Oracle Audio Technologies SunDual 10GbE XFP manual Setting Parameters on a Linux Platform

Setting Parameters on a Linux Platform

▼To Set Parameters Using the ethtool Utility

1. Determine which parameters are available using the ethtool utility:

#ethtool -help eth4 ethtool version 1.8 Usage:

ethtool DEVNAME ethtool -a DEVNAME ethtool -A DEVNAME \

[ autoneg onoff ] \ [ rx onoff ] \

[ tx onoff ]

ethtool -c DEVNAME ethtool -C DEVNAME \

[adaptive-rx onoff] \ [adaptive-tx onoff] \ [rx-usecs N] \ [rx-frames N] \ [rx-usecs-irq N] \ [rx-frames-irq N] \ [tx-usecs N] \ [tx-frames N] \ [tx-usecs-irq N] \ [tx-frames-irq N] \ [stats-block-usecs N] \ [pkt-rate-low N] \ [rx-usecs-low N] \ [rx-frames-low N] \ [tx-usecs-low N] \ [tx-frames-low N] \ [pkt-rate-high N] \ [rx-usecs-high N] \ [rx-frames-high N] \ [tx-usecs-high N] \ [tx-frames-high N] \ [sample-interval N]

ethtool -g DEVNAME ethtool -G DEVNAME \

[ rx N ] \

[ rx-mini N ] \

44 Sun Dual 10GbE XFP PCI Express Card User’s Guide • May 2010