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