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xiDeclaration of ConformityEMCUSA—FCC Class AThis equipment complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditio

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xiiiPrefaceThe Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide providesinstallation instructions for the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet P

xiv Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005Using UNIX CommandsThis document might not contain information

Preface xvTypographic ConventionsAccessing Sun DocumentationYou can view, print, or purchase a broad selection of Sun documentation, includinglocalize

xvi Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005Contacting Sun Technical SupportIf you have technical questions

1CHAPTER1Product OverviewThis chapter contains an overview of the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapter,including: “Product Description” on page 1 “

2 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005FIGURE 1-1 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter with Optical Tra

Chapter 1 Product Overview 3FIGURE 1-2 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Fiber Optic ChannelsFeaturesThe Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapter add

PleaseRecycleCopyright 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara, California 95054, U.S.A. All rights reserved.Sun Microsystems, I

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5CHAPTER2Installing the AdapterThis chapter describes how to install the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapter inyour system and verify that it has be

6 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005▼ To Install the AdapterThe following instructions describe the b

Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter 7▼ To Install the Optical TransceiverThe Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-Xadapter requires an optical transceiver to crea

8 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 20054. Push the handle closed to lock the optical transceiver in plac

Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter 9▼ To Verify the Hardware InstallationAfter you have installed the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet adapter, but before you bo

10 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 20054. View the .properties file for a list of device properties.The

Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter 11Installing the Adapter With DynamicReconfigurationIf you have a Sun Enterprise™ system that supports dynamic reconf

12 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 If your system is running Sun Enterprise Volume Manager™, it s

Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter 13*** Checking for correct version of 10-Gigabit Ethernet DriverPackages...*** Checking for correct version of VLAN U

iiiContentsPreface xiii1. Product Overview 1Product Description 1Hardware and Software Requirements 2Features 32. Installing the Adapter 5Installing t

14 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 20055. Reboot the system to load the driver:6. Verify the installati

Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter 15Configuring the Network Host FilesAfter installing the driver software, you must create a hostname.ixgenumber filew

16 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005On Linux operating systems, use the following commands:Where num

Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter 173. Create an appropriate entry in the /etc/hosts file for each active ixge interface.For example:# cat /etc/hosts##

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19CHAPTER3Configuring Driver ParametersThis chapter describes how to configure the driver parameters used by the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-Xadapter.

20 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 200510-Gigabit Ethernet Driver Parameter Values andDefinitionsTABLE

Chapter 3 Configuring Driver Parameters 21TABLE 3-2 provides flow control keywords and describes their function.Interrupt ParametersTABLE 3-3 describe

22 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005Jumbo FramesThe variable accept-jumbo enables the driver to inst

Chapter 3 Configuring Driver Parameters 23▼ To Configure Jumbo Frames in a LinuxEnvironment1. Ensure that the ixge software is installed.2. Plumb the

iv Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 200510-Gigabit Ethernet Driver Parameter Values and Definitions 20Fl

24 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005▼ To Specify Device Instances for the ndd UtilityBefore you use

Chapter 3 Configuring Driver Parameters 25● To modify a parameter value, use the -set option.If you invoke the ndd utility with the -set option, the u

26 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005● To list all the parameters supported by the ixge driver, type

Chapter 3 Configuring Driver Parameters 27▼ To Set Driver Parameters Using a ixge.confFile1. Obtain the hardware path names for the ixge devices in th

28 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005In this example: The first part within the double quotes specif

Chapter 3 Configuring Driver Parameters 2910-Gigabit Ethernet Driver OperatingStatisticsThese statistics are part of the statistics presented by the k

30 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005Table describes the read-only ixge device capabilities.TABLE 3-6

Chapter 3 Configuring Driver Parameters 31rx_new_pages Number of pages that got replaced during reception.rx_no_buf Number of times the hardware canno

32 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005▼ To Check Link Partner SettingsType the kstat command as superu

Chapter 3 Configuring Driver Parameters 33 multircv 0 multixmt 0 norcvbuf

Contents vB. Diagnostic Software 45SunVTS Diagnostic Software 45Updating SunVTS to Recognize the Adapter 46▼ To Update SunVTS to Recognize the Adapter

34 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005▼ To Discover Device Capabilities● Use the kstat command to disc

Chapter 3 Configuring Driver Parameters 35▼ To Discover Link Settings● Use the kstat command to discover link settings.Configuration CheckingThe jumbo

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37CHAPTER4Configuring VLANsThis chapter explains Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) in detail and providesconfiguration instructions and examples. It

38 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005Although VLANs are commonly used to create individual broadcast

Chapter 4 Configuring VLANs 39 VLAN 2 includes the Main Server, Clients 1 and 2 by means of a shared mediasegment, and Client 5. This is a software d

40 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005subnets when setting up a VLAN network interface. This means tha

Chapter 4 Configuring VLANs 412. Use the ifconfig(1M) to configure a VLAN virtual device, for example:The output of ifconfig -a on a system having VLA

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43APPENDIXASpecificationsThis appendix provides specifications for the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapter. “Performance Specifications” on page 43

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44 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005Physical CharacteristicsPower RequirementsTABLE A-2 Physical Ch

45APPENDIXBDiagnostic SoftwareThis appendix provides an overview of the SunVTS diagnostic application andinstructions for updating the SunVTS software

46 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/Software/

Appendix B Diagnostic Software 47Using the SunVTS netlbtestYou must have the Ethernet card and the device driver installed, a loopbackconnector in pla

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49APPENDIXCInstalling the Software ManuallyThis appendix describes how to install the driver software manually.The Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter CD

50 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 If your system is not running Volume Manager, mount the CD-RO

Appendix C Installing the Software Manually 514. Install the patch:5. Check to see if vlan drivers are installed on the system: If you are using a So

52 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 If your system is running Solaris 9 x86 software type the fol

53APPENDIXDInstalling the Sun 10-GigabitEthernet Device Driver on LinuxPlatformsThis appendix explains how to install the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-

viiTablesTABLE 1-1 Hardware and Software Requirements for Sun SPARC Servers 2TABLE 3-1 ixge Driver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions 20TABLE 3-2 Rea

54 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 20052. Build the man pages (optional):3. Change to the rpm director

Appendix D Installing the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet Device Driver on Linux Platforms 557. Verify that the driver is loaded.In the following example, the

56 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 200510. Use the ethtool command to check the parameter configuratio

Appendix D Installing the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet Device Driver on Linux Platforms 57▼ To Set ixge Parameters in a Linux Environment1. Remove the Sun

58 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005TABLE D-1 lists the tunable ixge driver parameters for Linux op

Appendix D Installing the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet Device Driver on Linux Platforms 59▼ To Configure VLANs in a Linux Environment1. Ensure that the ixg

60 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005▼ To Configure Bonding for Multiple ixgeInterfaces1. Modify /et

61IndexSymbols/etc/hostname.ixgenumber file 16Aassigning an IP address 15autonegotiationsettingdisabling 26Cconfiguring device driver parameters 19con

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ixFiguresFIGURE 1-1 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter with Optical Transceiver Installed 2FIGURE 1-2 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Fiber O