Oracle Audio Technologies SunDual 10GbE XFP specs

C H A P T E R 3

Installing the Adapter

This chapter describes how to install the Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter in your system and verify that it has been installed correctly.

This chapter contains the following section:

■“Installing the Adapter” on page 13

■“Installing an Optical Transceiver” on page 17

■“Verifying the Hardware Installation” on page 20

Note – If you are installing the Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter in a machine running either the Solaris x86 Operating System or the Linux x86 Operating System, Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) is not supported.

Installing the Adapter

If you are installing the Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter into a machine running Solaris 10, you must install the software before you install the hardware.

The following instructions describe the basic tasks required to install the adapter. Refer to your system installation or service manual for detailed PCI-Express adapter installation instructions, specifically you must check which bracket your server requires (low profile or standard height), and install the standard height bracket if required.

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Oracle Audio Technologies SunDual 10GbE XFP manual Installing the Adapter

Contents

Sun Dual 10GbE XFP PCI Express Card Please Recycle Contents Configuring the nxge Device Driver Parameters Network Configuration Configuring VLANs Configuring the Jumbo Frames FeatureConfiguring Link Aggregation Index SpecificationsDiagnostic Software Using Unix Commands Using This Documentation Shell Prompts Documentation Feedback Related DocumentationDocumentation, Support, and Training Sun Dual 10GbE XFP PCI Express Card User’s Guide May Product Description Product OverviewComponents 1shows the adapter Hardware and Software Requirements Features EMC Declaration of Conformity Date Sun Dual 10GbE XFP PCI Express Card User’s Guide May To Download the Driver on a Solaris Platform Installing and Setting Up the Driver For x86 systems Uncompress the gzipped tar fileUnpack the tar file For Sparc systems, change to the following directory To remove the driver packages run the pkgrm command Select the packages you want to installVerify that the nxge driver is installed on the system To discover the driver packages run the pkginfo command # ifconfig -a grep eth Downloading and Installing the Driver on a Linux PlatformLogin to your system # modprobe nxge # rpm -e nxge-1.0-1 To Remove the Driver From a Linux Platform# ethtool -i eth4 driver nxge version Installing the Adapter Installing the Adapter To Install the Adapter Installing the Adapter Sun Dual 10GbE XFP PCI Express Card User’s Guide May Install the optical transceivers Installing an Optical Transceiver To Install an Optical Transceiver Installing the Adapter Ok show-nets Verifying the Hardware InstallationTo Verify the Hardware Installation Connect the Ethernet cables Ok .properties Ok cd /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@8/network@0,1 Ok device-end Rebooting the SystemOk boot -r Configuring the Network Host Files Network Configuration # grep nxge /etc/pathtoinst # ifconfig nxge0 plumb ip-addressup # cat /etc/hosts Export/root/client-name To Set Up a 10-Gigabit Ethernet Port on a Diskless ClientEdit the hosts file in the diskless client’s root directory Network Configuration Find the root directory of the client system # grep client-name /etc/bootparams # shutdown -i0 -g0 -y Proceed with the Solaris Operating System installationOk boot /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@8/network@0 Shut down and halt the client system # dladm show-dev To Boot Over the Network on Solaris x86 and Linux Systems Refer the boot-device-order image Image pxe-mac-addr Press the F12 key to install the OS from the network Nxge Hardware and Software Overview Configuring the nxge Device Driver Parameters Noninteractive and Interactive Modes Setting nxge Driver Parameters on a Solaris PlatformSetting Parameters Using the ndd Utility To modify a parameter value, use the -setoption To Specify Parameter Values Using the ndd UtilityTo Specify Device Instances for the ndd Utility Man prtconf Setting Parameters Using the nxge.conf File# ndd /dev/nxge1 name to get/set ? Set the parameters for the nxge devices To Set Driver Parameters Using an nxge.conf FileFollowing parameters can be set using Locate the path names and the associated instance numbers Sun Dual 10GbE XFP PCI Express Card User’s Guide May Configuring the nxge Device Driver Parameters Class-opt-ipv4-tcp = 100 class-opt-ipv4-udp = Save the nxge.conf file Tuning for Maximum Performance on a Solaris PlatformReboot the system # reboot -r Set ddimsixalloclimit=1 To Improve Performance on an AMD CPU Based Sun PlatformSet ipipsqueuefanout=1 set ipsqueuesoftring=1 Configuring the nxge Device Driver Parameters To Set Parameters Using the ethtool Utility Setting Parameters on a Linux Platform Configuring the nxge Device Driver Parameters Following are some common parameters that can be changed # ethtool -k eth4 # ethtool -C eth4 rx-usecs # ethtool -c eth4 # /usr/local/bin/nxgeconfig eth4 get classoptipv4udp # /usr/local/bin/nxgeconfig eth4 get Net.core.netdevmaxbacklog = Tuning for Maximum Performance on a Linux Platform# /usr/local/bin/nxgeconfig eth4 set classoptipv4tcp 0xfe0 Net.ipv4.tcpsack = # sysctl -p /etc/sysctlnxge.conf Set up the sysctl utility Jumbo Frames Overview Configuring the Jumbo Frames FeatureChecking Jumbo Frames Configurations # kstat Nxge38001 To Show the Driver Statistics in a Solaris Environment# kstat nxge1 grep rdcpackets Set the maximum MTU for maximum performance To Check Layer 2 ConfigurationEnabling Jumbo Frames in a Solaris Environment Enabling Jumbo Frames in a Linux Environment To Check Layer 3 ConfigurationTo Enable Jumbo Frames in a Linux Environment Ensure that the nxge software is installed To Show the Driver Statistics in a Linux Environment # ifconfig eth4 Sun Dual 10GbE XFP PCI Express Card User’s Guide May Overview of Link Aggregation Configuring Link Aggregation To Configure Link Aggregation in a Solaris Environment Configuring Link Aggregation in a Solaris Environment # dladm show-aggr -s Use the dladm show-aggr-scommand to display statistics# ifconfig aggr33 plumb # ifconfig aggr33 192.168.1.1/24 broadcast + up Load the bonding driver Configuring Link Aggregation in a Linux EnvironmentTo Configure Bonding for Multiple nxge Interfaces Configure bond0 interface Overview of VLANs Configuring VLANs 1shows an example network that uses VLANs Configuring VLANs in a Solaris Environment To Configure Static VLANs Ensure that the nxge module is loaded Configuring VLANs in a Linux EnvironmentTo Configure VLANs in a Linux Environment # ifconfig -a Insert the Vlan module Configure the nxge Vlan eth2 in this example# /sbin/vconfig add eth2 # ifconfig eth2.5 xxx.xxx.xx.xxx up Connectors Specifications Table A-1XFP Connector Characteristics Performance Specifications Power Requirements Physical Characteristics Sun Dual 10GbE XFP PCI Express Card User’s Guide May SunVTS Diagnostic Software Diagnostic Software Updating SunVTS to Recognize the Adapter To Update SunVTS to Recognize the Adapter To Use the netlbtest Using the SunVTS netlbtest Sun Dual 10GbE XFP PCI Express Card User’s Guide May Index Symbols Sun Dual 10GbE XFP PCI Express Card User’s Guide May