the txqueuelen on your Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter If your adapter was configured as eth2 you would the following ifconfig eth2 mtu 16110 txqueuelen 1000 up call the sysctl utility to modify proc sys entries update the location of the sysctl_ixge conf file as appropriate sysctl p sysctl_ixge conf Appendix D Installing the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet Device Driver on Linux Platforms 59 2 Create the conf file for example sysctl_ixge conf that will be called by the sysctl utility IPV4 specific settings turns TCP timestamp support off default 1 reduces CPU use net ipv4 tcp_timestamps 0 turn SACK support off default on systems with a VERY fast bus gt memory interface this is the big gainer net ipv4 tcp_sack 0 sets min default max TCP read buffer default 4096 87380 174760 net ipv4 tcp_rmem 10000000 10000000 10000000 sets min pressure max TCP write buffer default 4096 16384 131072 net ipv4 tcp_wmem 10000000 10000000 10000000 sets min pressure max TCP buffer space default 31744 32256 32768 net ipv4 tcp_mem 10000000 10000000 10000000 CORE settings mostly for socket and UDP effect maximum receive socket buffer size default 131071 net core rmem_max 524287 maximum send socket buffer size default 131071 net core wmem_max 524287 default receive socket buffer size default 65535 net core rmem_ default 524287 default send socket buffer si
2. instance of 0 belonging to a member of two VLANs with VID 123 and 224 you would use ixge123000 and ixge224000 respectively as the two VLAN PPAs 42 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 2 Use the ifconfig 1M to configure a VLAN virtual device for example ifconfig ixge123000 plumb up ifconfig ixge4000 plumb up The output of ifconfig a on a system having VLAN devices ixge123000 and ixge224000 ifconfig a 100 flags 1000849 lt UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MULTICAST IPv4 gt mtu 8232 index 1 inet 127 0 0 1 netmask 000000 hme0 flags 1000843 lt UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST IPv4 gt mtu 1500 index 2 inet 129 144 131 91 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 129 144 131 255 ether 8 0 20 a4 4f b8 ixge123000 flags 1000843 lt UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST IPv4 gt mtu 1500 ii inet 199 199 123 3 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 199 199 123 255 ether 8 0 20 a4 4f b8 ixgee224000 flags 1000843 lt UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST IPv4 gt mtu 1500 4 inet 199 199 224 3 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 199 199 224 225 ether 8 0 20 a4 4f b8 3 On the switch set VLAN tagging and set VLAN ports to coincide with the VLANs you ve set up on the server Using the examples in Step 2 you would set up VLAN ports 123 and 224 on the switch Refer to the documentation that came with your switch for specific instructions for setting VLAN tagging and ports Chapter 4 Configuring VLANs
3. 27 Setting Parameters Using the ndd Utility 27 v To Specify Device Instances for the ndd Utility 27 Noninteractive and Interactive Modes 28 v To Use the ndd Utility in Noninteractive Mode 28 v To Use the ndd Utility in Interactive Mode 29 Setting Parameters Using the ixge conf File 30 v To Set Driver Parameters Using a ixge conf File 30 10 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Operating Statistics 32 v To Check Link Partner Settings 35 v To Discover Device Capabilities 37 v To Discover Link Settings 38 iv Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 Configuration Checking 38 Configuring VLANs 39 Overview of VLANs 39 Configuring VLANs 41 v To Configure Static VLANs 42 Specifications 45 Performance Specifications 45 Physical Characteristics 46 Power Requirements 46 Diagnostic Software 47 SunVTS Diagnostic Software 47 Updating SunVTS to Recognize the Adapter 48 v To Update SunVTS to Recognize the Adapter 48 Using the SunVTS netlbtest 49 v To Usethe netlbtest 49 Installing the ixge Driver Software Manually 51 v To Install the ixge Driver Software Manually 51 Installing the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet Device Driver on Linux Platforms 55 Setting Up the Driver in a Linux Platform 55 v To Set Up the Driver in a Linux Platform 55 Tuning for Maximum Performance 59 Setting Driver Parameters in a Linux Environment 60 v To Set ixge Parameters in a Linux Environment 61 v To Configure VLANs ina Linux Environment 6
4. 43 44 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 APPENDIX A Specifications This appendix provides specifications for the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X adapter m Performance Specifications on page 45 m Physical Characteristics on page 46 m Power Requirements on page 46 Performance Specifications TABLE A 1 Performance Specifications Feature Specification PCI X clock 66 to 133 MHz max PCI clock 66 MHz PCI I O voltage 3 3V PCI data burst transfer rate PCI data address width PCI modes Maximum Ethernet transfer rate Optics Up to 64 byte bursts 64 bit Master slave 10 Gbps Ethernet XG Base SR XG Base LR and IEEE 802 ae 2002 compliant 45 Physical Characteristics TABLE A 2 Physical Characteristics Dimension Measurement Length 6 6 inches 167 64 mm Width 2 536 inches 64 61 mm Height Height on component side 0 57 inches 14 48 mm Height on back side 0 105 inches 2 67 mm Power Requirements TABLE A 3 Power Requirements Specification Measurement Maximum power consumption 11 Watts Voltage 3 3V and 5V 46 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 APPENDIX B Diagnostic Software This appendix provides an overview of the SunVTS diagnostic application and instructions for updating the SunVTS software to recognize the adapter This appendix contains the followin
5. Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Fiber Optic Channels Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 Features The Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X adapter addresses the following requirements and provides additional features and benefits One full duplex 10 gigabit Ethernet interface that uses a small form factor pluggable XFP optical transceiver duplex LC fiber connector PCI X 133MHz compatible and PCI 66 MHz compliant Uses the Intel 82597EX PCI X MAC controller Uses XAUI to XFI Serdes Dynamic reconfiguration DR and redundancy failover support kstat and snoop support Support for promiscuous and multicast modes Jumbo frames support up to 8170 bytes Low profile 64 bit PCI X plug in card PCI Local Bus Rev 2 3 compliant 6 6 inch x 2 536 inch short card Implements PCI X addendum to PCI Local Bus specifications Revision 1 0A IPv4 IPv6 and IPMP support TCP UDP and IP hardware checksum offload 802 10 VLAN support IEEE 802 3ad link aggregation trunking NDD physical layer management configuration capability Chapter 1 Product Overview 5 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 CHAPTER 2 Installing the Adapter This chapter describes how to install the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X adapter in your system and verify that it has been installed correctly The chapter then describes how to install the driver software using
6. Utility with the 10 Gigabit Ethernet driver on the Solaris 9 Operating System verify the proper patch revision using the following command showrev p grep 114600 If the patch version is less then 114600 04 update the VLAN Utility software by installing the 114600 04 patch 52 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 4 Install the patch patchadd 10 GigabitEthernet Solaris 9 sparc Patches 114600 04 5 Check to see if vlan drivers are installed on the system m If you are using a Solaris SPARC system usr bin pkginfo SUNWvld SUNWvldx system SUNWv1d Sun Ethernet Vlan Utility Routines system SUNWv1dx Sun Ethernet Vlan Utility Routines 64 bit a If you do not see the previous output the VLAN Utility software is not installed on your system You may install the optional VLAN packages if desired in the following step m If you do see the previous output do not reinstall the VLAN Utility software Select only the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet Driver packages 6 Install the software packages by typing the following at the command line replacing the OS_VER with your version of the Solaris operating system m If your system is running Solaris 9 or 10 software type the following usr sbin pkgadd d cdrom cdrom0 10_GigabitEthernet Solaris_OS_VER ARCH Packages where OS_VER is 9 or 10 and ARCH is sparc For example if your system is running the Solaris 9 SPARC o
7. bytes XsumRX Valid Range 0 1 Default Value 1 A value of 1 indicates that the driver should enable IP checksum offload for received packets both UDP and TCP to the adapter hardware 62 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 V To Configure VLANs in a Linux Environment 1 Ensure that the ixge module is loaded modprobe ixge 2 Plumb the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X interface ifconfig eth2 xxx xxx xx xxx up where xxx xxx xx xxx the IP address of the interface 3 Insert the vlan module sbin insmod 8021q 4 Add vlan instance VID sbin vconfig add eth2 5 5 Configure ixge vlan eth2 in this example ifconfig eth2 5 XXX XXx xx XXX up where xxx xxx xx xxx the IP address of the interface Vv To Configure Bonding for Multiple ixge Interfaces 1 Modify etc modules conf file by adding these lines alias bond0 bonding options bonding max_bonds 2 mode 4 miimon 1000 Where bondo is the bonding device max_bonds is the number of bond interfaces to be created mode specifies the bonding policies miimon is the frequency in milliseconds that MII link monitoring will occur Refer to Linux documentation for more information Appendix D Installing the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet Device Driver on Linux Platforms 63 2 Load the bonding driver modprobe bonding 3 Configure bondO interface In th
8. driver software using the automated script Chapter 3 describes how to configure the driver parameters used by the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X adapter Chapter 4 explains VLANs in detail and provides configuration instructions and examples Appendix provides specifications for the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Xadapter Appendix B provides an overview of the SunVTS diagnostic application and instructions for updating the SunVTS software to recognize the adapter Appendix C describes how to install the driver software manually Appendix D explains how to install and configure the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X device driver in a Linux environment xiii Using UNIX Commands This document might not contain information on basic UNIX commands and procedures such as shutting down the system booting the system and configuring devices Refer to the following for this information a Software documentation that you received with your system a Solaris Operating System documentation which is at https docs isun com xiv Shell Prompts Shell Prompt C shell C shell superuser Bourne shell and Korn shell Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser machine name machine name Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 Typographic Conventions Typeface Meaning Examples AaBbCc123 The names of commands files Edit your login file and dir
9. into a CD ROM drive that is connected to your system If your system is running Sun Enterprise Volume Manager it should automatically mount the CD ROM to the cdrom cdrom0 directory m If your system is not running Sun Enterprise Volume Manager mount the CD ROM as follows mount F hsfs o ro dev dsk c0t6d0s2 cdrom cdrom0 Note If you are installing the software from the download site follow the online download instructions 3 Change to the directory were the installation script resides cd media path where a media path cdrom cdrom0 if you are installing from the CD ROM unzipped 10 Gigabit path Sun_10 Gigabit_Ethernet_Driver if you downloaded the driver from the Sun download center 4 Execute the installation script install Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter 15 Note After the installation script runs you see a summary of the software package or patch that was installed You can also find a log of the installation in var tmp The log file information is displayed when the installation completes unless the software meets or exceeds the required package or patch level You ll see the following output CODE EXAMPLE 2 1 Typical Install Script Output install 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Driver for sparc Installation Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems Inc All rights reserved Use is subject to license terms Checking for correct ver
10. modinfo grep IXGB 267 1331c11 11e0e 271 1 ixgb Configuring the Network Host Files for SPARC Platforms After installing the driver software you must create a hostname ixgenumber file where number the instance number of the ixge interface for the adapter s Ethernet interface You must also create both an IP address and a host name for its Ethernet interface in the etc hosts file the interface A Caution Ensure that the optical transceiver is correctly seated before configuring 18 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 1 At the command line use the grep command to search the etc path_to_inst file for ixge interfaces grep ixge etc path_to_inst pci 9 600000 ethernet 1 0 ixge In the example above the device instance is from a Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X adapter For clarity the instance number is in bold italics 2 Use the ifconfig command to set up the adapter s ixge interface Use the ifconfig command to assign an IP address to the network interface Type the following at the command line replacing ip address with the adapter s IP address ifconfig ixge0 plumb ip address up Caution If the optical transceiver is unplugged after the interface has been configured using the ifconfig command you must unconfigure and reconfigure the interface On Solaris operating systems use the following commands to unconf
11. 0 ixgb is the bundled driver for the adapter ixgb supports x86 x64 platforms only bundled with the Solaris OS You must download and install the ixge driver for Caution The ixge driver is required for SPARC platforms The ixge driver is not SPARC platforms if you upgrade to Solaris 10 or later Go to the following URL to download and install the ixge driver for SPARC platforms See Chapter 2 for installation details http www sun com products networking ethernet 10gigabitetherne t support xml Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and Users Guide July 2008 Note The ixge driver package contains Solaris 10 and Solaris 9 OS ixge drivers The bundled install script installs the correct driver based on the OS Hardware and Software Requirements The following table lists the hardware and software reqirements Also refer to http wikis sun com display PlatformloSupport KirkwoodSingle10GbE Requirements Description Hardware SPARC Servers Sun Fire V215 Not Supported Sun Fire V240 Not Supported Sun Fire V245 Not Supported Sun Fire V250 Not Supported Sun Fire V440 1 card Sun Fire V445 1 card Sun Fire V480 1 card Sun Fire V490 1 card Sun Fire V880 2 cards Sun Fire V880z 2 cards Sun Fire V890 2 cards Sun Fire T2000 1 card Sun Fire T1000 Not Supported Sun Fire V1280 2 cards Sun Fire E2
12. 0000 03000810 00000000 00000000 00000000 00008000 01000820 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000020 compatible 70 63 69 38 30 38 36 2c 31 30 34 38 2e 38 30 38 name ethernet 66mhz capable devsel speed 00000001 class code 00020000 interrupts 00000001 latency timer 00000040 cache line size 00000010 max latency 00000000 min grant O00000f subsystem id 00007036 subsystem vendor id 0000108e revision id 00000002 device id 00001048 vendor id 00008086 ok 5 Type the following when you finish looking at the properties values ok device end Rebooting the System After verifying the adapter installation use the boot r command to perform a reconfiguration boot on your system ok boot r Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter 13 V To Verify Hardware Installation on an x86 or x64 Platform After the Solaris OS boots execute the prtconf pv command prtconf pv compatible pci8086 1048 108e a11f 2 pci8086 1048 108e a11f pcil08e al1f pci8086 1048 2 pci8086 1048 pciclass 020000 pciclass 0200 vendor id 00008086 Installing the Adapter With Dynamic Reconfiguration on SPARC Platforms If you have a Sun Enterprise system that supports dynamic reconfiguration DR you do not have to reboot your system after installing the adapter The process of adding and configuring an adapter with DR involves connecting the attachment point and configuring its o
13. 3 v To Configure Bonding for Multiple ixge Interfaces 63 Contents v vi Index 1 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 FIGURE 1 1 FIGURE 1 2 FIGURE 4 1 FIGURE 4 2 Figures Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter With Optical Transceiver Installed 2 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Fiber Optic Channels 4 Example of Servers Supporting Multiple VLANs With Tagging Adapters 40 Ethernet Tag Header Format 42 vii viii Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 Tables TABLE 3 1 TABLE 3 2 TABLE 3 3 TABLE 3 4 TABLE 3 5 TABLE 3 6 TABLE A 1 TABLE A 2 TABLE A 3 TABLE B 1 TABLE C 1 TABLE D 1 ixge Driver Parameter Status and Descriptions 24 Read Write Flow Control Keyword Descriptions 25 RX Blanking Register for Alias Read 25 accept jumbo Parameters 26 Read Only ixge Device Capabilities 32 Receive and Transmit Parameters 33 Performance Specifications 45 Physical Characteristics 46 Power Requirements 46 SunVTS Documentation 48 Files and Directories on the CD ROM 52 Tunable ixge Driver Parameters for Linux Operating Systems 62 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 Declaration of Conformity Compliance Model Number Kirkwood Product Family Name Sun 10 GB Ethernet PCIX X5558A EMC USA FCC Class A This equipment complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is su
14. 900 2 per domain Sun Fire 4800 2 per domain Sun Fire E4900 2 per domain Sun Fire 6800 2 per domain Sun Fire E6900 2 per domain SPARC Enterprise M4000 Not Supported SPARC Enterprise M5000 Not Supported Chapter 1 Product Overview 3 Requirements Description SPARC Enterprise M8000 Not Supported e SPARC Enterprise M9000 Not Supported e Sun Fire E20K 2 per domain e Sun Fire E25K 2 per domain Hardware x64 Servers continued Sun Fire V20z Not Supported e Sun Fire V40Z 2 cards e Sun Fire X2100 Not Supported e Sun Fire X2100 M2 1 card e Sun Fire X2200 M2 Not Supported e Sun Fire X4100 1 card e Sun Fire X4200 1 card e Sun Fire X4100 M2 1 card e Sun Fire X4200 M2 1 card e Sun Fire X4600 M2 2 cards Hardware NEBS Servers continued e Netra T2000 Not Supported e Netra 4200 M2 Not Supported e Netra 240 Not Supported e Netra 440 1 card e Netra 1280 1 card Operating SPARC platforms Solaris 9 Update 4 OS and later Systems x86 x64 platforms Solaris 10 Update 3 OS and later Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 0 Drivers SPARC Platforms e The unbundled ixge driver is required for all SPARC platforms See New ixgb x86 x64 Only Driver Bundled With Solaris 10 and Later on page 2 x86 or x64 Platforms e As of Solaris 10 the bundled ixgb driver is required for all x86 or x64 platforms FIGURE 1 2 Sun 10
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17. ame Values Description rx_intr_pkts 0 to 511 Interrupt after this number of packets have arrived since the last packet was serviced A value of zero indicates no packet blanking Default 3 rx_intr_time 0 to 32768 Interrupt after 4 5 US ticks have elapsed since the last packet was serviced A value of zero indicates no time blanking Default 0 Chapter 3 Configuring ixge Driver Parameters for SPARC Platforms 25 Jumbo Frames The variable accept jumbo enables the driver to instruct the upper layers that the driver is operating in Jumbo frame mode TABLE 3 4 accept jumbo Parameters Parameter Values Description accept jumbo 1 Enables Jumbo frame mode and sets MTU to greater than 1500 0 Jumbo frames is not enabled MTU is at 1500 Refer to the documentation that came with your switch for exact commands to configure jumbo frames support V To Configure Jumbo Frames Using ndd 1 Unplumb the interface you want to configure Jumbo Frames on 2 Kill any snoop or netstat processes running over the interface to be configured 3 Set the instance number ndd set dev ixge instance 0 6 In this example the instance number set is 0 4 Set the instance to accept jumbo frames ndd set dev ixge accept jumbo 1 5 Plumb the interface up ifconfig ixgeO plumb XXX xxx xx XXX up where xxx xxx xx xxx the IP address of the interface Vv To Configure Jumbo Frames
18. arameters The ixge device sources transmits and terminates receives pause frames conforming to the IEEE 802 3x Frame Based Link Level Flow Control Protocol In response to received flow control frames the ixge device can slow down its transmit rate The ixge device is capable of sourcing flow control frames by requesting the link partner to slow down provided that the link partner supports this feature By default the driver advertises both transmit and receive pause capability during autonegotiation 24 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 TABLE 3 2 provides flow control keywords and describes their function TABLE 3 2 Read Write Flow Control Keyword Descriptions Keyword Description adv_asmpause_cap The adapter supports asymmetric pause which means it can pause only in one direction 0 Off default 1 On adv_pause_cap This parameter has two meanings each depending on the value of adv_asmpause_cap Default 0 e If adv_asmpause_cap 1 while adv_pause_cap 1 pauses are received e If adv_asmpause_cap 1 while adv_pause_cap 0 pauses are transmitted e If adv_asmpause_cap 0 while adv_pause_cap 1 pauses are sent and received e If adv_asmpause_cap 0 then adv_pause_cap determines whether Pause capability is on or off Interrupt Parameters TABLE 3 3 describes the receive interrupt blanking values TABLE 3 3 RX Blanking Register for Alias Read Field N
19. ault Read from the EEPROM If EEPROM is not detected default is 3 This parameter controls the automatic generation Tx and response Rx to Ethernet PAUSE frames RxDescriptiors Valid Range 64 4096 Default Value 1024 This value is the number of receive descriptors allocated by the driver Increasing this value allows the driver to buffer more incoming packets Each descriptor is 16 bytes A receive buffer is also allocated for each descriptor and can be either 2048 4056 8192 or 16384 bytes depending on the MTU setting When the MTU size is 1500 or less the receive buffer size is 2048 bytes When the MTU is greater than 1500 the receive buffer size will be either 4056 8192 or 16384 bytes The maximum MTU size is 16114 RxIntDelay Valid Range 0 65535 0 off Default Value 72 This value delays the generation of receive interrupts in units of 0 8192 microseconds Receive interrupt reduction can improve CPU efficiency if properly tuned for specific network traffic Increasing this value adds extra latency to frame reception and can end up decreasing the throughput of TCP traffic If the system is reporting dropped receives this value may be set too high causing the driver to run out of available receive descriptors TxDescriptors Valid Range 64 4096 Default Value 256 This value is the number of transmit descriptors allocated by the driver Increasing this value allows the driver to queue more transmits Each descriptor is 16
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21. c full duplex capable 32 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 TABLE 3 5 Read Only ixge Device Capabilities Continued Parameter Description Local interface Capabilities cap_10hdx cap_asm_pause cap_pause Local interface half duplex capability 0 Not 10 Mbit sec half duplex capable 1 10 Mbit sec half duplex capable Local interface flow control capability 0 Not asymmetric pause capable 1 Asymmetric pause from the local device capable Local interface flow control capability 0 Not Symmetric pause capable 1 Symmetric pause capable TABLE 3 6 describes the kstat ixge 1 receive and transmit parameters TABLE 3 6 Receive and Transmit Parameters Parameter Description 1b_mode Copy of the Loopback mode the device is in if any rev_id Revision ID of the 10 Gigabit Ethernet device useful for rx_allocb_fail rx_hdr_drops rx_hdr_pkts rx_inits rx_jumbo_pkts rx_len_mm rx_msgdup_fail rx_mtu_drops rx_new_hdr_pgs rx_new_mtu_pgs recognition of device being used in the field Number of times the driver failed to allocate OS receive buffer Number of times an entire page of packets less than 256 bytes each was dropped because the driver was unable to map a new page to replace it Number of packets received that were less than 256 bytes Number of packets received Number of jumbo packets received Receive length error count Number of time
22. ccupant In most cases the cfgadm 1M command can perform both steps at once Note If you have a Sun Enterprise system that supports dynamic reconfiguration DR refer to the Sun Enterprise Dynamic Reconfiguration User s Guide and your system s documentation for further information about dynamic reconfiguration DR is not supported in the Solaris x86 operating system Using the Installation Script The Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet CD provides automated installation for the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X driver software In most cases you can use the following procedure and execute the installation script If you have any problems see Appendix C for manual installation procedures The script first checks to ensure that the software driver package has already been installed If the package is installed the script verifies the patch level and updates the driver with the updated patch if necessary If the packages are not installed on 14 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 Solaris 9 or 10 software the installation script installs the latest prepatched packages If the system does not require updating because the patch level is at or beyond the current installed version the script exits with an appropriate message V To Install the Software Using the Installation Script on a SPARC Platform 1 At the system console become superuser root 2 Insert the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter CD
23. d due to full h w FIFO Number of packets dropped due to service FIFO Number of times driver able to reuse a system page Number of packets that were split across two pages System snapshot time in seconds A value of 1 indicates that a link is aggregated Number of times driver failed to duplicate a packet on transmit Number of packets that used DDILDMA Number of times a page table entry was not available to enable the driver to map the kernel memory to device accessible memory for transmission Number of packets that used dvma Number of packets that used bcopy buffer copy Number of packets greater that Ethernet MTU of 1522 Maximum number of transmits pending on any of the four queues Number of times driver failed to duplicate a packet for promiscuous stream Number of tx packets dropped due to full descriptor ring Number of times that the driver attempted to transmit a packet GMII MII physical layer device address for management interface Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 TABLE 3 6 Receive and Transmit Parameters Parameter Description xcvr_id GMII MII physical layer device Identification Decimal copy of MII registers 2 and 3 xcvr_inits Number of physical layer re initializations incremented each time link parameters are changed using NDD xcvr_inuse Type of Transceiver SERDES which is always PCS 3 To Check Link Partner S
24. e conf file in the platform sun4u kernel drv directory Use a ixge conf file when you need to set a particular parameter for a device in the system The parameters you can set are the read and write parameters listed in 10 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Parameter Values and Definitions on page 24 Note Configuring the parameters by putting ndd commands in rcX d scripts is not supported The man pages for prtconf 1M and driver conf 4 include additional details The next procedure shows an example of setting parameters in a ixge conf file To access any man page type the man command plus the name of the man page For example to access man pages for prtconf 1M type man prtconf V To Set Driver Parameters Using a ixge conf File 1 Obtain the hardware path names for the ixge devices in the device tree a Check the etc driver_aliases file to identify the name associated with a particular device grep ixge etc driver_aliases ixge pci8086 1048 108e 7036 Note ixge pci8086 1048 108e 7036 is used by the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter b Locate the path names and the associated instance numbers in the etc path_to_inst file grep ixge etc path_to_inst pci 9 600000 ethernet 1 0 ixge 30 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 In this example The first part within the double quotes specifies the hardware node name in th
25. e device tree The number not enclosed in quotes is the instance number shown in bold italics The last part in double quotes is the driver name a In the hardware node name the last component after the last character and before the character is the device name The path name before the last component is the parent name a The number after the final character within quotes is the unit address To identify a PCI device unambiguously in the ixge conf file use the name parent name and the unit address for the device Refer to the pci 4 man page for more information about the PCI device specification 2 Set the parameters for the above devices in the platform sun4u kernel drv ixge conf file In the following example the accept jumbo parameter is set to enable jumbo frames for all Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet devices See the driver conf 4 man page for more information accept jumbo 1 In the following example the accept jumbo parameter is set to enable jumbo frames is set for a single instance of the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet device In this example m parent pci 8 600000 m unit address 0 name pci8086 1048 108e 7036 parent pci 8 600000 unit address 0 accept jumbo 1 Note If you omit the name parent and unit address definitions the settings become global to all Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet instances 3 Save the ixge conf file Chapter 3 Configuring ixge Driver Parameter
26. ectories on screen Use 1s a to list all files computer output You have mail AaBbCc123 What you type when contrasted su with on screen computer output password AaBbCc123 Book titles new words or terms Read Chapter 6 in the User s Guide words to be emphasized These are called class options Replace command line variables You must be superuser to do this with real names or values To delete a file type rm filename The settings on your browser might differ from these settings 8 y 8 8 Accessing Sun Documentation You can view print or purchase a broad selection of Sun documentation including localized versions at http decs lt un com Third Party Web Sites Sun is not responsible for the availability of third party web sites mentioned in this document Sun does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content advertising products or other materials that are available on or through such sites or resources Sun will not be responsible or liable for any actual or alleged damage or loss caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content goods or services that are available on or through such sites or resources Preface Xv Contacting Sun Technical Support If you have technical questions about this product that are not answered in this document go to http www sun com service contacting Sun Welcomes Your Comments Sun is interested in imp
27. ervers and five clients The LAN is logically organized into three different VLANs each representing a different IP subnet a VLAN 1 is an IP subnet consisting of the Main Server Client 3 and Client 5 This represents an engineering group 40 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 m VLAN 2 includes the Main Server Clients 1 and 2 by means of a shared media segment and Client 5 This is a software development group m VLAN 3 includes the Main Server the Accounting Server and Client 4 This is an accounting group The Main Server is a high use server that needs to be accessed from all VLANs and IP subnets The server has a Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter installed All three IP subnets are accessed by means of the single physical adapter interface The server is attached to one of the switch s Gigabit Ethernet ports which is configured for VLANs 1 2 and 3 Both the adapter and the connected switch port have tagging turned on Because of the tagging VLAN capabilities of both devices the sever is able to communicate on all three IP subnets in this network but continues to maintain broadcast separation between all of them The following list describes the components of this network m The Accounting Server is available to VLAN 3 only It is isolated from all traffic on VLANs 1 and 2 The switch port connected to the server has tagging turned off m Clients 1 and 2 are attached to a shared
28. ettings Type the kstat command as superuser CODE EXAMPLE 3 1 Output from kstat Command kstat ixge 1 module ixge name ixgel brdcstrev brdcstxmt cap_1000fdx cap_1000hdx cap_100fdx cap_100hdx cap_100T4 cap_10fdx cap_10gfdx cap_10ghdx cap_10hdx cap_asmpause cap_autoneg cap_pause crc_err crtime ierrors ifspeed ipackets ipackets64 1b_mode link_asmpause link_duplex link_pause link_speed link_T4 link_up instance 1 class net 47 15892392 0000000000 0000 AD OR O O O O RA tee ODO O O OOO MAO OGO OO O O a OG Chapter 3 Configuring ixge Driver Parameters for SPARC Platforms 35 CODE EXAMPLE 3 1 Output from kstat Command Continued hb local_faults mac_mtu multircv multixmt norcvbuf noxmtbuf obytes obytes64 oerrors opackets opackets64 pci_bad_ack_err pci_bus_speed pci_dmarz_err pci_dmawz_err pci_drto_err pci_err pci _parity_err pci_rma_err pci_rta_err pcix_bus_mode promisc qos_mode rbytes rbytes64 remote_faults rev_id rx_allocb_fail rx_hdr_drops rx_hdr_pkts rx_inits rx_jumbo_pkts rx_len_mm rx_msgdup_fail rx_mtu_drops rx_mtu_pkts rx_new_hdr_pgs rx_new_mtu_pgs rx_new_nxt_pgs rx_new_pages rx_no_buf rx_nocanput rx_no_comp_wb rx_nxt_drops rx_ov_flow rx_pkts_dropped rx_reused_pgs 8726 DGOOOOOOOOOCOCOOOoOCOCOoNHOOOOMOOOOOOOMOOOCOCOCOOOOO 36 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 CODE EXAMPLE 3 1 Outpu
29. f file alias eth2 ixge alias eth3 ixge Appendix D Installing the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet Device Driver on Linux Platforms 57 10 Use the ethtool command to check the parameter configurations that apply to the ixge driver ethtool eth3 Settings for eth3 Supported ports FIBRE Supported link modes 10000baseT Full Supports auto negotiation Yes Advertised link modes 10000baseT Full Advertised auto negotiation Yes Speed 10000Mb s Duplex Full Port FIBRE PHYAD 0 Transceiver internal Auto negotiation on Current message level Ox000000ff 255 Link detected yes 58 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 Tuning for Maximum Performance The following tunings will improve the performance of the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet device driver on a system running the Linux operating system 1 Create a performance tuning script for example ixge_perf sh and edit this file to add the interface or device ID of Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter bin bash echo configuring network performance set mmrbc to 4k reads modify only Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet device IDs replace 1a48 with appropriate Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet device s ID installed on the system if needed setpci d 8086 1048 e6 b 2e set the MTU max transmission unit it requires your switch and clients to change too and should support the value you provide here
30. following command to get the information kstat ixge 0 grep mac_mtu mac_mtu 8192 Layer 3 Configuration Checking You can check the Layer 3 configuration by invoking the ifconfig command ona preconfigured interface as shown in the previous examples ifconfig ixge138000 ixge138000 flags 201000843 lt UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST IPv4 CoS gt mtu 8170 index 5 inet 192 12 38 69 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192 12 38 255 ether 0 3 ba c4 7 1d 38 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 CHAPTER 4 Configuring VLANs This chapter explains Virtual Local Area Networks VLANs in detail and provides configuration instructions and examples It contains the following sections m Overview of VLANs on page 39 m Configuring VLANs on page 41 With multiple VLANs on an adapter a server with a single adapter can have a logical presence on multiple IP subnets By default 128 VLANs can be defined for each VLAN aware adapter on your server However this number can be increased by changing the system parameters If your network does not require multiple VLANs you can use the default configuration in which case no further configuration is necessary Note If you change any of the VLAN configuration parameters you must reboot the system before the changes take effect If you make changes and do not reboot you may experience configuration prob
31. for a system called zardoz that has a Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter zardoz 11 cat etc hostname hme0 zardoz cat etc hostname ixge0 zardoz 11 3 Create an appropriate entry in the etc hosts file for each active ixge interface For example cat etc hosts Internet host table 127 0 0 1 localhost 129 144 10 57 zardoz loghost 129 144 11 83 zardoz 11 20 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 Configuring the Network Host Files for x86 or x64 Platforms After installing the driver software you must create a hostname ixgbinstance file where instance is the instance number of the ixgb interface for the adapter s Ethernet interface You must also create both an IP address and a host name for its Ethernet interface in the etc hosts file To Configure Network Host Files for x86 or x64 Platforms 1 At the command line execute the prtconf D command to find the ixgb interfaces 2 Execute the ifconfig command to set up the adapter s ixgb interface 3 Create an appropriate entry in the etc hosts file for each active ixgb interface Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter 21 22 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 CHAPTER 3 Configuring ixge Driver Parameters for SPARC Platforms This chapter describes how to configure the driver parameters used by the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X ixge adapte
32. g sections m SunVTS Diagnostic Software on page 47 m Updating SunVTS to Recognize the Adapter on page 48 a Using the SunVTS netlbtest on page 49 SunVTS Diagnostic Software The SunVTS software executes multiple diagnostic hardware tests from a single user interface and is used to verify the configuration and functionality of most hardware controllers and devices The SunVTS software operates primarily from a graphical user interface enabling test parameters to be set quickly and easily while a diagnostic test operation is being performed Note SunVTS diagnostic software is not currently available for Solaris x86 Operating Systems The SunVTS nettest diagnostic can be used to test all of the networking interfaces on the system including the interfaces on the adapter To use the nettest diagnostic you must have the SunVTS software installed on your system Refer to your Solaris documentation for installation instructions Refer to the SunVTS documentation listed in TABLE B 1 for instructions on how to run and monitor the nettest diagnostic These SunVTS documents are available online at the following URL 47 http www sun com products n solutions hardware docs Software system_administration tools testing_valid sunvts index html Select the document for the Solaris release on your system TABLE B 1 SunVTS Documentation Title Description SunVTS User s Guide Describes the SunVTS diagnostic env
33. ify the optional packages 54 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 APPENDIX D Installing the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet Device Driver on Linux Platforms This appendix explains how to install the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X device driver in a Linux environment This appendix contains the following sections m Setting Up the Driver in a Linux Platform on page 55 a Tuning for Maximum Performance on page 59 m Setting Driver Parameters in a Linux Environment on page 60 Setting Up the Driver in a Linux Platform If your system uses the Linux operating system you will need to perform the following procedure to be sure the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet device driver is properly installed and loaded YV To Set Up the Driver in a Linux Platform 1 Build the 10 Gigabit Ethernet driver 55 a For RedHat use the following command rpmbuild rebuild sun 10 gigabit kernel 1 0 version src rpm where the version is the minor version number such as sun 10 gigabit kernel 1 0 82 6 1 src rpm 2 Build the man pages optional a For RedHat use the following command rpmbuild rebuild sun 10 gigabit 1 0 version src rpm 3 Change to the rpm directory a For RedHat use the following command cd usr src redhat RPMS arch 4 Install the 10 Gigabit Ethernet rpms using the same command for both RedHat and Suse rpm ivh sun 10 gigabit ke
34. ign the transceiver with the slot in the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Xadapter and slide it into the opening 3 Applying even pressure at both corners of the transceiver push the transceiver until it is firmly seated in the slot i eee es SA 10 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and Users Guide July 2008 by A 4 Push the handle closed to lock the optical transceiver in place 5 Detach the wrist strap Caution If you pull the locking handle down when the optical transceiver is installed remove the optical transceiver entirely and reinstall it The handle operates an internal lock Pulling the handle down can disconnect the optical transceiver even though it might appear to be connected 6 Connect the Ethernet cable To Verify Hardware Installation on a SPARC Platform After you have installed the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter but before you boot your system perform the following tasks to verify the installation Refer to the your Solaris documentation for the detailed instructions Note Verification is not required if your system supports dynamic reconfiguration DR Verification is not supported if your system is running Solaris x86 software 1 Power on the system and when the banner appears press the Stop A key sequence to in
35. igure and reconfigure the interface ifconfig ixge0 down ifconfig ixge0 unplumb ifconfig ixge0 plumb ip address up Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter 19 On Linux operating systems use the following commands ifconfig ethnumber down ifconfig ethnumber up Where number corresponds to the device instance of the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X adapter you plan to configure Refer to the i fconfig 1M man page and the Solaris or Linux documentation for more information If you want a setup that remains the same after you reboot create an etc hostname ixgenumber file where number corresponds to the instance number of the ixge interface you plan to use To use the adapter s ixge interface in the Step 1 example create an etc hostname ixge0 file where 0 is the number of the ixge interface If the instance number were 1 the filename would be etc hostname ixgel a Do not create an etc hostname ixgenumber file for a Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter interface you plan to leave unused m The etc hostname ixgenumber file must contain the hostname and IP address for the appropriate ixge interface m The host name and IP address must be listed in the etc hosts file a The host name must be different from any other host name of any other interface for example etc hostname ixge0 and etc hostname ixgel cannot share the same host name The following example shows the etc hostname ixgenumber file required
36. in a Linux Environment 1 Ensure that the ixge software is installed 26 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 2 Plumb the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X interface modprobe ixge ifconfig eth2 XXX XXx xx XXX up ifconfig eth2 mtu 8170 where xxx xxx xx xxx the IP address of the interface Setting ixge Driver Parameters You can set the ixge device driver parameters in two ways m Using the ndd utility m Using the ixge conf file If you use the ndd utility the parameters are valid only until you reboot the system This method is good for testing parameter settings To set parameters so they remain in effect after you reboot the system create a platform sun4u kernel drv ixge conf file and add parameter values to this file when you need to set a particular parameter for a device in the system Setting Parameters Using the ndd Utility Use the ndd utility to configure parameters that are valid until you reboot the system The ndd utility supports any networking driver that implements the Data Link Provider Interface DLPI The following sections describe how you can use the ixge driver and the ndd utility to modify with the set option or display without the set option the parameters for each ixge device To Specify Device Instances for the ndd Utility Before you use the ndd utility to get or set a parameter for a ixge device you must specify the device instance f
37. ironment SunVTS Test Reference Manual Describes each SunVTS test including the nettest and describes the various test options and command line arguments SunVTS Quick Reference Provides an overview of the user interface Updating SunVTS to Recognize the Adapter Current versions of SunVTS do not recognize the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X adapter You will need to update the SunVTS configuration V To Update SunVTS to Recognize the Adapter 1 Plug in a loopback cable 2 Ensure that the SunVTS software and either the ixge SPARC OR ixgb x86 x64 are installed on your system 3 For SPARC platforms only add the following lines to the opt SUNWvts lib conf netlbtest conf and opt SUNWvts lib conf nettest conf files ixge ixge 10GbE 4 For x86 or x64 platforms only add the following lines to the opt SUNWvts lib conf netlbtest conf and opt SUNWvts lib conf nettest conf files ixgb ixgb 10GbE 48 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 Using the Sun VTS netlbtest You must have the Ethernet card and the device driver installed a loopback connector in place and Intervention mode enabled before running netlbtest netlbtest cannot run if the network interface is connected to a live network and requires that the Ethernet device be configured offline before running the test Use the ifconfig 1M command to bring the Ethernet device down before running netlbtes
38. is example bondo is the master of the two interfaces eth2 and eth3 ip addr add 192 12 38 64 24 brd dev bond0O ip link set dev bond0O up ifenslave bond0O eth2 eth3 64 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 Index Symbols etc hostname ixgenumber file 20 A assigning an IP address 19 autonegotiation setting disabling 29 C configuring device driver parameters 23 configuring the driver parameters 23 configuring the network host files 18 21 configuring VLANs 41 D documentation SunVTS 48 Dynamic Reconfiguration 8 dynamic reconfiguration 14 Dynamic Reconfiguration DR 14 E editing the network host files 7 F files and directories on the CD ROM 52 flow control keywords 25 H hardware requirements 3 I ifconfig a 43 ifconfig command 19 installing the adapter with DR 14 installing the adapter without DR 8 ixge driver parameter status and descrip tions 24 L link partner settings checking 35 N ndd utility 27 P parameter values how to modify and display 28 parameters and settings 24 physical dimensions 46 R receive interrupt blanking values 24 25 S setting ixge driver parameters using ndd using ixge conf 27 software requirements 3 Sun VTS documentation 47 Sun VTS diagnostic application 47 Vv verify the installation 12 virtual device 43 VLAN ID 41 VLAN naming format 42 VLANs 39 2 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and
39. ition T V Rheinland Certificate No XXXXXXXXXXXX IEC 60950 2000 3rd Edition CB Scheme Certificate No XXXXXXXXXXXX Evaluated to all CB Countries UL 60950 3rd Edition CSA C22 2 No 60950 00 File Vol Sec UL 60950 3rd Edition CSA C22 2 No 950 00 File Vol Sec FDA DHHS Accession Number Monitors Only Supplementary Information This product was tested and complies with all the requirements for the CE Mark xi S Dennis P Symanski DATE Manager Compliance Engineering Sun Microsystems Inc 4150 Network Circle MPK15 102 Santa Clara CA 95054 U S A Tel 650 786 3255 Fax 650 786 3723 S Pamela J Dullaghan Quality Program Manager Sun Microsystems Scotland Limited Springfield Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7LR Scotland United Kingdom Tel 44 1 506 672 395 Fax 44 1 506 670 011 xii Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 DATE Preface This guide provides installation instructions for the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X adapter This guide also describes how to configure the driver software These instructions are designed for enterprise system administrators with experience installing network hardware and software How This Book Is Organized Chapter 1 provides a description of the adapter including hardware and software Chapter 2 describes how to install the adapter in your system verify that it is correctly installed and install the
40. lems Overview of VLANs VLANs enable you to split your physical LAN into logical subparts providing an essential tool for increasing the efficiency and flexibility of your network VLANs are commonly used to separate groups of network users into manageable broadcast domains to create logical segmentation of workgroups and to enforce security policies among each logical segment Each defined VLAN behaves as its own separate network with its traffic and broadcasts isolated from the others increasing the bandwidth efficiency within each logical group 39 Although VLANs are commonly used to create individual broadcast domains and or separate IP subnets it can be useful for a server to have a presence on more than one VLAN simultaneously Several Sun products support multiple VLANs on a per port or per interface basis allowing very flexible network configurations FIGURE 4 1 shows an example network that uses VLANs FIGURE 4 1 Example of Servers Supporting Multiple VLANs With Tagging Adapters Main Server Accounting Adapter Server Gigabit Tagged VLAN 3 All VLANs VLAN 1 VLAN 2 VLAN 3 Shared Media Segment issssess Software Software Accounting Engineering PC 1 PC 2 PC 3 PC 4 Software PC 5 VLAN 2 VLAN 2 VLAN 1 VLAN 3 Adapter Gigabit Tagged VLAN 1 amp 2 The example network has the following features The physical LAN network consists of a switch two s
41. media hub that is then connected to the switch They belong to VLAN 2 only and are logically in the same IP subnet as the Main Server and Client 5 The switch port connected to this segment has tagging turned off m Client 3 is a member of VLAN 1 and can communicate only with the Main Server and Client 5 Tagging is not enabled on Client 3 s switch port m Client 4 is a member of VLAN 3 and can communicate only with the servers Tagging is not enabled on Client 4 s switch port m Client 5 is a member of both VLANs 1 and 2 and has a Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter installed It is connected to switch port 10 Both the adapter and the switch port are configured for VLANs 1 and 2 and have tagging enabled VLAN tagging is only required to be enabled on switch ports that create trunk links to other VLAN aware Ethernet switches or on ports connected to tag capable end stations such as servers or workstations with VLAN aware adapters Configuring VLANs VLANs can be created according to various criteria but each VLAN must be assigned a VLAN tag or VLAN ID VID The VID is a 12 bit identifier between 1 and 4094 that identifies a unique VLAN For each network interface ixge0 ixge1 ixge2 and so on 4094 possible VLAN IDs can be selected Only 512 unique IDs can be used simultaneously Because IP subnets are commonly used it is best to use IP Chapter 4 Configuring VLANs 41 subnets when setting up a VLAN network interface This mea
42. ns that each VID assigned to a VLAN interface of a physical network interface will belong to different subnets Tagging an Ethernet frame requires the addition of a tag header to the frame The header is inserted immediately following the destination MAC address and the Source MAC address The tag header consists of two bytes of Ethernet Tag Protocol identifier TPID 0x8100 and two bytes of Tag Control Information TCI FIGURE 4 2 shows the Ethernet Tag Header format FIGURE 4 2 Ethernet Tag Header Format Octet TPID 0x8100 bit 3 bits 1 12 bytes A ON User_priority CFI VID By default a single VLAN is configured for every port which groups all ports into the same broadcast domain just as if there were no VLANs at all VLAN tagging for the switch port turned off Note If you configure a VLAN virtual device for an adapter all traffic sent or received by that adapter must be in VLAN tagged format V To Configure Static VLANs 1 Create one hostname ixgenumber file for each VLAN that will be configured for each adapter on the server Use the following naming format which includes both the VID and the physical point of attachment PPA VLAN logical PPA 1000 VID Device PPA ixge123000 1000 123 ixge This format limits the maximum number of PPAs instances you can configure to 1000 in the etc path_to_inst file For example on a server with the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter having an
43. or the utility Chapter 3 Configuring ixge Driver Parameters for SPARC Platforms 27 1 Check the etc path_to_inst file to identify the instance associated with a particular device grep ixge etc path_to_inst pci 9 600000 ethernet 1 0 ixge In this example the 10 Gigabit Ethernet instance is from the installed adapter The instance number is in bold italics for clarity 2 Use the instance number to select the device ndd set dev ixge instance number The device remains selected until you change the selection Noninteractive and Interactive Modes You can use the ndd utility in two modes m Noninteractive m Interactive In noninteractive mode you invoke the utility to execute a specific command Once the command is executed you exit the utility In interactive mode you can use the utility to get or set more than one parameter value Refer to the ndd 1M man page for more information Vv To Use the ndd Utility in Noninteractive Mode This section describes how to modify and display parameter values To modify a parameter value use the set option If you invoke the ndd utility with the set option the utility passes value which must be specified down to the named dev ixge driver instance and assigns the value to the parameter ndd set dev ixge parameter value When you change any parameter a message similar to the following appears ixge0 xcvr addr 0x01 link
44. perating system you would type the following usr sbin pkgadd d cdrom cdrom0 10_GigabitEthernet Solaris_9 sparc Packages Appendix C Installing the ixge Driver Software Manually 53 m If your system is running Solaris 9 x86 software type the following pkgadd d Solaris 9 1386 Packages A menu similar to the following displays The following packages are available 1 SUNWixgea Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Driver adb Macros sparc 1 0 REV 2004 12 01 2 SUNWixged u Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Driver sparc sun4u 1 0 REV 2004 12 01 3 SUNWixgedu Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Driver Headers sparc 1 0 REV 2004 12 01 4 SUNWv1d Sun Ethernet Vlan Utility Routines sparc 1 0 REV 2001 09 19 9 0 5 SUNWvldu Sun Ethernet Vlan Utility Headers sparc 1 0 REV 2001 09 19 9 0 6 SUNWvldx Sun Ethernet Vlan Utility Routines 64 bit sparc 1 0 REV 2001 09 19 9 0 Select package s you wish to process or all to process all packages default all q 7 Select the packages you want to install a Press Return or type all to accept the default and install all packages if neither the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Driver nor VLAN Utility packages are installed m Type the numbers of all but the optional packages if you prefer not to install them Note Do not install VLAN packages if you previously determined that they are already present on your system See TABLE C 1 to ident
45. r SPARC ixge Platforms machine running Solaris 10 you must install the software before you install the hardware Failure to install the software before installing the hardware will allow the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X adapter to attach to an older version of the software See Using the Installation Script on page 14 A Caution If your are installing the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X adapter into a V To Install the Adapter The following instructions describe the basic tasks required to install the adapter Refer to your system installation or service manual for detailed PCI adapter installation instructions 1 Halt and power off your system 2 Power off all of the peripherals connected to your system 3 Open the system unit 4 Attach the antistatic wrist strap to yourself and to the system Attach the adhesive copper strip of the antistatic wrist strap to the metal casing of the power supply Wrap the other end twice around your wrist with the adhesive side against your skin Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 AN 5 Holding the PCI adapter by the edges unpack it and place it on an antistatic surface 6 Using a No 2 Phillips screwdriver remove the PCI filler panel from the slot in which you want to insert the PCI adapter Save the filler panel screw for Step 9 7 Insert the adapter into the PCI opening Holding the PCI adapter by the edges align
46. r for SPARC platforms This chapter contains the following sections a 10 Gigabit Ethernet Device Driver Parameters on page 23 m Setting ixge Driver Parameters on page 27 m 10 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Operating Statistics on page 32 10 Gigabit Ethernet Device Driver Parameters The ixge device driver controls the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X adapter The ixge driver is attached to the UNIX pci name property pci8086 1048 for the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X adapter 8086 is the vendor ID and 1048 is the PCI device ID You can manually configure the ixge device driver parameters to customize each Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter device in your system This section provides an overview of the capabilities of the 10 Gigabit Ethernet driver used in the adapter lists the available ixge device driver parameters and describes how to configure these parameters 23 10 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Parameter Values and Definitions TABLE 3 1 describes the parameters and settings for the ixge device driver TABLE 3 1 ixge Driver Parameter Status and Descriptions Parameter Status Description instance Read and write Device instance adv asmpause cap Read and write Flow control parameter adv pause cap Read and write Flow control parameter rx intr pkts Read and write Receive interrupt blanking values rx intr time Read and write Receive interrupt blanking values accept jumbo Read and write Enable jumbo frames Flow Control P
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48. rnel 1 0 version arch rpm 5 Use the depmod command to register the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet module depmod 6 Load ixge driver for all instances modprobe ixge 56 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 7 Verify that the driver is loaded In the following example the ixge driver is shown in bold italic On your system the driver will be indistinguishable from the other modules lsmod Module Size Used by Not tainted ixge 53592 0 unused ide cd 36616 0 autoclean ipv 285176 1 autoclean key 78344 0 autoclean ipv 6 st 31380 0 autoclean unused sr_mod 16812 0 autoclean unused cdrom 34664 0 autoclean ide cd sr_mod sg 40384 0 autoclean joydev 7136 0 unused evdev 6496 0 unused input 7488 0 joydev evdev usb ohci 23728 0 unused usbcore 87648 1 usb ohcil bcm5700 194456 1 lvm mod 81248 0 autoclean reiserfs 248344 1 mptscsih 44144 2 mptbase 46400 3 mptscsih sd_mod 16192 4 scsi_mod 133028 5 st sr_mod sg mptscsih sd_mod 8 Run the dmesg command to see which devices the ixge driver was mapped to dmesg Sun R 10GE StreamStor River version 1 0 82 5 Copyright c 1999 2004 Intel Corp Sun Corp divert allocating divert_blk for eth2 eth2 Sun R 10GE StreamStor River Network Connection divert allocating divert_blk for eth3 9 Add the ixge interfaces to the etc modules con
49. roving its documentation and welcomes your comments and suggestions You can submit your comments by going to http docs sun com app docs Please include the title and part number of your document with your feedback Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide part number 819 0938 13 xvi Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 CHAPTER 1 Product Overview This chapter contains an overview of the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X adapter including m Description on page 1 a Hardware and Software Requirements on page 3 a Features on page 5 Description The Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter is a 133 MHz PCI X 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter that uses the Intel 82597EX PCI X MAC controller with XFP based 10 Gigabit Ethernet optics The Intel 10 Gigabit controller incorporates both MAC and PHY functions and provides 10 Gigabit fiber Ethernet operation on the SR and LR connectors FIGURE 1 1 shows the adapter with the optical transceiver inserted Note The adapter must be inserted into the system first Then insert the optical transceiver into the adapter FIGURE 1 1 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter With Optical Transceiver Installed Product documentation Web site http docs sun com app docs coll1 10 gbe pcix New ixgb x86 x64 Only Driver Bundled With Solaris 10 and Later With the introduction of Solaris 1
50. s driver failed to duplicate a packet on receipt Number of times an entire page of packets greater than 256 bytes and less than 1514 each was dropped because the driver was unable to map a new page to replace it Number of pages that were filled with packets less than 256 bytes that got replaced during reception Number of pages that were filled with packets greater than 256 bytes and less than 1514 that got replaced during reception Chapter 3 Configuring ixge Driver Parameters for SPARC Platforms 33 TABLE 3 6 Receive and Transmit Parameters Parameter Description rx_new_nxt_pgs rx_new_pages rx_no_buf rx_nocanput rx_no_comp_wb rx_nxt_drops rx_ov_flow rx_pkts_dropped rx_reused_pgs rx_split_pkts snaptime trunk_mode tx_alloch_fail tx_ddi_pkts tx_dma_bind_fail tx_dvma_pkts tx_hdr_pkts tx_jumbo_pkts tx_max_pend tx_msgdup_fail tx_no_desc tx_starts xcvr_addr Number of pages that contained packets that were split across pages that got replaced during reception Number of pages that got replaced during reception Number of times the hardware cannot receive data because there is no more receive buffer space Number of packets dropped due to full STREAMS message queue Number of times the hardware cannot post completion entries for received data Number of times a page with a split packet was dropped because the driver was unable to map a new one to replace it Number of packets droppe
51. s for SPARC Platforms 31 10 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Operating Statistics These statistics are part of the statistics presented by the kstat command TABLE 3 5 describes the read only Media Independent Interface MID capabilities These parameters define the capabilities of the hardware The Gigabit Media Independent Interface GMII supports all of the following capabilities TABLE 3 5 Read Only ixge Device Capabilities Parameter Description Local interface Capabilities cap_autoneg 0 Not capable of autonegotiation 1 Autonegotiation capable cap_10gfdx Local interface full duplex capability 0 Not 10000 Mbit sec full duplex capable 1 10000 Mbit sec full duplex capable cap_10ghdx Local interface half duplex capability 0 Not 10000 Mbit sec half duplex capable 1 10000 Mbit sec half duplex capable cap_1000fdx Local interface full duplex capability 0 Not 1000 Mbit sec full duplex capable 1 1000 Mbit sec full duplex capable cap_1000hdx Local interface half duplex capability 0 Not 1000 Mbit sec half duplex capable 1 1000 Mbit sec half duplex capable cap_100fdx Local interface full duplex capability 0 Not 100 Mbit sec full duplex capable 1 100 Mbit sec full duplex capable cap_100hdx Local interface half duplex capability 0 Not 100 Mbit sec half duplex capable 1 100 Mbit sec half duplex capable cap_10fdx Local interface full duplex capability 0 Not 10 Mbit sec full duplex capable 1 10 Mbit se
52. sion of 10 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Packages Checking for correct version of VLAN Utility Driver Packages Checking for correct version of VLAN Utility Driver Patches The following optional supporting driver s can be used with 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Driver VLAN Utility Driver software Installed This script is about to take the following actions Install 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Driver packages Install VLAN Ethernet Utility Patch 114600 04 Press return to continue or Q followed by a return to quit Tnstalling patch 114600 04 for Solaris 9 Checking installed patches Verifying sufficient filesystem capacity dry run method Installing patch packages Patch number 114600 04 has been successfully installed See var sadm patch 114600 04 log for details Patch packages installed SUNWv1d SUNWv1du SUNWv1dx 16 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 CODE EXAMPLE 2 1 Typical Install Script Output Continued Installing Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet packages Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems Inc All rights reserved Use is subject to license terms System configuration files modified but ixge driver not loaded or attached Installation of lt SUNWixged gt was successful Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems Inc All rights reserved Use is subject to license terms Installation of lt SUNWixgedu gt was successful Cop
53. t To Use the netlbtest 1 Ensure that the Sun VTS software and the ixge driver are installed on your system 2 Plug in a loopback cable 3 For SPARC platforms only unplumb the interface from the system using the ifconfig command ifconfig ixgeinstance down ifconfig ixgeinstance unplumb Where instance is the instance number of the interface Refer to SunVTS documentation for instructions on how to run netlbtest 4 For x86 or x64 platforms only unplumb the interface from the system using the ifconfig command ifconfig ixgbinstance down ifconfig ixgbinstance unplumb Where instance is the instance number of the interface Refer to SunVTS documentation for instructions on how to run netlbtest Appendix B Diagnostic Software 49 50 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 APPENDIX C Installing the ixge Driver Software Manually This appendix describes how to install the ixge driver software manually The Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter CD contains the ixge driver software required to operate the adapter When you update your Solaris operating system refer to the documentation that shipped with the Solaris Supplement CD ROM for a listing of the available network drivers Install the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet driver for your updated version of the Solaris Operating System To Install the ixge Driver Software Manually 1 Become superuser 2 Insert the S
54. t from kstat Command Continued rx_split_pkts rx_tag_err rx_taskq_waits snaptime trunk_mode tx_allocb_fail tx_ddi_pkts tx_dma_bind_fail tx_dvma_pkts tx_hdr_pkts tx_inits tx_jumbo_pkts tx_max_pend tx_msgdup_fail tx_nocanput tx_no_desc tx_starts tx_uflo xcvr_addr xcvr_id xcvr_inits xcvr_inuse 0 0 0 7883 09014984 0 U a DOD OO O O OO OGO O OO O OO oO Y To Discover Device Capabilities Use the kstat command to discover device capabilities cap_1000fdx cap_1000hdx cap_100fdx cap_100hdx cap_100T4 cap_10fdx cap_10gfdx cap_10ghdx cap_10hdx cap_asmpause cap_autoneg cap_pause OODOOOHRHROOOOOO Chapter 3 Configuring ixge Driver Parameters for SPARC Platforms kstat ixge 1 grep cap_ 37 V To Discover Link Settings Use the kstat command to discover link settings kstat ixge 1 grep link E link_asmpause link_duplex link_pause link_speed link_T4 link_up 0000 hR HR N Configuration Checking The jumbo frame configuration checking occurs at Layer 2 or Layer 3 depending on the configuration method Layer 2 Configuration Checking You can view the MTU configuration of a ixge instance at any time using the kstat command The kstat mac_mtu variable represents the complete size of the Ethernet frame which includes the Ethernet header maximum payload and crc This value is consistent with the definition of MTU presented by switch vendors Use the
55. terrupt the boot process and display the OpenBoot ok prompt Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter 11 2 List the network devices on your system The output from this command is extensive Look for ethernet and network to see the network devices In this example the ethernet 1 device is the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter shown in bold italics for ease of use ok show devs packages pci 9 600000 pci 2 pci 9 600000 ethernet 1 pci 9 600000 pci 2 network 3 pci 9 600000 pci 2 network 2 pci 9 600000 pci 2 network 1 pci 9 600000 pci 2 network 0 pci 9 700000 usb 1 3 pci 9 600000 ethernet 1 identifies the 10 gigabit Ethernet port Note If you do not see the device listed check that the adapter is properly seated If necessary reinstall the adapter 3 View the device that you installed Using the previous example type cd pci 9 600000 ethernet 1 12 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 4 View the properties file for a list of device properties The properties command displays the specific information about the installed adapter If you are using the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter your output will be similar to the following ok cd pci 9 600000 ethernet 1 ok properties assigned addresses 83000810 00000000 00100000 00000000 00008000 81000820 00000000 00000300 00000000 00000020 reg 00000800 00000000 00000000 00000000 0000
56. the adapter edge connector with a 66 MHz PCI slot or a PCI X slot Slide the adapter face plate into the small slot at the end of the PCI opening 8 Applying even pressure at both corners of the adapter push the PCI adapter until it is firmly seated in the slot Caution Do not use excessive force when installing the adapter into the PCI slot You might damage the adapter s PCI connector If the adapter does not seat properly when you apply even pressure remove the adapter and carefully reinstall it 9 Secure the adapter to the PCI slot using the screw you removed in Step 6 10 Close the system Note Green LEDs do not light until the correct driver is installed V To Install the Optical Transceiver The Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X adapter requires an optical transceiver to create and Ethernet connection The optical transceiver Part Number 135 1172 01 is available from Sun Microsystems Note The 10 GbE Short Reach Transceiver X5558A and 10 GbE Long Reach Transceiver X5560A z are available on the Web at http www sun com products networking ethernet 10gigabitetherne t index xml Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter 9 7 AY 1 Pull the white locking handle into the full horizontal position You will feel the handle click into position when it is fully opened 2 Holding the optical transceiver by the edges al
57. the automated script Finally this chapter describes how to edit the network host files after installing the adapter on your system This chapter contains the following sections m Installing the Adapter Without Dynamic Reconfiguration in x86 x64 ixgb or SPARC ixge Platforms on page 8 m Installing the Adapter With Dynamic Reconfiguration on SPARC Platforms on page 14 m Using the Installation Script on page 14 m Verifying the Software Installation on page 17 a Configuring the Network Host Files for SPARC Platforms on page 18 Note If you are installing the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X adapter in a machine running the Solaris x86 Operating System Dynamic Reconfiguration DR is not supported Important Driver and Platform Support Information A new Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X ixgb driver is bundled with the first release of Solaris 10 and later OSs The ixgb driver supports x86 or x64 platforms only required for SPARC platforms You must download and install the ixge driver for SPARC platforms if you upgrade to Solaris 10 or later Do not use the ixgb driver on SPARC platforms Caution The ixge driver is not bundled with the Solaris OS The ixge driver is To download and install the ixge driver for SPARC platforms go to http www sun com products networking ethernet 10gigabitetherne t support xml Installing the Adapter Without Dynamic Reconfiguration in x86 x64 ixgb o
58. uelque moyen que ce soit sans l autorisation pr alable et crite de Sun 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 le logo Sun AnswerBook2 docs sun com Sun Fire et Solaris sont des marques de fabrique ou des marques d pos es de Sun Microsystems Inc et ses filiales 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 LA DOCUMENTATION EST FOURNIE EN L TAT ET TOUTES AUTRES CONDITIONS DECLARATIONS ET GARANTIES EXPRESSES OU TACITES SONT FORMELLEMENT EXCLUES DANS LA MESURE AUTORISEE PAR LA LOI APPLICABLE Y COMPRIS NOTAMMENT TOUTE GARANTIE IMPLICITE RELATIVE A LA QUALITE MARCHANDE A L APTITUDE A UNE UTILISATION PARTICULIERE OU A L ABSENCE DE CONTREFA ON LD Li Ca Adobe PostScript Contents Declaration of Conformity
59. un 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter CD into a CD ROM drive that is connected to your system m If your system is running Sun Enterprise Volume Manager the system should automatically mount the CD ROM to the cdrom cdrom0 directory 51 m If your system is not running Volume Manager mount the CD ROM as follows mkdir cdrom mkdir cdrom cdrom0 mount F hsfs o ro dev dsk c0t6d0s2 cdrom cdrom0 You will see the following files and directories in the cdrom sun_10 gigabit_ethernet_driver directory or the cdrom cdrom0 directory depending on how you mounted the CD ROM TABLE C 1 Files and Directories on the CD ROM File or Directory Contents Copyright U S copyright file FR_ Copyright French copyright file 10_GigabitEthernet Linux SRPM Contains the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet software source rpm applicable to Linux operating systems e sun 10 gigabit kernel 1 0 version l src rpm 10_GigabitEthernet Solaris_OS VER Contains the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet software packages applicable ARCH Packages to SPARC architecture software e SUNWixgea adb macros e SUNWixged u adapter driver e SUNWixgedu adapter driver header files The optional VLAN packages e SUNWvId VLAN utility routines e SUNWvldx VLAN utility routines 64 bit s9 e SUNWvldu VLAN utility headers Note If you intend to use VLAN you must install VLAN packages when you install the software packages 3 To use the optional VLAN
60. up 10000 Mbps full duplex 28 Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 To display the value of a parameter specify the parameter name and omit the value When you omit the set option the utility queries the named driver instance retrieves the value associated with the specified parameter and prints it ndd dev ixge parameter V To Use the ndd Utility in Interactive Mode To modify a parameter value in interactive mode specify ndd dev ixge ndd dev ixge name to get set Enter the parameter name or to view all parameters After you enter the parameter name the ndd utility prompts you for the parameter value see TABLE 3 1 through TABLE 3 6 To list all the parameters supported by the ixge driver type See TABLE 3 1 through TABLE 3 6 for parameter descriptions ndd get dev ixge instance adv_asmpause_cap adv_pause_cap rx_intr_pkts rx_intr_time accept_jumbo laggr_multistream read read read read read read read read only and and and and and and and write write write write write write write Note By default autonegotiation is set to off This adapter operates only at full duplex Chapter 3 Configuring ixge Driver Parameters for SPARC Platforms 29 Setting Parameters Using the ixge conf File Specify the driver parameter properties for each device by creating a ixg
61. xi Preface xiii Product Overview 1 Description 1 New ixgb x86 x64 Only Driver Bundled With Solaris 10 and Later 2 Hardware and Software Requirements 3 Features 5 Installing the Adapter 7 Important Driver and Platform Support Information 7 Installing the Adapter Without Dynamic Reconfiguration in x86 x64 ixgb or SPARC ixge Platforms 8 v TolInstall the Adapter 8 v To Install the Optical Transceiver 9 v To Verify Hardware Installation on a SPARC Platform 12 Rebooting the System 13 v To Verify Hardware Installation on an x86 or x64 Platform 14 Installing the Adapter With Dynamic Reconfiguration on SPARC Platforms 14 Using the Installation Script 14 v To Install the Software Using the Installation Script on a SPARC Platform 15 Verifying the Software Installation 17 v To Verify Software Installation on SPARC Platforms 18 v To Verify Software Installation on x86 or x64 Platforms 18 Configuring the Network Host Files for SPARC Platforms 18 Configuring the Network Host Files for x86 or x64 Platforms 21 v To Configure Network Host Files for x86 or x64 Platforms 21 3 Configuring ixge Driver Parameters for SPARC Platforms 23 10 Gigabit Ethernet Device Driver Parameters 23 10 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Parameter Values and Definitions 24 Flow Control Parameters 24 Interrupt Parameters 25 Jumbo Frames 26 v To Configure Jumbo Frames Using ndd 26 v To Configure Jumbo Frames in a Linux Environment 26 Setting ixge Driver Parameters
62. yright 2004 Sun Microsystems Inc All rights reserved Use is subject to license terms Installation of lt SUNWixgea gt was successful Installation completed 10 Gigabit Ethernet Driver packages have been installed Optional VLAN Utility has been updated using 114600 04 It may be necessary to reboot the system to reload the updated driver A log of this Install can be found at var tmp 10_Gigabit install 2004 12 10 1029 5 Reboot the system to load the driver reboot r 6 Verify the installation to ensure that the driver installed and loaded properly Verifying the Software Installation Unless you have the latest version of the driver software installed the green LEDs on the adapter will not go on For ixge ensure that you have version 1 30 or later installed Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter 17 V To Verify Software Installation on SPARC Platforms Use the modinfo command to verify that you have the current driver v1 30 or later installed If you type grep IXGE using uppercase letters you will get only the specific driver information modinfo grep IXGE 267 1331c11 11e0e 271 1 ixge IXGE 10Gb Ethernet Driver v1 30 V To Verify Software Installation on x86 or x64 Platforms Use the modinfo command to verify that you have the current driver installed If you type grep IXGB using uppercase letters you will get only the specific driver information
63. ze default 65535 net core wmem_default 524287 maximum amount of option memory buffers default 10240 net core optmem_max 524287 number of unprocessed input packets before kernel starts dropping them default 300 net core netdev_max_backlog 300000 60 Setting Driver Parameters in a Linux Environment In a Linux operating system the driver parameters can only be set at the time the driver is loaded If you have already loaded the driver and have not set the parameters at the same time Remove the driver and reinstall it Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X Adapter Installation and User s Guide July 2008 V To Set ixge Parameters in a Linux Environment 1 Remove the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X device driver if it is already loaded rmmod ixge 2 Load the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI X device driver modprobe ixge option VALI VAL2 or you can use the insmod command insmod ixge option VAL1 VAL2 where VAL1 applies to the first ixge interface and VAL2 to the next interface and so on Appendix D Installing the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet Device Driver on Linux Platforms 61 TABLE D 1 lists the tunable ixge driver parameters for Linux operating systems and describes their function TABLE D 1 Tunable ixge Driver Parameters for Linux Operating Systems Keyword Description FlowControl Valid Range 0 3 0 none 1 Rx only 2 Tx only 3 Rx amp Tx Def

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