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Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X
Adapter Installation and User’s
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Part No. 819-0938-12
December 2005, Revision A
Preface xiii
1. Product Overview
1
Features
3
2. Installing the Adapter
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Using the Installation Script 11
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Configuring the Network Host Files 15
3. Configuring Driver Parameters 19
10-Gigabit Ethernet Device Driver Parameters 19
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To Configure Jumbo Frames in a Linux Environment 23
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To Check Link Partner Settings 32
4. Configuring VLANs 37
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A. Specifications 43
Performance Specifications 43
Physical Characteristics 44
Power Requirements 44
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Updating SunVTS to Recognize the Adapter 46
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To Use the netlbtest 47
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Setting Up the Driver in a Linux Platform 53
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Setting Driver Parameters in a Linux Environment 56
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To Configure VLANs in a Linux Environment 59
To Configure Bonding for Multiple ixgeInterfaces 60
Index 61
Contents
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TABLE 1-1
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
accept-jumbo Parameters 22
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Power Requirements 44
SunVTS Documentation 46
Files and Directories on the CD-ROM 50
Tunable ixgeDriver Parameters for Linux Operating Systems 58
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Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter with Optical Transceiver Installed
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Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Fiber Optic Channels
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Example of Servers Supporting Multiple VLANs With Tagging Adapters 38
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Preface
The Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide provides
installation instructions for the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapter. This
document 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 driver software using the automated script.
Chapter 3 describes how to configure the driver parameters used by the Sun 10-
Chapter 4 explains VLANs in detail, and provides configuration instructions and
Appendix A 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.
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CHAPTER
1
This chapter contains an overview of the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapter,
including:
▼ “Product Description” on page 1
▼ “Hardware and Software Requirements” on page 2
▼ “Features” on page 3
The Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapter is a low profile 133 MHz 10 gigabit
Ethernet card utilizing the Intel 82597EX PCI-X MAC controller with XFP-based 10-
gigabit Ethernet optics.
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.
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FIGURE 1-1 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter with Optical Transceiver Installed
Hardware and Software Requirements
Before installing the adapter, make sure your system meets the required hardware
and software. TABLE 1-1 lists the supported hardware and software for Sun SPARC®
systems.
TABLE 1-1
Hardware and Software Requirements for Sun SPARC Servers
Requirements
Hardware or Software
Hardware
Sun Fire™ V440, 490, 880, V890, T2000
Sun Fire V40z, X4200
Operating System
Solaris 9 9/04, and 10 SPARC Operating System
RedHat Enterprise Linux 3.0 and 4.0
SuSe Linux Enterprise Server 9.0 SP1
Note – The preceding information is up-to-date as of the printing of this manual.
information.
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FIGURE 1-2 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Fiber Optic Channels
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
▼ kstatand snoopsupport
▼ Support for promiscuous and multicast modes
▼ Jumbo frames support up to 8000 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
▼ 802.1Q VLAN support
▼ IEEE 802.3ad link aggregation (trunking)
▼ NDD physical layer management configuration capability
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CHAPTER
2
Installing the Adapter
This chapter describes how to install the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapter in
your system.
This chapter contains the following sections:
▼ “Installing the Adapter Without Dynamic Reconfiguration” on page 5
▼ “Installing the Adapter With Dynamic Reconfiguration” on page 11
▼ “Using the Installation Script” on page 11
▼ “Verifying the Software Installation” on page 14
▼ “Configuring the Network Host Files” on page 15
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.
Installing the Adapter Without Dynamic
Reconfiguration
Caution – If your are installing the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapter into a
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 11.
5
▼ 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.
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 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.
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▼ To Install the Optical Transceiver
The Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-Xadapter requires an optical transceiver to create
and Ethernet connection. The optical transceiver Part Number: 135-1172-01 is
available from Sun Microsystems.
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, align 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.
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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.
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▼ To Verify the Hardware Installation
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 interrupt the boot process and display the OpenBoot (ok) prompt.
2. List the network devices on your system.
ok show-devs
The output from this command is extensive. Look for ethernet@and network@to
see the networkdevices. In this example, the ethernet@1device 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@1identifies 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
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9
4. View the .propertiesfile for a list of device properties.
The .propertiescommand 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
00000800 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
03000810 00000000 00000000 00000000 00008000
01000820 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000020
70 63 69 38 30 38 36 2c 31 30 34 38 2e 38 30 38
ethernet
reg
compatible
name
66mhz-capable
devsel-speed
class-code
interrupts
latency-timer
cache-line-size
max-latency
min-grant
subsystem-id
subsystem-vendor-id
revision-id
device-id
00000001
00020000
00000001
00000040
00000010
00000000
000000ff
00007036
0000108e
00000002
00001048
00008086
vendor-id
ok
5. Type the following when you finish looking at the .propertiesvalues:
ok device-end
Rebooting the System
After verifying the adapter installation, use the boot -rcommand to perform a
reconfiguration boot on your system.
ok boot -r
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Installing the Adapter With Dynamic
Reconfiguration
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 occupant. 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
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.
▼ To Install the Software Using the Installation
Script
1. At the system console, become superuser (root).
2. Insert the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter CD into a CD-ROM drive that is
connected to your system.
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▼ If your system is running Sun Enterprise Volume Manager™, it should
automatically mount the CD-ROM to the /cdrom/cdrom0directory.
▼ 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:
▼
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
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.
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CODE EXAMPLE 2-1
Typical Install Script Output (Continued)
*** Checking for correct version 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:
*** Installing 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:
SUNWvld
SUNWvldu
SUNWvldx
*** 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 <SUNWixged> was successful.
Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
Installation of <SUNWixgedu> was successful.
Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
Installation of <SUNWixgea> was successful.
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CODE EXAMPLE 2-1
Typical Install Script Output (Continued)
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. Be sure that you have version 1.30 or later installed.
▼ Use the modinfocommand 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)
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Configuring the Network Host Files
After installing the driver software, you must create a hostname.ixgenumber file
where number = the instance number of the ixgeinterface.) 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/hostsfile.
Caution – Ensure that the optical transceiver is correctly seated before configuring
the interface.
1. At the command line, use the grepcommand to search the /etc/path_to_inst
file for ixgeinterfaces.
# 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 ifconfigcommand to set up the adapter’s ixgeinterface.
Use the ifconfigcommand 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 ifconfigcommand, you must unconfigure and reconfigure
the interface.
On Solaris operating systems, use the following commands to unconfigure and
reconfigure the interface:
# ifconfig ixge0 down
# ifconfig ixge0 unplumb
# ifconfig ixge0 plumb ip-address up
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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 ifconfig(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 ixgeinterface you plan to use.
To use the adapter’s ixgeinterface in the Step 1 example, create an
/etc/hostname.ixge0file, where 0is the number of the ixgeinterface. If the
instance number were 1, the filename would be
/etc/hostname.ixge1.
▼ Do not create an /etc/hostname.ixgenumber file for a Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet
adapter interface you plan to leave unused.
▼ The /etc/hostname.ixgenumber file must contain the hostname and IP address
for the appropriate ixgeinterface.
▼ The host name and IP address must be listed in the /etc/hostsfile.
▼ The host name must be different from any other host name of any other interface,
for example: /etc/hostname.ixge0and /etc/hostname.ixge1cannot share
the same host name.
The following example shows the /etc/hostname.ixgenumber file required for a
system called zardozthat has a Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet adapter (zardoz-11).
# cat /etc/hostname.hme0
zardoz
# cat /etc/hostname.ixge0
zardoz-11
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3. Create an appropriate entry in the /etc/hostsfile for each active ixgeinterface.
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
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CHAPTER
3
This chapter describes how to configure the driver parameters used by the Sun 10-
Gigabit Ethernet PCI-Xadapter. This chapter contains the following sections:
▼ “10-Gigabit Ethernet Device Driver Parameters” on page 19
▼ “Setting ixgeDriver Parameters” on page 23
▼ “10-Gigabit Ethernet Driver Operating Statistics” on page 29
10-Gigabit Ethernet Device Driver
Parameters
The ixgedevice driver controls the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapter. The
ixgedriver is attached to the UNIX pciname property pci8086,1048for the Sun
10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapter (8086is the vendor ID and 1048is the PCI
device ID).
You can manually configure the ixgedevice 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 ixgedevice driver parameters, and describes how to configure
these parameters.
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10-Gigabit Ethernet Driver Parameter Values and
Definitions
TABLE 3-1 describes the parameters and settings for the ixgedevice driver.
TABLE 3-1 ixgeDriver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions
Parameter
Status
Description
instance
Read and write
Read and write
Read and write
Read and write
Read and write
Read and write
Device instance
adv-asmpause-cap
adv-pause-cap
rx-intr-pkts
rx-intr-time
accept-jumbo
Flow control parameter
Flow control parameter
Receive interrupt blanking values
Receive interrupt blanking values
Enable jumbo frames
Flow Control Parameters
The ixgedevice 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 ixgedevice can slow down its
transmit rate. The ixgedevice 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.
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TABLE 3-2 provides flow control keywords and describes their function.
TABLE 3-2
Keyword
Read-Write Flow Control Keyword Descriptions
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)
• If adv_asmpause_cap= 1 while adv_pause_cap= 1,
pauses are received.
• If adv_asmpause_cap= 1 while adv_pause_cap= 0,
pauses are transmitted.
• If adv_asmpause_cap= 0 while adv_pause_cap= 1,
pauses are sent and received.
• 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 Name
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)
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Jumbo Frames
The variable accept-jumboenables 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.
▼ To Configure Jumbo Frames Using ndd
1. Unplumb the interface you want to configure Jumbo Frames on.
2. Kill any snoopor netstatprocesses running over the interface to be configured.
3. Set the instance number:
% ndd -set /dev/ixge instance 0
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 ixge0 plumb xxx.xxx.xx.xxx up
where xxx.xxx.xx.xxx = the IP address of the interface.
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▼ To Configure Jumbo Frames in a Linux
Environment
1. Ensure that the ixgesoftware is installed.
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 ixgeDriver Parameters
You can set the ixgedevice driver parameters in two ways:
▼ Using the nddutility
▼ Using the ixge.conffile
If you use the nddutility, 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.conffile 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 nddUtility
Use the nddutility to configure parameters that are valid until you reboot the
system. The nddutility supports any networking driver that implements the Data
Link Provider Interface (DLPI).
The following sections describe how you can use the ixgedriver and the nddutility
to modify (with the -setoption) or display (without the -setoption) the
parameters for each ixgedevice.
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▼ To Specify Device Instances for the nddUtility
Before you use the nddutility to get or set a parameter for a ixgedevice, you must
specify the device instance for the utility.
1. Check the /etc/path_to_instfile 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 instancenumber
The device remains selected until you change the selection.
Noninteractive and Interactive Modes
You can use the nddutility in two modes:
▼ Noninteractive
▼ 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.
▼ To Use the nddUtility in Noninteractive Mode
This section describes how to modify and display parameter values.
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▼ To modify a parameter value, use the -setoption.
If you invoke the nddutility with the -setoption, the utility passes value, which
must be specified, down to the named /dev/ixgedriver 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 up 10000 Mbps full duplex
▼ To display the value of a parameter, specify the parameter name and omit the
value.
When you omit the -setoption, the utility queries the named driver instance,
retrieves the value associated with the specified parameter, and prints it:
# ndd /dev/ixge parameter
▼ To Use the nddUtility in Interactive Mode
▼ To modify a parameter value in interactive mode, specify ndd /dev/ixge:
name to get/set? (Enter the parameter name or ? to view all
parameters)
After you enter the parameter name, the nddutility prompts you for the parameter
value (see TABLE 3-1 through TABLE 3-6).
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▼ To list all the parameters supported by the ixgedriver, type ?.
See TABLE 3-1 through TABLE 3-6 for parameter descriptions.
# ndd -get /dev/ixge \?
?
(read only)
instance
(read and write)
(read and write)
(read and write)
(read and write)
(read and write)
(read and write)
(read and write)#
adv_asmpause_cap
adv_pause_cap
rx_intr_pkts
rx_intr_time
accept_jumbo
laggr_multistream
Note – By default, autonegotiation is set to off. This adapter operates only at full-
duplex.
Specify the driver parameter properties for each device by creating a ixge.conffile
in the /platform/sun4u/kernel/drvdirectory. Use a ixge.conffile 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 20.
Note – Configuring the parameters by putting nddcommands in rcX.dscripts 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.conffile.
▼ To access any man page, type the mancommand plus the name of the man page.
For example, to access man pages for prtconf(1M), type:
% man prtconf
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▼ To Set Driver Parameters Using a ixge.conf
File
1. Obtain the hardware path names for the ixgedevices in the device tree.
a. Check the /etc/driver_aliasesfile 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_instfile.
# grep ixge /etc/path_to_inst
"/pci@9,600000/ethernet@1" 0 "ixge"
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In this example:
▼
The first part within the double quotes specifies the hardware node name in
the 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.
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.
The number after the final @character within quotes is the unit-address.
To identify a PCI device unambiguously in the ixge.conffile, 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.conffile.
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:
▼ parent= "/pci@8,600000"
▼ 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.conffile.
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10-Gigabit Ethernet Driver Operating
Statistics
These statistics are part of the statistics presented by the kstatcommand.
TABLE 3-5 describes the read-only Media Independent Interface (MII) capabilities.
These parameters define the capabilities of the hardware. The Gigabit Media
Independent Interface (GMII) supports all of the following capabilities.
TABLE 3-5
Parameter
Read-Only ixgeDevice Capabilities
Description (Local interface Capabilities)
cap_autoneg
cap_10gfdx
0 = Not capable of autonegotiation
1 = Autonegotiation capable
Local interface full-duplex capability
0 = Not 10000 Mbit/sec full-duplex capable
1 = 10000 Mbit/sec full-duplex capable
cap_10ghdx
cap_1000fdx
cap_1000hdx
cap_100fdx
cap_100hdx
cap_10fdx
Local interface half-duplex capability
0 = Not 10000 Mbit/sec half-duplex capable
1 = 10000 Mbit/sec half-duplex capable
Local interface full-duplex capability
0 = Not 1000 Mbit/sec full-duplex capable
1 = 1000 Mbit/sec full-duplex capable
Local interface half-duplex capability
0 = Not 1000 Mbit/sec half-duplex capable
1 = 1000 Mbit/sec half-duplex capable
Local interface full-duplex capability
0 = Not 100 Mbit/sec full-duplex capable
1 = 100 Mbit/sec full-duplex capable
Local interface half-duplex capability
0 = Not 100 Mbit/sec half-duplex capable
1 = 100 Mbit/sec half-duplex capable
Local interface full-duplex capability
0 = Not 10 Mbit/sec full-duplex capable
1 = 10 Mbit/sec full-duplex capable
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TABLE 3-5
Read-Only ixgeDevice Capabilities (Continued)
Parameter
Description (Local interface Capabilities)
cap_10hdx
Local interface half-duplex capability
0 = Not 10 Mbit/sec half-duplex capable
1 = 10 Mbit/sec half-duplex capable
cap_asm_pause
cap_pause
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 describes the read-only ixge device capabilities.
TABLE 3-6 describes the kstat ixge:1receive and transmit parameters:
TABLE 3-6
Receive and Transmit Parameters
Parameter
lb_mode
rev_id
Description
Copy of the Loopback mode the device is in, if any.
Revision ID of the 10-Gigabit Ethernet device useful for
recognition of device being used in the field.
rx_allocb_fail
rx_hdr_drops
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.
rx_hdr_pkts
rx_inits
Number of packets received that were less than 256 bytes.
Number of packets received
rx_jumbo_pkts
rx_len_mm
Number of jumbo packets received.
Receive length error count.
rx_msgdup_fail
rx_mtu_drops
Number of times 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.
rx_new_hdr_pgs
rx_new_mtu_pgs
rx_new_nxt_pgs
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.
Number of pages that contained packets that were split across
pages that got replaced during reception.
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TABLE 3-6
Parameter
Receive and Transmit Parameters
Description
rx_new_pages
rx_no_buf
Number of pages that got replaced during reception.
Number of times the hardware cannot receive data because there
is no more receive buffer space.
rx_nocanput
rx_no_comp_wb
rx_nxt_drops
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.
rx_ov_flow
Number of packets dropped 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.
rx_pkts_dropped
rx_reused_pgs
rx_split_pkts
snaptime
trunk_mode
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 DDI_DMA.
tx_allocb_fail
tx_ddi_pkts
tx_dma_bind_fail
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.
tx_dvma_pkts
tx_hdr_pkts
tx_jumbo_pkts
tx_max_pend
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.
tx_msgdup_fail
Number of times driver failed to duplicate a packet for
promiscuous stream.
tx_no_desc
tx_starts
xcvr_addr
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.
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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
xcvr_inuse
Number of physical layer re-initializations incremented each time
link parameters are changed using NDD.
Type of Transceiver/SERDES which is always PCS (3).
▼ To Check Link Partner Settings
Type the kstatcommand as superuser:
CODE EXAMPLE 3-1
Output from kstatCommand
# kstat ixge:1
module: ixge
name: ixge1
instance: 1
class:
net
brdcstrcv
0
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
crtime
147.15892392
ierrors
2
ifspeed
10000000000
ipackets
0
ipackets64
lb_mode
0
0
link_asmpause
link_duplex
link_pause
link_speed
link_T4
link_up
local_faults
mac_mtu
0
2
0
10000
0
1
1
0
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CODE EXAMPLE 3-1
Output from kstatCommand (Continued)
multircv
multixmt
0
0
norcvbuf
0
noxmtbuf
0
obytes
0
obytes64
0
oerrors
0
opackets
0
opackets64
pci_bad_ack_err
pci_bus_speed
pci_dmarz_err
pci_dmawz_err
pci_drto_err
pci_err
0
0
100
0
0
0
0
pci_parity_err
pci_rma_err
pci_rta_err
pcix_bus_mode
promisc
0
0
0
1
off
0
qos_mode
rbytes
0
rbytes64
0
remote_faults
rev_id
rx_allocb_fail
rx_hdr_drops
rx_hdr_pkts
rx_inits
1
28726
0
0
0
0
rx_jumbo_pkts
rx_len_mm
0
0
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
rx_nocanput
rx_no_comp_wb
rx_nxt_drops
rx_ov_flow
rx_pkts_dropped
rx_reused_pgs
rx_split_pkts
rx_tag_err
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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CODE EXAMPLE 3-1
Output from kstatCommand (Continued)
rx_taskq_waits
snaptime
0
7883.09014984
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
tx_uflo
xcvr_addr
xcvr_id
xcvr_inits
xcvr_inuse
▼ To Discover Device Capabilities
▼ Use the kstatcommand to discover device capabilities.
# kstat ixge:1 | grep cap_
cap_1000fdx
cap_1000hdx
cap_100fdx
cap_100hdx
cap_100T4
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
cap_10fdx
cap_10gfdx
cap_10ghdx
cap_10hdx
cap_asmpause
cap_autoneg
cap_pause
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▼ To Discover Link Settings
▼ Use the kstatcommand to discover link settings.
# kstat ixge:1 | grep link
link_asmpause
link_duplex
link_pause
0
2
0
link_speed
10000
link_T4
link_up
0
1
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 ixgeinstance at any time using the kstat
command. The kstatmac_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 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 ifconfigcommand on a
preconfigured interface as shown in the previous examples:.
# ifconfig ixge138000
ixge138000: flags=
201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu
8170 index 5
inet 192.12.38.69 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.12.38.255
ether 0:3:ba:c4:f7:1d
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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:
▼ “Overview of VLANs” on page 37
▼ “Configuring VLANs” on page 39
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 problems.
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.
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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.
Main Server
Accounting
Server
(VLAN 3)
Adapter
Gigabit/Tagged
(All VLANs)
VLAN 1
VLAN 2
VLAN 3
Shared
Media
Segment
Software
PC 1
(VLAN 2)
Software
PC 2
(VLAN 2)
Engineering
PC 3
(VLAN 1)
Accounting
PC 4
(VLAN 3)
Engineering/
Software PC 5
Adapter
Gigabit/Tagged
(VLAN 1 & 2)
FIGURE 4-1 Example of Servers Supporting Multiple VLANs With Tagging Adapters
The example network has the following features:
The physical LAN network consists of a switch, two servers, and five clients. The
LAN is logically organized into three different VLANs, each representing a different
IP subnet.
▼ VLAN 1 is an IP subnet consisting of the Main Server, Client 3, and Client 5. This
represents an engineering group.
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▼ 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.
▼ 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:
▼ 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.
▼ Clients 1 and 2 are attached to a shared 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.
▼ 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.
▼ 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.
▼ 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,
ixge2and 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
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subnets when setting up a VLAN network interface. This means 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.
Octet
1
TPID (0x8100
2
3 bits
3
1
bit
12 bytes
4
User_priority
VID
CFI
FIGURE 4-2 Ethernet Tag Header Format
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.
▼ To Configure Static VLANs
1. Create one hostname6.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_instfile.
For example, on a server with the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet adapter having an
instance of 0, belonging to a member of two VLANs, with VID 123 and 224, you
would use ixge123000and ixge224000, respectively, as the two VLAN PPAs.
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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 -aon a system having VLAN devices ixge123000and
ixge224000:
# ifconfig -a
lo0: flags=1000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 8232 index 1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
hme0: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> 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<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 3
inet 199.199.123.3 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 199.199.123.255
ether 8:0:20:a4:4f:b8
ixgee224000: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index
4
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
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APPENDIX
A
This appendix provides specifications for the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapter.
▼ “Performance Specifications” on page 43
▼ “Physical Characteristics” on page 44
▼ “Power Requirements” on page 44
Performance Specifications
TABLE A-1 Performance Specifications
Feature
Specification
66 to 133 MHz max
66 MHz
PCI-X clock
PCI clock
PCI I/O voltage
PCI data burst transfer rate
PCI data/address width
PCI modes
3.3V
Up to 64-byte bursts
64 bit
Master/slave
Maximum Ethernet transfer rate 10 Gbps Ethernet
Optics XG-Base-SR, XG-Base-LR and IEEE 802.ae, 2002
compliant
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Physical Characteristics
TABLE A-2 Physical Characteristics
Dimension
Length
Width
Measurement
6.6 inches (167.64 mm)
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
Voltage
11 Watts
3.3V and 5V
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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 following sections:
▼ “SunVTS Diagnostic Software” on page 45
▼ “Updating SunVTS to Recognize the Adapter” on page 46
▼ “Using the SunVTS netlbtest” on page 47
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 nettestdiagnostic can be used to test all of the networking interfaces
on the system, including the interfaces on the adapter.
To use the nettestdiagnostic, 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 nettestdiagnostic. These SunVTS documents are available
online at the following URL:
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/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 environment
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.
▼ To Update SunVTS to Recognize the Adapter
1. Plug in a loopback cable.
2. Ensure that the SunVTS software and the ixgedriver are installed on your
system.
3. Add the following lines to the /opt/SUNWvts/lib/conf/netlbtest.confand
/opt/SUNWvts/lib/conf/nettest.conffiles:
ixge
ixge
10GbE
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Using the SunVTS netlbtest
You must have the Ethernet card and the device driver installed, a loopback
connector in place, and Intervention mode enabled before running netlbtest.
netlbtestcannot 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
netlbtest.
▼ To Use the netlbtest
1. Ensure that the SunVTS software and the ixgedriver are installed on your
system.
2. Plug in a loopback cable.
3. Unplumb the interface from the system, using the ifconfigcommand:
# 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.
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Diagnostic Software
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APPENDIX
C
Installing the Software Manually
This appendix describes how to install the driver software manually.
The Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter CD contains the 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 Driver Software Manually
1. Become superuser.
2. Insert the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter CD into a CD-ROM drive that is
connected to your system.
▼ If your system is running Sun Enterprise Volume Manager™, the system should
automatically mount the CD-ROM to the /cdrom/cdrom0directory.
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▼ 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_driverdirectory or the
/cdrom/cdrom0directory, 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
French copyright file
FR_Copyright
10_GigabitEthernet/Linux/SRPM/
Contains the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet software source
rpm applicable to Linux operating systems:
• sun-10-gigabit-kernel-1.0.version-1.src.rpm
10_GigabitEthernet/Solaris_OS-VER
/ARCH/Packages/
Contains the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet software packages
applicable to SPARC architecture software:
• SUNWixgea—adb macros
• SUNWixged.u—adapter driver
• SUNWixgedu—adapter driver header files
The optional VLAN packages:
• SUNWvld—VLAN utility routines
• SUNWvldx—VLAN utility routines (64-bit, s9)
• 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 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.
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4. Install the patch:
# patchadd 10_GigabitEthernet/Solaris_9/sparc/Patches/114600-04
5. Check to see if vlandrivers are installed on the system:
▼ If you are using a Solaris SPARC system:
# /usr/bin/pkginfo SUNWvld SUNWvldx
system
system
SUNWvld
SUNWvldx
Sun Ethernet Vlan Utility Routines
Sun Ethernet Vlan Utility Routines (64-bit)
▼ 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.
▼ 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:
▼ 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 operating system, you
would type the following:
#/usr/sbin/pkgadd -d
/cdrom/cdrom0/10_GigabitEthernet/Solaris_9/sparc/Packages/
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▼ If your system is running Solaris 9 x86 software type the following:
#pkgadd -d /Solaris_9/i386/Packages/
A menu similar to the following displays:
The following packages are available:
1 SUNWixgea
2 SUNWixged.u
3 SUNWixgedu
4 SUNWvld
Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Driver adb Macros
(sparc) 1.0,REV=2004.12.01.
Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Driver
(sparc.sun4u) 1.0,REV=2004.12.01.
Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Driver Headers
(sparc) 1.0,REV=2004.12.01.
Sun Ethernet Vlan Utility Routines
(sparc) 1.0,REV=2001.09.19.9.0
5 SUNWvldu
6 SUNWvldx
Sun Ethernet Vlan Utility Headers
(sparc) 1.0,REV=2001.09.19.9.0
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:
▼ Press Return or type allto accept the default and install all packages (if neither
the 10-Gigabit Ethernet Driver nor VLAN Utility packages are installed).
▼ 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 identify the optional packages.
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APPENDIX
D
Installing the Sun 10-Gigabit
Ethernet Device Driver on Linux
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:
▼ “Setting Up the Driver in a Linux Platform” on page 53
▼ “Setting Driver Parameters in a Linux Environment” on page 56
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.
▼ To Set Up the Driver in a Linux Platform
1. Build the 10-Gigabit Ethernet driver:
# 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
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2. Build the man pages (optional):
# rpmbuild --rebuild sun-10-gigabit-1.0.version.src.rpm
3. Change to the rpmdirectory:
▼ For RedHat, use the following command:
# cd /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/arch
▼ For SuSe Linux Enterprise Server, use the following command:
# cd /usr/src/packages/RPMS/arch
4. Install the 10-Gigabit Ethernet rpms, using the same command for both RedHat
and Suse:
# rpm -ivh sun-10-gigabit-kernel-1.0.version.arch.rpm
5. Use the depmodcommand to register the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet module:
# depmod
6. Load ixgedriver for all instances:
# modprobe ixge
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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
ixge
ide-cd
ipv6
key
st
sr_mod
cdrom
sg
joydev
evdev
Size Used by
Not tainted
53592 0 (unused)
36616 0 (autoclean)
285176 -1 (autoclean)
78344 0 (autoclean) [ipv6]
31380 0 (autoclean) (unused)
16812 0 (autoclean) (unused)
34664 0 (autoclean) [ide-cd sr_mod]
40384 0 (autoclean)
7136 0 (unused)
6496 0 (unused)
input
7488 0 [joydev evdev]
23728 0 (unused)
87648 1 [usb-ohci]
194456 1
81248 0 (autoclean)
248344 1
44144 2
46400 3 [mptscsih]
16192 4
133028 5 [st sr_mod sg mptscsih sd_mod]
usb-ohci
usbcore
bcm5700
lvm-mod
reiserfs
mptscsih
mptbase
sd_mod
scsi_mod
8. Run the dmesgcommand to see which devices the ixgedriver was mapped to:
# dmesg
10-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Driver - version 1.0.100.3
Copyright (c) 1999-2005 Intel Corp., Sun Corp.
divert: allocating divert_blk for eth2
eth2: Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Driver
9. Add the ixgeinterfaces to the /etc/modules.conffile.
alias eth2 ixge
alias eth3 ixge
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10. Use the ethtoolcommand to check the parameter configurations that apply to
the ixgedriver.
# ethtool eth3
Supported ports: [ FIBRE ]
Supported link modes:
Supports auto-negotiation: No
Advertised link modes: Not reported
Advertised auto-negotiation: No
Speed: Unknown! (10000)
Duplex: Full
Port: FIBRE
PHYAD: 0
Transceiver: externel
Auto-negotiation: off
Link detected: yes
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.
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▼ To Set ixgeParameters 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=VAL1, VAL2, . . .
or you can use the insmodcommand:
# insmod ixge option=VAL1, VAL2, . . .
where VAL1 applies to the first ixgeinterface and VAL2 to the next interface and so
on.
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TABLE D-1 lists the tunable ixgedriver parameters for Linux operating systems, and
describes their function.
TABLE D-1 Tunable ixgeDriver Parameters for Linux Operating Systems
Keyword
Description
FlowControl
Valid Range: 0-3 (0=none, 1=Rx only, 2=Tx only, 3=Rx&Tx)
Default: 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
XsumRX
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 bytes.
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.
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▼ To Configure VLANs in a Linux Environment
1. Ensure that the ixgemodule 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 ixgevlan (eth2in this example):
# ifconfig eth2.5 xxx.xxx.xx.xxx up
where xxx.xxx.xx.xxx = the IP address of the interface.
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▼ To Configure Bonding for Multiple ixge
Interfaces
1. Modify /etc/modules.conffile by adding these lines:
alias bond0 bonding
options bonding max_bonds=2 mode=4 miimon=1000
Where:
bond0is the bonding device.
max_bondsis the number of bond interfaces to be created.
modespecifies the bonding policies.
miimonis the frequency in milliseconds that MII link monitoring will occur.
Refer to Linux documentation for more information.
2. Load the bonding driver:
# modprobe bonding
3. Configure bond0interface.
In this example, bond0is the master of the two interfaces eth2and eth3.
# ip addr add 192.12.38.64/24 brd + dev bond0
# ip link set dev bond0 up
# ifenslave bond0 eth2 eth3
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Index
Symbols
/etc/hostname.ixgenumber file 16
L
A
disabling 26
P
C
parameter values
how to modify and display 24
D
SunVTS 46
using ixge.conf 23
software
Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) 11
E
F
H
VLAN ID 39
requirements 2
I
VLAN naming format 40
VLANs 37
ifconfig -a 41
ifconfig command 15
installing the adapter with DR 11
installing the adapter without DR 6
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