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 Configuring ipge and e1000 Driver Parameters
Installing the Adapter
 Configuring VLANs
Configuring e1000g Driver Parameters
 Diagnostic Software
Specifications
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 Hardware Overview
Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Overview
 1Front Panel Display LEDs for the MMF Low-Profile Adapter
LED Displays on the MMF Low-Profile Adapter
 Front Panel Display LEDs for the MMF Low-Profile Adapter
 2Front Panel Display LEDs for the UTP Low-Profile Adapter
Low-Profile Hardware and Software Requirements
LED Displays on the UTP Low-Profile Adapter
 Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Overview
 4Front Panel Display LEDs for the MMF ExpressModule Adapter
LED Displays on the MMF ExpressModule Adapter
 5Front Panel Display LEDs for the UTP ExpressModule Adapter
LED Displays on the UTP ExpressModule Adapter
 ExpressModule Hardware and Software Requirements
 Patches and Updates
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 Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Overview
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 To Install the Low-Profile Adapter
Installing the Low-Profile Adapter
 To Verify the Installation
 List the network devices on your system
View the device that you installed
View the.properties file for a list of device properties
Ok show-nets
 Your output will be similar to the following example
 Ok setenv local-mac-address? true
Setting the local-mac-addressProperty
 Rebooting the System
Installing the ExpressModule Adapter
To Install the ExpressModule Adapter With Power Off
To Install the ExpressModule Adapter Using Hot-Plug
 Use the dladm show-devcommand to verify that the link is up
To Verify the ExpressModule Installation
Press the Attention button
# cfgadm
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 Hardware and Software Overview
Configuring ipge and e1000 Driver Parameters
 Setting Parameters Using the ndd Utility
Setting ipge Driver Parameters
 Noninteractive and Interactive Modes
To Specify Device Instances for the ndd Utility
Use the instance number to select the device
# ndd -set /dev/ipge instance
 To modify a parameter value, use the -setoption
To Use the ndd Utility in Noninteractive Mode
To Use the ndd Utility in Interactive Mode
 To Disable Autonegotiation Mode
Setting the Autonegotiation Mode
 Set the adv-autoneg-capparameter to
Setting Parameters Using the ipge.conf File
# ndd -set /dev/ipge adv-autoneg-cap
Man prtconf
 Locate the path names and the associated instance numbers
To Set Driver Parameters Using an ipge.conf File
 Set the parameters for the ipge devices
Link Partner Parameters
Save the ipge.conf file
1Read-Only Link Partner Capabilities
 = No 100 Mbit/sec half-duplex transmission
 Checking Configurations
To Discover Link Settings
Reporting Link Partner Capabilities
To Discover Link Partner Capabilities
 Use the following command to get the information
To Check Layer 2 Configuration
Ifconfig ipge123000
# kstat ipge0 grep macmtu
 Device Capabilities
 3Transmit and Receive Parameters
Kstat Statistics
 Txmaxpend rxhdrpkts rxmtupkts Rxsplitpkts rxnocompwb Rxnobuf
 Ipge Driver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions
 5Operational Mode Parameters
Operational Mode Parameters
 6Read-Write Flow Control Keyword Descriptions
Flow Control Parameters
Gigabit Link Clock Mastership Controls
 Interpacket Gap Parameters
7Forced Mode Parameters
 8Parameters Defining enableipg0 and ipg0
 10RX Blanking Register for Alias Read
Interrupt Parameters
Jumbo Frames
 To Configure Jumbo Frames in a Linux Environment
To Configure Jumbo Frames Using ndd
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 Configuring e1000g Driver Parameters
 # vi /kernel/drv/e1000g.conf
Setting e1000g Driver Parameters
To Set Driver Parameters Using the e1000g.conf File
 Configuring e1000g Driver Parameters
 Modify the desired parameter using -3for available settings
 # ndd -get /dev/e1000g0 ?
# reboot
 $ kstat e1000g0
To Check Link Partner Settings
Type the kstat command
 Configuring e1000g Driver Parameters
 Driver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions
 2e1000g Driver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions
 3Operational Mode Parameters
Configurable Operational Mode Parameters
 Upper limit on the maximum MTU size the driver allows
 4Nonconfigurable Operational Mode Parameters
Nonconfigurable Operational Mode Parameters
 # ifconfig eth2 xxx.xxx.xx.xxx up # ifconfig eth2 mtu
To Configure Jumbo Frames in a Solaris x86 Environment
Modify the MaxFrameSize value
Plumb
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 Overview of VLANs
Configuring VLANs
 1shows an example network that uses VLANs
 Configuring VLANs
 2Ethernet Tag Header Format
To Configure Static VLANs
 # ifconfig -a
# ifconfig ipge123000 plumb up # ifconfig ipge4000 plumb up
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 Table A-1LC Connector Link Characteristics Ieee P802.3z
Connectors
 Table A-3Connector Link Characteristics Ieee P802.3z
Table A-2Cat-5 Connector Link Characteristics
 Low-Profile Physical Characteristics
Low-Profile Performance Specifications
Table A-4ExpressModule Connector Link Characteristics
Table A-5Low-Profile Performance Specifications
 ExpressModule Performance Specifications
Low-Profile Power Requirements
Table A-7Low-Profile Power Requirements
Table A-8ExpressModule Performance Specifications
 ExpressModule Environmental Requirements
ExpressModule Physical Characteristics
ExpressModule Power Requirements
 Table A-11ExpressModule Environmental Requirements
 SunVTS Diagnostic Software
Diagnostic Software
 Table B-1SunVTS Documentation
To Update SunVTS to Recognize the Low-Profile Adapter
Updating SunVTS to Recognize the Adapter
 To Use the netlbtest
Using the SunVTS netlbtest
To Update SunVTS to Recognize the ExpressModule Adapter
 Ok setenv auto-boot? false
Using the OpenBoot Prom FCode Self- Test
To Run the FCode Self-Test Diagnostic
 Ok reset-all
Reset the system to activate these parameter changes
Ok setenv diag-switch? true
 Where
 If all of the tests pass, you will see these messages
Ok setenv diag-switch? false
 Ok setenv auto-boot? true
Reset and reboot the system
 To Set Up the Driver on a Linux Platform
Setting Up the Driver on a Linux Platform
 Load e1000 driver for all instances
Build the man pages optional
Change to the rpm directory
 # lsmod
Verify that the driver is loaded
 # dmesg
Tuning for Maximum Performance
Alias eth2 e1000 Alias eth3 e1000
# ethtool eth3
 Sysctl -p ./sysctle1000.conf
 Net.core.netdevmaxbacklog =
Setting Driver Parameters in a Linux Environment
Net.ipv4.tcpsack =
 # modprobe e1000 option=VAL1, VAL2
To Set e1000 Parameters in a Linux Environment
# rmmod e1000
 Valid Range 0-3 0=none, 1=Rx only, 2=Tx only, 3=Rx&Tx
 Configure the e1000 Vlan eth2 in this example
To Configure VLANs in a Linux Environment
Ensure that the e1000 module is loaded
Insert the Vlan module
 Configure bond0 interface
To Configure Bonding for Multiple e1000 Interfaces
Load the bonding driver
# modprobe bonding
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