Physical Characteristics | Sun Microsystems 10GBE XFP specs

Physical Characteristics

TABLE A-3Physical Characteristics

Dimension	Measurement

Length	167.65 mm (6.6 inches)
Width	68.90 mm (2.713 inches)
Height	Component side = 14.48 mm (0.57 inches) maximum
	Solder side = 2.67 mm (0.105 inches) maximum

Power Requirements

TABLE A-4Low-Profile Power Requirements

Specification	Measurement

Power consumption	20.74W typical
	24.33W peak

Voltage	12V and 3.3V

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Contents

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