To Set Parameters Using the ethtool Utility 44

 

 

To Set Parameters Using the Bundled configtool Utility

48

Tuning for Maximum Performance on a Linux Platform

49

 

 

6. Configuring the Jumbo Frames Feature

51

 

 

 

 

Jumbo Frames Overview 51

 

 

 

 

 

 

Checking Jumbo Frames Configurations

51

 

 

 

 

To Show the Driver Statistics in a Solaris Environment

52

 

Enabling Jumbo Frames in a Solaris Environment

53

 

 

 

To Enable Jumbo Frames in a Solaris Environment Using nxge.conf 54

To Check Layer 2 Configuration

54

 

 

 

 

To Check Layer 3 Configuration

55

 

 

 

 

Enabling Jumbo Frames in a Linux Environment

55

 

 

 

To Enable Jumbo Frames in a Linux Environment

55

 

 

To Show the Driver Statistics in a Linux Environment

56

 

7. Configuring Link Aggregation

59

 

 

 

 

 

Overview of Link Aggregation

59

 

 

 

 

 

Configuring Link Aggregation in a Solaris Environment

59

 

 

To Configure Link Aggregation in a Solaris Environment

60

Configuring Link Aggregation in a Linux Environment

62

 

 

To Configure Bonding for Multiple nxge Interfaces 62

 

8.Configuring VLANs 65

Overview of VLANs 65

 

Configuring VLANs in a Solaris Environment

67

To Configure Static VLANs 69

 

Configuring VLANs in a Linux Environment

70

To Configure VLANs in a Linux Environment 70

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