IntraServer Technology ITIpci 5100G/GF Network Card User Manual
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1. CE Notice The CE mark on this equipment indicates that this equipment meets or exceeds the following technical standards EN50082 1 EN55022 EN60555 2 EN61000 4 1 EN61000 4 2 EN61000 4 3 EN61000 4 4 and EN61000 4 5 LSI Logic Corporation Page 4 of 56 FCC Declaration of Conformity The IntraServer Technology Inc ITIpci Gigabit Ethernet adapters model numbers 5100G and 5100GF comply with the requirements of FCC part 15 class B as defined under paragraph 2 909 of these rules This declaration covers product identified with ITI 5100G and 5100GF on the product label A copy of the test report substantiating compliance is available on request from Corporate EMC Manager IntraServer Technology Inc Seven October Hill Road Holliston MA 01746 LSI Logic Corporation Page 5 of 56 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION tee cvsccesatesseccesustecssseasassasccecsasassosvessevessyees 8 PREFACE did 8 How This Book Is Organized 8 UNIX COMMONS ee a da cis 9 Typographic Couventione 9 Shel Enner sesh eG ists Eecher 10 Contacting IntraServer Technology ocos 10 ABOUT THE ITI 5100G GF ADAPTER sscccsssscceessseeeeees 11 EBA TURES in A a hoe teehee 13 ITI 5100G and GF Model 13 ITESIOOG Model 13 ITESIOOGF Model 13 Key Protocols and Jutertfoceg 13 VEANS SUPpOrt cin id 14 Jumbo Frames Support 14 DUAL HOMING WA A i ete es 14 Adaptive Interrupt Fregtenen 14 Dual DMA Channels oinininnnnnninicininanicinananani nan n2. Network Interface Card i e ITI 5100G Page 47 of 56 Packet PCI RJ 45 Router Switch UTP Unit of information packaged in a predetermined structure for communications using Ethernet protocols Peripheral Component Interconnect Industry Standard Bus The 8 conductor version of an RJ 11 telephone but wider Component which receives and transmits and forwards packets to their destinations via the shortest route possible Hardware that routes packets across a network Unshielded twisted pair Table 13 Glossary of Terms LSI Logic Corporation Page 48 of 56 List of Figures Figure 1 IntraServer Technology ITI 5100GF Gigibit Ethernet Fiber Interface Adapter SS dela iodo de 11 Figure 2 IntraServer Technology ITI 5100G Gigibit Ethernet Copper 10 100 100Base T Interface Adoanter nn Figure 3 ITI 5100GF adapter faceplate Figure 4 ITI 5100G adapter faceplate ccccccecccccccecseteceseesteeseesecnseeseessenaeens Figure 5 Connecting the network cable to the 5100GF adapter Figure 6 Servers Supporting Multiple HI ANe Figure 7 Dual Homing with Spanning Tree Figure 8 Dual Homing Path Coste Figure 9 8 Pin RJ 45 Connector Front cccccccccceeseeseceseeseeeeeeecuseeateeeensees List of Tables Table 1 Typographic Comuengtions sese reeseesee 9 Table 2 Shell Prompts cis cong O20 eA toss ik even ORO SaaS ER 10 Table 3 ITI 5100GF LED Status Indicators Table 4 I
3. send_coal_ticks read and write recv_max coalesced _bds read and write LSI Logic Corporation Page 27 of 56 recv_coal_ ticks read and write nic tracing read and write link negotiation read and write dump nic read and write jumbo read and write vlan read and write vlan_tag read and write vlan_tag_id read and write redund read and write redund read and write fdr filter read and write rx flow control read and write tx flow control read and write hybrid len read and write shared_rupt read and write snap read and write instance read and write LSI Logic Corporation Page 28 of 56 The following table describes the driver parameters available through ndd Adapter Driver Parameters Parameter stat_ticks send_max_coalesced_bds send_coal_ ticks recv_max coalesced _ bds nic_tracing link negotiation dump_nic jumbo vlan vlan_tag vlan tag_id redund redund fdr_filter rx_flow_control LSI Logic Corporation Meaning Minimum number of 1 sec ticks between statistics updates 0 off is the minimum and 100 000 is the default There is no maximum Number of sends before a send complete event is set 1 is the minimum 127 is the maximum and 60 is the default WARNING Setting this to an improper value can result in driver performance degradation or failure Do not use value is set by startup file Maximum number of receives that can be bundled into an event 1
4. HOMING EE 41 ONEVIEW Tea Ee 4 Configuring Dual Homtug 42 APPENDICES weiss escnsseseiescovtessventvcsss sesssnevenvectssgesavenrsuscehsesnsssocestessos 44 APPENDIX A varonil idas 44 LOOOBASE SX Link Characteristics cc ccccccceccccceecesteesteeseesees 44 10 100 1000BASE T Cable Specifications oonnnnnnnnninnnmnmm 44 Performance ApecHfieoattone 44 Physical Charaoterieiiee 44 Power Reauiremtente cana cona canon noria ran 45 Environmental Specifications ooo 45 APPENDIX Bi dea aa 46 Ethernet Connector ccccccceccceccseesseeseeeeceeecesecesecusecseeeeeeeeeensees 46 Network Cabling Reanifrenmtents 46 APPENDIX Corera e REE ic ti 47 Glossary Of Terms a aT A 47 List of Figures A E a 49 EE 49 APRENDO Di eege dee 50 Software LICENSE snaci aa E A E 50 End User License Agreement for Software 50 PRODUCT WARRANTY sccsicsccssasssoscivessecisaesostectesvevt cosebpesvtevecsigvesveee s 54 READERS COMMENTS ot adieren en tee p Si noate eiea t ans 56 LSI Logic Corporation Page 7 of 56 Introduction Preface This guide describes how to install and use the following IntraServer Technology ITI 5100G GF adapters in the Solaris operating environment e PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect ITI 5100G Gigabit Ethernet for Copper adapter e PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect ITI 5100GF Gigabit Ethernet for Fiber adapter The procedures in this guide assume that you are a system or network administrator experienced in installing simi
5. UPGRADES If the SOFTWARE PRODUCT is an upgrade from another ITI product whether from ITI or a reseller you may use or transfer the SOFTWARE PRODUCT only in conjunction with that upgraded product and the associated ITI Host Adapter If the SOFTWARE PRODUCT is an upgrade of an ITI product you may use that upgraded product only in accordance with this EULA If the SOFTWARE PRODUCT is an upgrade of a component package of software programs which you licensed as a single product package the SOFTWARE PRODUCT may be used and transferred only as part of that single product package and may not be separated for use on more than one COMPUTER and Host Adapter 4 DUAL MEDIA SOFTWARE You may receive the SOFTWARE PRODUCT IN MORE THAN ONE MEDIUM Regardless o the type of medium you receive you may use only one medium that is appropriate for your single Computer You may not loan rent lease or otherwise transfer the other medium to another user except for a permanent transfer as provided above of your rights in the SOFTWARE PRODUCT 5 PRODUCT SUPPORT Product support for the SOFTWARE PRODUCT is provided by ITI its resellers and OEMs For support please call 1 508 429 0425 technical support in the U S A between 8 30 AM and 5 30PM EST 6 U S GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS The SOFTWARE PRODUCT and documentation are provided with RESTRICTED RIGHTS Use duplication or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions set forth in
6. and switches that support Jumbo Frames e Dual Homing Two ITI 5100G GF adapters on a server can be paired for redundant operation through the use of the Dual Homing feature If traffic on a primary connection is lost due to the failure of the adapter cable switch port or switch when the dual adapters are attached to separate switches the secondary adapter becomes active and assumes the MAC and IP address of the primary adapter Network sessions should be maintained after the switchover causing minimum impact to network traffic This chapter describes these options in detail with configuration instructions and examples If your network does not require VLANs Jumbo Frames or Dual Homing you need only configure the adapter to support the default configuration as described in The ITI 5100G GF Driver Software LSI Logic Corporation Page 33 of 56 Note If you modify any of the optional configuration parameters VLANs Jumbo Frame or Dual Homing you must reboot the system before the changes will take effect If you make changes and do not reboot you may experience configuration problems LSI Logic Corporation Page 34 of 56 VLANs VLANs allow you to split your physical LAN into logical subparts providing an essential tool for increasing the efficiency and flexibility of your network Overview Each defined VLAN behaves as its own separate network with its traffic and broadcasts isolated from the other VLANs to
7. auto negotiating and supports full duplex operation 1 Prepare an appropriate cable The following table lists cable characteristics required for connecting to 1000Base SX ports 1000BASE SX Link Characteristics Description 62 5 Micron 50 Micron Frequency Shortwave 850 nanometers Shortwave 850 nm Cable Type Multimode fiber Multimode fiber 2 to 550 meters Operating Range 2 to 260 meters in compliance with IEEE 802 3z Table 6 1000BASE SX Link Characteristics 2 As shown in the following diagram connect one end of the cable to the ITI 5100G GF adapter Figure 5 Connecting the network cable to the 5100GF adapter 3 Connect the other end of the cable to a Gigabit Ethernet network port Attach the cable connector so that the TX transmit port on the ITI 5100G GF adapter is connected to the RX receive port of the device at the other end of the cable Note The adapter port LEDs are not functional until the adapter driver software is installed See Table 3 and Table 4 for a description of adapter port LED operation See Installing the Driver Software for driver installation and configuration instructions LSI Logic Corporation Page 21 of 56 5100G Cable Connection The 5100G adapter has one RJ 45 connector used for attaching the server to an Ethernet twisted pair copper segment The port is auto negotiating and supports full duplex operation 1 Prepare an appropriate cable The following table lists cable cha
8. is the minimum 511 is the maximum and 6 is the default WARNING Setting this to an improper value can result in degraded performance Not currently used Used to set IEEE 802 3z Link Negotiation to auto or off Use a value of 0 for off or 1 for auto The default is 1 auto Do not use reserved for debugging Do not use value is set by startup file Do not use value is set by startup file Do not use value is set by startup file Do not use value is set by startup file Do not use value is set by startup file Do not use value is set by startup file Full Duplex Repeater Filter For older adapters Model 710002 turn this on if the adapter is attached to a Full Duplex Repeater Use a value of 0 for off or 1 for on The default is 0 off If link negotiation is on a value of 1 allows the adapter to negotiate 802 3x receive flow control with the device at the other end of the link If 802 3x flow control is supported by the other device receive pause packets will be respected A value of 0 disables receive flow control The default is 1 on Page 29 of 56 Adapter Driver Parameters Parameter Meaning If link negotiation is on a value of 1 allows the adapter to negotiate 802 3x transmit flow control with the device at the other end of the link If tx_flow_control 802 3x flow control is supported by the other device transmit pause packets will be respected A value of 0 disables transmit flow con
9. is used in the commands below Place the Software Distribution Media into the CD ROM drive Mount the CD ROM on a local directory Ifthe Volume manager vold is running on your machine when the ITI 5100G GF CD ROM is loaded into the drive it is mounted automatically under cdrom cdromo volcheck Access the package directory by entering the following cd cdrom cdrom0 LSI Logic Corporation Page 23 of 56 At the prompt type the pkgadd command pkgadd d The screen displays a list of packages available for installation The following packages are available 1 ITIalt IntraServer LSI Logic 32 64 bit Gigabit Ethernet Adapter sparc Kit Version x x Select package s you wish to process or all to process all packages default all q Type the number for the TTIalt driver and press Return The pkgadd command starts the installation script Do not select the default all option to install all drivers Install only the driver appropriate for your system ITIalt Respond to prompts in the script pkgadd keeps cycling through its script once it has started Therefore you must quit q the program the second time the list of packages is displayed When you have finished loading the software eject the CD ROM by entering the following commands cd eject cdrom Troubleshooting If the Driver Fails to Attach If the adapter is not installed you will see the following message when you r
10. maintenance contract e E mail access support intraserver com E mail access to IntraServer Technology Customer Support is available to accounts that are under warranty or covered by a maintenance contract e Telephone access to IntraServer Technology Customer Support 1 508 429 0425 Extension 2 Telephone access to IntraServer Technology Customer Support is available to accounts that are under warranty or covered by a maintenance contract Normal business hours are 8 a m to 6 p m Eastern Standard Time e Telephone access to IntraServer Technology Sales 1 508 429 0425 Extension 1 Telephone access is available for information regarding product sales and upgrades LSI Logic Corporation Page 10 of 56 1 About the ITI 5100G GF Adapter Figure 1 IntraServer Technology ITI 5100GF Gigibit Ethernet Fiber Interface Adapter The ITI 5100GF adapter connects your PCI compliant server or workstation to a Gigabit Ethernet network The adapter incorporates a technology that transfers data at a rate of one gigabit per second 10 times the rate of a Fast Ethernet adapter ITI 5100GF offers a Duplex SC fiber optic connection LSI Logic Corporation Page 11 of 56 Figure 2 IntraServer Technology ITI 5100G Gigibit Ethernet Copper 10 100 100Base T Interface Adapter The ITI 5100G adapter connects your PCI compliant server or workstation to a Gigabit Ethernet network The adapter incorporates a technology that transfers data a
11. media is returned to ITI by the original licensee The remedy for breach of this warranty shall not cover any other damages including but not limited to the loss of data profit special incidental consequential and other similar claims LIMITED HARDWARE WARRANTY ITI warrants to only the original licensee that the Host Adapter is free of defects in materials and workmanship under normal use for a period of three years from the date of purchase In the event of a defect in Host Adapter material or workmanship during such warranty period ITI at its discretion will repair or replace the defective product when the defective product is returned to ITI by the original licensee The remedy for this breach of warranty is limited to replacement only and shall not cover any other damages including but not limited to the loss of data profit special incidental consequential and other similar claims If the Host Adapter is found to be defective ITI at its option agrees to replace or repair the Host Adapter at no charge except as stated below provided that the original licenses delivers the Host Adapter with a return material authorization RMA number and a dated proof of purchase The original licensee assumes the risk of damage or loss in transit The original licensee must use the original container or equivalent and pay the shipping charge ITI may replace or repair the product with new or reconditioned parts and the replacement parts
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13. subparagraph c 1 ii of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause DFARS 252 227 7013 or subparagraphs c 1 and 2 of the Commercial Computer Software Restricted Rights at 48 CFR 52 227 19 as applicable The Manufacturer is IntraServer Technology Inc Seven October Hill Road Holliston MA USA 01746 7 EXPORT LAWS AND REGULATIONS The end user agrees to comply with the export laws and regulations of the United States and other governing jurisdictions LSI Logic Corporation Page 53 of 56 Product Warranty LIMITED SOFTWARE WARRANTY IntraServer Technology Inc ITI warrants to only the original licensee that the Software when properly installed in conjunction with the Host Adapter will perform substantially in accordance with ITI s specifications contained in ITI s documentation provided with the Software ITI s Documentation for a period of 60 days from the date of the original licensing Furthermore ITI warrants that the media upon which the software is stored is free from defects of material or workmanship for a period of 60 days If the software should fail to perform substantially in accordance with ITI s Documentation or if there is a defect on the media during the warranty period ITI will use reasonable commercial efforts to correct any failure of the software to perform substantially in accordance with ITI s Documentation and will replace any defective media when the defective
14. the adapter s connector edge with the PCI connector dock in the server Note The connector dock in a 32 bit PCI slot is shorter than in a 64 bit PCI slot Although the adapter is designed to fit in either slot type when installed in a 32 bit PCI slot part of the adapter s connector edge will remain undocked This is perfectly normal 5 Applying even pressure at both corners of the card push the adapter card until it is firmly seated in the PCI slot CAUTION Do not use excessive force when seating the card as this may damage the server or the adapter If the card resists seating remove it from the system realign it and try again When properly seated the adapter s port connectors will be aligned with the slot opening and its faceplate will be flush against the server chassis 6 Use the screw removed above in Step 3 to secure the adapter in the PCI card cage 7 Replace the server cover and disconnect any personal anti static devices 8 Power the server on Once the server returns to proper operation the adapter hardware is fully installed You must next connect the network cables see Connecting the Network Cables and install the adapter driver software see Installing the Driver Software LSI Logic Corporation Page 20 of 56 Connecting the Network Cables 5100GF Cable Connection The 5100GF adapter has one SC type connector used for attaching the server to a Gigabit Ethernet fiber optic segment The port is
15. 1 cannot share the same host name The following example depicts the host name files required for a machine called iti with ITI 5100G GF adapters known as iti 1 iti 2 iti 3 and iti 4 on the networks created for alt0 alt1 alt2 andalt3 LSI Logic Corporation Page 26 of 56 iti cat etc hostname alto0 iti 1 iti cat etc hostname alt1 iti 2 iti cat etc hostname alt2 iti 3 iti cat etc hostname alt3 iti 4 3 For each host name enter the appropriate IP address in the etc hosts file 4 Reboot the system If you make changes and put the system into service before rebooting you may experience configuration problems Perform this command to reboot the system H reboot r Configuring Driver Parameters with ndd The ndd 1M utility is useful for changing configuration parameters for the adapter Alternately adapter parameters can be changed by manually editing the configuration files This section describes the ndd utility in detail Note Any changes made with ndd are temporary and will be lost when you reboot the system To make configuration changes survive the reboot process you will need to store driver settings in the etc rc2 d S99itialt file see Saving Driver Parameters Beyond Reboot Available Parameters To view parameters that you can set using the ndd command type ndd dev alt The system returns the following stat_ticks read and write send max coalesced_bds read and write
16. 3 ITI 5100GF LED Status Indicators LSI Logic Corporation Page 16 of 56 10 100 1000 BASE T ODATA O 1000 O 100 O10 Figure 4 ITI 5100G adapter faceplate The faceplate of the ITI 5100G adapter has one 10 100 1000Base T twisted pair copper CAT 5 connector for connecting the adapter to a Gigabit Ethernet segment The adapter will also operate in an existing 10 100 Ethernet environment LED State Blinking Data On Off On 1000 SS On 100 SS On 10 Off ITI 5100G Port LED Activity Description Data detected on the port Data detected on the port No data detected on the port Good link at 1000Mb sec No link possible bad cable bad connector missing or improperly installed driver software or configuration mismatch Good link at 100Mb sec No link possible bad cable bad connector missing or improperly installed driver software or configuration mismatch Good link at 10Mb sec No link possible bad cable bad connector missing or improperly installed driver software or configuration mismatch Table 4 ITI 5100G LED Status Indicators LSI Logic Corporation Page 17 of 56 2 Installing the ITI 5100G GF Adapter The following instructions apply to installing the ITI 5100G GF adapter in most servers Refer to the manuals that were supplied with your server for details about performing these tasks on your particular system System Requirements Before installing the ITI 5100G GF adapter make s
17. IntraYerver TECHNOLOGY INC ITlpci 5100G GF Gigabit Ethernet Host Adapters for Solaris Installation and User s Guide ESHRAVOLO Order Number 90 100300 Version 1 1 LSI Logic Corporation Copyright 2000 Version 1 1 Second Printing December 2000 Added VLAN support Version 1 0 First Printing August 2000 The information in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by LSI Logic Corporation LSI Logic Corporation assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this document LSI Logic Corporation Page 2 of 56 The software if any described in this document is furnished under a license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license No responsibility is assumed for the use or reliability of software or equipment that is not supplied by LSI Logic Corporation or its affiliated companies Copyright 2000 by LSI Logic Corporation All Rights Reserved The Reader s Comment form at the end of this document requests your critical evaluation to assist in preparing future documentation The LSI Logic logo design is a registered trademark of LSI Logic Corporation The following are trademarks of IntraServer Technology Inc ITIpci and the IntraServer logo All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders LSI Logic Corporation Page 3 of 56 FCC Class B Not
18. LAN consists of a switch two servers and five clients The LAN is logically organized into three different VLANs each representing a different IP subnet The features of this network are described in the following table Component VLAN 1 VLAN 2 VLAN 3 Main Server Accounting Server Example VLAN Network Topology Description An IP subnet consisting of the Main Server PC 3 and PC 5 This subnet represents an engineering group Includes the Main Server PCs 1 and 2 via shared media segment and PC 5 This VLAN is a software development group Includes the Main Server the Accounting Server and PC 4 This VLAN is an accounting group A high use server that needs to be accessed from all VLANs and IP subnets The Main Server has an ITIS100G adapter installed All three IP subnets are accessed via the single physical adapter interface The server is attached to an Alteon WebSystems switch Gigabit Ethernet port 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 server is able to communicate on all three IP subnets in this network but continues to maintain broadcast separation between all of them Available to VLAN 3 only The Accounting Server is isolated from all traffic on VLANs 1 and 2 The switch port connected to the server has tagging turned off Attached to a shared media hub that i
19. RE PRODUCT you agree to bound by the terms of this EULA If you do not agree to the terms of this EULA ITI is unwilling to license the SOFTWARE PRODUCT to you In such event you may not use or copy the SOFTWARE PRODUCT and you should promptly contact ITI or your reseller for instructions on return of the Host Adapter and Software for a refund SOFTWARE PRODUCT LICENSE The SOFTWARE PRODUCT is owned by ITI protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaties as well as other intellectual property laws and treaties The SOFTWARE PRODUCT is licensed not sold and ITI retains all rights not expressly granted You acknowledge and agree that the copyright patent trade secret and all other intellectual property rights of whatever kind and nature in the SOFTWARE PRODUCT and the Host Adapter and related specifications and documentation shall remain the property of ITI and nothing in this agreement shall be construed as transferring any aspects of such rights to you or any third party Except as specifically permitted in this Agreement you may not copy the software any printed materials accompanying the software or any on line or electronic documentation 1 GRANT OF LICENSE This EULA grants you the following non exclusive rights LSI Logic Corporation Page 50 of 56 Software Network Services Storage and Network Use Back up Right to Audit End User LSI Logic Corporation You may install and use one
20. TI 5100G LED Status Indicators c ccccctcceceeteseticetesseneeeenseneseeenes 17 Table 5 Hardware and Software Requirements cccccccceseeteciteeseeeseeteees Table 6 LOOOBASE SX Link Characteristics Table 7 10 100 1000BASE T Cable Specheanons Table 8 Adapter Driver ParametelS cccccccccececceeseeteciseeseeeetesetnsetaeeeeenseees 30 Table 9 Example VLAN Network Topology Table 10 Creating the etc hostname alt lt num gt les 38 Table 11 Creating the etc vlan alt lt num gt les 39 Table 12 8 Pin RJ 45 Connector Pin Assignments Table 13 Glossary Of Terms cooooonnnninnnioncnncnnnoncnnccincinnrnnrnrnrnnrnnrnn rra 48 LSI Logic Corporation Page 49 of 56 Appendix D Software License End User License Agreement for Software Warranty for Software and Hardware Important READ CAREFULLY This End User License Agreement EULA is a legal agreement between you either an individual or a single entity licensee of the IntraServer ITIpci SCSI Software being licensed by IntraServer Technology Inc ITI for the software SOFTWARE PRODUCT or SOFTWARE provided with the ITIpci Host Adapter Host Adapter You may not use the Software except in conjunction with the Host Adapter The SOFTWARE PRODUCT includes computer software the associated media any printed materials and any on line or electronic documentation By installing copying or otherwise using the SOFTWA
21. can have a logical presence on multiple IP subnets Refer to the Optional Configuration section of this manual for configuration information Jumbo Frames Support To reduce host frame processing overhead the ITI 5100G GF adapter and Gigabit switches that support jumbo frames can receive and transmit frames that are larger than the maximum frame size allowed on normal Ethernet Dual Homing Server switching networks require the capability to employ resiliency and redundancy similar to FDDI network environments ITI 5100G GF adapters provide the Ethernet user with this capability For dual homing support you must install two ITI 5100G GFs in the same host system The adapters are configured to provide a hot standby failover service The switches must be configured to support Spanning Tree on both Gigabit Ethernet ports to support the ITI 5100G GF Dual Homing capability Adaptive Interrupt Frequency The adapter driver intelligently adjusts host interrupt frequency based on traffic conditions in order to increase overall application throughput In light traffic the adapter driver interrupts the host for each received packet minimizing latency When traffic is heavy the adapter issues one host LSI Logic Corporation Page 14 of 56 interrupt for multiple back to back incoming packets preserving host CPU cycles Dual DMA Channels The PCI interface on the ITI 5100G GF adapter contains two independent DMA channels for s
22. copy of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT on a single computer the Computer If the SOFTWARE PRODUCT _ includes functionality that enables the Computer to act as a network server any number of computers may access or otherwise utilize the basic network services of the server The basic network services are more fully described in the printed materials accompanying the SOFTWARE PRODUCT You may also store or install a copy of the computer software portion of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT on the Computer to allow you other computers to use the SOFTWARE PRODUCT over an internal network However you must acquire and dedicate a license for the SOFTWARE PRODUCT for each computer on which the SOFTWARE PRODUCT is used or to which it is distributed A license for the SOFTWARE PRODUCT may not be shared or used concurrently on different computers You may make a single back up copy of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT You may use the back up copy solely for archival purposes ITI reserves the right to audit you to verify compliance with the EULA Page 51 of 56 2 DESCRIPTION OF OTHER RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS Limitation on Reverse Engineering Decompilation Disassembly Modifications and Derivatives You may not reverse engineer decompile disassemble or modify in whole or in part the SOFTWARE PRODUCT or create a derivative work using the SOFTWARE PRODUCT except and only to the extent that such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law notwithstan
23. ding this limitation Separation of Components The SOFTWARE PRODUCT is licensed as a single product Its component part may not be separated for use on more than one computer Single Computer The SOFTWARE PRODUCT is licensed for use on a single computer and only when the Host Adapter is installed on such computer The SOFTWARE PRODUCT may only be used with that computer Rental You may not rent or lease the SOFTWARE PRODUCT part from the Host Adapter The renting or leasing of a complete computer system containing both the SOFTWARE PRODUCT and the Host Adapter is allowed however Software Transfer You may permanently transfer all of your rights under this EULA only as part of a sale transfer of the Host Adapter provided you retain no copies you transfer your rights in the SOFTWARE PRODUCT including all component parts the media and printed materials any upgrades and this EULA and the transferee agrees to the terms of this EULA If the SOFTWARE PRODUCT includes any upgrades any transfer must include all prior versions of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT and the upgrades any transfer must include all prior versions of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT and the upgrade Termination Without prejudice to any other rights ITI may terminate this EULA if you fail to comply with the terms and conditions of this EULA In such event you must destroy all copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT and all its component parts LSI Logic Corporation Page 52 of 56 3
24. e commands files and directories used ithin the text readme txt file AaBbcc1i23 W gt gt Main It also depicts on screen computer output and prompts This bold type appears in command AaBbCc123 examples It shows text that must be gt gt Main sys typed in exactly as shown This italicized type appears in To establish a Telnet command examples as a parameter session enter placeholder Replace the indicated host telnet P AaBbCe123 text with the appropriate real name or address value when using the command This also shows book titles special Read your User s terms or words to be emphasized Guide thoroughly Command items shown inside brackets are optional and can be used or excluded as the situation demands Do not type the brackets host 1s a Table 1 Typographic Conventions LSI Logic Corporation Page 9 of 56 Shell Prompts Shell Prompts Shell Prompt C shell machine_name C shell superuser machine name Bourne shell and Korn shell Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser Table 2 Shell Prompts Contacting IntraServer Technology Use the following information to access IntraServer Technology support and sales e URL for IntraServer Technology Online http www intraserver com This website includes product information software updates and release notes The website also includes access to IntraServer Technology Customer Support for accounts under warranty or that are covered by a
25. erating in 100 1000Mb s or 100 1000Mb s Full Duplex a Category 5 cable should be used The maximum cable segment length supported at 100 1000Mb sec speed on Category 5 cable is 100M Any single cable segment adapter to adapter or adapter to network hub must be within the 100M length requirement LSI Logic Corporation Page 46 of 56 Appendix C Glossary of Terms The following terms are used throughout this guide Term 10 100 1000 1000BaseT 100BaseT 10BaseT CSMA CD Gigabit Ethernet Ethernet Fast Ethernet Hub NIC LSI Logic Corporation Meaning Notes 10 100 and 1000Mbps on the same The port will be port running at the negotiated speed See LEDs on the handle to determine the speed of operation Physical layer spec for 1000Mbps Ethernet over various wiring specs Physical layer spec for 100Mbps Ethernet over various wiring specs IEEE 802 3 physical layer spec for 10Mbps Ethernet over 2 pairs of UTP wire Carrier Sense Multiple Access Collision Detect Protocol for carrier transmission access in Ethernet networks 1000Mbps technology based on the 10BaseT Ethernet CSMA CD network access method IEEE standard data link protocol that specifies how data is placed on and retrieved from a common transmission medium 100Mbps technology based on the 10BaseT Ethernet CSMA CD network access method Connects 2 or more devices together in order for them to communicate on a network
26. ice This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Do not make mechanical or electrical modifications to the equipment VCCI Class 1 The equipment is Type 1 Data Processing Equipment and is intended for use in commercial and industrial districts It has been tested and found to comply with VCCI technical requirements for the purpose of protection against electronic interference When used in residential districts or their peripheral areas radio and TV receiver units may be subject to radio interference The operation should be done in accordance with the Instruction Manual
27. imultaneous read and write operations ASIC with Embedded RISC Processor The core control for the ITI 5100G GF adapter resides in a tightly integrated high performance ASIC The ASIC includes dual RISC processors This provides the flexibility to add new features to the card and adapt it to future network requirements via software download This also enables the adapter drivers to exploit the built in host off load functions on the adapter as host operating systems are enhanced to take advantage of these functions Diagnostic Support An ITI 5100G GF adapter RISC CPU runs on board diagnostics at power up Physical Description Figure 3 ITI 5100GF adapter faceplate The faceplate of the ITI 5100GF adapter has one 1000Base SX fiber optic connector for connecting the adapter to a Gigabit Ethernet segment There are also two LEDs one to indicate link status and one for data transfer status Once the adapter hardware and its driver software have been properly installed on your system the LEDs will signal the following adapter states ITI 5100GF Port LED Activity LED State Description Blinking Data detected on the port Data On Data detected on the port Off No data detected on the port Link Blinking slowly Port has been disabled by software LSI Logic Corporation Page 15 of 56 On Good link Off No link possible bad cable bad connector missing or improperly installed driver software or configuration mismatch Table
28. increase bandwidth efficiency within each logical group One example of how VLANs can be used to segment a LAN is when isolating different types of network traffic If you wanted to utilize Jumbo Frames on a portion of your LAN you could configure one VLAN for devices that support Jumbo Frames and a separate VLAN for devices supporting only standard frames By implementing VLANs you could segregate the different frame types from each other without reorganizing your LAN into separate physical subnets Although VLANs are commonly used to create individual broadcast domains and or separate IP subnets it is sometimes useful for a server to have a presence on more than one VLAN simultaneously Alteon WebSystems switches and ITIS5100G GF adapters support multiple VLANs on a per port or per interface basis allowing very flexible network configurations See Figure 6 for an example of servers supporting multiple VLANs with Tagging VLAN 1 Accounting Server Main Server VLAN 2 VLAN 3 All VLANs BEB BBP ITIS100G Gigabit VLAN Tagged D Shared oe oe Media Segment Z iii D H j PC 1 PC 2 PC 3 PC 4 PC 5 Software Dept Software Dept Engineering Accounting Engineering Software VLAN 2 VLAN 2 VLAN 1 VLAN 3 VLAN 1 amp 2 ITI5100G Gigabit VLAN Tagged Figure 6 Servers Supporting Multiple VLANs LSI Logic Corporation Page 35 of 56 In the example network shown in Figure 6 the physical
29. k Negotiation The default configuration for link negotiation of the Gigabit Ethernet link is auto With this setting the ITI 5100G GF adapter will use IEEE 802 3 1998 auto negotiation If you are connecting the adapter to Gigabit Ethernet equipment that does not support auto negotiation or if there is a problem establishing a link between the two devices auto negotiation can be turned off see Available Parameters Increasing TCP IP Performance The TCP IP performance of the ITI 5100G GF PCI adapter can be increased by changing the TCP IP ndd values This can be done with the ndd 1M utility as described below Enter the following ndd commands to increase TCP IP performance ndd set dev tcp tcp _recv_hiwat 65535 ndd set dev tcp tcp xmit_hiwat 65535 ndd set dev udp udp recv_hiwat 65535 ndd set dev udp udp xmit_hiwat 65535 To avoid losing these settings when reboot occurs add your ndd parameter settings to the start up file as described in the following section Saving Driver Parameters Beyond Reboot LSI Logic Corporation Page 31 of 56 Saving Driver Parameters Beyond Reboot Any parameter changes made using ndd will be lost the next time your system is rebooted To keep changes through reboot parameter settings must be placed in a start up file with the following filename etc rc2 d S99itialt Example If you need to adjust adapter 2 to turn Link Negotiation off and increase the TCP IP values you c
30. lar hardware in the Solaris environment How This Book Is Organized This book is organized as follows About the ITI 5100G GF Adapter describes the features of the ITI 5100G GF adapter and lists the hardware and software requirements for its installation and use Installing the ITI 5100G GF Adapter explains how to physically install the adapter in your system The ITI 5100G GF driver software explains how to install and configure the Gigabit Ethernet adapter software in the Solaris environment Optional Configuration explains how to configure the adapter for use with VLANs Jumbo Frames and Dual Homing Appendix provides adapter hardware connector and cabling specifications glossary and lists of figures and tables LSI Logic Corporation Page 8 of 56 UNIX Commands This document may not include all necessary software commands or procedures Instead it may name software tasks and refer you to operating system documentation or the handbook that was shipped with your workstation You might need to use supplemental documentation for the following types of information e Shutting down the system e Booting the system e Configuring devices e Other basic software procedures Typographic Conventions Table 1 describes the meanings of the various typographic styles used in this book Typographic Conventions Typeface or Symbol Meaning Example This type is used for names of View th
31. llow Spanning Tree Protocol packets to pass between them This causes the Spanning Tree Protocol to detect a loop in the network forcing the switch port connected to one of the adapters to go into blocking mode The blocked adapter becomes the secondary Primary Connection Failed _ Loop Resolved ACEnic 1 has dropped from service ACEnic 2 is active Both Connections Ready Spanning Tree Loop Detected ACEnic 1 is active ACEnic 2 is blocked at switch port Figure 7 Dual Homing with Spanning Tree If the primary connection becomes disabled for any reason the Spanning Tree Protocol will detect the loss of the loop and will change the switch port connecting the secondary adapter from blocking mode to forwarding mode LSI Logic Corporation Page 41 of 56 Configuring Dual Homing To configure Dual Homing in a system with two adapters where etc hostname alto is the primary adapter perform the following procedure Note Do not configure an etc hostname alt lt num gt entry for the redundant adapter Also do not configure Jumbo Frame support files for the redundant adapter If the primary adapter fails the secondary adapter takes on the configuration of the primary adapter Serious configuration problems will occur if there are hostname or Jumbo Frame configuration files for the secondary adapter 1 Enable Spanning Tree Protocol on the switch connected to your ITI 5100G GF adapters 2 The port to which the sec
32. lt203 64 etc vlan etc vlan etc vlan etc vlan alt6300 alt6301 alt6302 alt6303 Table 11 Creating the etc vian alt lt num gt files 5 Place the appropriate VLAN ID tag into the vlan alt lt num gt file s Each VLAN must be assigned a unique identification number Even though the maximum number of VLANs that can be configured on each adapter is 64 any particular VLAN can be assigned an identification number between 1 and 4094 The VLAN tagging format follows the guidance provided in IEEE 802 1Q 1998 The VLAN identifier numbers must be placed into each appropriate vlan alt lt num gt file to which the adapter is a member Example Consider a server with a single adapter The server is a member of two VLANs with VLAN identifiers 383 and 777 The contents of the first file etc vlan alt0 would be 383 and the contents of the second file etc vlan alt100 would be 777 Use your regular text editor to put the VLAN identifier number into the appropriate vlan alt lt num gt file Be certain that there are no spaces blank lines or extra characters The identifier can be entered in decimal e g 383 octal e g 0577 or hexadecimal e g 0x17F format If you are finished with all optional configurations reboot the system Changes to the optional configuration parameters VLAN Jumbo Frame or Dual Homing do not take effect until you reboot the system If you will be making changes to the other optional parameters du
33. ne slot to another the alt instance values in the etc path_to_inst file will be incorrect Correct the instance values before making any adapter configuration changes See your Solaris manuals for details on setting instance values e Each adapter must be assigned a host name and an IP address If you are not using multiple VLANs perform the steps below when configuring the host name and IP address for your adapter e If VLANs are to be used any specific adapter may have one host name and IP address for each VLAN If you will be using VLANs on the network see the Configuring VLANs section of this manual 1 Create the etc hostname alt lt num gt file s on the server There can be up to four adapters per server Create one etc hostname alt lt num gt file for each adapter The number lt num gt in the filename is determined as follows Hostname Numbering Adapter Hostname First etc hostname alto Second etc hostname alt1 Third etc hostname alt2 Fourth etc hostname alt3 For example the first adapter in the server requires a file named etc hostname alto and the second adapter requires a file named etc hostname alt1 2 Place the appropriate adapter host name into the hostname alt lt num gt file s The etc hostname alt lt num gt file must contain the appropriate host name for the adapter The host name should be different from that of any other interface For example etc hostname alt0 and etc hostname alti
34. nfigure VLANs perform the following procedure Note If you configure a VLAN for an adapter all traffic sent or received by that adapter must be in VLANs 1 Create the etc hostname alt file s on the server There can be up to four adapters per server and up to 64 VLANs defined per adapter One etc hostname alt lt num gt file must be created for each VLAN that will be configured for each adapter on the server Create files using the following naming format etc hostname alt lt num gt For each file the number lt num gt in the filename is determined according to the table below For example the first adapter in the server requires a file named etc hostname al1t0 for its first VLAN and a file named etc hostname alt100 for its second VLAN Up to 64 VLANs First Adapter Second Adapter Third Adapter Fourth Adapter etc hostname etc hostname etc hostname etc hostname alto altl alt2 alt3 etc hostname etc hostname etc hostname etc hostname alt100 alt101 alt102 alt103 etc hostname etc hostname etc hostname etc hostname alt200 alt201 alt202 alt203 LSI Logic Corporation Page 37 of 56 etc hostname etc hostname etc hostname etc hostname 94 alt6300 alt6301 alt6302 alt6303 Table 10 Creating the etc hostname alt lt num gt files 2 Place the appropriate adapter host name into the etc hostname alt file s The etc hostname alt lt num gt file must contain the appropriate adap
35. nsing 10 C hour extremes Altitude Up to 10 000 feet Up to 35 000 feet Shock 10g 1 2 sine wave 11 60g 1 2 sine wave 11 msec msec Vibration peak to peak displacement 0 005 in max 5 to 32 Hz 0 1 in max 5 to 17 Hz Vibration peak acceleration 0 25g 5 to 500 Hz Sweep Rate 1 octave min 0 25g 5 to 500 Hz Sweep Rate 1 octave min LSI Logic Corporation Page 45 of 56 Appendix B Ethernet Connector The 8 pin RJ 45 connector for 10 100 1000 Mb sec Ethernet is wired as ou I shown 87654321 Figure 9 8 Pin RJ 45 Connector Front With the connection pins assigned as shown Contact 10Base T Signal 100Base TX Signal 1000Base T Signal 1 TD Transmit Data ee BI DA Bidi Data 2 TD Transmit Data TD Transmit Data BI_DA Bidi Data 3 IRD Receive Data RD Receive Data BI_DB Bidi Data 4 INot used INot used IBI_DC Bidi Data 5 INot used INot used BI DC Bidi Data 6 RD Receive Data RD Receive Data BI _ DB Bidi Data 7 Not Used Not Used BI DD Bidi Data 8 INot Used INot Used BI DD Bidi Data Table 12 8 Pin RJ 45 Connector Pin Assignments Network Cabling Requirements In order for your network to operate properly you must use a category of network cabling that is appropriate for the data rate of the channel For 10Mb s operation Category 3 or 5 cable is appropriate When op
36. nt information not available at the time this manual was printed Note If you acquired the adapter software on a floppy disk or from the IntraServer Technology support website please check the appropriate source for the most recent information If your system is active execute proper shutdown When system shutdown is complete power OFF your system Holding the adapter card by the edges remove it from its shipping package it and place it on an anti static surface Check the adapter for visible signs of damage particularly on the card s edge connector Never attempt to install any damaged adapter If the adapter is damaged report it to your IntraServer Technology Customer Support Representative For more information see Contacting IntraServer Technology LSI Logic Corporation Page 19 of 56 PCI Adapter Installation To install a PCI ITI 5100G GF adapter in your system perform the following procedure 1 Observe all precautions and pre installation instructions in the Safety Precautions section Before installing the adapter ensure the system power is OFF and proper electrical grounding procedures have been followed 2 Remove the server cover and select any empty PCI slot If you do not know how to identify a PCI slot refer to your server documentation 3 Remove the blank cover plate from the slot that you selected Retain the screw so that it can be replaced later 4 Holding the PCI card by the edges align
37. nto service before rebooting you may experience configuration problems Perform this command to reboot the system reboot r LSI Logic Corporation Page 43 of 56 Appendix A 5 Appendices 1000BASE SX Link Characteristics Description 62 5 Micron 50 Micron Shortwave 850 nanometer multimode fiber 2 to 550 meters Operating Range 2 to 260 meters eo compliance with IEEE 802 3 1998 10 100 1000BASE T Cable Specifications Media Maximum Port Type Connector Distance 10Base T RJ 45 Cat 3 4 or 5 UTP 100 Meters 100 1000Base T RJ 45 Cat 5 UTP 100 Meters Performance Specifications Feature Specification PCI clock 66 MHz max PCI Data Address 32 and 64 bit PCI data burst transfer rate 132 MB second 32 bit bus 264 MB second 64 bit bus 528 MB second 64 bit bus at 66 MHz PCI modes Master slave Physical Characteristics Dimension Measurement PCI Length x Width 17 27 cm x 10 67 cm 6 8 x 4 2 LSI Logic Corporation Page 44 of 56 Power Requirements Specification Measurement PCI operating voltage 5 V 5 7 5 Watts PCI power consumption 15A 5VDC Environmental Specifications Condition Operating Storage Specification Specification Temperature S EE C H32 to PISI 40 to 85 C 5 to 85 non condensing r Relative humidity 40 C 16 hour dwells at gt to 23 anon conde
38. o co cananani no nocicananns 15 ASIC with Embedded RISC Processor cecen 15 Diagnostic Support 15 Physical Description 15 INSTALLING THE ITI 5100G GF ADAPTER csseeeeees 18 SYSTEM REOUTIREMENTS 18 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Ne EERSTEN 19 PRE INSTALLATION CHECKLIST cccsssseseessececeessececseeeeeecnneeeensas 19 PCI ADAPTER INSTALLATION coococccoooncncoonnncnnonnnncnonnnnnnonnnncnnannnncnnnos 20 CONNECTING THE NETWORK CARLES 21 SLOOGF Cable Connection 21 5100G Cable Connection ooooonicoconininaccccononcconnnaconnnanoconnnanccnnnnos 22 THE ITI 5100G GF DRIVER SOFTWARE ccsssccscssseeceees 23 INSTALLING THE DRIVER BOPTWARE 23 Troubleshooting If the Driver Fails to Aach 24 CONFIGURING THE HOST FILES ccccssseceesececeessececeeseeeessseeeenees 25 CONFIGURING DRIVER PARAMETERS WITH NIDD 27 Available Parameters ooonnininnnonnnaninanannniniconanana no nono co ranana conan 27 Checking Parameter Settings occse 30 Setting Porameterg canon nana nana rancia 30 LSI Logic Corporation Page 6 of 56 INCREASING TCP IP PERFORMANCE occccoconconcnnonconinnoncnnonconcnncnnanonos 31 SAVING DRIVER PARAMETERS BEYOND REBOOT s sssssseseseesesesee 32 OPTIONAL CONFIGURATION 00 cccscssssssssscssccssscseesseeseeesoees 33 VEAN St Relies tweed eeh ee eee ee 35 OVE VEW eege ee ENEE ae EN 35 Configuring VEANS 000 oa 37 JUMBO FRAMES SUPPORT NENNEN 40 huerteg ees AR e 40 Configuring Jumbo Frames Support 40 DUAL
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40. ondary adapter is connected must be the port that blocks If there is more than one switch in the spanning tree be certain that the secondary adapter is not attached to the root switch of the spanning tree Also be sure that the port path cost of the switch port connected to the secondary adapter is higher than the other ports in the loop Example In the following redundant switch configuration the switch port connected to adapter 2 must have the highest port path cost of any of the four ports in the loop Switch port to active adapter needs lower Inter switch path is required path cost for loop condition Loop ports need lower path cost TR Switch port to secondary adapter must have highest path cost to block Figure 8 Dual Homing Path Costs 3 Create the etc redund alti file 4 Use your regular text editor to put the number O the instance number of the primary adapter into the file etc redund alt1 Put the number 0 in the file without spaces or blank lines 5 Ifyou are finished with all optional configuration reboot the system LSI Logic Corporation Page 42 of 56 Changes to the optional configuration parameters Jumbo Frame or Dual Homing do not take effect until you reboot the system If you will be making changes to the other optional parameters during your configuration session you should wait to reboot until those changes are complete Note If you modify parameters and put the system i
41. ould place the following lines in the etc rc2 d S99itialt start up file H sbin sh local kernel modification case 1 in start echo Setting local kernel parameters c ndd set dev alt instance 2 ndd set dev alt link negotiation 0 ndd set dev tcp tcp _recv_hiwat 65535 ndd set dev tcp tcp _ xmit_hiwat 65535 ndd set dev udp udp xmit_hiwat 65535 ndd set dev udp udp recv_hiwat 65535 e cho Ir stop echo 0 No parameters changed echo Usage 0 start stop mt esac LSI Logic Corporation Page 32 of 56 4 Optional Configuration Your IntraServer Technology ITI 5100G GF adapter can be configured to support the following options e VLANs Virtual Local Area Networks VLANs are commonly used to split up groups of network users into manageable broadcast domains to create logical segmentation of workgroups and to enforce security policies among each logical segment Up to 64 VLANs can be defined for each ITI 5100G GF adapter on your server e Jumbo Frames Standard Ethernet frames are 1 500 bytes long When sending Ethernet traffic at Gigabit speeds a considerable portion of the bandwidth is consumed by the overhead of handling a multitude of small packets ITI 5100G GF adapters support Ethernet frames of 9 000 bytes Host CPU utilization is significantly reduced and network throughput is enhanced when enabling Jumbo Frames between servers that have ITI 5100G GF adapters
42. racteristics required for connecting to 10 100 100 Base T ports 10 100 1000BASE T Cable Specifications z Maximum Port Type Connector Media Distance 10Base T RJ 45 Cat 3 4 or 5 UTP 100 Meters 100 1000Base T RAN Cat 5 UTP 100 Meters Table 7 10 100 1000BASE T Cable Specifications 2 Connect one end of the cable to the ITI 5100G GF adapter 3 Connect the other end of the cable to a Gigabit Ethernet network port Note The adapter port LEDs are not functional they will not reflect port link or data status until the adapter driver software is installed LSI Logic Corporation Page 22 of 56 3 The ITI 5100G GF Driver Software A network device driver must be installed before the ITI 5100G GF adapter can be used with your systems This chapter describes how to preform the following tasks Install the driver software in the Solaris environment Configure the host files Configure driver parameters using the ndd utility Installing the Driver Software Note The ITI 5100G GF adapter must be physically installed in your server prior to installing the driver software See Installing the ITI 5100G GF Hardware for details To install the adapter software for Solaris perform the following procedure 1 Become superuser root Za Note the revision level of the Software Distribution Media included with your IntraServer Technology adapter The revision level is stamped on the Software Distribution Media label and
43. ring your configuration session you should wait to reboot until those changes are complete If you modify parameters and put the system into service before rebooting you may experience configuration problems Perform this command to reboot the system LSI Logic Corporation Page 39 of 56 reboot r Verify the configuration changes Enter the following command and verify that the appropriate VLANs are present ifconfig a Jumbo Frames Support ITI 5100G GF adapters support Jumbo Frames frames of up to 9 000 bytes that are sent between servers that have ITI 5100G GF adapters and switches that support Jumbo Frames Host CPU utilization is significantly reduced and network throughput is enhanced by sending 9 000 byte frames rather than the standard 1 500 byte Ethernet frames Overview A single ITI 5100G GF adapter on a server can support standard Ethernet frames as well as Jumbo Frames Jumbo Frames are only sent between servers that have ITI 5100G GF adapters Standard Ethernet frames are used between servers that have ITI 5100G GF Adapters and all other Ethernet devices Note Not all network switches support passing Jumbo Frames Check with your switch manufacturer for confirmation of Jumbo Frame support Configuring Jumbo Frames Support To configure Jumbo Frame support perform the following procedure 1 Create the etc jumbo alt lt num gt file 2 Use your regular text editor to put the number 9000 in
44. s e Dual Homing for automatic failover if a port switch or adapter is down e VLANs up to 64 VLANs per adapter using IEEE 802 1Q 1998 tagging e Adaptive interrupt frequency maximizes network throughput adapts to traffic load e Dual DMA channels e 33 66 MHz 32 bit or 64 bit PCI bus master with adaptive DMA e Universal dual voltage signaling 3 3V and 5V e PCI Local Bus Rev 2 1 compliant 6 8 x 4 2 e ASIC with on chip MAC and dual RISC processors e Status LEDs ITI 5100G Model e CAT 5 compatible twisted pair Ethernet Connector e Interoperability with existing Ethernet and Fast Ethernet Equipment ITI 5100GF Model e Duplex SC fiber optic connector Key Protocols and Interfaces ITI 5100G GF adapters are interoperable with existing Ethernet equipment assuming standard Ethernet minimum and maximum frame size 64 to 1518 LSI Logic Corporation Page 13 of 56 bytes frame format and compliance with the following standards and protocols e Logical Link Control IEEE 802 2 e Flow Control IEEE 802 3x e SNMP e Gigabit Ethernet IEEE P802 3z VLANs Support Virtual Local Area Networks VLANs are commonly used to split up groups of network users into manageable broadcast domains to create logical segmentation of workgroups and to enforce security policies among logical segments Each ITI 5100G GF adapter supports up to 64 VLANs With multiple VLANs on an adapter a server with a single adapter
45. s then connected to the switch PCs 1 and 2 belong to VLAN 2 only and are PCs 1 and 2 logically in the same IP subnet as the Main Server and PC 5 PC 3 PC 4 PC 5 The switch port connected to this segment has tagging turned off A member of VLAN 1 PC 3 can communicate only with the Main Server and PC 5 Tagging is not enabled on PC 3 s switch port A member of VLAN 3 PC 4 can only communicate with the servers Tagging is not enabled on PC 4 s switch port A member of both VLANs 1 and 2 PC 5 has an ITIS100G 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 Table 9 Example VLAN Network Topology LSI Logic Corporation Page 36 of 56 VLAN tagging is only required to be enabled on switch ports that create trunk links to other VLAN capable switches or on ports connected to tag capable end stations such as servers or workstations with ITIS100G GF adapters Configuring VLANs By default Alteon WebSystems switches have a single VLAN configured for every port which groups all ports into the same broadcast domain just as if there were no VLANs at all This default VLAN has an 802 1Q 1998 VLAN identification number of 1 with VLAN tagging for the switch port turned off If you are using a VLAN capable switch from another manufacturer consult the documentation for your switch before continuing To co
46. t a rate of one gigabit per second 10 times the rate of a Fast Ethernet adapter ITI 5100G offers a Twisted Pair Copper interface which is compatible with existing building CAT 5 wiring systems AutoSense speed selection allows operation at speeds of 10 100 and 1000Mbits sec making the ITI 5100G ideal for upgrading existing networks to Gigabit Ethernet The ITI 5100G GF adapter targets the increased congestion experienced at the backbone and server by today s networks while providing a future upgrade path for high end workstations that require more bandwidth than Fast Ethernet can provide Included with your adapter is the following e Anti static bag used for protecting the adapter when stored or shipped Keep the adapter in its packaging until ready for installation e ITI 5100G GF Gigibit Ethernet Adapter Software Distribution media containing ITI 5100G GF adapter driver software and documentation Inform your network supplier of any missing or damaged items If you need to return the adapter you must pack it in the original or equivalent packing material or the warranty will be voided LSI Logic Corporation Page 12 of 56 Features Following is a list of the Gigabit Ethernet PCI adapter features ITI 5100G and GF Models e Full duplex Gigabit Ethernet interface IEEE P802 3 1999 e Jumbo Frame support optional 9 000 byte frames for server to server traffic e Standard Ethernet frame size up to 1518 byte
47. ter host name The host name should be different from the host name of any other interface For example etc hostname alt0 and etc hostname alt100 cannot share the same host name The following example depicts the host name files required for a machine called iti with one ITIS100G GF adapter with four VLANs iti cat etc hostname alt0 iti 1 iti cat etc hostname alt100 iti 1100 iti cat etc hostname alt200 iti 1200 iti cat etc hostname alt300 iti 1300 3 For each host name enter the appropriate IP address in the etc hosts file 4 Create the etc vlan alt lt num gt file s One corresponding etc vlan alt lt num gt file is needed for each etc hostname alt lt num gt file created in the previous steps one for each VLAN being configured for each adapter on the server Create files using the following naming format etc vlan alt lt num gt For each file the number lt num gt in the filename is determined according to the table below For example the first adapter requires a file named etc vlan alto for its first VLAN and a file named etc vlan alt100 for its second VLAN LSI Logic Corporation Page 38 of 56 Upita 0a First Adapter Second Adapter Third Adapter Fourth Adapter VLANs 1 etc vlan etc vlan etc vlan etc vlan alto altl alt2 A LES 2 etc vlan etc vlan etc vlan etc vlan alt100 alt101 alt102 alt103 3 etc vlan etc vlan etc vlan etc vlan alt200 alt201 alt202 a
48. to the etc jumbo alt lt num gt file Put the number 9000 in the file without spaces or blank lines 3 Ifyou are finished with all optional configuration reboot the system Changes to the optional configuration parameters Jumbo Frame or Dual Homing do not take effect until you reboot the system If you will be making changes to the other optional parameters during your configuration session you should wait to reboot until those changes are complete LSI Logic Corporation Page 40 of 56 Note If you modify parameters and put the system into service before rebooting you may experience configuration problems Perform this command to reboot the system reboot 4 Verify the configuration changes Enter the following command and verify that the MTU size is set to 9000 ifconfig a Dual Homing When two ITI 5100G GF adapters are installed in the same server they can be paired in a Dual Homing configuration If traffic is not seen over the primary adapter connection due to loss of the adapter cable switch port or switch where the two adapters are attached to separate switches the secondary adapter becomes active When it becomes active the secondary adapter uses the MAC and IP address originally assigned to the primary adapter Sessions should be maintained with minimum impact to network traffic Overview The Dual Homing feature relies on the Spanning Tree Protocol Adapters configured for Dual Homing a
49. trol The default is 0 off hybrid_len Do not use value is set by startup file shared_rupt Do not use value is set by startup file snap Do not use value is set by startup file instance Used to set the device number from which the previous data is extracted This value can range from 0 to the number of adapters installed in the system The default is 0 Table 8 Adapter Driver Parameters Checking Parameter Settings To check a current parameter setting use the following command ndd dev alt lt parameter_name gt Setting Parameters Follow this procedure to set parameters using the ndd utility 1 Check the etc path_to_inst file for the instance associated with particular devices 2 Specify the instance for the adapter you wish to configure ndd set dev alt instance lt instance gt Any subsequent ndd configuration commands will act on the adapter with the selected instance The adapter remains selected until you specify a different instance 3 Specify the configuration command using the following format ndd set dev alt lt parameter gt lt value gt A list of valid parameters and values can be found in Available Parameters LSI Logic Corporation Page 30 of 56 Note Any changes made with ndd will be lost when you reboot the system To make configuration changes survive reboot store driver settings in the ete re2 d s99itialt file see Saving Driver Parameters Beyond Reboot Lin
50. un pkgadd drvconfig Driver alt failed to attach Warning Driver alt successfully added to system but failed to attach pkgadd ERROR postinstall script did not complete successfully If this happens halt your machine using the following commands LSI Logic Corporation Page 24 of 56 sync sync halt Then at the ok prompt use the following command to list the system devices ok show devs ITI 5100G GF adapter output will be displayed Sample PCI examples are shown on the next page For PCI systems ethernet 1 identifies the PCI ITI 5100G GF adapter SUNW b 1e 0 SUNW UltraSPARC 1100 0 pcielf 2000 pcielf 4000 counter timerelf 1c00 virtual memory memory 0 60000000 aliases options openprom chosen packages pcie1f 2000 ethernetel pci 1f 4000 scsi 3 pci 1f 4000 network 1 1 pci 1f 4000 ebus 1 pci 1f 4000 scsi 3 tape pci 1f 4000 scsi 3 disk pci 1f 4000 ebus 1 SUNW CS4231 14 200000 If the appropriate ITI 5100G GF device is not listed check that the adapter is installed and properly seated Then restart the system and re install the adapter software Configuring the Host Files Once the ITI 5100G GF adapter software is installed on your system it must be configured To ensure proper adapter performance configure the host files and driver parameters as described in the following sections LSI Logic Corporation Page 25 of 56 Note If any adapter card is moved from o
51. ure your system meets the requirements listed in the following table Hardware and Software Requirements Category Requirements Hardware PCI All PCI based Sun Systems Firmware OpenBoot PROM version 3 0 or greater Software Operating System Solaris 2 6 and later ITI 5100G GF 32 bit and 64 bit adapter driver Adapter Software software for Solaris see www intraserver com for driver updates Table 5 Hardware and Software Requirements LSI Logic Corporation Page 18 of 56 Safety Precautions CAUTION e The adapter is being installed in a server that operates with voltages that can be lethal Before you remove the cover of your server you must observe the following precautions to protect yourself and to prevent damage to the system components e Remove any metallic objects or jewelry from your hands and wrists e Make sure to use only insulated or non conducting tools e Installation or removal of adapters must be performed in a static free environment The use of a properly grounded wrist strap or other personal anti static devices and an anti static mat is strongly recommended e Verify that the server is powered OFF before accessing internal components Pre Installation Checklist 1 Check that your server meets the hardware and software requirements listed in Table 5 Hardware and Software Requirements Review the information in the readme file on the ITI 5100G GF Software Distribution media for importa
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